@Finn dAbuzz,
Finn dAbuzz wrote:
Replace "reported based on unconfirmed sources" for "revealed" and you will be accurate.
It's a stretch to equate Trump wanting people to announce in public that he is not under investigation or that there is no evidence of collusion with efforts to impede any investigation.
Your opinion is duly noted. However, these directives are further indications of gross impropriety by President Trump, and may be seen as efforts to influence or impede an investigation.
Finn dAbuzz wrote:An assumption is being made that any such requests involved him asking these officials to lie when there is no evidence of this.
Sure, assumptions can be made from these allegations. One thing that is not an assumption about this report is that Trump directly instructed these officials to make statements to the public that they felt were inappropriate. These instuctions raise the obvious question as to why he would instruct these officials to make these public announcements. This leads to the assumption that you've brought up.
Finn dAbuzz wrote:I you or I were under a highly publicized investigation that impacted our daily lives and were innocent, we probably would love for authorities to announce that there was no evidence of our guilt, and, I for one, would have no hesitation to ask them to make such an announcement. It certainly wouldn't be an attempt on my part to stop the investigation, but to stop harmful fallout from the publicity.
Ok. Conversely, however, if you were were under a highly publicized investigation that impacted your daily life and were a guilty weasle, you'd probably love for authorities to announce that there was no evidence of your guilt, and you would have no hesitation to ask them to make such an announcement, surely.
Quote:It may be inappropriate for the president to make such requests of officials, but it's not tantamount to trying to quash the investigation.
Ok. It it could be seen as an attempt to interfere with or impede the investigation, however.
Finn dAbuzz wrote:When there is actual, confirmed evidence the Trump ordered anyone to stop an investigation or actually threatened them if they didn't, you'll have something in which to sink your fangs. Until then this is all speculation, exaggeration, and innuendo intended to bleed Trump out through a thousand cuts.
Oh, there's a lot to sink my cuspids into already, seeing as how Trump is like an infant who's been given a razor blade to play with inflicting upon
himself a thousand cuts.
