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[Sephzilla]

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/878261940451028992

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

How many "tick tick tick" do we need until something actually happen to him though?

Mueller isn't going to blow his load every time something like this comes out. He is building a case and won't compromise that. One day, likely this summer, he'll announce criminal charges for Trump.

I know today people have tiny ass attention spans and expect instant results, and while this is moving at a relatively breakneck pace compared to Watergate, it is something that needs to be done slowly and correctly.

 

[boiled goose]

This couldn't be more blatant.

But GOP has to do their job.

Massive tax cuts for the wealthy people that they represent. Lives and country be damned.

 

[Funkyhamster]

He always does that when he foreshadows a story about Trump that he knows is about to come out. The magnitude of the stories vary, but he has done this with some fairly big ones.

His first tweet today suggests that this story will have a larger magnitude than the others...

 

[Dead Prince]

its friday. where's my fuckery news at boys!

 

[RPGCrazied]

Another huge story will drop Today or Monday. He is a friend of Comey's.

He always does that when he foreshadows a story about Trump that he knows is about to come out. The magnitude of the stories vary, but he has done this with some fairly big ones.

Probably a strongly sourced article dropping in NYT.

Can we get a story so bad it will make Republicans run for the hills?! What will it take? Pedophilia? Murder? So far nothing matters.

 

[Regginator]

The fact there still hasn't been any official talks about impeachment really boggles my mind.

 

[Balphon]

The "brazenly admit to witness tampering" strategy is certainly a new one.

 

[RCSI]

Probably a strongly sourced article dropping in NYT.

Hopefully it drops today for the news cycle to digest it, freeing up next week for Trumpcare.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

The fact there still hasn't been any official talks about impeachment really boggles my mind.

100% chance there has, behind closed doors. The public isn't going to hear about most of this until it's already in motion or done.

 

[Future]

The fact there still hasn't been any official talks about impeachment really boggles my mind.

Do people forget that republicans lead every part of federal government.

Liberals complain but your voting turn out allowed for this

 

[smokeymicpot]

Can we get a story so bad it will make Republicans run for the hills?! What will it take? Pedophilia? Murder? So far nothing matters.

It all matters. It is not going to be a 1,2,3 thing. All of this is building a case up against the President of the United States.

The fact there still hasn't been any official talks about impeachment really boggles my mind.

Dems talk about it openly at least a few do.

 

[Random Human]

Deep State loading up some 5pm scoops as we speak.

 

[Zolo]

100% chance there has, behind closed doors. The public isn't going to hear about most of this until it's already in motion or done.

And the current federal government would push for Trump resigning before that.

Spoiler

Not that I expect them to do that either.

 

[Shard]

The fact there still hasn't been any official talks about impeachment really boggles my mind.

The Overton window on that topic is still in the shadow of the specter of the investigation, it starting to get raised but we are not there yet.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Comey called his bluff when he said, "Lordy, I hope there are tapes."

Comey knows that without tapes, Trump can't dispute anything in his memos.

And chances are if there were tapes, they'd probably show Trump actually incriminating himself and validating everything Comey said.

Tapes would almost assuredly would be used as physical evidence against Trump.

That's the best part of this entire charade. Like, what kind of witness intimidation tactic is "I have tapes" if the tapes are just going to corroborate what the other person is saying happened? Now Comey looks unimpeachable with regards to his version of events and Trump looks like an incompetent buffoon who doesn't even understand basic witness tampering. Pro-tip kids: if you want someone to corroborate your lie, don't threaten them with the release of information that does the exact opposite of that.

 

[Kinyou]

I'm glad that Trump is so active in building a case against himself.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I'm glad that Trump is so active in building a case against himself.

Lets hope its on purpose. Deep down he doesn't want to be President. But his fragile little ego won't let him resign.

 

[Linkura]

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/878261940451028992

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

Mueller:

 

[RustyNails]

Another huge story will drop Today or Monday. He is a friend of Comey's.

It should be today so it gets played on Sunday shows.

 

[BasicMath]

That still doesn't change the fact that "give him some slack he is new to this" is a really dumb way to try and shift blame from every stupid thing Trump says. The presidency shouldn't be a learn as you go kind of job, his stupid actions affects lifes and shouldn't be shrugged off with "well maybe he does better next time".

I believe that's actually how some presidents view the presidency. They learned and grew from and because of it.

I actually do think his inexperience is important to take into consideration in many cases. But yeah, if he did something illegal there's no excuse good enough for it. He should face the consequences. He shouldn't have fallen into the trap the Dems/Media/IC placed.

 

[smokeymicpot]

It should be today so it gets played on Sunday shows.

Should be but him saying it might drop Monday is the only reason why I said it. Either or I am fine with. Dropping it today controls the news cycle for the whole weekend though.

 

[Thaedolus]

Sometimes the devil is in the details of these stories, gotta get it right even if it takes more time....but please god make it today

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Can we get a story so bad it will make Republicans run for the hills?! What will it take? Pedophilia? Murder? So far nothing matters.

He once told an underage girl once she becomes legal that she's going to marry him so there's that. Murder, perhaps.

 

[Thaedolus]

He once told an underage girl once she becomes legal that she's going to marry him so there's that. Murder, perhaps.

Not only that, he'd go around the dressing rooms of naked underage girls to "inspect." The fact this was reported and people still voted for him disgusts me to no end

 

[Ri'Orius]

Not only that, he'd go around the dressing rooms of naked underage girls to "inspect." The fact this was reported and people still voted for him disgusts me to no end

For what it's worth, he only admitted (read: bragged about on air) doing that for the adult pageants. The allegations that he creeped the dressing rooms at the teen pageant were denied and never proven.

