[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #478 McGabe? Terecht?

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The President and His Lawyers, Part II: The Attorney General and the Saturday Night Pre-Massacre
As President Trump moves closer to an all-out assault on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the question is: How will the lawyers around him respond? They understand that the president sees them as an extension of his personal staff, in place to serve him as he pleases: to get done what he believes is necessary. Those who have not yet lost their ethical bearings have the choice to resist or to enable. The news of the last few days is not promising.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe hours before McCabe’s retirement, as the White House urged Sessions on publicly. Sessions could and did point to the recommendations before him from career officials. But, whatever the still-undetermined merits of the decision to dismiss McCabe, the fact remains that the attorney general rushed to do what the president openly pressed for and then publicly celebrated. (Lawfare).

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Op maandag 19 maart 2018 18:50 schreef Klaphark het volgende:
Is het in theorie mogelijk dat Trump getapt, afgeluisterd, kan worden? Of is er wetgeving die zegt dat dit niet mag bij een Potus.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 20-03-2018 om 01:28:45 The Democrats do not want to help DACA. Would be so easy to make a deal! reageer retweet

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Cohen, for his part, said that for as many questions as can be asked, “the only issue that will ultimately be decided is the amount of damages Ms. Clifford will owe.” If a judge does ultimately order Clifford to pay damages, Cohen said that any money he receives will go to pay lawyers first. After that, he said, the balance will be donated to various charities. “You know what?” he added. “The more I’m thinking about it, I might even take an extended vacation on her dime.”
Vanity Fair

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MichaelAvenatti twitterde op maandag 19-03-2018 om 21:57:44 Mr. Cohen should ensure he makes REFUNDABLE reservations for that extended vacation he is planning on my client’s dime.....https://t.co/n9llqgZC1P reageer retweet

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President Trump’s legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday, according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third — who pushed theories on television that Mr. Trump was framed by the F.B.I. — joined the roster.

Mr. Trump has weighed aloud in recent days to close associates whether to dismiss his lawyer Ty Cobb, who had pushed most strongly a strategy of cooperating fully with the special counsel investigation. The president reassured Mr. Cobb that he had no plans to fire him, according to a person who spoke with the president late Monday, in part to prevent a narrative that his team was in disarray after The New York Times began making inquiries.

Mr. Trump’s lead lawyer, John Dowd, has contemplated leaving his post because he has concluded that he has no control over the behavior of the president, the two people briefed on the matter said. Ignoring his lawyers’ advice, Mr. Trump has reverted to a more aggressive strategy of publicly assailing the inquiry that he initially adopted in the weeks immediately after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was appointed. Now the president has begun attacking Mr. Mueller himself.

The shift in tone appears to be a product of the president’s concern that the investigation into possible ties between his associates and Russia’s election interference is bearing down on him more directly. And the legal team’s collapse comes as his lawyers are confronting one of their most critical tasks: advising the president on whether to agree to sit for an interview with the special counsel’s office.

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Trump is not consulting with top advisers, including Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and chief White House lawyer Donald McGahn, on his Russia legal choices or his comments about the probe, according to one person with knowledge of his actions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive conversations. He is instead watching television and calling friends, this person said.

The president continues to complain that his lawyers are not protecting him and that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein -- who is supervising the probe -- is up to mischief, said the person, who spoke to Trump in recent days.

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CamAnalytica twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 19:49:47 Obama's 2008 campaign was famously data-driven, pioneered microtargeting in 2012, talking to people specifically based on the issues they care about. 6/8 reageer retweet

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mbsimon twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 05:45:06 👋 I ran the Obama 2008 data-driven microtargeting team. How dare you! We didn’t steal private Facebook profile data from voters under false pretenses. OFA voluntarily solicited opinions of hundreds of thousands of voters. We didn’t commit theft to do our groundbreaking work. https://t.co/CyVIFDB2Tz reageer retweet

