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[deleted]

This moron is already gearing up to perjure himself

 

[Based Jesus]

Yall think Trump gives a damn about an oath? He'll get up there and lie his *** off.

 

[whywesteppin]

that's what'll eventually undo trump.

he's potentially squeaky clean on Russia, taxes, etc. but we are all 100% certain he will lie under oath.

 

[Black Lotus]

 
Yall think Trump gives a damn about an oath? He'll get up there and lie his *** off.

same thing i thought... dudes lying knows no bound. unless there is tapes its just his words against comeys

 

[elpablo21]

More Trump: “Frankly, James Comey confirmed a lot of what I said — and some of the things that he said just weren't true. Thank you very much”

 

[rolaholic]

@thehill: #BREAKING: Trump: I'm '100%' willing to testify under oath about Comey talks http://hill.cm/F1L377X

Just like he'd release those tax returns 100% after the election?

 

[hipstermike]

 
I'm expecting a backpedal 

"Comey said that you said 'I hope you can let that go'"

"I didn't say that"

Later under oath:

"I said 'I hope THAT you can let that go'"

"Totally different words people"

 

[aepps20]

Da LIBBIE ECHO CHAMBER doesn't want to hear Da Don tell Da Truth under Oath B. Once Da Don impresses Da questioner with his DAPPERNESS IT IS A WRAP B. LIBBIES DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT BEING DAPPER B. I'VE NEVER MET A LIBBIE THAT WAS HANDSOME IN THEIR YOUTH B.

 

[rolaholic]

@thehill: #BREAKING: House committee demands Trump hand over any tapes of Comey conversations http://hill.cm/NI99ZJi

Heh

 

[elpablo21]

 

@thehill: #BREAKING: House committee demands Trump hand over any tapes of Comey conversations http://hill.cm/NI99ZJi

Heh

Lordy

 

[EddieDoyers]

Backpedal in 3,2,1...

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump already committed the act that got Nixon impeached

Now he is about to commit the act that tripped up Clinton

And the GOP are foolishly still ridin for this clown.

 

[rolaholic]

They probably think that they can still move forward and get at least part of their agenda done but I doubt their ability to pass anything right now with the self proclaimed "cloud" hanging over the **** gibbons regime. There's no end in sight to this whole thing until Mueller's work is done

 

[Black Lotus]

 

@thehill: #BREAKING: House committee demands Trump hand over any tapes of Comey conversations http://hill.cm/NI99ZJi

Heh

 

[EddieDoyers]

And the GOP are foolishly still ridin for this clown.

I mean they do really got a choice though?
Their base loves Trump still.

 

[aepps20]

I mean they do really got a choice though?
Their base loves Trump still.

I VOTED FOR DA DON 10 TIMES B. Anyone that doesn't defer to Da Don is Da ENEMY B. DA DON educated Da Goons to have his back B. LOCK HER UP.

 

[EddieDoyers]

I mean they do really got a choice though?
Their base loves Trump still.

I VOTED FOR DA DON 10 TIMES B. Anyone that doesn't defer to Da Don is Da ENEMY B. DA DON educated Da Goons to have his back B. LOCK HER UP.

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[EddieDoyers]

White House social-media director Dan Scavino violated Hatch Act with tweet targeting GOP congressman

White House social-media director Dan Scavino Jr. violated a federal law that bars public officials from using their positions for political activity when he urged President Trump's supporters to defeat a GOP congressman, the Office of Special Counsel has concluded.

As a result, Scavino was issued a warning letter and advised that additional violations of the law could result in further action, according to a June 5 letter that the office sent to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which filed a complaint about Scavino's tweet.

Scavino's April 1 message called on the “#TrumpTrain” to take out Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) in an upcoming primary, referring to him as “a big liability.” Amash is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, a group that Trump had blamed at the time for derailing legislation that would have repealed parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Even though Scavino was tweeting from his personal account, his page at the time listed his official White House position and featured a photo of him inside the Oval Office.

The Office of Special Counsel concluded that his tweet violated the Hatch Act, which restricts government employees from attempting to influence an election through their official authority.

“Mr. Scavino has been advised that if in the future he engages in prohibited political activity while employed in a position covered by the Hatch Act, we will consider such activity to be a willful and knowing violation of the law, which could result in further action,” Ana Galindo-Marrone, chief of the office's Hatch Act Unit, wrote in a letter to CREW.

Federal employees who willfully violate the Hatch Act can be removed from their positions or barred from federal employment for up to five years.

CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a statement that the rules make clear that “government officials aren’t allowed to use their position for campaign activity.”

“OSC has made clear with this ruling that they are going to enforce these important rules and work to keep the government free from inappropriate politics,” he said.

