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Trump Under Probe For Russia Ties Imbroglio by saintig41(m): 8:36am On May 18, 2017 |
It is not new that last week, Trump stunningly
fired FBI Director
James Comey, who was overseeing the Russia
probe. In a brazen warning
to Comey, Trump suggested he may have
tapes of their conversations.
Undeterred, Comey's associates then revealed
that the former FBI chief
has a memo of a meeting with Trump in which
the president asks for the
investigation into ousted national security
adviser Michael Flynn to
be stopped.
Controversy is nothing new for Trump. As a
candidate, he often
careened from one crisis to the next, including
the release of a video
in which he was heard making predatory
comments about women. His
response often followed a familiar pattern:
blaming the media for
peddling "fake news," lashing out at his rivals
and creating
provocative distractions, often with a well-
timed tweet.
He's tried to deploy that same playbook to
tamp down the Russia
controversy. He's repeatedly panned both the
FBI investigation and
concurrent probes on Capitol Hill as a "hoax."
He's blamed Democrats
for leveling allegations of Russian collusion
as a way to explain
their crushing defeats in last year's elections.
And he's urged not
only his supporters, but also the FBI, to focus
more on the leaks
about the investigation that have deepened
questions about possible
Russia connections.
Meanwhile, the former FBI director and
prosecutor Robert Mueller,
known for his independence in high profile
government investigations,
is taking on a new challenge in the midst of a
crisis that threatens
the presidency of the United States.
Mueller, 72, was named on Wednesday by the
Justice Department to probe
alleged Russian efforts to sway November's
presidential election in
favor of Donald Trump, and investigate
whether there was any collusion
between Trump's campaign team and
Moscow.
President Trump said in a statement that
there was no collusion
between his campaign and "any foreign
entity."
Mueller is known as "Bobby Three Sticks" by
some because of his full
name, Robert Mueller III - a moniker that
belies the formal bearing
and no-nonsense style of the former Marine Corps
officer who was
decorated during the Vietnam War.
Democrats and Republicans alike praised his
appointment and hailed his
integrity and reputation.
As special counsel, Mueller will serve at the
pleasure of Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who
appointed him to the post.
Mueller, known for avoiding political
controversy, took a stand in
2004 when he and then-Deputy Attorney
General James Comey threatened
to resign when the Bush White House sought
to reauthorize a domestic
wiretapping program that the Justice
Department had deemed
unconstitutional.
Trump on addressing the Coast Guard
Academy on Wednesday, have
defended himself, telling graduating cadets
that no leader in history
had been treated more “unfairly” by the news
media and Washington
elites. www.saintig..com
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