March 8, 2018: A Fresh Batch of Lies from the White House

 

3/8/18: Another crazy day in Trumpistan: The New York Times reports on possible witness tampering by the president. 

Also: We have fresh news involving Stormy Daniels, the porn star currently trying to sue the Orange Buffoon. 

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If Stormy had proof, she would be sued if she revealed it.

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Perhaps you watched Press Secretary Pinocchio yesterday, as she went through her daily contortions. Her job was to make it sound as if the Buffoon was as innocent, when it comes to Ms. Daniels, as a neophyte in a nunnery. Had Trump ever had an affair with Stormy? Never, Sanders said. Who then paid the $130,000 settlement to her? Trump? No. Why was Stormy paid to begin with? Pinocchio didn’t wish to comment. Did Trump know about the payment? Who would think it! Pinocchio tried to claim the porn star was lying, because the president had just won an “arbitration” case in which his lawyers blocked Daniels from speaking out. 

Either Sanders is lying, 

or the president is letting her lie, and not correcting her.

By the way, court documents, including a settlement agreement, show Daniels could be sued for damages in excess of $1 million if she revealed images, emails or other evidence she might have which would support her claims. 

Evidence! Damn it! (See also: 1/26/18.)

 

So, to recap: Trump didn’t pay to shut up Stormy. His lawyer paid out of pocket. Trump didn’t know about the settlement. Stormy was lying. But if Stormy had proof, she would be sued if she revealed it – even though she couldn’t because the affair never happened. Finally, Trump knew all about the “arbitration” case, even though he had no idea what he was suing Daniels to stop her from talking about. (See: 4/26/18.) 

Really, with Trump in the White House, never a dull day passes. Did you know a friend of the president, David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer, allegedly paid another $150,000 for a story Karen McDougal, a former Playboy Bunny, had written about an affair with Trump? 

Pecker’s decision to pay, but bury the story to help his pussy-grabbing pal, also came during the lead up to the 2016 election. 

That might also turn out to be illegal. (See: 12/13/18.)

 

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SWITCHING TOPICS, Reince Priebus, Donald McGahn, and their lawyers have been concerned enough about Trump’s approaches to them, since both are potential witnesses in the Russian investigation, to report questionable contacts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. 

Priebus’s contact seems fairly benign. 

McGahn’s encounter is more problematic and occurred this past January – after he had already given sworn testimony – and after The New York Times ran an article about Trump’s attempt to fire Mueller in June 2017. 

Based on talks with people who had been briefed on both meetings, the Times reported yesterday: 

After the article was published, the White House staff secretary, Rob Porter, told Mr. McGahn that the president wanted him to release a statement saying that the story was not true, the people said.

 

Mr. Porter, who resigned last month amid a domestic abuse scandal, told Mr. McGahn the president had suggested he “might get rid” of Mr. McGahn if he chose not to challenge the article, the people briefed on the conversation said.

 

Mr. McGahn did not publicly deny the article, and the president later confronted him in the Oval Office in front of White House chief of staff, John F. Kelley, according to the people.

 

The president said he had never ordered Mr. McGahn to fire the special counsel. Mr. McGahn replied that the president was wrong and that he had in fact asked Mr. McGahn in June [emphasis added] to call the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, to tell him that the special counsel had a series of conflicts of interest that disqualified him for overseeing the investigation and that he had to be dismissed.

 

Or to put it plainly, if McGahn is correct, then Trump had asked him to lie about what happened last summer. 

In legal circles that sounds just like attempted witness tampering. 

In fact, it sounds like witness tampering if you deliver mail, pick up garbage or teach middle school. Because it is.