OFFICIAL: Donald Trump thread.

[HanzGruber]

Another one of 1bad65's victims lol.

you must have me confused, i consistently owned him, then called him a super fan and the sissy put me on ignore.. apparently he doesnt like name calling but he does it to every one. And hes 50

[1bad65]

Another one of 1bad65's victims lol.

Lol.

Yup. He couldn't hang, and thus had to resort to literally mimicking me like a child.

Now he stews on Ignore and constantly whines and moans about being put there.

I tried to warn him to cut his nonsense or be put on ignore, but obviously grubers aren't very good at making wise decisions. Now he has to live with his poor choices.

[HanzGruber]

Lol.

Yup. He couldn't hang, and thus had to resort to literally mimicking me like a child.

Now he stews on Ignore and constantly whines and moans about being put there.

I tried to warn him to cut his nonsense or be put on ignore, but obviously grubers aren't very good at making wise decisions. Now he has to live with his poor choices.

lol you are extremely delusional old man, no wonder you like trump so much

[BERNIE'S CORNER]

[Motorcity Cobra]

Bannon Is Subpoenaed in Mueller’s Russia Investigation

Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The move marked the first time Mr. Mueller is known to have used a grand jury subpoena to seek information from a member of Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The special counsel’s office has used subpoenas before to seek information on Mr. Trump’s associates and their possible ties to Russia or other foreign governments.

The subpoena could be a negotiating tactic. Mr. Mueller is likely to allow Mr. Bannon to forgo the grand jury appearance if he agrees to instead be questioned by investigators in the less formal setting of the special counsel’s offices about ties between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia and about the president’s conduct in office, according to the person, who would not be named discussing the case. But it was not clear why Mr. Mueller treated Mr. Bannon differently than the dozen administration officials who were interviewed in the final months of last year and were never served with a subpoena.

The subpoena is a sign that Mr. Bannon is not personally the focus of the investigation. Justice Department rules allow prosecutors to subpoena the targets of investigations only in rare circumstances.

On Tuesday, Mr. Bannon testified behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee, which is also investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mr. Bannon did not address reporters before entering the proceeding on Tuesday, and a spokesman for Mr. Mueller and a senior White House lawyer did not respond to messages seeking comment.

Mr. Mueller issued the subpoena after Mr. Bannon was quoted in a new book criticizing Mr. Trump, saying that Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 meeting with Russians was “treasonous” and predicting that the special counsel investigation would ultimately center on money laundering.

After excerpts from the book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” were published this month, Mr. Trump derided Mr. Bannon publicly and threatened to sue him for defamation. Mr. Bannon was soon ousted as the executive chairman of the hard-right website Breitbart News.

Some legal experts said the subpoena could be a sign that the investigation was intensifying, while others said it may simply have been a negotiating tactic to persuade Mr. Bannon to cooperate with the investigation. The experts also said it could be a signal to Mr. Bannon, who has tried to publicly patch up his falling-out with the president, that despite Mr. Trump’s legal threats, Mr. Bannon must be completely forthcoming with investigators.

Prosecutors generally prefer to interview witnesses before a grand jury when they believe they have information that the witnesses do not know or when they think they might catch the witnesses in a lie. It is much easier for a witness to stop the questioning or sidestep questions in an interview than during grand jury testimony, which is transcribed, and witnesses are required to answer every question.

“By forcing someone to testify through a subpoena, you are providing the witness with cover because they can say, ‘I had no choice — I had to go in and testify about everything I knew,’” said Solomon L. Wisenberg, a prosecutor for the independent counsel that investigated Bill Clinton when he was president.

Significant grand jury activity may undermine the case that White House officials have made for months: that they believe the inquiry is coming to an end and are convinced that the president will be cleared. Mr. Mueller has told Mr. Trump’s lawyers that he will probably want to question the president before the investigation concludes, but no interview has been scheduled.

Mr. Bannon has limited firsthand knowledge about two key issues within Mr. Mueller’s purview — the president’s firing of James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, a decision made without Mr. Bannon present, and the drafting of a misleading statement about the subject of the June 2016 meeting with Russians, in which they promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

But even Mr. Bannon’s secondhand knowledge could be used to draw a contrast with statements from people with firsthand knowledge whom Mr. Mueller has already interviewed. And Mr. Bannon was directly involved in a number of other major moments, including the decision-making around the firing of Michael T. Flynn, the president’s first national security adviser, who was dismissed after he lied to Vice President Mike Pence about phone calls with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition.

Mr. Bannon also helped run the transition after Chris Christie, the outgoing governor of New Jersey, was fired as head of that team. And Mr. Bannon was the chief executive of the Trump campaign in October 2016 when WikiLeaks began releasing thousands of stolen personal emails from the hacked account of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman, John D. Podesta.

In “Fire and Fury,” Mr. Bannon was quoted by the author, Michael Wolff, as suggesting that Donald Trump Jr.; the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner; and Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman at the time, were “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” for attending the meeting with Russians at Trump Tower. Mr. Bannon said that he believed there was “zero” chance that the younger Mr. Trump did not take them to meet his father, who has said he knew nothing about the meeting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/u...oena.html?_r=1

[jaded]

Bannon has acquired train-wreck status.

[Canelo Phresh]

True believers still holding onto hope that TrumpRussia isn't a nothing burger?

[Drunken Cat]

Right now, Steve Bannon is about 10 hours into closed testimony before the Senate committee.

[Vlad_]

Right now, Steve Bannon is about 10 hours into closed testimony before the Senate committee.

Lmao wonder what kind of lies and falsehoods the guy spewed. He seems like he lost his mind, going on an insante Trump rant and then apologizing about it a few days later...

[GhostofDempsey]

True believers still holding onto hope that TrumpRussia isn't a nothing burger?

Sure looks that way. Next Mueller will subpoena Trump's bartender to investigate the brand of vodka he drinks to determine if there is any Russia collusion.

Strap yourself in, because every month there will be a new offensive launched by the left in an effort to take him down. Remember they bribed women to make false claims of sexual harassment against him during the campaign. It only gets worse from here.