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[Monocle]

The length of that statement is rather impressive considering Rosenstein composed it while suckling both of Trump's lil' nugs with the patented Chinese Revolving Door technique, which requires enormous dexterity and suction. Remarkable for a man of his age.

 

[BlackLagoon]

Am I the only one who thinks that Rosenstein wasn't firmly Team Trump when Trump hired him, and the IC and FBI knew that and were able to get proper leverage on him to get him on their side instead of Trump's side?

Rosenstein has been at the Department of Justice since 1997, working his way up the ladder under Clinton, Bush and Obama. The idea that he's some Trump toadie seems absurd. He is presumably a professional trying to do his job while preventing the manbaby in chief from burning down the institution he's dedicated his life to.

 

[Bob Coffee]

So are we in for the biglyest summer feature ever: goldengate?

 

[smokeandmirrors]

That claude taylor dude put up an interesting tweet as well.

Taking it with an Everest amount of salt but yeah... that is interesting.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Taking it with an Everest amount of salt but yeah... that is interesting.

He even put the tweet up before the AG statement too.

 

[andymcc]

Is this the pee tape.

 

[johnsmith]

Maybe it's a cry for help

 

[Random Human]

Obama probably gave Trudeau the piss tape when they met last week in Montreal. Oh baby. This is my fan fiction and no one can take it from me.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

The twittering people I follow who are D.C. Wonks seem to believe that this is to blunt release of damaging info from a foreign ally.

Edit: since it isn't from Sessions it relates to trump Russia. It feels like (weak) pre-emption of something in the barrel they know is coming, not reactive.

......PISS TAPE PISS TAPE

 

[Ogodei]

He pretty much had to, he's the first out the door when Trump inevitably tries to take a run at Meuller.

 

[Mortemis]

Perhaps a preemptive denial of a story that's about to drop? Or just Trump forcing the dude to say "leaks are bad!". Either way it sounds stupid as hell.

 

[Not]

That claude taylor dude put up an interesting tweet as well.

Hap hap

happening

 

[smokeandmirrors]

He even put the tweet up before the AG statement too.

Did he really.

TWO everests of salt

(I won't get my hopes up I won't get my hopes up...)

 

[Imperfected]

He's not saying you can't watch Russian pee tapes, he's just saying to do so responsibly, because there's bound to be a lot of fakes out there. Be a consumer of quality.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Say what?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

 

[TheCochese]

I'm fucking glad I get to work from home, because I'm going to be F5-ing the entire internet.

 

[Random Human]

Perhaps a preemptive denial of a story that's about to drop? Or just Trump forcing the dude to say "leaks are bad!". Either way it sounds stupid as hell.

The more I think about it, the more weird it is. He could've just straight up said "Leaks are bad," why include the stuff about foreign officials? Hmmmm. The leaks about Mueller's investigation are clearly not coming from foreign officials.

Preemptive denial sounds more likely.

 

[norm9]

He's not saying you can't watch Russian pee tapes, he's just saying to do so responsibly, because there's bound to be a lot of fakes out there. Be a consumer of quality.

lol. check for the nintendo seal.

 

[Electric Eye]

He even put the tweet up before the AG statement too.

Really? Hmm if thats what AG is referring to because they where informed by the press then the denial is only about the sources and country not the actual content. Fuck what could it be? "Compromising" tape wouldn't necessarily mean the piss tape because let's face it there are hundreds of other scummy shit Trump may be on tape doing.

 

[jellies_two]

The crazies are saying birdies saying compromising tape is out there from foreign ally. Huge grain of salts.



Yeah he just pinned that tweet.

Yeah that puts me off from thinking it's something simple like "the tape". It could also be the WH screaming at DOj to try to suppress various stories out now or soon coming out on an array of suspicious things and the strangled result is this badly written and short confusing statement. Like a quiet cry for help by DAG.

But it isn't just the lunatic end of the resistance that thinks it's to blunt imminent press on intelligence sources overseas.

 

[TheCochese]

Double, double, toil, and trouble.

Something liquid this way comes.

 

[Magwik]

Rod tomorrow:

The PeePee tape .... is REAAAAL

 

[RPGCrazied]

Would any news show the tape if they got it? I'm sure its pretty disgusting.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

oh boy is it time for claude taylor to make up insane claims and have nothing happen?

 

[Not]

oh boy is it time for claude taylor to make up insane claims and have nothing happen?

Awww, is this a regular thing?

