Below is my column in The Hill Newspaper on the most recent allegation of criminal conduct by President Donald Trump or his family. Added to the ever-lengthening list of clear crimes is now witness tampering despite the fact that it does not come close to any prior definition of that crime. Both Professor Lawrence Tribe and CNN Legal Analyst Norm Eisen (Eisen previously said that Trump’s conversations with James Comey could constitute witness tampering) have claimed that Trump’s dictating or contributing to the statement of his son, Donald Jr., on the Russian meeting establishes the basis for such a charge. I obviously disagree.
Here is the column.
This morning, the Washington Post reported that President Trump dictated the statement issued by Donald Trump Jr. about his infamous meeting with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. The ink on the story was not dry when the airways were again crowded with experts claiming a new crime had been committed.
Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe stated that the dictating of a misleading statement about the meeting could constitute witness tampering. This is a new criminal allegation to add to an ever-lengthening list that, if true, would make the Trumps the greatest crime family since the Gambinos.
Tribe previously found compelling evidence of obstruction of justice, criminal election violations, Logan Act violations, extortion and possible treason by the president or his family. He also found grounds for impeachment while declaring that the Constitution clearly bars a self-pardon by Trump. Tribe, whom I have long respected as an academic, is not alone. It appears that every tweet or leak brings a new and compelling basis for indictment or impeachment or both.
There is an open frustration among many who want confirmation that we are finally close to a Trump indictment. It is neither satisfying nor entertaining to consistently say that this is far short of any cognizable criminal case. However, the cable news is filled with experts assuring viewers that we are closer than we are. It is like finding a scientist willing to assure viewers that the moon is half its actual distance. It may be an exciting prospect, but it makes any attempt a dangerous pursuit.
The latest story is a case in point. The Post reports that President Trump ignored staff recommendations and dictated the statement for his son to release. The statement said that Donald Jr. and the Russian lawyer had “primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children” and that the subject of the meeting was “not a campaign issue at the time.” That misleading statement would deepen and extend the controversy. The meeting was clearly set up on the understanding that the Russian government wanted to help get Trump elected and would share damaging information.
However, a misleading statement is not a crime in itself — or half of Washington would be serving time. It is spin. It turned out to be remarkably ill-advised and self-defeating spin, but it was a classic effort to emphasize the least damaging part of the story. It was also dumb. The president knew there was a special counsel in the field investigating his role into a possible effort to obstruct the Russian investigation. There were various options in responding to the New York Times story about emails to Trump’s son.
This was the worst of all available options. The president prevented his staff from insulating himself from the story and creating some crush space between him and his controversy. By inserting himself into the controversy, he harmed both his and his son’s legal position. Trump, once again, made the White House the center of gravity for the scandal rather than Trump Tower or the campaign.
For those of us who have been skeptical of claims of any prima facie crime, it remains perplexing to watch the president constantly fulfill the narrative of his opponents by seeking to control and spin events. He is someone who is used to controlling an image or brand. It is difficult for him to resist framing a story, despite every indication that his involvement is creating the appearance of criminality, even without any strong evidence of a crime. He is like the guy who constantly runs down the street whenever a car alarm goes off.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller would now be within his mandate to look into Trump’s involvement in this highly misleading public statement. That will again broaden the investigation and place the terminus at the Oval Office. However, it still does not make it a crime. Take Tribe’s witness tampering claim. The statutory provision in 18 U.S.C. 1512 addresses an effort to “corruptly persuade another person” to “influence” testimony of that person in the withholding of information. This language has never been extended to a public statement of this kind.
First, there was no existing demand for testimony from Trump Jr. on this meeting. Second, there is no evidence that Trump told his son to lie about the email or the original understanding of the meeting. This was not coaching for testimony but a public defense. Third, even if this were construed to be about testimony, the law contains an express affirmative defense (that needs only be proven by a preponderance of the evidence) that “the conduct consisted solely of lawful conduct” and that the defendant intended to encourage truthful testimony. The Trumps have emphasized what the meeting primarily addressed while downplaying what it was intended to address. They did not address the original purpose in the statement.
Look again at the statement explaining Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians: “It was a short introductory meeting. I asked Jared and Paul to stop by. We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up. I was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance, but was not told the name of the person I would be meeting with beforehand.”
