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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 09:19 AM Nov 2017

trump longs to be a dictator and turn the justice dept. on his political enemies....

Trump Says Justice Dept. and F.B.I. Must ‘Do What Is Right’ and Investigate Democrats

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday renewed his request that the Justice Department investigate the Democrats’ activity during the 2016 campaign, saying the American public “deserves it.”

“At some point the Justice Department, and the F.B.I., must do what is right and proper,” Mr. Trump said in a series of early morning Twitter posts that echoed some of the president’s comments late Thursday.

Mr. Trump’s demands for new investigations into Democratic campaign activity come the same week as the special counsel’s first charges in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. One of Mr. Trump’s foreign policy advisers during the campaign pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I.

It is unusual for a sitting president to badger his Justice Department to investigate a political opponent, but Mr. Trump has consistently tried to deflect attention away from the Russia investigation by suggesting Democrats should also be the subjects of federal inquiries.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/us/politics/trump-says-justice-dept-and-fbi-must-do-what-is-right-and-investigate-democrats.html
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trump longs to be a dictator and turn the justice dept. on his political enemies.... (Original Post) spanone Nov 2017 OP
The worst part is the help he's getting from Brazille and Warren. world wide wally Nov 2017 #1
I think this is DNC dirty laundry and madaboutharry Nov 2017 #2

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
1. The worst part is the help he's getting from Brazille and Warren.
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 09:37 AM
Nov 2017

I always s thought EW was a lot smarter than that.
We need a complete break from anyone who worked on the 2016 campaign besides Obama

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
2. I think this is DNC dirty laundry and
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 09:41 AM
Nov 2017

typical ugly politics. A lack of ethics is not illegal. And in my opinion, I never really thought the DNC owed Bernie Sanders anything. He wasn't even a democrat. But in the end, Bernie wasn't going to win the nomination. I just don't see how that could have worked out for him.

However, maybe this will all be a wake up call to democrats to clean up their house.

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