“He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn’t a target of the investigation,†the former New York City mayor, who recently joined Trump’s legal team, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity. “He’s entitled to that. Hillary Clinton got that and he couldn’t get that. So he fired him and he said, ‘I’m free of this guy.’â€
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The president has changed his reason for Comey since he dismissed the former FBI director in May 2017. The White House initially said Trump fired Comey at the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who penned a memo suggesting firing the FBI director over his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
However, several days later, the president told NBC’s Lester Holt that he fired Comey over the investigation into Russian collusion.
"IT WAS A MONTHLY RETAINER" pic.twitter.com/v4vdyF9sr7
— Political Line (@PolitcalCapital) May 3, 2018
Quote by Mondobubba:
Wait, isn't Rudy supposed to be a good lawyer?
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
Wait, isn't Rudy supposed to be a good lawyer?
Years ago, alledgedly.
I think he has some brain-related issues.
" 'The president was always going to make sure he got it back, and enough money to pay the taxes,' Giuliani said" <--- What taxes? Repayment of a loan is not income to the lender.
— Felt (@MrFelt_) May 3, 2018
Quote by Raine:
INCOMING!
After the raid, members of Trump's legal team advised the president not to speak to Cohen, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
Two sources close to Trump's newest attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, say he learned that days after the raid the president had made a call to Cohen, and told Trump never to call again out of concern the call was being recorded by prosecutors.
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Pet peeve. Job sites that require mm/dd/yy for jobs. Like I really remember the date I started a job in 1998. Seriously, the only reason I remember I started at Web on May 2, 2011 was I was up late the night before watching the coverage of Bin Ladin.
Also a pet peeve, job application sites that are so convoluted and difficult to use they act as a deterrent to applying. I am looking at you, state of Florida.
Giuliani says he hasn't spoken to POTUS yet about the NBC News story but is about to call him to discuss...
— Robert Costa (@costareports) May 3, 2018
Quote by Raine:" 'The president was always going to make sure he got it back, and enough money to pay the taxes,' Giuliani said" <--- What taxes? Repayment of a loan is not income to the lender.
— Felt (@MrFelt_) May 3, 2018
Quote by livingonli:Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
Wait, isn't Rudy supposed to be a good lawyer?
Years ago, alledgedly.
I think he has some brain-related issues.
No wonder why he and tRump are a match made by Satan.
Quote by Raine:"IT WAS A MONTHLY RETAINER" pic.twitter.com/v4vdyF9sr7
— Political Line (@PolitcalCapital) May 3, 2018
Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:" 'The president was always going to make sure he got it back, and enough money to pay the taxes,' Giuliani said" <--- What taxes? Repayment of a loan is not income to the lender.
— Felt (@MrFelt_) May 3, 2018
If Cohen took an early withdrawal form his retirement fund to make the payment, then he probably had to pay an extra tax on it
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Welp, now that the craziness of the website relaunch is done, my boss just said I'll have a bonus + pay for the extra hours in my deposit this week.
He also said that all of us has some time off from work due. He mentioned going down to DC for a few days and that reminded me of something!