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imanamerican63

(13,800 posts) Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:01 PM Jun 2018

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Was tonight's arrest of the Senate staffer, a set up by Trump and the DOJ?

They have been itching to take someone down!

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Was tonight's arrest of the Senate staffer, a set up by Trump and the DOJ? (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jun 2018 OP

I'm nervous manor321 Jun 2018 #1

Yep! imanamerican63 Jun 2018 #2

I'm hopeful this will piss off the press, motivating them to be more aggressive Laurian Jun 2018 #3

True! imanamerican63 Jun 2018 #6

That is my first thought and I don't like it. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #4

This is likely lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #5

Sessions and Trump are behind this. triron Jun 2018 #7

I do believe it is a set up by trump... CatMor Jun 2018 #8

Part of an orchestrated effort against the Russia-Trump-wikileaks-CA scandal. triron Jun 2018 #9

kick for visibility triron Jun 2018 #10

manor321

(3,344 posts)

1. I'm nervous

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:03 PM

Jun 2018

I don't know, but I'm very nervous this will be used as a propaganda campaign to suppress journalistic freedom.

imanamerican63

(13,800 posts)

2. Yep!

Reply to manor321 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:04 PM

Jun 2018

Laurian

(2,593 posts)

3. I'm hopeful this will piss off the press, motivating them to be more aggressive

Reply to manor321 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:06 PM

Jun 2018

Could go either way, I guess.

imanamerican63

(13,800 posts)

6. True!

Reply to Laurian (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:07 PM

Jun 2018

Good point!

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

4. That is my first thought and I don't like it.

Reply to manor321 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:06 PM

Jun 2018

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

5. This is likely

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:07 PM

Jun 2018

my guess is that he hid his affair with the reporter and didn't come clean with the FBI... and now they have pounced.

Even though that reporter says that he never leaked anything to her.

But it will not be played that way by the White House... who will make all sort of outrageous claims about the corruption of the Senate Intelligence Committee, blah blah blah

triron

(22,007 posts)

7. Sessions and Trump are behind this.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:11 PM

Jun 2018

Notice the timing (upcoming summit with N. Korea, Manafort hearing, deadline for Cohen's lawyers all coming next week) and the sudden shutdown of Trump's architect's website and twitter account.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

8. I do believe it is a set up by trump...

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:13 PM

Jun 2018

He lies all day, every day yet this person was arrested for supposedly lieing to the FBI.

triron

(22,007 posts)

9. Part of an orchestrated effort against the Russia-Trump-wikileaks-CA scandal.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:14 PM

Jun 2018

There was a conspiracy to steal the election that involved treason. Trump and Sessions
were both in on it.

triron

(22,007 posts)

10. kick for visibility

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 11:54 PM

Jun 2018

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