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Title: Investigations now entangle Donald Trump’s White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business. For Trump, the political, the personal and the deeply personal are all under examination.
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URL Source: https://apnews.com/6d6361fdf19846cb9eb020d9c6fbfa5a
Published: Dec 17, 2018
Author: ALVIN WOODWARD and JULIE PACE
Post Date: 2018-12-17 07:52:31 by IbJensen
Keywords: None
Views: 1778
Comments: 46
Less than two years into Trump’s presidency, his business associates, political advisers and family members are being probed, along with the practices of his late father. On Saturday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke became the fourth Cabinet member to leave under an ethical cloud, having sparked 17 investigations into his actions on the job, by one watchdog’s count. All of this with the first special counsel investigation against a president in 20 years hanging over Trump’s head, spinning out charges and strong-arming guilty pleas from underlings while keeping in suspense whether the president — “Individual 1” in prosecutor Robert Mueller’s coded legalese — will end up accused of criminal behavior himself. The scope of the scrutiny has shaped Trump’s presidency, proving a steady distraction from his governing agenda. So far, much of it has been launched by federal prosecutors and government watchdogs that eschew partisanship. The intensity is certain to increase next year when Democrats assume control of the House and the subpoena power that comes with it. Although Trump dismisses the investigations as politically motivated “witch hunts,” his high-octane Twitter account frequently betrays just how consumed he is by the scrutiny. He’s also said to watch hours of television coverage on milestone days in the investigations. “It saps your energy, diverts your attention and you simply can’t lead because your opponents are up in arms against you,” Cal Jillson, a Southern Methodist University political scientist and historian, said of the scrutiny. “It weakens your friends and emboldens your enemies.” Almost midway through his term, Trump is struggling to deliver on his central campaign promises. He may end the year without a Republican-led Congress giving him the $5 billion he wants for a border wall. And he’s previewed few legislative priorities for 2019. Even if he had, it’s unlikely the new Democratic House majority would have much incentive to help a president weakened by investigations rack up wins as his own re-election campaign approaches. Perhaps not since Bill Clinton felt hounded by a “vast right wing conspiracy,” as Hillary Clinton put it, has a president been under such duress from investigation. This jeopardy has come with Trump’s party in control of Congress and the Justice Department driving at least three separate criminal investigations. They are the Mueller probe looking into possible collusion, obstruction of justice or other wrongdoing in contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia; the New York campaign-finance case involving hush money paid to Trump’s alleged lovers; and now a case from New York, first reported by The Wall Street Journal this past week, examining the finances and operations of Trump’s inaugural committee and whether foreign interests made illegal payments to it. Behind those matters is a battery of lawsuits or inquiries from state attorneys general and other parties tied mainly to Trump businesses. “Let me point out that there are a lot of unanswered ethical, legal and factual questions,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Sunday on CNNs’ “State of the Union.” “But, clearly, this was not a good week for President Trump nor for his campaign organization,” she said, adding that it is “critical” for Mueller to be allowed to complete his work “unimpeded, so that we can have the full picture.” At best, the investigations are overshadowing what has been positive economic news. At worst, the probes are a threat to the presidency, Trump’s family and his business interests. The deep diving will only grow in the new year when Democrats take over the House. They are expected to launch their own investigations and could pursue impeachment, though party leaders caution they could face a political backlash by taking that step. Even if Trump avoids impeachment, the Democratic investigations will create headaches. Administration officials will be called to testify before Congress and lawmakers will seek a trove of documents, probably including Trump’s tax returns, which he has refused to make public. A bare-bones White House staff may struggle to keep up. A tally by the Brookings Institution finds more than 60 percent of Trump’s top aides have left in the first two years, a turnover rate exceeding the previous five presidents. In addition, 10 Cabinet secretaries have departed, more than Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Clinton lost in two years. The shake-ups now have left Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s budget chief, doing double duty indefinitely as the president’s chief of staff. That combination makes it hard to imagine a president effectively engaged in policy, even if — as in the case of Clinton — the drawn-out investigations lead to an impeachment that fails to remove the president. “The modern presidency is extraordinarily complex and demanding so you need the president’s full attention,” Jillson says. “Where your attention should be, you’re also thinking about meeting with your lawyers.” As the investigations mount, few Republicans have dissociated