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CamAnalytica twitterde op maandag 19-03-2018 om 19:35:05 We strongly deny the claims recently made by the New York Times, the Guardian and Channel 4 News. Read our latest press release: https://t.co/G8cnv5G8oc reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 20-03-2018 om 04:17:30 They're not "claims," Cambridge Analytica.They're *detailed, videotaped confessions* of serious and possibly criminal misconduct by your top executives.Why should the world read your *press releases* when it can read exhaustive, sworn depositions from you for the next decade? https://t.co/eMBfpnHqmO reageer retweet

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Op maandag 19 maart 2018 22:12 schreef Szura het volgende:
Mooi dat het FB klauwen met geld kost, laks pleurisbedrijf. En sommige figuren willen dat die Zuckerberg een gooi doet naar het presidentschap?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 07:36 schreef livelink het volgende:
En de volgende shutdown ligt nu ook al weer op de loer. Ik word al moe van alles wat er speelt. Als je middenin dat circus zit moet je toch helemaal gek worden?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 07:36 schreef livelink het volgende:
En de volgende shutdown ligt nu ook al weer op de loer. Ik word al moe van alles wat er speelt. Als je middenin dat circus zit moet je toch helemaal gek worden?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 07:57 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Waar haal je dat vandaan? Er ligt toch juist een spending deal?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 04:15 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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CamAnalytica twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 19:49:47 Obama's 2008 campaign was famously data-driven, pioneered microtargeting in 2012, talking to people specifically based on the issues they care about. 6/8 reageer retweet

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mbsimon twitterde op zondag 18-03-2018 om 05:45:06 👋 I ran the Obama 2008 data-driven microtargeting team. How dare you! We didn’t steal private Facebook profile data from voters under false pretenses. OFA voluntarily solicited opinions of hundreds of thousands of voters. We didn’t commit theft to do our groundbreaking work. https://t.co/CyVIFDB2Tz reageer retweet

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CamAnalytica twitterde op maandag 19-03-2018 om 19:35:05 We strongly deny the claims recently made by the New York Times, the Guardian and Channel 4 News. Read our latest press release: https://t.co/G8cnv5G8oc reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 20-03-2018 om 04:17:30 They're not "claims," Cambridge Analytica.They're *detailed, videotaped confessions* of serious and possibly criminal misconduct by your top executives.Why should the world read your *press releases* when it can read exhaustive, sworn depositions from you for the next decade? https://t.co/eMBfpnHqmO reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 03:30 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 04:15 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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CamAnalytica twitterde op zaterdag 17-03-2018 om 19:49:47 Obama's 2008 campaign was famously data-driven, pioneered microtargeting in 2012, talking to people specifically based on the issues they care about. 6/8 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 00:32 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:

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Is wraakporno in Amerika niet gewoon strafbaar?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 10:09 schreef DeParo het volgende:
Interessant dat de bepalingen in TPP die Amerika onderhandelt heeft niet verwijderd zijn, ze zijn wel bevroren, wat een indicatie zou zijn dat de landen die nu een Amerika-loze TPP afspreken de Hoop behouden dat Amerika er toch nog in gaat stappen wat ook in lijn is met recente berichtgeving dat Amerika alsnog voorzichtig het standpunt heroverweegt.

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 07:57 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Waar haal je dat vandaan? Er ligt toch juist een spending deal?

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Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say
A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility overnight, law enforcement officials said early Tuesday.

The explosion occurred at a FedEx facility in Schertz, Tex., just northeast of San Antonio sometime around 1 a.m., said FBI Special Agent Michelle Lee. She did not have the exact time.

ATF spokeswoman Nicole Strong said that early indications are that no one was injured. (Washington Post).

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 00:32 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:

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Is wraakporno in Amerika niet gewoon strafbaar?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 10:34 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Als de VS het braaf vraagt mogen ze vast wel lid worden.

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 11:01 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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Bijna wederom raak, dus, maar het explosief ging te vroeg af.

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 11:50 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:

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Heeft de Pres eigenlijk al aandacht besteed aan deze Texaanse bomterreur?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 11:54 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Nope. Hij is alleen geïnteresseerd in terreur als het door moslims of immigranten gedaan wordt, zo lijkt het. Hoewel de dader nu niet duidelijk is, heeft het duidelijk geen prioriteit voor Trump.