Accounts of witnesses have supported the claims that it was a short meeting that lasted around 20 minutes, that they primarily discussed the Russian adoption issue, that it was arranged through an acquaintance, and that there was no follow-up. It is also true that the adoption issue “was not a campaign issue at the time.” What is misleading about the statement is what was omitted: that Trump Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner went to a meeting ostensibly set up to collude with the Russians in the exchange of dirt on Clinton.
However, politicians in Washington routinely ignore damaging facts while highlighting less damaging facts. Ironically, the Clintons were famous for such spins. Indeed, with knowledge of an ongoing investigation in the field, Clinton repeatedly changed her account of the use of a personal server to transmit sensitive and classified information. It went from an assertion that no classified material was sent (which is untrue) to a statement that she never “received nor sent any material that was marked classified” (which is also untrue).
Others in the email controversy showed equally loose understandings of the truth in trying to spin out of the scandal. Debbie Wasserman Schultz publicly denied colluding to help Clinton defeat Bernie Sanders, which turned out to be untrue. Her replacement as chair of the Democratic National Committee, Donna Brazile, lied about her hacked emails being false and not sharing CNN questions for the presidential debates with Clinton.
If spins or selected accounts were criminal matters, Pennsylvania Avenue would be jammed with thousands of officials being frogmarched to the federal penitentiary. It would also allow a dangerous foray of federal prosecutors into political statements, potentially criminalizing some spins but ignoring others.
This was the worse of all spins. Rather than dampen down a controversy, it deepened it. Ironically, President Trump himself gave the special counsel an opportunity to further expand his investigation. However, if Mueller wants to investigate half-truths in Washington, this will be a permanent, multigenerational investigation. While a half-truth can be denounced as a half-lie, it does not make it a whole crime.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. You can follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley.
“The Most Dishonest President in History”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/03/why-the-most-dishonest-president-in-history-cant-fool-us-about-what-matters/?utm_term=.46d6d82d258a
FBI Director tells top FBI Officials they may have to testify against Trump.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/3/16084246/mueller-obstruction-case-stronger-trump-surrogates
• By LANYON
Remember when Donald Trump formed a business partnership with the Russian government and his company got $53 million from the Russian government investment fund called Rusnano …..that was started by Vladimir Putin and is referred to as “Putin’s Child?”
Oh wait, that wasn’t Trump; it was John Podesta.
Remember when Donald Trump received $500,000 for a speech in Moscow that was paid for by Renaissance Capital, a company tied to Russian Intelligence Agencies?
Oh wait, that was Bill Clinton.
Remember when Donald Trump approved the sale of 20% of U.S. uranium to the Russians while he was Secretary of State giving control of it to Rosatom, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation?
Oh wait, that was Hillary Clinton.
Remember when Donald Trump lied about that and said he wasn’t a part of approving a deal that gave the Russians 1/5 of our uranium, but then his e-mails were leaked showing he did lie about it?
Oh wait, that was Hillary Clinton and John Podesta.
Remember when Donald Trump got $145 million from shareholders of the uranium company sold to the Russians?
Oh wait, that was Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.
Remember when Donald Trump accepted millions in donations from Russian oligarchs like the chairman of a company that is part of the Russian Nuclear Research Cluster; the wife of the mayor of Moscow and a close pal of Putin’s?
Oh wait, that was the Clinton Foundation.
Remember when Donald Trump failed to disclose all those donations before becoming the Secretary of State, and it was only found out when a journalist went through Canadian tax records?
Oh wait, that was Hillary Clinton.
Remember when Donald Trump told Mitt Romney that the ‘ “The Cold War is over?”
Oh wait, that was President Obama.
Man, Trump’s ties to Russia are REALLY “disgusting!”
Yes! I remember that Hillary promised to “DRAIN THE SWAMP” in Washington….
Oh, wait! That was Donald Trump!
😎
So the fact that numerous GOP Senators are now openly joining Democratic Senators in preventing Trump from firing Mueller and his CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION of Trump and Russia means nothing?
The FACT that Senator Graham said it will be the beginning of the end of Trump if he tries to fire Mueller means nothing?
The FACT that Trump has been PROVEN to LIE about his own and his campaigns contacts with Russia means nothing?
Let’s just ignore all this and go after HRC — who LOST!
BRAINWASHED.
We remember!!👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻👏👏🏾
Good one, allan.
