Trump huddled with donors on day of Comey testimony

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



Rich benefactors were summoned to the White House for a briefing last week.

By TARA PALMERI and KENNETH P. VOGEL 06/14/2017 08:38 PM EDT Updated 06/14/2017 10:05 PM EDT

On the same day last week that fired FBI Director James Comey delivered his damaging Senate testimony, President Donald Trump’s team summoned about a dozen top donors to the White House to rally support for Trump’s agenda.

The donors — including Ken Griffin, Doug DeVos, Tom Hicks, Jr., Rebekah Mercer, Todd Ricketts, Tom Saunders, Paul Singer and Dick Uihlein — gathered in the Roosevelt Room on June 8 for a briefing from Trump’s legislative director Marc Short, according to a senior administration official and other people familiar with the event.

These people said Trump himself stopped by the briefing to greet the donors, while Vice President Mike Pence, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway also spent time at the event.

It took place just days after Short acknowledged to reporters that the Russia investigations were “detract(ing) from our legislative agenda” and “from what we’re trying to deliver for the American people.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/trump-donors-comey-testimony-239570

[ResistantAmerican17]

1. Follow the money

Those greedy bastards were probably warned to get all they can as quick as they can because the teet was in danger of drying up!!

[Corgigal]

2. Ah,

a pity party and we weren't invited. Fear us stupid rich people. You could have done something wonderful for humanity with all that access capital. Instead you chose to screw over the majority. Please take your funds and your precious ass out of our country when your boy gets bumped out of the people's house. If any first world country will take you, that is.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. Sounds like they're concerned about their ROI and wanted to have a look at their trouble asset.

n/t

[SunSeeker]

4. Ironic that these enemies of working people would meet in the Roosevelt Room.

FDR must be spinning in his grave.

President Kamala Harris will need to remember to fumigate that room.