Remember that official statement Don Jr released admitting he held a clandestine meeting with Russian officials, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort inside Trump Tower? Well, it turns out Donald Trump Sr. actually authored that statement.
Can anyone spell L-E-G-A-L J-E-O-P-A-R-D-Y?
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According to a new report from The Washington Post, Donald Trump was aboard Air Force One when news broke that The New York Times was about to expose the meeting the Trump’s seemingly went to great lengths to keep secret. So, instead of allowing attorneys for Don Jr. to do their job and handle the matter, Trump immediately summoned his White House advisors and directed them to concoct a solution to get Don Jr. out of his public relations (and possibly legal) nightmare.
Their eventual decision was to stop denying the meeting ever happened, release all emails associated with the assemblage, and hope against hope that telling all ahead of The Times would save Don Jr.
They wanted “to get ahead of the story” and “be truthful, so their account couldn’t be repudiated later if the full details emerged,” the report said. However, what “The Donald” never considered is that by taking matters into his own hands, not only did he further suspicions of a coverup and collusion between the Trump’s and Russia but he also unnecessarily exposed his entire staff and himself to legal jeopardy.
Now, White House advisers are concerned, believing that Trump’s 11th-hour action on behalf of Don Jr. has only deepened the perception of guilt in the court of public opinion and will only draw greater scrutiny from special investigator Robert Mueller.
“Because Trump believes he is innocent, some advisers explained, he, therefore, does not think he is at any legal risk for a coverup,” the report said. “In his mind, they said, there is nothing to conceal.”
Think again, Donald!
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When allegations of the secret Trump-Russia meeting initially broke, Don Jr. adamantly denounced the claims as “Fake News” propelled by a liberal mainstream media out to get them. Then, The New York Times discovered his words were all a lie and prepared to out Don Jr., Kushner, and Manafort for engaging in the Russian meeting — prompting Junior to come clean and admit he didn’t quite reveal the whole truth.
Next, The Washington Post discovered that it was Donald Trump himself who actually dictated the statement on behalf of Don Jr., which led his attorney, Jay Sekulow to say this:
“I do want to be clear, the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. It came from Donald Trump Jr.”
However, by Tuesday, The Post discovered that the Trump’s were once again playing fast and loose with the truth, which then prompted White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to revise the attorney’s earlier statement and all but admit that Trump did, in fact, dictate the statement.
“The president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information that he had,” Sanders said, adding “He certainly didn’t dictate but, you know, he – like I said… he weighed in… offered suggestion like any father would do.”
Hmmm.
With their never-ending “drip drip drip” of information and lies followed by eventual truths, it’s no wonder Don Jr. and Donald Sr. are perceived to be guilty of cover ups, collusion, and at risk of legal jeopardy.
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So once again, people are left scratching their heads asking the same question over and over again when it comes to Trump:
WHYYY?! Why did he do this thing?
Personally, I’m done asking the question. He has shown Us time and time again who he is. And sadly, when this news first broke yesterday I thought to myself…naturally Trump did this. Because THIS is what he always does. Lies about everything. Makes a colossal mess of everything. Destroys everything.
He’s a pathological lying headcase. And he’s a crook and con-man ta boot.
It should frighten every American that THIS seriously flawed and mentally ill 71 yr old man is the current President of the United States.