From the voluminous references to Trump, some quite picayune, I wonder if JT is so saturated with Trump Mania that when he drives alone in the HOV lane (multi passenger lane) he does so thinking Trump is sitting in the seat next to him.
In fairness this column was appreciated. I don’t know what happened to Lawrence Tribe who twenty years ago made more sense even when one didn’t agree with him. Perhaps senescence is closer to Tribe than his prior intense attachment to the law.
Prof. Turley, it’s not clear whether or not you STILL respect Tribe. Do you? He’s obviously turned into a total kook with his bizarre “analysis” that you rightly mock, as well as relentless anti-Trump tweets that don’t even have anything to do with the law. A difference of opinion between experts is one thing, but Tribe is now functioning as a propagandist who has ruined his reputation. SAD!
I protest! JT is being grossly unfair to the Democrats! True, they tend to overcharge and call everything a crime when a Republican does it, but in all fairness, they bend over backwards NOT to overcharge Democrats and the Democratic Party base with crimes!
For example: Hillary’s slush fund, the whole records destruction thing, the Benghazi lying, the Fast and Furious Gun Running Cover-up, the selective IRS punishment of Conservative and Tea Party groups, the various “unmaskings”, the acceptance of Black Democrats looting liquor stores, shoe stores, and other places, the whole mass incarceration silliness, the refusal to prosecute black felons in possession of firearms, the wink and nod to the millions of illegal immigrants, the refusal to examine voter fraud, etc. etc. etc.
No, I think maybe all this works as a counterweight to the excesses on Trump and other Republicans, such as the ones in Texas and Wisconsin who get prosecuted over non-criminal stuff.
Right???
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
HRC, Benghazi, Fast&Furious, Slush Fund, etc., etc. — Just more FOX News Conspiracy Propaganda that sustain’s White Man’s Law and passionate racists like you who refuse to see the reality that Trump’s whiteness is the only thing that allowed him to become and remain President given his FACTUAL record of LIES, RACISM, SEXISM, and unprecedented attacks of his Office and our democracy.
Why don’t you post one of your terrible racist videos and pictures now and then take a shower…
Squeeky, you are correct. On the whole it is totally fair and balanced.
So Turley is left clinging to the last vestige of defense for Trump — the oxymoronic concept of “Half-Truths”, which is an essential pillar of what people of color commonly refer to as “White Man’s Law.”
Now what is “White Man’s Law”, you might ask? Well, it’s simple! White Man’s Law is the factual practice and operations by which U.S. law and politics are routinely applied in very different ways based upon one’s race. This FACTUAL practice has been long been confirmed in the U.S. prison system, where blacks routinely receive much harsher sentences&punishment for the same crimes that whites commit and can easily be applied to Trump in comparison to Pres. Obama. How so? Well —
We know Obama never would have been elected if he bragged about grabbing women’s pussy! We know he would not have been elected if called for his rival to be jailed! We know he would not have been elected if said U.S. elections are rigged and he may not accept their outcome! He would NOT have been elected if said a white judge couldn’t be a judge because he was white! He would NOT have been elected if he singled out whites as RAPISTS! And we can all certainly agree if Obama said he and his top staff never had any contact with Russia, but in various order, fired Comey because of Russia! Was involved in a secret Russia meeting like Trump Jr.,! Disavowed U.S. Intell Agencies on Russia! Allowed Mike Flynn to be in his Cabinet for weeks after being told of his involvement with Russia! and many, many more, utterly compromising situations where Obama was proven to have LIED as Trump has — We know OBAMA NEVER would have been elected or he would certainly be impeached by now!
We know all this to be TRUE beyond a reasonable doubt!
But White Man’s Law allows Trump be protected regardless of his lies, behaviors, and actions! And Turley is and is a brilliant Ambassador and Professor of White Man’s Law! That’s why Turley is perfectly fine DEFENDING Trump with the convenient argument of “Half-Truths”!
Reality Check: “Half-Truths” are for Whites ONLY. For Blacks, Latinos, Muslims, etc. — they are called LIES.
“Affirmative Action Privilege”
is unconstitutional.
The legal status of freed slaves changed from “property” to “illegal alien,” requiring immediate deportation, upon issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation as the Naturalization Act of 1802 was in full force and effect requiring that all citizens to be “…free white person(s)…”
Cold case.
