[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #541 - Guilty

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 17:23 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:

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Een vos en zijn streken: dit komt sterk overeen met zijn dreigementen eind jaren '80 aan de banken dat ze ongekende verliezen zouden lijden als ze Taj en Trump Castle Casino Ressort niet zouden helpen redden.
https://washingtonspectator.org/trump-finance-regulators/
https://archive.org/details/templesofchanceh00john (dat is een boek, waard om eens goed te lezen)

The Politics of Fear: Charting the Rise of Populist Movements – Public Lecture, February 2018

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 17:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het klinkt als een poging tot chantage.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 17:53 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Graag zou ik eens een glimp opvangen, van wat er leeft in Pence’s hoofd ( en hart en ziel) ...

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 18:45 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:
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Tricky Donald

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President Donald Trump says he gets his legal advice from watching tv

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When asked about former Trump Organization attorney Cohen’s legal problems, the president responded that the counts that his long-time friend pleaded guilty to weren’t actually crimes. “By the way, he pled to two counts which aren’t a crime which nobody understands,” he said. The president then claimed that he knew these weren’t crimes because “I watched a number of shows, sometimes you get good information by watching shows, those two counts aren’t a crime.”

The president has been criticized for his excessive dependence on TV programs like Fox News. Some reports say the president gets in about eight hours of screen time each day.

https://www.newsweek.com/(...)ent-tv-shows-1087243

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Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump after president insults him

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying in a statement that the Department of Justice will not be "improperly influenced by political considerations" hours after Trump attacked him on television.

"I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President's agenda," Sessions said in the statement, which was posted on Twitter by Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores.

Earlier in the day Trump said that Sessions "never took control of the Justice Department" during an interview on Fox & Friends, and criticized the former Alabama senator for recusing himself from the department's investigation into links between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.

Sessions "took the job and then he said, 'I'm going to recuse myself.' I said what kind of a man is this?" Trump said in the interview.

Bron: CNBC

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Key Republicans Signal Trump May Fire Sessions After Election

Two key Republican senators signaled to President Donald Trump that he could replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the midterm elections in November, a move that would open the way for firing Robert Mueller or constraining his probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

“The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that’s qualified for the job, and I think there will come a time, sooner rather than later, where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice,” Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who may be in line to head the Judiciary Committee next year, told reporters Thursday. “Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.”

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Graham warned against acting against Sessions before the election, calling that possibility “a nonstarter.” That “would create havoc” with Senate efforts to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and with the midterm elections in November, he said.

That represents a significant shift from Graham’s stance a year ago, when he warned Trump publicly that if he fired Sessions “there will be holy hell to pay.”

Senator Chuck Grassley, the current Judiciary chairman, also changed his position on Thursday, saying in an interview that he’d be able to make time for hearings for a new attorney general after saying in the past that the panel was too busy to tackle that explosive possibility.

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Bron: Bloomberg

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South Africa‘s government pushed back against Mr. Trump’s tweet on its own Twitter account.

“South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past,” it said. It added that “South Africa will speed up the pace of land reform in a careful and inclusive manner that does not divide our nation.”

South African Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said she instructed her department to seek clarification from the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria on Mr. Trump’s “unfortunate comments” based on “false information.” A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy confirmed the request for clarification but declined to comment further.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 17:53 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Populism: the politics of fear

The Politics of Fear: Charting the Rise of Populist Movements – Public Lecture, February 2018

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joshgerstein twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 19:59:40 NEW: Verdict form confirms Manafort jury had single holdout n 10 hung counts Doc: reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 21:25 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Kennelijk was Manafort bijna nog op 2 meer punten schuldig bevonden:

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joshgerstein twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 19:59:40 NEW: Verdict form confirms Manafort jury had single holdout n 10 hung counts Doc:[ afbeelding ] reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 21:28 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Bijna op alle aanklachten toch?