themselves publicly from Trump. But privately, some lawmakers do worry that the investigations will damage his re-election prospects and their own chances in 2020 House and Senate races. The federal campaign finance probe has put GOP lawmakers in a particularly awkward position. Prosecutors, as well as Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen and a tabloid company that has long been an ally, assert that Trump directed hush payments to keep women quiet about alleged affairs in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. Such a payment would violate campaign finance laws. Cohen was sentenced this past week to three years in prison. Underscoring the balancing act for Republicans, outgoing Sen. Orrin Hatch, R- Utah, initially stated that he didn’t much care about Trump being implicated in Cohen’s crime, then thought better of his words. “I made comments about allegations against the president that were irresponsible and a poor reflection on my lengthy record of dedication to the rule of law,” Hatch said in a statement Friday. Five people in Trump’s orbit have pleaded guilty to charges in the continuing Mueller probe. Among them, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, for a time in Trump’s presidential campaign. George Papadopoulos, a lower-level campaign adviser, was sentenced to 14 days in prison and is out. The others are Michael Flynn, who was Trump’s first national security adviser in office and is to be sentenced Tuesday, and Cohen, who is expected to begin his sentence in March. In addition, the special counsel’s office says Flynn, in giving 19 interviews and turning over a mountain of documents, has assisted in a criminal investigation that has yet to be revealed. In other words, there’s no end in sight. Trump is also exposed to legal peril beyond that from federal prosecutors. Among the lawsuits or investigations: —Democratic attorneys general in Maryland and the District of Columbia and congressional Democrats are challenging the Trump Organization’s business transactions with foreign and state government interests, such as those at his Washington hotel, citing the constitutional ban on presidents taking payments from such sources without congressional consent. —Summer Zervos, once a contestant on Trump’s TV show, has sued Trump for defamation for accusing her of lying. She alleged in 2016 that he made unwelcome physical contact with her. He’s failed several times to derail the case. —New York tax officials are looking into whether Trump or his charitable foundation misrepresented tax liability. In addition, the New York tax department said it is “vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation” after a New York Times report found Trump and his family, going back to transactions by his father, Fred Trump, cheated on taxes for decades. The report said Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father, much of it through dubious tax maneuvers. Trump called the report “a very old, boring and often told hit piece on me.” —New York authorities allege in a lawsuit that Trump illegally tapped his charitable Trump Foundation to settle legal disputes, help his campaign for president and cover personal and business expenses, including the purchase of a life-size portrait of himself for $10,000. Stanley Renshon, political scientist at the City University of New York and a psychoanalyst, says all of that adds up to a lot of people, not just the left, “trying to make his presidency untenable.” It is, perhaps, vaster than the right-wing “conspiracy” the Clintons endured, Renshon says. “I call it the everybody conspiracy.”
Poster Comment: If only a modicum of this effort had been in place when we were forced to suffer through eight years of rule by the Kenyan Flash! There wouldn't be any Obama presidency for a second term and there wouldn't be Hitlery Klinton any longer. The population has to rise en masse to the defence of our president!
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#1. To: All (#0)
I realize that I've mistakenly posted this article twice, but perhaps it deserves a second reading and a call to action.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
I give Trump 6 months - tops. He will resign or be impeached.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. If they try to impeach Trump for illegitimate reasons. I hope he brings in the military and wipes the deep state, and you if you are the opposition.
Did you butt buddy Jameson whisper that into your ear last night? Nevermind spare us the details.
You've been pushing that martial law scenario for some time now psycho. The thing is - it wouldn't surprise me if Trump did attempt to pull that shit - he's enough of a megalomaniac enough to try it. And his little sheep followers like you will cheer and kill their neighbors who are democrats.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. You jealous sweetie?
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Trying to frame the President is Treason. You don't get that. You should stick to your specialty. Making harmful drugs legal so children will think it is ok.
Why are you ok with them taking Trump out for illegitimate reasons? Why did you leave that out of my quote. Oh because you like to spin and lie and promote harmful drugs as beneficial to society. I thought you were just dumb. Maybe I was wrong and you are evil.
For what crime?
2:58 "Supporting donald trump is an act of white supramcy" = if you support Donald trump we will push you, shove you, throw objects at you, throw water at you, block your path, not let you leave and call you a nazi. This is the new tolerant America now.