First of all, Jon, you need to refrain from the Kellyanne pivot to point the finger of blame at the Clintons every time Chump gets caught with his hands in his pants. That narrative is way too old. Chump’s honeymoon has passed, and he needs to own up to the responsibility of his own actions. You hurt your own credibility by buying into the Fox News format of pivot and blame.
Second, you explain away Chump’s meddling into the Russian meeting involving his peckerwood by arguing that he is used to controlling his image, which is no doubt true, but a smart person knows his limits and listens to his lawyers. Chump refuses to even tacitly acknowledge that he has limits, which would be evidenced by perceiving the need to consult lawyers and taking their advice before doing something like this. It’s not like he doesn’t have smart lawyers who would correctly advise him about the legal implications of things, and what is and is not advisable in a situation such as this one. His problem is that he doesn’t respect lawyers or anyone else. He’s messing up, each and every single day, and it’s no one’s fault but his.
Third, despite your attempted spin, Chump was trying to change the narrative about a meeting he didn’t even attend, and at a time when he knew that he and his campaign were being investigated over Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Does dictating a misleading statement about a meeting he didn’t attend, in order to mitigate or change the facts, constitute obstruction of justice? Maybe, but in any event, it’s more evidence of his general stupidity and unfitness for office. Maybe the real problem here is that he is so used to flaunting the law and getting away with illegal and immoral behavior that he thinks he can keep getting away with it.
I guess you are trying to present a case in there?
Mueller’s investigation is the only one that matters.
If the Trumps are so innocent, why the hell does so much of their collective behavior scream GUILT!
Mueller’s investigation is the only one that matters.
To you.
If the Trumps are so innocent, why the hell does so much of their collective behavior scream GUILT!
Because you assume they are guilty.
If you are being intellectually honest, why isn’t there an investigation with the scope of Mueller’s into the actual criminal activity of the Clinton Foundation, Obama Administration, DNC and DWS? They wouldn’t be in search of a crime, they would be in search of justice for crimes already committed.
Actually I didn’t assume they were guilty until I saw the way they acted over the past year. I’m happy to wait until Mueller concludes his investigation to know for sure.
Second, aren’t you dismissing your own argument by assuming that there was actual criminal activity by the Ds?
Second, aren’t you dismissing your own argument by assuming that there was actual criminal activity by the Ds?
I spent 20 years in the Navy with a Secret clearance. Had I inadvertently tossed a Plan of the Day (POD) in the garbage, which was considered a Confidential document, I would have been reprimanded. Had I knowingly done that, I would have lost my security clearance. Had I or any of my subordinates demonstrated the same disregard for the proper control procedures of classified information, we would have been court martialed.
At the very least, run simultaneous investigations with equal vigor.
If Chump wasn’t a chronic, pathological liar about easily-proven facts, then maybe there would be less scrutiny. If he would disclose his tax returns like all other politicians for the last several elections, so we can be knowledgeable about who he is in bed with, there’s be less distrust. If Chump didn’t brag about sexually assaulting women, then maybe people wouldn’t be disgusted by the mere sight of him. If Chump didn’t try to undermine the credibility of government agencies who conclusively established that Russians interfered in our elections, then maybe there would be less distrust. If he wasn’t a racist, misogynist who mocks disabled people and who has strained relationships with key allies, then maybe things would be different. But, he’s all of those things, and more–an egotistical braggart with thin skin whose main contribution up to this point is to make work for lawyers and further divide a country already too divided. Now, he’s dictating responses to queries about a meeting he didn’t attend, in order to attempt to change the narrative. It stinks and so does he. He behaves like a guilty person.
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/892817177463664642
Yes, he does, and so does his family.
Money laundering is not a half crime and that is where this will end. Trump knows it.
Agree completely.
Mueller’s theoretical “scope” is “Russian collusion” which did not exist.
Mueller is criminally investigating a “person” not a “crime.”
The theoretical problem involves hypothetical international counter-intelligence operations which are addressed by an entirely different set of laws and agencies.
Mueller shall be arrested and prep-walked for conspiring and failing to recuse for clear conflicts and for egregious politicization and violation of laws relating to a Special Investigation.
https://twitter.com/CharlesPPierce/status/893218600965853184
Mueller is not investigating a crime. There is no crime to investigate.
Mueller is unlawfully investigating a person.
The theory of Russian “collusion” is false.