Alleen iemand die de paper trail niet meer snapte en toen maar zei dat ze twijfelde.

Neem bij dit soort zaken dan een jury van 12 accountants ofzo.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 15:08 schreef Sloggi het volgende:
“If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor,” adding that Americans would see economic “numbers that you wouldn’t believe in reverse”. In characteristic ebullient style, he also doubted it will happen.

“I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job,” he said in an interview with the conservative Fox News channel.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 22:25 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

https://www.msnbc.com/rac(...)family-1304666179927

Dat is nog eens een liefdadigheidsinstelling, die Trump Foundation.

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2018 legal actions by New York State

On June 14, 2018, the new New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a civil lawsuit against the foundation, alleging that it had engaged in "extensive unlawful political conduct" and accused Donald Trump of using the foundation "as his personal checkbook".[122][10] The lawsuit seeks $2.8 million in restitution and the dissolution of the Foundation.[123] Named in the suit are Donald Trump, the Trump Foundation, and three of his adult children: Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr.[124] The suit says that Trump himself made all decisions about disbursement of foundation funds, noting that the nominal board of directors didn't have a meeting for 18 years. It alleges that Trump illegally used the foundation to settle his personal legal debts and to support his presidential campaign.[125]. The office also referred possible legal violations to the Federal Election Commission and the IRS.[31]

In July 2018 the New York State Governor's chief counsel announced that it was ready to provide the state's Attorney General's office with a referral to the state's Division of Taxation and Finance. Such a referral could lead to criminal criminal prosecution under state law. Such a referral is required because the AG's office cannot receive a referral from its own office by law[10]

The New York Times reported on August 22, 2018 that Michael Cohen had received a subpoena for documents related to the Trump Foundation. This came the day after Cohen had pleaded guilty to charges that implicated Trump in campaign finance violations.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 23:00:28 Elijah Cummings: "I just find it phenomenal that we could have someone like Mr. Cohen ... come in and testify under oath, in federal court that the president directed him to commit crimes, and then the Republicans sit around and act like nothing big happened." @MSNBC reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 23:44 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Tekenend idd...

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 23:00:28 Elijah Cummings: "I just find it phenomenal that we could have someone like Mr. Cohen ... come in and testify under oath, in federal court that the president directed him to commit crimes, and then the Republicans sit around and act like nothing big happened." @MSNBC reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 23:57 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:

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Ik vind het eerder onbegrijpelijk. Er moeten toch _{(oorspronkelijk???)} ook heel veel door en door fatsoenlijke mensen bij die Republikeinen hebben gezeten, waar zijn die gebleven? Laten die nou echt stilzwijgend en zelfs applaudisserend toe dat hun partij met het uur ongeloofwaardiger wordt?

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 23:57 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:

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Ik vind het eerder onbegrijpelijk. Er moeten toch _{(oorspronkelijk???)} ook heel veel door en door fatsoenlijke mensen bij die Republikeinen hebben gezeten, waar zijn die gebleven? Laten die nou echt stilzwijgend en zelfs applaudisserend toe dat hun partij met het uur ongeloofwaardiger wordt?

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 23:57 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:

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Ik vind het eerder onbegrijpelijk. Er moeten toch _{(oorspronkelijk???)} ook heel veel door en door fatsoenlijke mensen bij die Republikeinen hebben gezeten, waar zijn die gebleven? Laten die nou echt stilzwijgend en zelfs applaudisserend toe dat hun partij met het uur ongeloofwaardiger wordt?

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:10:23 The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its relationship with Trump leading up to 2016 election, people familiar with the arrangement told The AP. https://t.co/SOWwFKNzV9 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:20:09 Interesting. Fearful the Trump docs might be used against American Media, David Pecker and his chief content officer removed them from the safe in the weeks before Trump's inauguration, according to the AP. https://t.co/l3lJL8D3mc reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 23:43 schreef la_perle_rouge het volgende:
Voor wie niet slapen kan, deze kilometer tekst op wikipedia is ook aardig up to date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Foundation

(Ik wilde wel eens weten wat die liefdadige instelling allemaal deed, behalve een soort afboekingspost zijn om over bepaalde inkomsten geen belasting te hoeven betalen.)