 

[Chumley]

They're saying now on MSNBC he's going to have to recuse because he was present during Comey's firing and Mueller is directly investigating Comey's firing. Might be new thread worthy.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Awww, is this a regular thing?

unless waves of people were arrested without me knowing, then the answer is yes

 

[Random Human]

Really? Hmm if thats what AG is referring to because they where informed by the press then the denial is only about the sources and country not the actual content. Fuck what could it be? "Compromising" tape wouldn't necessarily mean the piss tape because let's face it there are hundreds of other scummy shit Trump may be on tape doing.

Maybe he said or did something stupid during the recent foreign trip. Lots of allies there to witness it.

 

[Guevara]

Honestly have no idea what to make of that.

 

[BronsonLee]

Would any news show the tape if they got it? I'm sure its pretty disgusting.

They'd show stills or preface it with saying 'this footage is disturbing'

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

unless waves of people were arrested without me knowing, then the answer is yes

Aw it's that guy?

I mean I guess the timing is a huge coincidence but still

 

[jellies_two]

I wish people wouldn't fixate on a tape as a magic bullet, if I had three wishes I would swap some fetish tape for simple incontrovertible proof of corrupt money flows. It's the boring illegal stuff that is more likely to be the focus of Mueller.

 

[Ether_Snake]

It sounds to me like a balanced statement because they wanted to publicly state that they will not confirm or negate anything.

On one hand saying beware of anonymous sources, on the other saying they won't confirm or negate anything so Trump and co. should not pressure them into making public announcements to confirm or negate such stories.

 

[Got]

I wish people wouldn't fixate on a tape as a magic bullet, if I had three wishes I would swap some fetish tape for simple incontrovertible proof of corrupt money flows. It's the boring illegal stuff that is more likely to be the focus of Mueller.

 

[TestOfTide]

oh boy is it time for claude taylor to make up insane claims and have nothing happen?

Yep. I don't why anyone takes Claude Taylor or Louis Mensch seriously. They are the political equivalent of those fake Super Smash Brothers Brawl leakers from back in the days of Brawl hype, only at least those fakes would stop after they had been proven wrong.

 

[BriGuy]

I wish people wouldn't fixate on a tape as a magic bullet, if I had three wishes I would swap some fetish tape for simple incontrovertible proof of corrupt money flows. It's the boring illegal stuff that is more likely to be the focus of Mueller.

It's an illicit peepee tape or the like that breaks the spirit of his supporters.

 

[Mortemis]

The more I think about it, the more weird it is. He could've just straight up said "Leaks are bad," why include the stuff about foreign officials? Hmmmm. The leaks about Mueller's investigation are clearly not coming from foreign officials.

Preemptive denial sounds more likely.

Yeah, that's my train of thought too. Curious about what comes out soon if that's the case.

 

[Chumley]

The more I think about it, the more weird it is. He could've just straight up said "Leaks are bad," why include the stuff about foreign officials? Hmmmm. The leaks about Mueller's investigation are clearly not coming from foreign officials.

Preemptive denial sounds more likely.

David Frum is saying this is likely a preemptive denial of a story hitting soon.

 

[Bob Coffee]

If it is the pee pee tape how the fuck will they spin it. I dont even know if conway could spin that.

 

[Slime]

Droppo the foreign oppo

 

[Random Human]

David Frum is saying this is likely a preemptive denial of a story hitting soon.

Rick Wilson also RTd something along those lines.

Ruh roh.

 

[TheCochese]

The only thing I care about there being a pee tape is that it validates the Steele dossier in its entirety.


And come on, I thought my joke was going to kill.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Would any news show the tape if they got it? I'm sure its pretty disgusting.

Are you kidding? They would be showing a censored version of that shit for a week if it were true.

 

[Joeku]

If it is the pee pee tape how the fuck will they spin it. I dont even know if conway could spin that.

They'd say it was faked and/or edited. These things are always in low-light and grungy.

 

[DopeyFish]

David Frum is saying this is likely a preemptive denial of a story hitting soon.

And I am guessing it's not trump but possibly something that is an attempt to impede the investigation

 

[RPGCrazied]

If it is the pee pee tape how the fuck will they spin it. I dont even know if conway could spin that.

Its not Trump! Someone is impersonating him!

They will defend anything and everything that comes out of that man, which I just don't understand.

 

[numble]

And I am guessing it's not trump but possibly something that is an attempt to impede the investigation

Why doesn't he impede it directly instead of issuing a non-denial press statement?

 

[DopeyFish]

Why doesn't he impede it directly instead of issuing a non-denial press statement?

Not Rosenstein - the actual piece of information coming out

Imagine an attack on mueller or suggesting that the investigation is a witch hunt or something

 

[Ether_Snake]

If the pee tape exists, it would probably just be him and others having a laugh, holding drinks, while some prostitutes fuck each other and squirt on each other on some bed. I really don't believe the idea that Trump got peed on on tape, I think it was just a big stretch from what actually happened.