This is an investigation of false allegations of a theoretical International counter-intelligence operation which is regulated by an entirely different set of laws.
What is pathetic here is that almost everything revolves around the benchmark set by the last bozo. As long as an accusation, lie, or other disgraceful and unPresidential oozing can be compared to a disgraceful oozing by another previously, it is allowed and we, as a people governing ourselves (LOL) either protect this lying sack of sh*t Trump by bringing up the qualifying lying sack of sh*t Clinton or just refocus on Clinton. The bar descends lower and lower as our oligarchy gets stronger and stronger. First move=take all private funding over $100.00 per registered voter, out of politics. The rest will fall into place. This is how the real democracies of the ‘Free’ world operate and we look ridiculous by comparison. However, they don’t have all the toys we have.
I’m good with that. I’ve never advocated that Trump was beyond the law. I certainly expected to dish out some grief for him, but there is the dangerous specter of 27+ years of Clinton sewage that has to be flushed first and foremost–in the greater interest of protecting the world. It wasn’t Trump who asked for these sanctions–acts of war–against Russia. Plenty of time to deal with Trump. Democrats need to quit protecting Clinton et al and look to who out there can lead the party to the masses.
Knocking down all the buildings on K Street would pair well with your $100 limit.
The differences between the Clinton shame and the Trump shame are slight. However, Trump is out of control and Clinton would have been in control, or less out of it, however one wishes to put it.
The stagnation of the American system of government, which is designed to allow oligarchs run things, is the root cause of the anxiety, frustration, and anger found in America today. Trump adds another yuge dimension, that of fraud. Almost everything Trump has stated has been designed to pander to the angry masses. Trump has no intention of living up to his swamp draining BS. Trump thrives in the swamp. The Swamp was designed by Trump and the other oligarchs. Clinton may lay down at the teat of the oligarchs but Trump is the biggest mother in the sty. Trump makes his fortunes pandering to the mega wealthy or oligarchs, using the cheapest labor possible, and skipping out on bills by way of bankruptcy, a half dozen times. Trump relabels the donations of others and promotes his charity. There is nothing in Trump designed for the best interests of America. Any one off of the street can spout the commonly understood problems of America and point fingers. That’s how he connected to his base, by lambasting what the base lambastes. There has been little to no indication that Trump will do anything to weaken his position as an oligarch, or more specifically, do anything to better the condition of the average American.
Tribe and his MSM “Tribe” are doing exactly what CNN producers and its CEO said they are doing: displaying entertainment for brain dead liberal democrat progressives to boost ratings. Tribe is not informing on the law, and has no intention to do so.
Excellent article!
Here is an interview in the Real News Network with a very compelling discussion of the falsehoods surrounding the whole Russia Gate fiasco.
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:19676:Russia-Sanctions%3A–Congress-Obstructs-Trump's-'One-Good-Policy‘
It’s hard to imagine the Democrat party will not ultimately suffer from it’s participation in this Witch hunt, but that may take years and years. Right now, particularly on this site, everyone is pointing at the wrong culprits. The Democrat party is moribund indeed, but they are only following the orders of their masters who are the same masters of the Republican party as well.
Good to see your input BB. Yes, you are ultimately right. I feel the independents who comment here see this (there seem to be many), but it is the staunchly unapologetic Democrats who fail to point out the shortfalls of their “team.” We saw in the vote for sanctions against Russia that it was a truly bipartisan effort. Shame on all of them. Time to drag that diamond-shaped threat to the world into the sea (Chesapeake is not deep enough…).
Thanks Slohrss,
Shame on all of them is right. Have been enjoying your comments as well. Some excellent insights recently, not to imply that isn’t generally the case. ( 🙂 )
Good post BB. I believe the Democrat Party is already suffering. They are that company whose stock is tanking but the only reports being received by the shareholders is their primary competitor is a criminal outfit. They may have a hardcore base of about 25% that will buy their stock regardless of how it performs, same with the GOP. It’s that middle 50% that has been dumping the Democrat stock over several election cycles, along with the GOP, and expressing their Independent voices. At this point I see the Democrats have 2 choices and neither will be good for their stock: 1. Continue the witch-hunt that will never bear the fruit they are looking for and hide their own failures or 2. End it. Go bipartisan investigating corruption wherever the evidence takes it and become the party of the rule of law. That middle 50% are not idiots. They pay attention and right now their BS meter is dialed in.