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 00:40 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:10:23 The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its relationship with Trump leading up to 2016 election, people familiar with the arrangement told The AP. https://t.co/SOWwFKNzV9 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:20:09 Interesting. Fearful the Trump docs might be used against American Media, David Pecker and his chief content officer removed them from the safe in the weeks before Trump's inauguration, according to the AP. https://t.co/l3lJL8D3mc reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 00:56 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Vroeger had je een of meerdere artikelen waarin dit dan te lezen was. Nu heb je tweets waarin verwezen wordt naar zichzelf of hetzelfde artikel waarin dan in de tweet de mening of hoofdzaak gegeven wordt volgens die persoon, terwijl in zo'n artikel juist altijd zoveel meer nuance zit.

Ikzelf maak er ook veel gebruik van, maar is het maatschappelijke debat niet veel armer geworden hierdoor?

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 01:01 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Het lijkt me juist wel handig voor mensen die niet de tijd hebben om alle artikelen te lezen en het artikel is toch gewoon beschikbaar? Zie het probleem niet zo.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 01:02 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ja, voor je eigen update is het makkelijker, maar voor het onderlinge overleg om meningen te vormen niet zo?

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 01:04 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Heb jij FOK-users nodig om die artikelen te duiden dan?

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 01:06 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Nee, en ik snap ook niet waarom je mn positie belachelijk probeert te maken.

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Lawyers for alleged Russian agent Maria Butina accused of violating court rules

The lawyer for Maria Butina, an alleged Russian agent who was recently indicted by the Justice Department, is being accused of violating court rules by talking to the press about her case.

In a new letter to attorney Robert Driscoll and entered into federal court in Washington on Thursday, prosecutors say they have “concerns” about his “apparent ongoing violations” of local criminal rules that set limits on what both the government and defense counsel can say publicly.

“Despite this clear prohibition, the government has encountered multiple recent instances of you in the press commenting about the merits and evidence of this case,” prosecutors wrote, citing comments Driscoll made in articles published in July and August in Politico, the Washington Post, and RT.

Butina was arrested in Washington on July 15 and charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by acting as an unregistered Russian agent within the United States. Her work at the direction of a high-level Russian official, believed to be Aleksandr Torshin, began as early as 2015 and continued until at least February 2017.

Prosecutors note that Driscoll’s comments were made despite a warning from the judge, when they alerted U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan at a status hearing last month about comments he had already made to the press.

At the time, Chutkan said she would hold off on issuing a gag order, but told Driscoll: “Do you think it’s in your client’s interest to have her case tried in the press?”

“Your comments in the press since that hearing appear to have been made without any regard to the court’s admonition,” prosecutors said Thursday, adding that they could ask for a gag order if his comments continue.

Prosecutors allege that Butina had attempted to create a “backchannel” of communications between Republicans and Russian officials, by developing relationships with conservatives inside the National Rifle Association, the National Prayer Breakfast, and other religious organizations.

Butina has pleaded not guilty, and is currently being held in an Alexandria, Va., jail — right outside Washington — after federal magistrate judge Deborah Robinson ordered her detained pending trial.

At a press briefing Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow demands the U.S. drop the charges against her.

"We demand that all necessary assistance is provided to Maria Butina and politically motivated charges are dropped," Zakharova reportedly said. "We hope that the global community will pay attention to the U.S. law enforcement agencies’ actions against the Russian citizen that humiliate human dignity."

The Russian Embassy in Washington has also accused the U.S. of mistreating Butina in custody.

