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applegrove

(118,674 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 07:57 PM Jun 2018

Trump: I Should Have Been Told 'Comey And The Boys' Were Probing Manafort

By Matt Shuham at TPM

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-i-should-have-been-told-comey-and-the-boys-were-probing-manafort

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President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at the Justice Department for not warning him that his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was the subject of investigation by “Comey and the boys.”


Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump
As only one of two people left who could become President, why wouldn’t the FBI or Department of “Justice” have told me that they were secretly investigating Paul Manafort (on charges that were 10 years old and had been previously dropped) during my campaign? Should have told me!

9:25 AM - Jun 3, 2018
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Donald J. Trump

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....Paul Manafort came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time (he represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole & many others over the years), but we should have been told that Comey and the boys were doing a number on him, and he wouldn’t have been hired!

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The tweets recalled a similar missive from the President late last month, when he wondered aloud, “why didn’t the crooked highest levels of the FBI or ‘Justice’ contact me to tell me of the phony Russia problem?”

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Trump: I Should Have Been Told 'Comey And The Boys' Were Probing Manafort (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2018 OP
Yeah, and think how much easier life would have been... SeattleVet Jun 2018 #1
Manafort was being investigated outside of Trump. That is the point.Trump was not the target at applegrove Jun 2018 #2
SO the Con doesn't believe in doing his own malaise Jun 2018 #3
Comey and the boys? Cracklin Charlie Jun 2018 #4
There were separate investigations. applegrove Jun 2018 #5

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
1. Yeah, and think how much easier life would have been...
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:00 PM
Jun 2018

for John Gotti if the FBI had only warned him abut Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano! He would have never been promoted to underboss!

applegrove

(118,674 posts)
2. Manafort was being investigated outside of Trump. That is the point.Trump was not the target at
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:45 PM
Jun 2018

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the time. But lie down with fleas riddled dogs and you wake up with fleas. Yet he complains.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
4. Comey and the boys?
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 09:17 PM
Jun 2018

Doing a number?

That would be the FBI Director and the United States Department of Justice launching a criminal investigation, Assface. On You!

Why does he use mob terminology when referring to law enforcement?

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