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"Nice", huh? Well, you know what's coming:

 

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If he does get impeached it'll be a big hoax, he'll be in jail saying "C'mon. Nice."

 

"69 years in prison? Nice"

 

Um Salem
Joseph McCarthy

 

Lol

 

Duke professor dispels myth about Trump and working-class voters

 

Rodman gives Kim the gift of Trump: 'The Art of the Deal'

 

It's a shame Donald has so much ridiculous pride. Deep down I bet he daydreams about resigning and having his old life back.

 

Seventeen-Point Drop in US Satisfaction Among Republicans

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/...ull-donald-trump-leaked-video-jokes.html?_r=0

 

Glad we did something about the banks when we had the chance:

 

I almost guarantee they'll do a story tomorrow and be like "see! We did do one!"

 

For people who think race and class are separate distinct phenomena:

 

GOP rep: Trump partially to blame for hostility that led to lawmaker shooting

 

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/14/1671861/-Office-of-Government-Ethics-nixes-Steve-Bannon-s-unsigned-and-undated-retroactive-ethics-waiver

 

I don't necessarily know if this will accomplish anything. If the FBI doesn't willingly release them, I think the question then is whether or not the memos are considered FBI property or Comey's personal property, no?

 

He literally has no idea that the investigation he obstructed doesn't actually have to find anything incriminating for it to still be obstruction of justice. The FBI could be investigating whether the Earth is actually round or flat and he'd still be guilty of obstruction if he interfered with it.

 

They are comeys property but since he took them when he was in the FBI can Muller has taken them from the FBI I'm not sure they have a case. They probably think that he took all the copies with him and still has them but we know he gave everything to Muller. There's no win for them in this either, they're not gonna get money or the notes because they're part of a private investigation. They just look greedy af

 

Doesn't FOIA get (reasonably) ignored when things are actively being investigated, with that being the explicit justification?

Maybe CNN is playing 3D chess and trying to get the FBI to basically admit on the record that the Comey memos are an active part of the investigation?

 

Idk, I just think if that is evidence in a private investigation, generally networks wouldn't get OJs gloves. CNN suing to get a breaking news owed to them would be hilarious.