“It seems as if Washington is trying to force her to cooperate with the investigation by making her living conditions as difficult as possible,” the embassy tweeted last week.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 02:03 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 01:15:02 Prosecutors in the case against Mariia Butina have sent a letter to her defense attorney saying that he's violating local court rules about making statements about the case—and they may seek relief from the Court if he continues. https://t.co/EHa37c2Ntx reageer retweet

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ColinKahl twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:38:03 <THREAD> BOMBSHELL from @adamentous & @RonanFarrow: A memo circulating in the Trump NSC in early 2017 alleging a vast conspiracy of former Obama officials may be linked to efforts by the Israeli firm Black Cube to target me, @brhodes, & our families. https://t.co/EWUzhJwKer 1/ reageer retweet

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In early 2017, some of Donald Trump’s advisers concluded that they faced a sophisticated threat responsible for “coordinated attacks” on the new Administration. They circulated a memo, titled “The Echo Chamber,” which read like a U.S. military-intelligence officer’s analysis of a foreign-insurgent network. Instead of being about enemies in a distant war zone, however, the network described in the memo consisted of former aides to President Barack Obama.

The memo claimed that the “communications infrastructure” that the Obama White House used to “sell Obamacare and the Iran Deal to the public” had been moved to the private sector, now that the former aides were out of government. It called the network the Echo Chamber and accused its members of mounting a coördinated effort “to undermine President Trump’s foreign policy” through organized attacks in the press against Trump and his advisers. “These are the Obama loyalists who are probably among those coordinating the daily/weekly battle rhythm,” the memo said, adding that they likely operated a “virtual war room.” The memo lists Ben Rhodes, a former deputy national-security adviser to President Obama, as “likely the brain behind this operation” and Colin Kahl, Vice-President Joe Biden’s former national-security adviser, as its “likely ops chief.” Rhodes and Kahl both said in interviews that the allegations are false and no such organization exists.

The memo is unsigned and undated, and Trump Administration officials familiar with it offered conflicting accounts of who authored it and whether it originated inside or outside the White House. The officials said that it was circulated within the National Security Council and other parts of the Trump White House in early 2017. They said the memo may have had additional pages. A National Security Council spokesperson declined to comment.

SPOILER

Om spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:33:46 Read this and remember that Jacob Zamel--the founder of Black Cube's rival in Israel, PsyGroup--met with Trump Jr. in Trump Tower on August 3, 2016. The meeting was set up and attended by Erik Prince; George Nader was there, too. What was Zamel selling? A domestic psy-ops campaign. https://t.co/uQXHOg2UVL reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:35:39 2/ Trump Jr.'s response to being offered a massive domestic fake news campaign to help his dad win the election? "Very interested." I think we're going to be hearing much more about that meeting--as what Zamel offered was much less controversial than what *Nader* offered Trump Jr. reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:36:18 3/ Did I mention Nader is cooperating with Mueller? reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 22:59 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Dus in een maand tijd zijn we gegaan van

"Het is niet waar", naar
"Als het waar is, is het niet crimineel", naar
"Als het crimineel is, is het niet erg", naar
"Als het erg is, is het resultaat nog veel erger".

Hij gaat lekker Donnie!

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 05:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is lachwekkend. Die HJC is gewoon een parodie geworden. Wat een sneue bende.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 07:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is erg belangrijk.Stel dat Cruz en O'Rourke gaan debatteren over windenergie in Texas, dan is het handig als Cruz ineens kan roepen:" But her emails!". Dan is Beto meteen stil.

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Critics fear Trump’s attacks are doing lasting damage to the justice system

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Taken together, critics said, the president’s actions demonstrate his shifting, inconsistent principles when it comes to law enforcement and suggest a dangerous lack of understanding about the criminal justice system that is likely to have repercussions well beyond the White House.

“When people at the top show contempt for law and contempt for the legal process, that’s bound to trickle down,” said Pamela Karlan, a Stanford University law professor.

