Posted: 12 June 2019 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | 10
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George Stephanopoulos of ABC News was granted unprecedented access to Trump over the last 48 hours and what he came away with was, in a word, stunning. The most damning to me (and most listening and/or reading about it) was offered when he asked Trump if he would alert the FBI if foreign governments offered him "dirt" on his 2020 rivals:
Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners -- such as China or Russia -- or hand it over the FBI, Trump said, "I think maybe you do both."
"I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything wrong with listening," Trump continued. "If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] ‘we have information on your opponent' -- oh, I think I'd want to hear it."
Trump went on to say...
"It's not an interference, they have information -- I think I'd take it," Trump said. "If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI -- if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, 'oh let's call the FBI.' The FBI doesn't have enough agents to take care of it. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that's the way it is. It's called oppo research."
Link There is a pop up with this link, but don't close it if you want to hear Trump say the above in the interview.
This is astounding. It's essentially a man emboldened by few if any checks on his power to state in no uncertain terms that he would take information from any foreign source, hostile or benign, if it advances his political career without alerting the proper authorities because he doesn't give two shits about potential election interference.
"It's not an interference".
Obama would have been crucified by the Republicans if he said that a year and a half before the 2012 election. Their reaction would have been front-page news and it would have led the news cycle for a week or more. I guarantee you this will be yesterday's news come Friday.
Un-fucking-believable.
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