Blurryeyed wrote:
I see that we have another sucker for fake news... let's take a look at the president's statement in full context.....
Directly from the Mueller report...
On May 17, 2017, Acting Attorney General Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller, IIT as
Special Counsel and authorized him to conduct the Russia investigation and matters that arose
from the investigation.°! The President learned of the Special Counsel’s appointment from
Sessions, who was with the President, Hunt, and McGahn conducting interviews for a new FBI
Director. Sessions stepped out of the Oval Office to take a call from Rosenstein, who told him
about the Special Counsel appointment, and Sessions then returned to inform the Presidentof the
news.°? According to notes written by Hunt, when Sessions told the President that a Special
Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said, “Oh my God. This
is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.”°** The President became angry and
lambasted the Attorney General for his decision to recuse from the investigation, stating, “How
could you let this happen, Jeff”°> The President said the position of Attorney General was his
most important appointment and that Sessions had “let [him] down,” contrasting him to Eric
Holder and Robert Kennedy.°°° Sessions recalled that the President said to him, “you were
supposed to protect me,” or words to that effect.°°’ The President returned to the consequences of
the appointment and said, “Everyone tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it ruins
your presidency. It takes years and years and I won’t be able to do anything. This is the worst
thing that ever happened to me.”
I see that we have another sucker for fake news...... (
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"Contrasting to Eric Holder and Robert Kennedy" says a lot. Those two spent all of the political and legal tender protecting the sitting President rather than doing their jobs. That Trump expected that behavior from his AG speaks both to the fallibility of Trump's logic and to the corruption both tolerated and EXPECTED in DC. As to the 'f-ed' comment, there is no proof of guilt. It's just as likely Trump felt he would be crippled by a never-ending campaign from both investigators and media. Can't imagine why he'd consider this a political ploy...... especially since there was never collusion and the original FISA warrants were based on documentation known to me false.