In recent months, Republicans have increasingly lost confidence in the Justice Department and the FBI. One lawmaker accused of crimes, Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.), has modeled his response on Trump’s, describing Justice as “the Democrats’ arm of law enforcement” this week after he and his wife were charged with spending more than $250,000 in campaign funds on family vacations and other personal expenses.

In the interview with “Fox & Friends,” which was recorded Wednesday and aired in full Thursday morning, Trump decried the long-established practice of “flipping,” in which a person accused of a crime is offered leniency by prosecutors in exchange for becoming a cooperating witness.

The practice is one of the most powerful tools investigators use to dismantle secretive, insular criminal organizations, including gangs, and to uncover other crimes. Advisers said Trump’s remarks were largely out of pique with Cohen.

“For 30, 40 years I’ve been watching flippers,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s Ainsley Earhardt. He added: “It almost ought to be outlawed.”

The remarks drew rebukes from both Democrats and Republicans, including Giuliani.

“When it’s done right, it’s fine,” Giuliani said, noting that prosecutors offer witnesses leniency for their cooperation in criminal probes and that it’s a valuable tool for getting to the truth if they do it properly.

“It’s one of the tools prosecutors use,” he added. “Then it gets tested by a jury. You can’t stop that.”

Alberto R. Gonzales, who was attorney general under President George W. Bush, and Neal Katyal, solicitor general under President Barack Obama, both said it was a necessary tool.

“If President Trump’s views were the law, literally thousands of criminals would be on the street today,” Katyal wrote in an email.

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Bron: WaPo

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 01:30 schreef monkyyy het volgende:

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Ze had ook kunnen zeggen:
This is an incredibly insensitive attempt to use a young person’s death for political purposes and you should be ashamed. It’s too early to talk about immigration and we offer our thoughts and prayers to her and her family.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 04:21 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 01:10:41 Three hours ago this case was put forward as the centerpiece of the GOP midterm strategy... on illegal immigration. Damn you, facts! Why must you get in the way of a political party exploiting a family's grief for political gain (even after family members begged them *not* to)? https://t.co/9BlkXfVQrJ reageer retweet

Man charged with killing Iowa college student was in U.S. legally, lawyer says

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 09:27 schreef IkStampOpTacos het volgende:

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Toevallig dat haar dood gepushed werd, niet echt.

https://www.independent.c(...)tm_source=reddit.com

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 06:06 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Oh wacht, we hadden het over het diep zinken van de GOP....

http://thehill.com/blogs/(...)nt-could-help-gop-in

Newt Gingrich is blij met twee vermoorde studenten Iowa, want dat kan de Republikeinen helpen bij de verkiezingen.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 09:43 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Dit gaat vast weer zo'n Seth Rich dingetje worden, waarbij de familie Fox en co smeekt om op te houden met het misbruiken van de dood van hun dochter en het verspreiden van samenzweringen, zonder dat er gevolg aan gegeven wordt.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 10:12 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Misschien heeft de dader ooit wel als stagiair bij de Clinton Foundation gewerkt, dat zou helemaal fijn zijn.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 12:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 12:17:34 “Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” Jeff, this is GREAT, what everyone wants, so look into all of the corruption on the “other side” including deleted Emails, Comey lies & leaks, Mueller conflicts, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr...... reageer retweet

eh? Wut?

Dus omdat Sessions zegt dat Trump zich niet met zijn zaken moet bemoeien zegt Trump dat dat een goed idee is en bemoeit zich vervolgens met de zaken van Sessions' ministerie.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ik heb vernomen dat de genoemde dame iets met emails deed.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 13:10:13 Ex-NSA contractor to spend 63 months in jail over “classified” information. Gee, this is “small potatoes” compared to what Hillary Clinton did! So unfair Jeff, Double Standard. reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:29 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Zou hij door hebben welke informatie Reality Winner gelekt heeft? Het was iets met Rusland ...

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:31 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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De eerste keer dat ik over die kwestie las vroeg ik me af welke reality show ze gewonnen had.