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applegrove

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Wed Aug 9, 2017, 06:23 PM Aug 2017

Trump called for acting FBI directors firing hours after FBI agents raided Paul Manaforts home

by Aaron Rupar at ThinkProgress

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-called-for-acting-fbi-directors-firing-hours-after-fbi-agents-raided-paul-manaforts-home-7c702db9ab82/

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In light of the news about the raid of Manafort’s home, Trump’s tweets on the day of July 26 are of renewed interest. That was the day Trump abruptly posted a string of tweets announcing “that the United States government will not accept or allow [t]ransgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” Last Friday, Politico reported that Trump’s declaration stunned White House and Department of Defense lawyers who had warned him against such a ban.


But more directly of interest are factually inaccurate tweets Trump posted later that day asking why Attorney General Jeff Sessions hadn’t moved to replace then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.

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Trump called for acting FBI directors firing hours after FBI agents raided Paul Manaforts home (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
Soon many of his older tweets could start to make sense leftstreet Aug 2017 #1
The timing of the FBI raid explains a great deal Gothmog Aug 2017 #2
Would you believe.............. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #3
If this isn't Trump obstructing justice , what is it? procon Aug 2017 #4
Was that when Trump started going after Sessions in the news too? applegrove Aug 2017 #5

leftstreet

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1. Soon many of his older tweets could start to make sense
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 06:27 PM
Aug 2017

He's been tweeting fire and fury for months, but it doesn't always make any sense

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