Eat a buffet of dicks you lying turd.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. I'm not fucktard. My prediction is that he's going down on his own. His lies will finally catch up with him. You don't like my prediction? Tough shit. Now do what you do best and call me a faggot.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. My prediction is that he's going down on his own. His lies will finally catch up with him. You don't like my prediction? Tough shit. Now do what you do best and call me a faggot. Ok you predict that. What crimes? What lies? Also I didn't call you a faggot. I said you talk like one.
Why don't you eat a buffet of truth. You preach that the government is evil for harmful drugs being illegal. When they are legalized it sends a message to our children that it is ok. It is not ok it is detrimental to society. It makes losers of people. So no you are not doing it on purpose. But that doesn't matter if you do it on purpose or not. You still are in the camp to pretend moral is immoral and immoral is moral. So yes I told the truth.
Is it moral for armed agents of the state to kill someone for possessing a non-approved plant? How about stealing money from innocent citizens on the highways? Is it moral to let someone suffer because you don't like what they choose to use to treat their pain? Is it moral to allow a child to suffer from epileptic seizures because the government you apparently worship says so? Your sense of morality is skewed.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. How is it that every state that legalized marijuana for recreational use first legalized it for medical use? Do you sense an underlying theme here? Isn't it possible that marijuana advocates couldn't care less about the sick and dying, other than using them as pawns in their quest for legalized dope? Spare me your sanctimonious shit about how much you care for the sick.
Yeah - I'm sure you believe that - after all, the gooberment told you so. Asshole.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. There is an old saying if you investigate someone long enough you will find a way to convict them of something. Well Trump has been the most investigated human on earth ever. They still have not found something!!!!!!!! Trump has been proven to be the most honest person ever to hold office! On the other hand Clinton has been proven to be one of the most corrupt humans to ever hold office and not get convicted! The tale of two worlds. Good people for Trump and dumbass people against Trump.
Great comment, Justified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Which one do you like the best?: Hillary Billy Sanders Ocasio-Cortez Obama Pelosi Watters Or which one or ones do you have wet dreams about?
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Great minds.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
OMG! Look whose calling a thinking poster an asshole. Deckhand is the asshole here.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Check Colorado's statistics on traffic accidents where the driver had a marijuana stuck in his mouth. Marijuana produces two things: addiction and lung cancer.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
The Trumpers look nice and civilized. The anti-Trumpers look deranged, masked and negro.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Right, because the site owner and other Trump cultists screeching "Kill the faggots and democrats and anyone who doesn't kiss Trump's ass" is just soooo civilized.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Once the new majority party is seated in January, and we begin to hear about the greasy crimes committed by the dip-shit crime family..... From Cohen, Mannafort, Weisselberg, Gates, Flynn, Pecker, and Stormy - in their own words.... Under Oath, in front of the US House of Representatives and streamed live around the world..... Dip-Shit Donnie will quit in the middle of the night and flee DC for good. I put the under/over at 12/31/18 about 6 weeks ago.......(1-1-19 works for me!!) Weisselberg and Pecker have immunity and have already verified what the SCO's office and SDNY already have - all those records from Cohen's office - and Cohen is giving up information about crimes we've not even heard about yet.... The most pressing question is, however...... What does the SCO's office and SDNY have on Pence? THAT is the real lynchpin....
I did. Since marijuana legalization, highway fatalities in Colorado are at near-historic lows
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. I don't care for any of them. And I wouldn't vote for any of them? That's the problem with you rabid cult followers of Trump - if anyone says anything disparaging about him, then they are automatically labeled a Democrat. That's known as a "false dichotomy". Look it up. Or which one or ones do you have wet dreams about? That's funny coming from someone who most likely gets aroused at the thought of going down on Donald. You jealous of Stormy princess?
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. You're such a predictable dickhead, Dickhead!
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Oh, no. You again, Dickhead. This site needs more users.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Interesting comment from a trolling degenerate.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
Hillary Billy Sanders Ocasio-Cortez Obama Pelosi Watters Or which one or ones do you have wet dreams about? Of them, I like Ocasio-Cortes the best, because she's not corrupt - naive, but not corrupt. And she's the only one on the list over whom one could have a wet dream. "Oh yeah, Hillary baby..." ICK! Cortes? She's young and cute.
