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White House requests Congress investigate whether Obama administration abused power

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Pillville

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It's like this administration is tripping on traps they set themselves.

Live footage of the investigation
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LakeEarth

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So Trump told congress that there is a monster in his closet and now they have to grab a flashlight and pretend to look for it to make him feel better.

cool cool cool
Great analogy, perfect description except now 30 million Americans believe that there is a monster in the closet and no evidence will convince them otherwise.
 
Trump is a caricature of frivolous lawsuits, so of course he is going to abuse his power.

Every republican that allowed Trump to happen should be ashamed.
 

Oersted

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Yeah no the VOICE stuff was heinous and people just ignored it, which is scary.

But his stuff about black history month and saving the environment were 100 percent bullshit that don't match his actions. Also his thing with the Navy Seal that died in the Yemen raid, very specifically placed to make people forget about him spitting in the face of those other Purple Heart families, and to redirect attention from the fact it was a wreckless raid.

Empty meaningless positive phrases are also his trademarks. He always says nice things. Donald isn't starting to say "I want to destroy the environment". He just tries to. And says the opposite. And people fall for it every single time.

So Breitbart and Heat Street are Fake News now right?

Now? Lol.

Or do you mean according to the Joke in Chief and his spineless minions?
 
Investigate away.

Even if the previous administration did order Trump to be wiretapped, and they found dirt, Trump's team actually uncovering any wrongdoing would just force them into releasing it earlier... At which point no one would care about how it was obtained. Not that I think he actually was wiretapped, I'm just trying to illustrate that this is a no-win.

The only, only, only way this could not backfire on him horribly is if he is (a) able to find conclusive proof that an illegal wiretap was run and (b) he didn't actually say or do anything dirty while it was up. Both (a) and (b) seem incredibly unlikely on their own, let alone in the same reality.

They forgot to mention the investigation will take just under 8 years.
 

Socreges

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This undermines Obama's credibility with people who already think that he's a secret radical atheist Muslim who's Kenyan, even though his real dad is some random black guy from the US.
Sure. But isn't that his intention? To keep his base mobilized and ensure that Obama doesn't show up and make a convincing case? Make him a villain again
 

Acorn

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Garry Kasporov said something interesting on Twitter.

Garry Kasporov said:
The tradition of going after one’s predecessor in power is very familiar to anyone from an authoritarian regime. Purges, scapegoating, etc.
 

Stinkles

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From the article. Is it normal to put sticky tape on the back of your tie? Is that the wire tapp? Was it in his tie all along!?

Like something your mom would do after clicking your hair down with saliva.


You'd think this dude would have a massive collection of luxurious tie pins.
 

Bossun

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We could make fun of him if congress denied that ridiculous demand. By his own words Trump or the WH would never comment on it anymore and those baselss stupid accusations would just wither away unlike the fucking moron that is Orange-man.

That's a good plan I'd say.
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4
From the article. Is it normal to put sticky tape on the back of your tie? Is that the wire tapp? Was it in his tie all along!?
You usually do that to keep your shirt's collar in place if it's a bit rebellious and doesn't have any kind of buttons or fasteners. You can call it a lifehack like all those insufferable kids do these days.

Trump using tape to keep his tie fixed instead of a pin is almost adorable in a child-like way.
 

Alucrid

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From the article. Is it normal to put sticky tape on the back of your tie? Is that the wire tapp? Was it in his tie all along!?

i guess trump likes his ties to lay flat but instead of using a tie bar and buttoning his suit jacket when standing like you should he's using tape like a loser
 

LosDaddie

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Deflecting and still able to troll the Obama administration.

DJT is truly a FB meme that old people share come to life.
 
How soon is it going to be before this country ends up in some really awful foreign relations situation when Trump says/tweets something about another country that his supporters can't walk back by claiming he didn't really mean it?
How have we even gotten this far? Like how is an apparent president able to say whatever he wants without any kind of real repercussions. From what I have seen, its just been basically Trump shutting up about any of these things that have been 100% refuted. How is he not being sued, legal action taken for perjury, or even a cost of wasting the governments time and resources?
 
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