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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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Trump: Tulsa has "crowds that are unbelievable. They've never seen anything like it."

One of his favorite stock phrases. It's remarkable how many times he falls back on that.

ETA: Trump just said that firing Berman had nothing to do with him and he's 'not involved' when he just fired him. Good lord.
 
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Trump has fired Berman, Barr says

(CNN)Attorney General Bill Barr said Saturday that President Donald Trump has fired Geoffrey Berman, the powerful US attorney for the Southern District of New York who has investigated a number of associates of the President.

"Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so," Barr wrote in a letter to Berman. "By operation of law, the Deputy United States Attorney, Audrey Strauss, will become the Acting United States Attorney, and I anticipate that she will serve in that capacity until a permanent successor is in place."
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But then, moments ago, CNN claimed that Trump denied any involvement.
 
shemp said:
OK, CNN claimed that Trump said it, same thing, stop nitpicking. :rolleyes:
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Actually it's not the same thing. If CNN only claims something, then it can be debated whether it's true or not. But Trump being on video actually saying it cannot be debated by any rational person.
 
acbytesla said:
Trump has the authority. Barr doesn't. But Barr said the man was resigning. Which the man didn't. The head of the SDNY has said he will keep doing his job until another SDNY Chief has been nominated by the President and approved by Congress. All investigations will continue.
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Think there might be some pushback on this one.
 
Ladewig said:
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Is there anything other than sanity to prevent a president from launching nukes on a US city? I don’t think it will come to that. This is more of an academic thing.
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Given the many judges who have come out recently against Trump using very damaging words and accusations, I think he's basically lost the higher brass. Maybe the lower ranks still like him but they don't make the big calls.

At least that's my hope.
 
Cain said:
Trump's just making good on his promise to Erodgan, but now liberals are trying to spin this as a bad thing.
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What promises? How does Erodgan fit into domestic legal issues?

Never mind - already answered.
 
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So is he sacked or not?
Has someone else been appointed?

This isn't like the two Popes thing is it?
 
shemp said:
Whatever :rolleyes:
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What do you think you mean? Barr told Berman that Trump had fired him. But CNN screened video of Trump saying he didn't know anything about Berman and did not fire him. You don't think that's a problem?
 
Bob001 said:
What do you think you mean? Barr told Berman that Trump had fired him. But CNN screened video of Trump saying he didn't know anything about Berman and did not fire him. You don't think that's a problem?
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This thing is getting stranger and stranger. Barr is acting as if Berman is out and Berman is insisting he isn't going anywhere.

"I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate,"

Berman is arguing he was appointed by the judges because the Trump administration had failed to make an appointment and until a prosecutor has been nominated and approved by the Senate, Barr doesn't have the authority to tell him the direction to the bathroom.

Also, the Senate is not interested in a confirmation battle.
 
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Trump Retweeted

Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!

“THE SILENT MAJORITY IS STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.”
 
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