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MSNBC Ali Velshi just said the threatened tRump support staffer (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2022 OP
Whoa...if he testifies to this intimidation tactic of Trump - 1st hand - it will be impossible OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #1
Lawrence Tribe is coming up next on MSNBC BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #3
They got tape??? Pantagruel Jul 2022 #2
Don't know. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #17
He didn't answer the call, I think prodigitalson Jul 2022 #26
He didn't answer the call, I think prodigitalson Jul 2022 #28
TY.. Kick for "further developments".. Cha Jul 2022 #4
Witness tampering is a felony. The DOJ has a slam dunk, and should make a move. sarcasmo Jul 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #11
Time to WAKE UP, Merrick! calimary Jul 2022 #18
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Tribe seems to think he will. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #19
...punishable by 20 years. Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #14
1Trumper on jury jO456 Jul 2022 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #24
Thanks for sharing! herding cats Jul 2022 #6
Me too. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #7
You and me both! herding cats Jul 2022 #8
My hope as well. calimary Jul 2022 #20
look's like the games for someone is really going to ROCK & ROLL ! cloudboy07 Jul 2022 #9
lock him up YoshidaYui Jul 2022 #10
Yes he called... But is there evidence that there was a threat? Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2022 #12
He didn't answer the phone Zauber Jul 2022 #13
If Trump left a message, that means there's a recording. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #22
That's my hope. nolabear Jul 2022 #25
That's exactly what Cheney said yesterday. live love laugh Jul 2022 #23
The thing that's so delicious about this is that this Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #15
My understanding from Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post summer_in_TX Jul 2022 #16
A White House photographer? Just thinking which support staff member who has the most access. Efilroft Sul Jul 2022 #27
i said a while back- we are about to see the revenge of the help. mopinko Jul 2022 #30

OAITW r.2.0

(24,694 posts)
1. Whoa...if he testifies to this intimidation tactic of Trump - 1st hand - it will be impossible
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:07 PM
Jul 2022

for DOJ to ignore.

BigmanPigman

(51,646 posts)
3. Lawrence Tribe is coming up next on MSNBC
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:24 PM
Jul 2022

and Lawrence O'Donnell is asking him about this new development.

prodigitalson

(2,449 posts)
26. He didn't answer the call, I think
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:58 AM
Jul 2022

So Trump'll say "I was calling about Kanye's last album" or whatever. Hopefully no prosecution/jury/sentient being would believe that.

prodigitalson

(2,449 posts)
28. He didn't answer the call, I think
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 01:16 AM
Jul 2022

So Trump'll say "I was calling about Kanye's last album" or whatever. Hopefully no prosecution/jury/sentient being would believe that.

Cha

(297,874 posts)
4. TY.. Kick for "further developments"..
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:29 PM
Jul 2022

Will we find out what he said to the staffer?

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

Response to sarcasmo (Reply #5)

Response to calimary (Reply #18)

ShazzieB

(16,575 posts)
19. Tribe seems to think he will.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:23 AM
Jul 2022

He was Garland's constitutional law professor in law school, and he told Lawrence O'Donnell tonight that he fully expects Garland to go after this. I sure hope he's right!

Response to jO456 (Reply #21)

herding cats

(19,569 posts)
6. Thanks for sharing!
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:45 PM
Jul 2022

He was flop sweat panicking and tried to get to the lower tier, not realizing Pat Cipollone was about to flip on him.

This is delicious.

Tick-toc. Now his minions are tossing Meadows under the bus. At least I know they're stressing and under pressure. That gives me joy.

calimary

(81,550 posts)
20. My hope as well.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:25 AM
Jul 2022

Besides, lack of sleep makes ‘em sloppy and more mistake-prone. And farther off their game.

Zauber

(7 posts)
13. He didn't answer the phone
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 11:46 PM
Jul 2022

He just notified his lawyer there had been a call. If they didn't talk, I have to think this will be pretty easily dispatched by Trump lawyers. I don't think this is anything on which to hang an indictment, unless something else drops.

ShazzieB

(16,575 posts)
22. If Trump left a message, that means there's a recording.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:31 AM
Jul 2022

Surely the staffer's lawyer would have made sure it was preserved.

Even without a recording, phone records can be used to show that the call occurred. A call from Trump to a lower level ex-staffer (who he would not have any non-suspicious reason to contact) is going to look really bad, according to what I saw on TV tonight.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
15. The thing that's so delicious about this is that this
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:06 AM
Jul 2022

is something that moron tRump has done to himself. No one else is to blame. HE made the call; HE sealed his fate. He put himself out on the limb, reaching behind with saw in hand. Boom.

summer_in_TX

(2,766 posts)
16. My understanding from Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:09 AM
Jul 2022

who was interviewed by Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC this evening, that apparently the support staff person was someone in position to corroborate some of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony.

Not someone who in a million years (my interpretation) would be called by Trump.

My guess is it could have been a server or wait staff.

Bennie Thompson was interviewed about whether we could expect to hear from this individual. He doubts it because the committee doesn't want to put him or her in a more uncomfortable position.

mopinko

(70,275 posts)
30. i said a while back- we are about to see the revenge of the help.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 02:41 PM
Jul 2022

and i am so here for it, i may bake a pie.

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