[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #477 McGabe? You're FIRED!

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 22:00 schreef livelink het volgende:

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Ik ben bang van niet. Trump komt met zoveel dingen weg.

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Schumer: 'Severe consequences' if Trump moves to shut down Mueller probe (The Hill)

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday warned of "severe consequences" if President Trump moves to shut down the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Schumer cited comments by Trump's personal attorney John Dowd on Saturday asking the deputy attorney general to "bring an end" to the "fraudulent" investigation he claimed was constructed to undermine the president.

"The president, the administration, and his legal team must not take any steps to curtail, interfere with, or end the special counsel's investigation or there will be severe consequences from both Democrats and Republicans," Schumer said in a statement.

Dowd called on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to follow the "courageous example" of the FBI's internal watchdog that recommended former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe be fired. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced McCabe's firing on Friday.

The Trump attorney said in a statement obtained by The Hill that Rosenstein should "bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss [former FBI Director] James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier."

Schumer, who has defended special counsel Robert Mueller against Trump's insistence that the federal probe is a "witch hunt," said Dowd's statement was "yet another indication that the first instinct of the president and his legal team is not to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but to undermine him at every turn."

The top Senate Democrat previously called for Congress to unite in protecting Mueller from dismissal after it was reported Trump had once ordered the special counsel to be fired.

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 21:51 schreef livelink het volgende:
Ik hoop dan dat het Amerikaanse volk in opstand komt en hun afschuw laat blijken in de verkiezingen.

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 19:14 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Cambridge Analytica is door Facebook (in ieder geval tijdelijk) geblokkeerd vanwege misbruik van data:
https://trib.al/Tu7YG03

Politico had een wat uitgebreider verhaal:
http://politi.co/2FHIFJN

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 22:04 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Het probleem is ook meer de stand van zaken in het congres vandaag de dag. Er moet wel heel erg veel gebeuren willen afgevaardigden of senatoren meegaan in een impeachment vandaag de dag. Waar nog wel de nodige Republikeinen destijds meegingen in een aantal van de 'aanklachten' tegen Nixon zijn Nunes en consorten pure partisans.

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 22:27 schreef livelink het volgende:

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Het feit dat alleen de Republikeinen die geen re-election wensen hun mond opendoen vind ik zorgwekkend.

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 23:02 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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De hele situatie in inderdaad “zorgwekke”.

Voor een ietwat ander geluid: een vroegere FBI meneer vindt, dat Mueller moet terugtreden voor geloofwaardigheid en integriteit.
Want de ontslagen fbi mensen waren voorheen zíjn medewerkers. http://thehill.com/opinio(...)y-he-must-step-aside

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 23:08 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ik zie niet echt in wat het uitmaakt wat een willekeurige voormalige FBI agent vindt ... dat zijn er vele duizenden?! Zelfs als slechts 1 procent van hen in de Fox News propaganda-val terecht komt heb je het nog over een behoorlijk aantal individuen die een opiniestuk kunnen schrijven over de gekste dingen.

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 20:27 schreef broodjepindakaashagelslag het volgende:

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‘I created Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower

For more than a year we’ve been investigating Cambridge Analytica and its links to the Brexit Leave campaign in the UK and Team Trump in the US presidential election. Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate

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SarahHuckabee twitterde op donderdag 03-11-2016 om 20:12:34 When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing https://t.co/SIoAxatCjp reageer retweet

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When the Russia question came up during a hearing at the British Parliament last month, Alexander Nix did not hesitate.

“We’ve never worked in Russia,” said Mr. Nix, head of a data consulting firm that advised the Trump campaign on targeting voters.

“As far as I’m aware, we’ve never worked for a Russian company,” Mr. Nix added. “We’ve never worked with a Russian organization in Russia or any other country, and we don’t have any relationship with Russia or Russian individuals.”

But Mr. Nix’s business did have some dealings with Russian interests, according to company documents and interviews.

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RepAdamSchiff twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 20:16:54 Mr. President, the Committee reached no such conclusion — only Republicans. In fact, we did find evidence of collusion, despite GOP members being more interested in protecting you than learning the truth. When accusing others of lying, best not to misrepresent facts yourself. reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 18:11:50 As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

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Op zondag 18 maart 2018 00:30 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Weet niet zeker of deze al voorbij was gekomen:

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RepAdamSchiff twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 20:16:54 Mr. President, the Committee reached no such conclusion — only Republicans. In fact, we did find evidence of collusion, despite GOP members being more interested in protecting you than learning the truth. When accusing others of lying, best not to misrepresent facts yourself. reageer retweet

Was in reactie hierop:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 18:11:50 As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

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Op zondag 18 maart 2018 00:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Schiff voor president in 2020 zou ik btw niet willen uit sluiten ... hij reageert steevast on topic en sterk, ook in live interviews... al oogt het allemaal misschien wat minder.

