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kingdragonfly: This reminds me of Abraham Lincoln's great quote:
"Four score and 7 days ago, I did not put a hamster up my keester."
Washington Post: Trump asserts his dominance inside GOP, pushing Republicans to embrace his false claims of fraud
,,,“It was all phony s---, okay. All phony stuff,” he said of the Democratic impeachment efforts and the investigation of his ties to Russia.
Unprompted, he brought up an unsubstantiated claim he had interactions with prostitutes in Moscow before he ran for president.
“I’m not into golden showers,” he told the crowd.
“You know the great thing, our great first lady — ‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’ ”
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I find her statement odd. I mean, Trump's got a golden crapper - why wouldn't he have a golden shower?
Wait...oh yeah. She meant he's never asked her for a golden shower. 😜
'Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.' Voltaire
'A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.' Edward Abbey
geekIT:
Unprompted, he brought up an unsubstantiated claim he had interactions with prostitutes in Moscow before he ran for president.
“I’m not into golden showers,” he told the crowd.
“You know the great thing, our great first lady — ‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’ ”
Just stop and think for a moment what Trump is actually saying. How many normal men would ever feel a need to publicly point out that their wives did not believe they were into golden showers? Why is that even something that needs to be said? That fool is so vulgar, so lowbrow, so tacky, so devoid of any vestige of taste, so lacking in any sense of class, so mired in the gutter, so missing any trace of dignity, that he actually thinks he is giving poor Melania a compliment. I am no fan of her, but she sure deserves a lot better than that bloated imbecile.
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kingdragonfly: Unprompted, he brought up an unsubstantiated claim he had interactions with prostitutes in Moscow before he ran for president.
“I’m not into golden showers,” he told the crowd.
“You know the great thing, our great first lady — ‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’ ”
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He's quoting completely out of context, the full quote was:
"The one with the dwarf and the swarfega, that definitely happened, and the one with the transvestite in the kinky leather Nazi uniform, and the chicken and the olive oil, saw the photos myself, but that one, I don't believe that one - I would say it's more greenish than golden".
Surprise!
The Washington Post - Trump sues to block records requested by Jan. 6 committee
breaking
Former president Donald Trump is suing to block the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol from receiving records for its inquiry into the events of that day as well as Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Trump and his attorneys argue that the records request is overly broad and has no legislative purpose, and they criticize President Biden for not asserting executive privilege to block the handover of those documents.
“The Committee’s request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration,” the lawsuit reads.
“Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors.”
The committee has signaled in recent days that it plans to be aggressive in its effort to secure information from Trump and his top aides. ...
Poor Donald. Still the victim. 😒
Sideface
neb: He's quoting completely out of context, the full quote was:"The one with the dwarf and the swarfega, that definitely happened, and the one with the transvestite in the kinky leather Nazi uniform, and the chicken and the olive oil, saw the photos myself, but that one, I don't believe that one - I would say it's more greenish than golden".
Apart from the crassness and sheer stupidity of Trump's statement, it also carries the clear implication that there are other, possibly grosser, things that she does believe.
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Beast: Former President Trump has chosen Jesse Binnall, a Republican lawyer who filed a lawsuit attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Nevada, to represent him in a lawsuit that alleges he violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan act by inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sidney-powell-says-no-money-cover-4bn-election-lawsuits-2021-10
Not so cocky now, are we?
The New York Times - Trump’s Claim of Executive Privilege in the Jan. 6. Inquiry, Explained
19 Oct 2021
[severely condensed from a long article]
What is executive privilege?
It is a power claimed by presidents under the Constitution to prevent the other two branches of government from gaining access to certain internal executive branch information, especially confidential communications involving the president or among his top aides. ...
Is Trump’s privilege claim valid?
The constitutional line between a president’s secrecy powers and Congress’s investigative authority is hazy, with few Supreme Court guideposts. Historically, such disputes have usually been resolved through compromise, not judicial rulings. ...
Is executive privilege an absolute power?
No. Even a legitimate claim of executive privilege may not always prevail in court if there are countervailing constitutional considerations. ...
May ex-presidents invoke executive privilege?
Yes, but courts may view their claims with less deference than those of current presidents. ...
What if the current president disagrees?
Judges will take that disagreement into account in assessing the strength of the ex-president’s claim. ...
Does Biden support Trump’s invocation of the privilege?
No. President Biden has declined to assert executive privilege to protect his predecessor’s Jan. 6-related materials from disclosure, instead instructing the National Archives to provide them to Congress ...
Is Steve Bannon covered by executive privilege?
This is unclear. ...
What is contempt of Congress or court?
It is a sanction imposed on people who defy congressional subpoenas or court orders to provide documents or testimony, and it can lead to their imprisonment. ...
How can a person held in contempt be punished?
Being held in contempt of Congress does not by itself carry penalties beyond reputational harm, but Congress can then refer such findings to the Justice Department and ask for criminal contempt charges. ...
Can executive privilege protect someone from contempt?
Yes, it can relieve a recalcitrant witness of legal liability for declining to obey a subpoena. ...
Sideface
quickymart:https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sidney-powell-says-no-money-cover-4bn-election-lawsuits-2021-10
Not so cocky now, are we?
If Trump is really innocent and has nothing to hide, he wouldn't be filing all these lawsuits and jumping up and down saying "executive privilege" requesting information be withheld, surely.
Another class act from the graceless one. Colin Powell was everything Trump can never be, a civilised human being with decent values who admitted his mistakes. The two should not even be mentioned in the same sentence. Trump dirties everything he comes near.
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Rikkitic:
Another class act from the graceless one. Colin Powell was everything Trump can never be, a civilised human being with decent values who admitted his mistakes. The two should not even be mentioned in the same sentence. Trump dirties everything he comes near.
... right... so Trump is implying the media should be positive towards him because he didn't try to attack OTHER countries under false pretenses... got it.
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