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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:13 PM Dec 2020

Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info

Source: AP


WASHINGTON (AP) — The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the White House, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press.

Heidi Stirrup, an ally of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, was quietly installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison a few months ago. She was told within the last two weeks to vacate the building after top Justice officials learned of her efforts to collect insider information about ongoing cases and the department’s work on election fraud, the people said.

Stirrup is accused of approaching staffers in the department demanding they give her information about investigations, including election fraud matters, the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

The effort came as Trump continues to level baseless claims that he won the election and alleges without evidence that massive voting fraud was responsible for his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-elections-7624560e990ec55383a2a3e421c3a52e

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Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info (Original Post) sabra Dec 2020 OP
Stirrup put her foot in it. Harker Dec 2020 #1
+1 n/t Laelth Dec 2020 #2
I see what you did there soothsayer Dec 2020 #5
It's about all I have. Harker Dec 2020 #8
Whoa! FSogol Dec 2020 #9
I'm saddled with a questionable sense of humor Harker Dec 2020 #10
Feeling your oats? FSogol Dec 2020 #11
... Harker Dec 2020 #12
I'm sure Heidi can rowel with the punches, take the pommeling. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2020 #15
You've been spurred on to new heights! n/t Harker Dec 2020 #34
You made me look up "rowel"! Interesting. Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2020 #61
Got the bit in your teeth. n/t Smickey Dec 2020 #49
stop horsing around or I'll dressage you down! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #18
Neigh! n/t Harker Dec 2020 #36
I am surprised and pleased by your response! Bayard Dec 2020 #56
nice! Hoping she didn't get "a leg up" getting sensitive, incriminating records and all. Evolve Dammit Dec 2020 #25
She's only playing a bit part. n/t Harker Dec 2020 #37
With all the unbridled corruption it's no wonder List left Dec 2020 #26
Someday they'll have to pony up for their malfeasance. n/t Harker Dec 2020 #39
She really put her foot in it. Magoo48 Dec 2020 #35
Like a horse's ass. n/t Harker Dec 2020 #41
More evidence of galloping corruption in the trump admin Captain Zero Dec 2020 #55
They made her hoof it out of there. She was bad right out of the starting gate. NBachers Dec 2020 #38
A real nag. n/t Harker Dec 2020 #40
Well, scratch that one NBachers Dec 2020 #43
Odds are she'll be hunting Fox jobs now. NBachers Dec 2020 #48
Heidi Stirrup? COL Mustard Dec 2020 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Dec 2020 #51
And I Sincerely Apologize To Anyone COL Mustard Dec 2020 #52
Probably going to offend somebody here with a comment like that ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #58
Tina Fey and some other women used it in a sketch COL Mustard Dec 2020 #59
Oh. n/t Harker Dec 2020 #54
Good.. glad trump's little nosy, sneaky Cha Dec 2020 #3
Going to have to a review of agencies for Trump appaRATchiks Thomas Hurt Dec 2020 #4
Agree. NCDem47 Dec 2020 #7
Biden needs his AG to prosecute these criminals, nothing to do with Biden Escurumbele Dec 2020 #13
COOL Leghorn21 Dec 2020 #6
I love reading stuff like this, such self importance. Ligyron Dec 2020 #14
Its amazing to hear some people say that too much is going on to get involved in prosecuting Escurumbele Dec 2020 #16
The GOP is setting up their own deep state. keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #17
It has been set up since Nixon mdbl Dec 2020 #60
she seems nice. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #19
Stirrup? Really? More like Stirshitup. Aviation Pro Dec 2020 #20
As I have been saying for four years now, THANK GODDESS these people are so damned stupid. niyad Dec 2020 #21
Heidi acts lke a Nazi loyalist or Russian loyalist always standing besides a commander and demands.. machoneman Dec 2020 #22
That ought to look nice on Heidi's resume going forward. MontanaMama Dec 2020 #23
S. Miller, need say no more. Butterflylady Dec 2020 #24
Yeah. Drumpf's mom actually wondered "what she had raised" at one point. She knew he wasn't right. Evolve Dammit Dec 2020 #27
+ agree. nt iluvtennis Dec 2020 #29
"quietly installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison a few months ago" crickets Dec 2020 #28
The line of Russian, I mean Reputican, I mean Republican jobs seekers going to Fox Entertainment ffr Dec 2020 #30
Is Stirrup riding Steve Miller's saddle? lanlady Dec 2020 #31
Career civil servants will point them out. Old Terp Dec 2020 #32
Glad she was reined in. NT Atticus Dec 2020 #33
I collapsed into giddy laughter as soon as I read her name, because I knew what was coming. NBachers Dec 2020 #42
And the horse she rode in on. orangecrush Dec 2020 #44
Ahh! Just scrolled all the way through this thread hoping nobody'd used this one yet! klook Dec 2020 #46
Sorry! orangecrush Dec 2020 #47
K&R Blue Owl Dec 2020 #45
Remember when Bill Clinton met Loretta Lynch at the airport in Phoenix? Lasher Dec 2020 #53
Don'y believe this story, why speaknow Dec 2020 #57
"Stirrup" seems oddly appropriate, somehow. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #62
She's been doing Christian right anti-abortion politics since the late 70's. C Moon Dec 2020 #63

List left

(595 posts)
26. With all the unbridled corruption it's no wonder
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 05:55 PM
Dec 2020

they keep forgetting to cinch the saddle. Somehow they don't seem to notice when they fall off and just bray louder.

