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Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-09/trump-urged-top-aide-to-help-giuliani-client-facing-doj-charges?srnd=premium
President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office.
Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request.
Tillerson immediately repeated his objections to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly in a hallway conversation just outside the Oval Office, emphasizing that the request would be illegal. Neither episode has been previously reported, and all of the people spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversations.
President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office.
Tillerson refused, arguing it would constitute interference in an ongoing investigation of the trader, Reza Zarrab, according to the people. They said other participants in the Oval Office were shocked by the request.
Tillerson immediately repeated his objections to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly in a hallway conversation just outside the Oval Office, emphasizing that the request would be illegal. Neither episode has been previously reported, and all of the people spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversations.
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Yikes. That sounds bad.
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Come on Nadler do your job
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Sounds like they’ve got him now?MikeDamone said:Yikes. That sounds bad.
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I think this time the really got ‘emCirrhosisDawg said:
Sounds like they’ve got him now?MikeDamone said:Yikes. That sounds bad.
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Think Tillerson was visibly shaken?MikeDamone said:
I think this time the really got ‘emCirrhosisDawg said:
Sounds like they’ve got him now?MikeDamone said:Yikes. That sounds bad.
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If they needed someone fired they should have sent Biden
Which article of impeachment will this be? -
Remains to be seen. When it’s appropriate for you to know, then you will find out. By all means, however, keep thinking you have any meaningful insights into this.RaceBannon said:If they needed someone fired they should have sent Biden
Which article of impeachment will this be? -
Sounds like you trust your leadersCirrhosisDawg said:
Remains to be seen. When it’s appropriate for you to know, then you will find out. By all means, however, keep thinking you have any meaningful insights into this.RaceBannon said:If they needed someone fired they should have sent Biden
Which article of impeachment will this be?
You strike me as a follower
Low to no self esteem. -
Mom's basement esteem is the best esteem!RaceBannon said:
Sounds like you trust your leadersCirrhosisDawg said:
Remains to be seen. When it’s appropriate for you to know, then you will find out. By all means, however, keep thinking you have any meaningful insights into this.RaceBannon said:If they needed someone fired they should have sent Biden
Which article of impeachment will this be?
You strike me as a follower
Low to no self esteem.
