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2018-05-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Holder: DOJ, FBI should reject Trump's requests

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 NOW we got ourselves an actual attempt at obstruction of justice.

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-05-22 00:57|| 2018-05-22 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like we found a sore spot. Better probe deeper.

Posted by gorb 2018-05-22 01:57|| 2018-05-22 01:57|| Front Page Top

#3 They know they're guilty as hell. You only get flak when you're over the target.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-05-22 02:47|| 2018-05-22 02:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama pal yapping, pay him no mind.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-05-22 03:09|| 2018-05-22 03:09|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 & #3 hear, hear. Today's USA is not Czarist Russia, or Wiemar Germany - the real danger is not popular revolt but (as we seen in EUrope) the Mandarinate quietly taking over.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-05-22 03:24|| 2018-05-22 03:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Not sure these are "requests".

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-05-22 03:49|| 2018-05-22 03:49|| Front Page Top

#7 That the FBI and its allies spent weeks falsely implying that their informant was some sort of secret, covert, sensitive, undercover asset - when in fact he's a well-known CIA operative with a long, public history of dirty ops - is exactly why people shouldn't trust their claims:

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-05-22 04:00|| 2018-05-22 04:00|| Front Page Top

#8 The man never had a use for the Constitution or limitations of government power. You're not going to like it when others play by your rules.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-05-22 07:51|| 2018-05-22 07:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Um, I'm not a lawyer or anything, but don't the DOJ and the FBI work for the President. In my opinion, Trump should summon Sessions, Wray and the rest to the oval office,ORDER them to turn over the material, and summarily fire anyone who refuses. Lather, rinse, repeat, until he gets down to a level where someone will cooperate.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2018-05-22 09:14|| 2018-05-22 09:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Exactly.

Posted by gorb 2018-05-22 16:13|| 2018-05-22 16:13|| Front Page Top

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