same here anon…I feel your pain
This has been the best week of Donald Trump's political life
If anyone has a reason to smile this week, it's Donald Trump.
Dark clouds that have been hanging over the US President's head for years were destroyed in just a couple of days.
Now, Trump is effectively untouchable. Chances of impeaching him before the next election are pretty much at zero, and at the same time, the Pentagon has thrown a wad of fresh cash at his border wall.
Here's what's gone down this week.
MUELLER REPORT RULES IN TRUMP'S FAVOUR
For almost two years, the biggest threat to the President's administration has been a special counsel investigation into whether he colluded with Russia to influence the results of the federal election.
For many Democrats, impeaching the President rested on the results of this report. If he was found guilty, there may have been enough grounds to begin the impeachment process. Without that, not so much.
"The special counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or co-ordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election," Attorney-General William Barr wrote to Congress about the report.
This means the possibility of impeaching Trump is now highly unlikely.
"In terms of the political consequences, the possibility of impeachment is at near zero," Dr David Smith from the United States Studies Centre told news.com.au earlier this week.
"Nancy Pelosi already said she wasn't keen on impeachment unless there was bipartisan consensus. This makes it impossible for there to be any bipartisan consensus."
While the President faces a separate legal investigation into hush money payments, this is unlikely to play out until he's left office.
Democrats are still pushing for the actual Mueller report to be made public — particularly in light of Barr's letter noting that the report "does not exonerate" the President.
They are hoping the report can provide insight into how the investigation was conducted, and potentially pinpoint any evidence of obstructing justice on Trump's part.
But regardless, the verdict won't change — and that's very much a reason for the billionaire to celebrate.
STORMY DANIELS' LAWYER ARRESTED
So, back to those hush money payments.
Porn star Stormy Daniels alleged that she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006.
In January last year, it was revealed Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen had paid Daniels $US130,000 one month before the US election to keep her from discussing the alleged affair.
Last August, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight charges, including a campaign finance violation, for his role in the transaction. It formed part of his three-year prison sentence.
Trump has consistently denied that he ever personally directed Cohen to make the payments — a move that would constitute an impeachable offence.
While it hasn't been proved whether Trump did direct Cohen to do so, it hasn't been great for the President's reputation.
So it came as good news to him this week that Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, has been charged with extortion and fraud.
Avenatti is facing up to 50 years in jail after he was charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and attempting to extort more than $US20 million ($A28 million) from Nike Inc.
The arrest came just one day after the Mueller announcement. US lawyer Nick Hanna said the timing of the two incidents was not related.
His charges would seem especially sweet to Trump because the lawyer's fame came from the affair.
He gained a huge Twitter presence, appeared at rallies, become a guest on late-night talk shows and was interviewed by US media networks like CNN and MSNBC dozens of times. He also showed a willingness to match Trump's brash speaking style, matching the President insult for insult. He even once announced that he was considering a run for the Oval Office in 2020. Avenatti was freed on $US300,000 bail and continues to deny the allegations. But that hasn't stopped his opponents from making digs.
CONGRESS FAILS TO BLOCK NATIONAL EMERGENCY
PENTAGON GRANTS TRUMP $1B FOR BORDER WALL
MORE: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12217801
>jurnee smollett-bell on the Board of Directors for the Children’s Defense Fund
WHY is every single "Fund" (((they))) are a part of, connected to kids/children?
These people are sick
EXACTLY.
I have had some time off so I have been looking into this entire group of frauds.
Thing is, they are so stupid, they give themselves away, if you pay attention.
They will be exposed..every single one of them.
Trump’s gifted attorney general aims to please
Donald Trump›s carefully chosen new attorney general, William Barr, has gifted his boss with the one thing his rich and powerful president desperately needed but couldn›t buy for himself: The gift of time.
In this case, legally crafted, politically vital spin-time. And Barr›s gift seems to be working as the attorney general intended. It is allowing Trump to move at warp speed to manipulate public opinion and maybe even finally warp the polls his way.
The beauty of Barr›s gift was its brevity and non-transparency. It was just four pages of willfully uninformative information, a summary Barr gave to Congress last Sunday of the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller›s final report that is almost 400 pages long. And mainly: As intended, Barr›s memo carefully made it impossible for Americans to see even one single factoid of evidence that Mueller and his team found in their two years.
Barr reported that Mueller made one conclusion and one non-conclusion. Mueller found no evidence that Trump or his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia›s interference with America›s 2016 election. Mueller made no conclusion about whether Trump obstructed justice, but Barr knew he had to include Mueller›s essential line that not concluding Trump committed a crime «does not exonerate him.»
Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein then made the decision Mueller didn›t make – they cleared their boss of obstruction of justice. No surprise: As Trump knew when he selected his new attorney general, back in June 2017 Barr told The Hill newspaper he considered Mueller›s obstruction of justice probe «asinine,» adding Mueller risked «taking on the look of an entirely political operation to overthrow the president.»
In a second letter sent on Friday to the Senate and House Judiciary committee chairs, Barr said that by mid-April, if not sooner, he expects to send Congress Mueller›s full report, minus portions that will be redacted for reasons of legality, national security, or protection of peripheral third parties.
Barr added an optimistic note of future transparency, writing: «Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own.»
Meanwhile, Barr has gifted Trump with several weeks in which he can say he›s been cleared of wrongdoing – but the American people will not yet see what actions and conduct Mueller perhaps considered improper.
In contrast, when FBI Director James Comey announced during the 2016 campaign that Hillary Clinton would face no prosecution for her use of a private email server, Comey simultaneously announced his finding that she had been «extremely careless» in handling our nation›s secrets. She never had a moment to take political advantage of her finding in the manner Trump did this week, and will likely continue doing for a couple of weeks more.
On Thursday, Trump told a Grand Rapids, Mich., rally: «…the Russia hoax is finally dead. The special counsel completed its report and found no collusion and no obstruction. …Total exoneration. Complete vindication.» Complete Braunschweiger.
Also, this mind-blowing fact: When Donald Jr. was emailed that a Russian wanted to meet and give him «dirt» on Hillary Clinton, he replied: «I love it.» Top Trumpers Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner attended; but apparently no dirt was dished.
Once Mueller›s full report goes public, Congress may want to consider some disapproving action short of impeachment – perhaps a strong resolution censuring or rebuking the president for his unprecedented and unpresidential pro-Russia actions and comments.
https://gulftoday.ae/opinion/2019/03/30/trumps-gifted-attorney-general-aims-to-please
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW2mjpwRyho
OMG!
Well, he's was not wrong.
They all look so fucking retarded, including Alex, yelling at each other while holding their phones.
The younger generation on the left is so fucked….good lord.
some hit pieces from yesterday
some MOAR
that's exactly what it looks like
this bread is shit
what is ebin?
man, he was SUCH a fucking faggot…