Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel

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  1. Grokmaster

    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It's been IGNORED, as I stated in the OP.

    Still RUNNING AWAY we see....


    HE was denied the FBI top spot, and now is investigating who denied him that job....THE NEXT DAY.

    MONUMENTAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST...along with the THIRTEEN CLINTON DONORS, former OBAMA WH LAWYER, and INSANELY CORRUPT FBI OFFICIAL TO HEAD IT UP, until he WAS EXPOSED.

    Care to address that?
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Good grief.

    HE was denied the FBI top spot, and now is investigating who denied him that job...THE NEXT DAY.

    Yeah...no conflict there.
     
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    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Perhaps you'd like to play Thread Title Nazi in this thread http://www.politicalforum.com/index...-divorced-him-which-she-should-anyway.539990/
     
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    If he wanted the spot it was his to take, but instead he wanted to be the SC in the Russia probe when it was offered. So there is no conflict the man took what he wanted.
     
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    We don't know if Trump offered and he refused, or if Rosenstein recommended Mueller and Trump refused to hire him. In any event, it is a substantial conflict that after being interviewed in relation to the position, no less than 48 hours later does Rosenstein appoint him to Special Counsel.

    Rod Rosenstein through his actions has betrayed the Department of Justice. His removal is inevitable, political circumstances dictating when that removal occurs.
     
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    By far.
     
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    AmericanNationalist Well-Known Member

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    "If that (bleeping) bastard wins, we all hang from our nooses." It appears that those words were never spoken(or directly proven in anyway) but I think they're fitting whether or not they were said.
     
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    WRONG!!!!Mueller had already served 12 years as head of the FBI, 2 years more than a normal ten year term.
     
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    No conflict at all. Weren't you the one who was tickled pink and all excited about having a USMC Captain and decorated war hero like Bob Mueller in charge of the Russia investigation after Comey was fired? I seem to remember something like that.
     
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    Please provide proof that he was denied. I won't wait, since you are ful, of bs.
     
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    The thread title and the premise of your post is false. Fake news.

    He interviewed for the FBI job the day before he was appointed SC. There is absolutely no indication that he was "denied" the FBI job. Not even the slightest bit of evidence that he was told he wouldn't get the FBI job, or that he wanted it.
     
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    If that is the case why start a thread claiming Trump denied him the job, when most of the reporting shows that not to be the case.

    What exactly is the conflict?

    Really how has he betrayed the DOJ, sounds more like you guys are pissed that he is not a Trump flunky.
     
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    Exactly it looks more like he turned the job down.
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Please explain LOGICALLY how being named to investigate the same person who just denied him the job he was seeking is NOT A CONFLICT of INTEREST.
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Nonsense. He wanted it back. Regardless, it is easily a DISQUALIFIER to name him as SC the next day.
     
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    I don't know which right wing trash blog fed you this. I do know that you did not go back and read articles on CNN's website for over a year ago.

    Now, you're acting "surprised" by a "coincidence".

    Of course you wouldn't be "surprised" had you bothered to follow the Russia story instead of waiting for Sham Hammity to tell you what to think.

    So which right wing blog that does your thinking for you planted this piece of old news in your head??????
     
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    Please document your insinuation that Mueller was campaigning for the job, and not just one of the people inteviewed for it. Mayb the trash blog that planted this notion in your head offered an explanation. I expect it will be convoluded.

    Not that it matters. You're trying to make a scandal out of 15 month old news.

    This is even weaker than you usual set of rationalizations.
     
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    Actually I googled it when I heard it mentioned on a talk show.

    Care to explain how it is NOT a CONFLICT OF INTEREST, or do you plan to continue you desperate deflection attempt?
     
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    I am not MAKING ANYTHING out of ANYTHING, other than pointing out an OBVIOUS CONFLCIT OF INTEREST...or, should I say,, ANOTHER OBVIOUS CONFLICT of INTEREST with the Witch Hunt....just like the THIETEEN Clinton donors, the Obama White House lawyer and the senior FBI official who was IN CHARGE, until his GLARING CORRUPTION and BIAS became public.

    Your NON-RESPONSE is the same "WEAK" as typical.
     
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    I'm not desperate, but thanks for making my point.

    No, it wasn't a right wing trash blog, it some ex disc jockey on right wing talk radio, which is pretty much the same echo chamber.

    Of course, you sought to conceal the actual source of this story. It was a baseless claim offered by Newsmax editor Chris Ruddy. As usual with rigth wing blogs, he offered no evidence to support his claim, and the White House denied the other part of his claim, that Trump was going to fire Mueller (that part you deliberately left out). Ruddy and NewsMax have a very long history of hawking false claims. They have long been eclipsed by other even less responsible right wing outlets like the Trumpischer Boerbachter (Breitbart). But they're still at it. Telling the talk radio right what it wants to believe, facts or not.

    Perhaps you can explain the conflict of interest to me. After all, you're the one making the claim, not me. I don't owe you an explanation for your own half baked notion.

    Mueller , the private citizen, owed no personal loyalty to Trump. Trump didn't give him anything.

    You're trying ot make something out of a fifteen month old false story.

    Which tells us who the "desperate" one really is.
     
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    1. This is old news. It was reported when he was appointed as SC.

    2. There is no evidence - none at all - that he was "denied" the FBI job.

    3. Even if he was told he wouldn't get the FBI job, that would not amount to a conflict of interest. You are the one asserting that it would be. Go ahead and make your case, using some independent standards that we can apply to the facts of this case. I won't hold my breath, because I don't think you can do it.

    Based on your standard of what is a conflict of interest, pretty soon you will be telling us:
    - "Mueller and Trump are both MEN! OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST!"
    - "Mueller and Trump BOTH live in WASHINGTON DC! OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST!"
    - "Trump has REALLY small hands and Mueller DOESN'T! OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST!"
    - "Trump and Mueller are BOTH AMERICAN! OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST!"

    Those make just as much sense (i.e. none whatsoever) as your claim of conflict of interest over a job interview.
     
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    Other than he INTERVIEWED to get it. Der...

    MAJOR CONFLICT of INTEREST.
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Why would he interview for a job he didn't want?

    Der...
     
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    So trump found him good enough to be boss of the FBI in his administration?

    Seem thats a republican trump could put faith in, perfect for such a job I would think.

    Nice try on character assassination but do try again.
     
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    It was a made up claim by NoiseMax editor Chris Ruddy. He presented no evidence to support his claim. But the story made the rounds of right wing media for a news cycle or so.

    As you see, recylcing faked stories like this is a stanardard right wing media tactic.

    It relies on the understaning that the talk radio audience doesn't really follow news, and has a very short attention span.
     
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