Neither Scavino nor other White House officials immediately responded to requests for comment.

n April, a White House official had said that Scavino's tweet did not violate the Hatch Act, “as it clearly comes from his personal account and not his official White House account.”

But after complaints about his tweet attacking Amash, Scavino quickly altered details on his personal Twitter page, removing the reference to his current post at the White House and photos of Trump supporters at a rally holding signs. Later, he also removed a reference noting that he was director of social media for Trump's campaign.

Scavino's personal account now features a photo of him golfing, with the simple bio: “Personal Twitter Handle! I will be back.”

 

[Belgium]

If this is really gonna happen he won't be able to stop himself from commiting perjury. I doubt he'd even make it through one line of questioning from a democrat without perjuring himself over some insignificant thing. Hypothetically, if he was asked under oath if his claim was really true that his inauguration crowd was the biggest in history he probably still wouldn't be able to stop himself from saying "yes sir that's absolutely true, much bigger than Obama. Tremendous. To say otherwise is fake news"

Being a compulsive liar and extreme narcissist under stress, I don't see how he could last under oath without perjuring himself multiple times.

http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-willing-to-testify-under-oath?rnd=1497035924

 [h1]Trump: I'm '100 percent' willing to testify under oath[/h1]
President Trump said Friday he is "100 percent" willing to testify under oath about his interactions with James Comey in order to dispute the fired FBI director’s claims.

“One hundred percent,” Trump said when asked if he would give a sworn statement to Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the investigation into Russia’s election interference.

"I would be glad to tell him exactly what I told you,” the president said during a press conference in the White House Rose Garden.

In his first comments since Comey's dramatic testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Trump accused the ousted FBI chief of making false statements about their private conversations.
Trump said Comey’s statements vindicated his long-held claims that he did not collude with Russia to tip the election in his favor and that he did not interfere with the federal probe. 
“Yesterday showed no collusion, no obstruction,” he said. “But we were very, very happy and, frankly, James Comey confirmed a lot of what I said. And some of the things that he said just weren't true.”

Trump again refused to say whether there are secret recordings of his conversations with Comey, a stunning suggestion he made on Twitter three days after he decided to ax him. 

But he indicated the tapes might not exist, telling reporters, “you will be very disappointed when you hear the answer.”

Trump’s offer to sit for an interview with Mueller raises the stakes in the Russia probe.

Comey’s testimony gave the special counsel plenty of material to consider as he investigates whether the president or his associates acted illegally. 

Trump said he did not pressure the FBI chief to drop an investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, reiterating a denial made by his personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz. 

“I didn’t say that,” Trump said of his alleged request of Comey to “let go” of the Flynn probe.

Trump flatly denied that he demanded a pledge of personal loyalty from the former FBI director.

“No,” Trump said. “I hardly know the man, I’m gonna say, 'I want you to pledge allegiance.’ ”

Democrats and some legal experts have cited those actions to accuse Trump of obstruction of justice in the Russia probe. 

The question of whether there are tapes of his conversations with Comey has also dogged Trump.  

"James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Trump tweeted on May 12.

For the past month, Trump and his aides have repeatedly stonewalled on whether the president actually routinely had his White House conversations recorded — a practice that ended amid the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Comey told senators that he hopes those recordings exist because they would back up his side of the story. 

“Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” he said Thursday. 

He also pointed to the “tapes” tweet as the reason he decided to leak memos recounting his conversations with Trump, saying he was afraid Trump would use them to misrepresent their conversations. 

Trump doubled down on his team’s effort to discredit Comey, accusing him of acting improperly by revealing their private conversations. 

“No collusion, no obstruction. He's a leaker,” Trump said. "But we want to get back to running our great country." 

 

[Belgium]

Heh

So he can either hand over the tapes (which probably don't exist in the first place) and they'll presumably confirm Comey's notes, or he'll have to admit he was lying and the tapes don't exist. And in a less likely scenario, maybe he does have the tapes but knows that they confirm Comey's testimony and will deny their existence and/or destroy them.

 

[iamdef]

Quote:

@thehill: #BREAKING: Trump: I'm '100%' willing to testify under oath about Comey talks http://hill.cm/F1L377X

Delightful.....lying under oath................delicious

 

[Belgium]

Testifying under oath is a loss/loss for Trump. In order to not perjure himself and considering his enormous amount of lies, false statements, ... he'll have to do a lot of confirming he lied about this, lied about that, ... 

 

[whywesteppin]

And the GOP are foolishly still ridin for this clown.

I mean they do really got a choice though?
Their base loves Trump still.

What do they have to lose?

 

[EddieDoyers]

And the GOP are foolishly still ridin for this clown.

I mean they do really got a choice though?
Their base loves Trump still.

What do they have to lose?

 

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