That's funny coming from someone who most likely gets aroused at the thought of going down on Donald. You jealous of Stormy princess? Stormy Daniels looks like a whore, because...guess what?. Ocasio-Corte looks like the girl who makes my espresso. I'll take her. Donald can have Stormy.
He spells it... D I C K T A R D
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
No one here ever said kill the faggots. Find the post. You can't. If Trump committed high crimes he should be impeached. There is zero evidence of that to date. Nada none. You are a drug cultist who sucks off drug dealers. If we are Trump cultists.
Find the post. You can't. You've said it many times. The database doesn't lie.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. More idiocy from LF's King of the Idiots.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Yet another juvenile comment from LF's 12-year-old child.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Wow! You really believe that, don't you?
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Then pull it up. Or apologize for lying. Or I will think about limiting your o Posts. Also from now on quite my entire sentences instead of spinning them with a few words.
You didn't quote me accurately liar.
Thinking is not your strong suit.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Oh, so you deny saying that faggots should be killed?
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Yep. I said I don't give a shit if they are.
All of them? Didn't realize you were a Fred Phelps follower.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. I simply don't care what happens to them. No one should target anyone for murder.
#2. To: IbJensen (#0)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
I give Trump 6 months - tops. He will resign or be impeached.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
I hope he brings in the military and wipes the deep state, and you if you are the opposition.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#4)
Did you butt buddy Jameson whisper that into your ear last night?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#7. To: Deckard (#5)
The thing is - it wouldn't surprise me if Trump did attempt to pull that shit - he's enough of a megalomaniac enough to try it.
#8. To: Deckard (#5)
#9. To: Deckard (#2)
I give Trump 6 months - tops. He will resign or be impeached.
#10. To: Rectumtard (#9)
#11. To: A K A Stone (#7)
You should stick to your specialty. Making harmful drugs legal so children will think it is ok.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#12. To: A K A Stone (#8)
Why are you ok with them taking Trump out for illegitimate reasons?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#13. To: Deckard (#12)
I'm not fucktard.
#14. To: Deckard (#11)
You should stick to your specialty. Making harmful drugs legal so children will think it is ok. Eat a buffet of dicks you lying turd.
#15. To: A K A Stone (#14)
You still are in the camp to pretend moral is immoral and immoral is moral.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#16. To: Deckard (#15)
#17. To: misterwhite (#16)
Isn't it possible that marijuana advocates couldn't care less about the sick and dying, other than using them as pawns in their quest for legalized dope?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#18. To: IbJensen (#0)
#19. To: Justified (#18)
#20. To: Deckard (#2)
#21. To: A K A Stone (#3)
I hope he brings in the military and wipes the deep state, and you if you are the opposition.
#22. To: Deckard, misterwhite (#17)
Asshole
#23. To: misterwhite (#16)
#24. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#25. To: IbJensen, A K A Stone (#24)
The Trumpers look nice and civilized.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#26. To: Deckard (#2)
I give Trump 6 months - tops. He will resign or be impeached.
#27. To: IbJensen (#23)
Check Colorado's statistics on traffic accidents...
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#28. To: IbJensen (#20)
Which one do you like the best?:
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#29. To: Deckard (#2)
#30. To: Deckard (#27)
#31. To: Deckard (#25)
"Kill the faggots
#32. To: IbJensen (#20)
Which one do you like the best?:
#33. To: Deckard (#28)
Or which one or ones do you have wet dreams about?
#34. To: IbJensen (#30)
Dickhead
#35. To: Deckard (#25)
Right, because the site owner and other Trump cultists screeching "Kill the faggots and democrats and anyone who doesn't kiss Trump's ass" is just soooo civilized.
#36. To: A K A Stone (#35)
No one here ever said kill the faggots.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#37. To: A K A Stone (#35)
You are a drug cultist who sucks off drug dealers.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#38. To: GrandIsland (#34)
He spells it... D I C K T A R D
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#39. To: Justified (#18)
Trump has been proven to be the most honest person ever to hold office!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#40. To: Deckard (#36)
#41. To: Deckard (#37)
(Edited)
#42. To: A K A Stone (#40)
Or I will think about limiting your o Posts
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#43. To: A K A Stone (#40)
Then pull it up. Or apologize for lying.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#44. To: Deckard (#43)
Oh, so you deny saying that faggots should be killed?
#45. To: A K A Stone (#44)
I said I don't give a shit if they are.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#46. To: Deckard (#45)
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