 

[ratcliffja]

Another huge story will drop Today or Monday. He is a friend of Comey's.

I wouldn't say huge. These typically lead to significant articles but nothing Earth-shattering.

 

[RPGCrazied]

lol

First thing in the mornings Russia is on his mind.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I wouldn't say huge. These typically lead to significant articles but nothing Earth-shattering.

One of the articles got us Muller.

 

[rfield84]

Can we get a story so bad it will make Republicans run for the hills?! What will it take? Pedophilia? Murder? So far nothing matters.

This story might be huge. Wittes's tweet is using all caps. First time I've seen that in comparing his past tweets.

 

[TheCochese]

I wouldn't say huge. These typically lead to significant articles but nothing Earth-shattering.

Agreed with this. Maybe really big long term, but not much that will change your world.

 

[BlackNMild2k1]

Deep State loading up some 5pm scoops as we speak.

Hopefully it's a copy of all those "tapes" Trump didn't have of the Comey conversations... and all the conversations with everyone else too.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

I might have a heart attack from laughing so hard if some foreign IC intercepted recordings of trump taping people before he destroyed them

 

[cameron]

EARHARDT: So it was a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in those hearings?

TRUMP: Well, it wasn't — it wasn't very stupid, I can tell you that. He was — he did admit that what I said was right. And if you look further back, before he heard about that, I think maybe he wasn't admitting that.

I laughed. Fox & Friends interviewer is trying to help Donald out, but his jimmies are far too rustled by everyone calling his tweet stupid.

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/878261940451028992

♫ It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday ♫

 

[JVIDICAN]

The Ticks are all caps this time. Oh god.

 

[Plumbob]

Mueller isn't going to blow his load every time something like this comes out. He is building a case and won't compromise that. One day, likely this summer, he'll announce criminal charges for Trump.

I know today people have tiny ass attention spans and expect instant results, and while this is moving at a relatively breakneck pace compared to Watergate, it is something that needs to be done slowly and correctly.

Not likely at all actually.

 

[Surfinn]

Mueller isn't going to blow his load every time something like this comes out. He is building a case and won't compromise that. One day, likely this summer, he'll announce criminal charges for Trump.

I know today people have tiny ass attention spans and expect instant results, and while this is moving at a relatively breakneck pace compared to Watergate, it is something that needs to be done slowly and correctly.

This summer?

 

[Thaedolus]

The president has to be impeached before he can be criminally charged. I imagine resignation or the 25th amendment removal would happen before that.

 

[Cabbagehead]

Trump just admitted in the most contradictory way possible. In his unique word salad form. That Comey told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but. So help him God.

TICK TICK indeed.

 

[jelly]

The president has to be impeached before he can be criminally charged. I imagine resignation or the 25th amendment removal would happen before that.

He can get impeached for possible criminal charges and loads of other things, just needs to be enough push by the Republicans to make it happen.

I'm not sure if he can pardon himself before he leaves but as you say, a criminal charge can't be pinned on a President right? So if the pressure is enough to get him impeached, Mueller can take it further once he is a normal citizen. The next President can't pardon state charges which I think might be something they'll go for so he can't walk away.

 

[Wag]

What "level" chess is this?

 

[andymcc]

What "level" chess is this?

Checkers being played with urinal cakes as pieces.

 

[CHC]

It feels like Trump is proceeding through a mathematical proof by contradiction, creating case after case in which logical fallacies arise if Comey's statement is anything other than the truth.

 

[FyreWulff]

He can get impeached for possible criminal charges and loads of other things, just needs to be enough push by the Republicans to make it happen.

I'm not sure if he can pardon himself before he leaves but as you say, a criminal charge can't be pinned on a President right? So if the pressure is enough to get him impeached, Mueller can take it further once he is a normal citizen. The next President can't pardon state charges which I think might be something they'll go for so he can't walk away.

can't pardon leading-to-impeachment stuff. He'd have to actually get impeached, leave office, and have the next President pardon him.

And in theory politically, a sane person that knows they were done for with impeachment would resign like Nixon did. Nobody wants to be the first actually successfully removed President. But Trump would probably go until the bitter end.

 

[Cabbagehead]

It feels like Trump is proceeding through a mathematical proof by contradiction, creating case after case in which logical fallacies arise if Comey's statement is anything other than the truth.

It makes it worse. That trump has been know history by many, many people that he's a conman, who lies a lot and bluffs a lie. Even under oath.


Compared to Comey, who have been a goverment agent for nearly all of his life and outright lying doesn't fly in that orgnization.

 

[Saint Gregory]

can't pardon leading-to-impeachment stuff. He'd have to actually get impeached, leave office, and have the next President pardon him.

And in theory politically, a sane person that knows they were done for with impeachment would resign like Nixon did. Nobody wants to be the first actually successfully removed President. But Trump would probably go until the bitter end.

Someone mentioned in another thread that state offenses can't be pardoned, which means if Trump really is guilty of collision he can't resign and will have to fight impeachment tooth and nail as the presidency will be his only protection against charges.

This will be the ugliest chapter in American political history.

 

[super-heated plasma]

TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/878261940451028992

Comeys friend indicating something big coming today.

 

[jelly]

I would laugh so hard if someone has a tape of the Comey and Trump meeting.

 

[TS-08]

TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/878261940451028992

Comeys friend indicating something big coming today.

You know, this thread isn't that long.