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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/former-ag-eric-holder-sends-mysterious-3-a-m-tweet-telling-doj-staff-to-be-prepared-be-strong/Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under former President Barack Obama, posted an eyebrow-raising tweet early on Friday morning in which he told career officials at the FBI and Department of Justice to be prepared and be strong.
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Maybe I am paranoid but I am worried what may happen during the Holiday Weekend.
Seriously Between what Rachel Reported last night and Trumps Meltdown crazy about Morning Joe not to mention what Joe & Mika said I am really Nervous
shraby
(21,946 posts)It's not only unusual for Holder, it's an unusual time for a tweet. It appears as if he was thinking on it half the night before he decided to say something.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)BainsBane
(53,076 posts)is that their behavior surpasses even the imagination of conspiracy theorists.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)mitch96
(13,929 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,999 posts)it was a message to tRump's minions that the FBI et al are already aware of some effort in the works to discredit them.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)pnwmom
(109,001 posts)to be "counter-punching." He'll be trying to discredit the agencies that are after him.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)pnwmom
(109,001 posts)will be major but we shouldn't be afraid of them.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)pnwmom
(109,001 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)"Bring it on!"
Cirque du So-What
(25,999 posts)Regardless, I believe that tweet was intended for a wider audience than just FBI agents.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)husband and I were in DC - pre-9-11. Knew there'd be a million people on the mall for the fireworks so we went and bought a cheap blanket and laid it out right underneath Washington monument - thinking if it's there later great - if not - no big deal. that night we waded through all the people and there was our blanket waiting for us. I know, dumb story...but life sure was simpler then. wonder do they even do the fireworks anymore? If O was still in, I would picture he and Michelle cuddling on their balcony watch. Assume Conald on his way to Mara Lago. Asshole
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)raining down on the DT team, DT will be fighting back.
Holder wants them to be ready. And they will be.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)Catmusicfan
(816 posts)MFM008
(19,823 posts)Possible.
Obviously Mr. Holder suspects something is going to happen or has information.
Asshole figures if he fires everyone...it all dies down.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)He is totally irresponsible.
Seems inevitable.
Think about it. It's a long holiday weekend where people have their attention elsewhere and newsrooms have light staffing. If Trump is going to rip the Band-Aid, it would be a strategic time to do so. It would be Wednesday before people came out of their holiday fog.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Jeroen
(1,061 posts)It's not unusual and I am sure it won't be the last
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)a day or two after Comey was fired.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)about imminent bombshells? (Good bombshells, dammit!) Yet can prove nothing, of course...
Just found this Clint Watts tweet from this morning (he testified at House hearing so powerfully...um...a month and a half ago? Very reliable source - knows his stuff):
Clint Watts @selectedwisdom
Standby
hmmmm....
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)It's reasonable to assume he is doing so up and down the justice department. People don't always behave with the same character in the dark. Holder's shining a light--we see you, so don't do it!
And with his message to the DOJ, Holder is also acting as a witness to anybody who is currently getting the president's mob treatment--you're not alone, it's OK, stay strong.
I say my figurative prayers for the men and women in this monumentally screwed up situation.
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)The good guys are on it and they're going to win.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)What do you think Trump is capable of doing with that football.
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)to unilaterally start a war based on terrorism? It's an amendment to a larger bill, but when that bill is passed, DT will have less power than he does now.
Interesting that even his own people don't trust him.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)Launching something 6am July 4th.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)as always, and he is warning them.