NBachers

(17,136 posts)
38. They made her hoof it out of there. She was bad right out of the starting gate.
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 06:56 PM
Dec 2020

Sounds like a real ornery filly to me.

Response to COL Mustard (Reply #50)

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
58. Probably going to offend somebody here with a comment like that ...
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 05:14 AM
Dec 2020

I, however, am not one of those people.

I'm actually kinda happy to learn this new (to me) colloquialism.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
4. Going to have to a review of agencies for Trump appaRATchiks
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:23 PM
Dec 2020

Hell, they will be passing on info to Trump while he is going through his dictator in exile phase.

NCDem47

(2,250 posts)
7. Agree.
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:31 PM
Dec 2020

I get it. Biden wants to be good cop. The country's problems are too great to be focused on seeking revenge on the Trump administartion (nevermind the country's problems are a direct result OF the Trump's administration's action or inaction).

But dammit, Biden needs black ops going on to root these Nazis OUT!!

Escurumbele

(3,402 posts)
13. Biden needs his AG to prosecute these criminals, nothing to do with Biden
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:57 PM
Dec 2020

All he needs to do is not get involved, one way or another. They need to go to jail if found guilty of the corruption we all know they are guilty of.

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
6. COOL
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:30 PM
Dec 2020

Now eject the other 200 little criminal snitches spread throughout this “administration“ please and thank you

Ligyron

(7,639 posts)
14. I love reading stuff like this, such self importance.
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 04:58 PM
Dec 2020

Trying to order staffers to give it up. “Don’t you realize who I AM?”

“Actually, yes . Now fuck off you WS groupie toad.”

Escurumbele

(3,402 posts)
16. Its amazing to hear some people say that too much is going on to get involved in prosecuting
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 05:01 PM
Dec 2020

these criminals...and in the mean time the criminals are going non-stop trying to destroy everything in their path.

NO, they need to made accountable of their crimes, ALL OF THEM. I find that if they don't do it that it will be more harmful to the Democratic party and our Democracy, this is a no brainer, THEY MUST ALL BE INVESTIGATED AND THOSE FOUND GUILTY, and I suspect many if not all of them will be found guilty, MUST PAY WITH JAIL AND WHATEVER ELSE BECOMES APPLICABLE TO THEIR CRIMES.

Sorry for the UPPERCASES, it just boils my blood to hear "move forward" in so many ways.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
60. It has been set up since Nixon
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 07:15 AM
Dec 2020

Starting with the heritage foundation - it just got weirder from there. Come to think of it, started with Nixon.

machoneman

(4,010 posts)
22. Heidi acts lke a Nazi loyalist or Russian loyalist always standing besides a commander and demands..
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 05:25 PM
Dec 2020

..the party line be served in all instances. Germand and Russian generals hated these weasels as any infraction would be reported instantly. The party functionaries never did any fighting but cashiered lots fo competnet generals on both sides for stupid non-military reasons. This broad acts the same way, looking for faults in the system and its people.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
23. That ought to look nice on Heidi's resume going forward.
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 05:30 PM
Dec 2020

I'm of the opinion that the election was rigged...by tRump and his cabal. They just didn't rig it enough to win. They're still in major denial because they can't figure out what happened to their maniacal plan. ETTD. No exceptions.

crickets

(25,983 posts)
28. "quietly installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison a few months ago"
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 05:56 PM
Dec 2020

It seems trump and his goons have "quietly installed" people everywhere. It's going to be a big job to round up all of them and kick them out again. Thank goodness some of them are making it easy, but still.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
30. The line of Russian, I mean Reputican, I mean Republican jobs seekers going to Fox Entertainment
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 06:11 PM
Dec 2020

just grew by one more anti-American traitor.

Old Terp

(464 posts)
32. Career civil servants will point them out.
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 06:47 PM
Dec 2020

Burrowers are not very popular. Neither are hacks like her.

Lasher

(27,636 posts)
53. Remember when Bill Clinton met Loretta Lynch at the airport in Phoenix?
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 09:41 PM
Dec 2020

The whole world was going to end. My how things can change in just 4 years.

speaknow

(321 posts)
57. Don'y believe this story, why
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 04:26 AM
Dec 2020

What does he need them for, he has got Barr in his
pocket. Just more BS. Nice plan they have cooked
up. Now POS want to fire him so he can leave as
a good guy. Why because who Pardons an AG?

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
62. "Stirrup" seems oddly appropriate, somehow.
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 11:56 AM
Dec 2020

Useful for someone trying to get a leg up. I hope she has found herself in a whole new situation, and it's not at all trivial.

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