Tuesday, June 05, 2018

TRUMP ACTS AND TALKS LIKE HE'S GUILTY, NOT INNOCENT


 

A conservative Republican from a very conservative state, tells it like it is (Mar. 2018).   All of Trump’s and his lawyers’ blustering about how Trump can pardon himself, it’s not possible for the President to obstruct justice, etc. plus all the complaining about “witch hunts,”  is NOT  how innocent people act.  A person who knows they are innocent would say that they welcome a complete investigation as it will clear their name.  A person who  knows their guilty tries distractions, impugning the motives of people with outstanding records in the law, law enforcement, makes wild claims with no evidence, etc.  These things are exactly what Trump is doing

 

“Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) urged President Donald Trump and his lawyer on Sunday to stop flailing at special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and to let the probe continue unimpeded.

"When you are innocent … act like it," Gowdy said on “Fox News Sunday" when asked about Trump's repeated Twitter attacks on Mueller, whose probe has become increasingly perilous to the president and his inner circle. "If you’ve done nothing wrong, you should want the investigation to be as fulsome and thorough as possible." . . .

 

"The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime," Trump tweeted Saturday evening, naming Mueller in a tweet for the first time.

President Donald Trump is pictured. | AP Photo




It's unclear why Trump, who until this weekend largely spared Mueller's probe from attacks, reversed course. But the decision follows the news that Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for records, a line Trump has previously suggested could be too far.

Gowdy's comments were notable coming from a senior GOP lawmaker who has been deeply involved in the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The committee's Republicans concluded last week that they found no evidence Trump or his allies aided the Russian effort, but Gowdy emphasized that their finding was limited because they were unable to interview central witnesses tied up in the Mueller probe. Those witnesses — former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and others — have either pleaded guilty or face indictment. Another House witness, former White House aide Steve Bannon, declined to answer many of the committee's questions, Gowdy noted.

 

 

1 comment:

  1. Trump was initially OK with Muller's investigation. He wasn't concerned as there was apparently no wrong doing on his part. But after more than a year, it does now look like a witch hunt. A few of Trump's campaign members were called out for Trumped-up charges of lying to FBI agents, pun intended. If I were in Trump's size 12s, I'd also be suspicious of the probe's motives, especially given the ongoing emptiness of an investigation that seems to be nothing more than a politicized effort to maliciously undermine the Trump presidency. IMHO, except for the fact Trump obviously verbalizes too much, he sounds like an innocent victim who figures he is being framed.

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