We;ll have to wait until next year. The Democrat slogan is essentially, You have nowhere else to go” and for a lot of people that remains nauseatingly effective.
Another huge disservice to the country the Democrats in particular, but both parties in general and really more importantly the puppet masters behind them are doing is shielding Trump’s administration from scrutiny by the very blatancy of the witch hunt and the bend over backwards stenographic compliance of the MSM.
I’m not talking about illegal activities (which I think Professor Turely has been doing a great job of exposing as vaporware), but rather policy decisions that the public, or parts of it, might disagree with strongly enough to make it known (and quite possibly Trump would listen — and if not, possibly congress critters would). I suspect President Trump would recall his campaign promises better, if the public voice could be heard above the constant din of false scandals. In the meantime, he has a ready made excuse for being more sensitive to corporate than public pressure.
But this fake scandal is not only causing irreparable, pointless and downright dangerous harm to our relations with Russia, but also creating a huge reservoir of sympathy for Trump which, while certainly merited in some respects, is simply not the healthy “vigilance” the public should always have for all political leaders.
“However, a misleading statement is not a crime in itself — or half of Washington would be serving time.”
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Careful, we all know it’s about 102%. 😀
Jared is selling green cards….another half crime?
“Teflon Don” of the Gambino crime family said, “that’s no problem”.
Trump is beyond control, and that makes any legalistic defense a problem. I agree totally that his dictating the language of a public statement is not “witness tampering”. But impeachment is more political than ever. It might come to that even before the 2018 vote gives Congress to the Dems. The GOP is becoming bolder in criticizing him. Once Mueller gives an official report, even if no “smoking gun” is ever found, the public sentiment can be easily manipulated to accept a concocted list of “misdemeanor-like” acts that demand his removal. And he’s helping them every day!
“…It might come to that even before the 2018 vote gives Congress to the Dems…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkMA6JPOHU
Being you mentioned the special prosecutor I would like to know when Mueller and his team are going to resign. Comey is Muellers buddy, the rest of the crew is connected in some way to the Clintons or Dums. No truth will come from this group.
I agree that the president was unwise in getting involved, and I also agree that it doesn’t rise to the level of a crime. I’m surprised, thought, that the pundits haven’t connected the adopted children issue to a Russian sanction against the US in response to still existing sanctions against the Russians. Is it possible that the discussion of the adoptions was a quid pro quo discussion about lifting of sanctions?
Reasonable, intellectually honest comment, bettykath. Kudos.
Bettykath, What planet are you on? The media has reported many times over that the so called adoption discussion is always code for ending the Magnitsky sanctions. Browder testified to the congress last week about it.
Of course it’s a quid pro quo. If you’re only watching Fox News, find a better source of information.
You are too funny, swansong!! bettykath wouldn’t be caught dead watching Fox News!!
I don’t know about anyone’s viewing habits. But if she thinks the pundits haven’t reported on the Magnitsky angle, she’s missing something.
swansong, LOL!! Bettykath is a card carrying, proud, liberal, MSNBC watcher. Your comment shows your complete ignorance to all here.
As I replied above, I don’t read this site often enough to know about each person’s viewing habits. But the pundits are certainly reporting on Magnitsky.
Betty Kath, as below, two people told me that my assumption that you are a Fox viewer was likely wrong.
I sincerely apologize to you for having insulted you in that way. All the best to you.
And if you think the sanctions on Russia are doing a damned bit of good, or that they are merited, perhaps because of how close Russia has placed the boarders of its country to our military installations, you might try looking elsewhere for your own propaganda.
This comment was intended for swansong. Apologies to intercept.
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Tribe, whom I have long respected as an academic
Jack the Ripper, whom I have long respected as a surgeon…
LOL! There are a new group of shysters becoming “legal experts” about Trump. This pathology all started w/ OJ.
ROTF!!! Tribe has become an embarrassment to the legal profession, a television legal whore who will say anything just to get a few minutes on some idiot Liberal’s TV show.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
LOL
Vegas just upped the odds to 500,000 to 1 that Tribe is ever appointed to the Supreme Court. It appears he knows that and is now shooting for a Reality TV show, just like our Prez had.
Let me guess. not even a SWAG but a WAG. The other two voted for Comrade Clinton.