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Op zondag 18 maart 2018 00:42 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Hmmmm...

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 01:12:48 The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT! reageer retweet

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Op zondag 18 maart 2018 01:22 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Yups hij knijpt hem

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 01:12:48 The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT! reageer retweet

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Massachusetts' attorney general is launching an investigation into the data-analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, which is facing allegations it kept inappropriately obtained user information after telling Facebook the company had deleted it.

Maura Healey announced the probe Saturday afternoon.

"Massachusetts residents deserve answers immediately from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica," Healey tweeted. "We are launching an investigation."

Facebook announced Friday that they had suspended the accounts of Strategic Communication Laboratories, including the company's political data firm, Cambridge Analytica, after a University of Cambridge psychology professor passed on an app's data that used a Facebook Login to SCL and Cambridge Analytica.

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Op zondag 18 maart 2018 00:42 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Hmmmm...

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Op zaterdag 17 maart 2018 14:43 schreef livelink het volgende:
Wat heeft McCabe misdaan dat hij een paar dagen voor zijn pensioen wordt ontslagen? Ik begrijp dit echt, echt, echt niet.

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Mr. McCabe is ensnared in an internal review that includes an examination of his decision in 2016 to allow F.B.I. officials to speak with reporters about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation. The Justice Department’s inspector general concluded that Mr. McCabe was not forthcoming during the review, according to the people briefed on the matter. That yet-to-be-released report triggered an F.B.I. disciplinary process that recommended his termination — leaving Mr. Sessions to either accept or reverse that decision.

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Mr. McCabe declined to comment. His friends and allies have said that he denies any wrongdoing in his dealings with journalists or the inspector general. He stepped down in January and took a leave of absence under pressure over the looming inspector general’s report.

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There are no indications that Mr. Horowitz is prepared to release a broad report this week. It is not clear why he opted to handle Mr. McCabe separately and refer him for discipline before the release of the full report. A spokesman for Mr. Horowitz has declined to comment.

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SethAbramson twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 05:21:35 NOTE: None of the FBI agents who illegally leaked critical investigative data to Rudy Giuliani, Jim Kallstrom, Joe DiGenova, or the fake news website "True Pundit" in October 2016 have been named, investigated, or fired. This despite the fact they tried to influence the election. reageer retweet

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AshaRangappa_ twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 01:36:40 THREAD. As usual, @brithume has zero idea what he's talking about. To understand why many agents, and indeed even the FBI Agents Association *which is non partisan) have issues with this, you have to understand an OPR in the FBI. The bar for "misconduct" is very low. https://t.co/j1UkesRoVb reageer retweet

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maggieNYT twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 02:20:13 Soon to be in mine and @nytmike's story, Trump's lawyers recently received a list of questions from Mueller's team that the special counsel would seek answers to in an interview. Adds to the portrait of what took place today. reageer retweet

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The president's tweets, posted on a Saturday in which he remained inside the White House with no public schedule, came as Mr. Mueller is said to have sent questions to Mr. Trump's legal team as part of negotiations over an interview with the president. Mr. Mueller is seeking the interview, according to two people close to the White House, in order to ask follow-up questions, but put forward the list as a start.

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Mr. Trump has increasingly expressed frustration as the special counsel investigation has shown more signs of accelerating rather than ending. His legal team has worked to keep him from firing Mr. Mueller in the past. To keep the president at bay, the lawyers -- led by the White House lawyer Ty Cobb -- told him that Mr. Mueller's investigation would be over by last December and that they would ask Mr. Mueller to put out a statement saying the president was not a target of the investigation.

But instead, Mr. Trump was livid anew this week over the Times report that Mr. Mueller had subpoenaed his corporate records, including those related to Russia, according to one person close to the White House.

The president's lawyers appear to be feeling increasingly uneasy about where they stand. This month, Mr. Trump met with a veteran Washington lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, to discuss coming on board to take over the president's dealings with Mr. Mueller's office and possibly replacing Donald F. McGahn II as White House counsel. The president's personal lawyers, Mr. Dowd and Jay Sekulow, did not know about the meeting, prompting concerns that they could be pushed aside, and potentially making them less resistant to Mr. Trump's whims about handling the inquiry.

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SethAbramson twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 03:31:08 Listen: Trump's *actual* "red line" for Mueller is a subpoena.Trump will refuse to speak to Mueller and force him to issue a subpoena.A subpoena is a perjury trap for Trump, so at that point Trump will have to fire Mueller.In other words, things are coming to a head soon. reageer retweet