Trump is a master at getting information he doesn’t want known released late on Friday nights and at providing distractions away from it.
Thus he stunned the city of Tulsa by announcing that no, they were wrong, there would be no curfew after his rally. This is after saying earlier that “his” National Guard would be there fully armed. He clearly wants the “very fine people on both sides” to do their thing–he has all but incited destruction and rioting.
On social media, peaceful protesters were telling each other, it’s a set-up. Don’t go. Or go protest, but somewhere else; don’t engage. Don’t. Go. There.
All of which demands the question, what does Trump not want us to see in the headlines by the ones he’s trying to create?
Geoffrey Berman, the US Attorney of New York who once was a Trump donor, has put Michael Cohen in prison and Roger Stone’s about to be and is investigating Giuliani, is investigating where the extra millions paid into Trump’s inaugural committee that vanished got siphoned off to and is surely investigating Trump, too, found himself seeing a press release late tonight saying he’d been fired. Like Preet Bharara before him.
His response? Too bad. You can’t.
Berman was put in as interim US Attorney. A panel of judges later confirmed him. He’s saying he has investigations to continue to lead and he will leave when the Senate duly confirms his replacement per the rule of law and not a moment before. That the President does not have the power to undo what that panel of judges did. Had Trump brought Berman’s name to the Senate for confirmation, yes, but Trump never did, so, no, he’s not resigning and Trump doesn’t have standing to fire him.
He has work to do and he intends to do it.
Who knew that a Trump appointee could have honor, ethics, and the courage of his convictions–and had this in his pocket all this time to fight Trump off? Go Mr. Berman!
No wonder Trump wanted the headlines buried on the subject. He thought Berman would just quietly leave and it would be over.
But this story has only barely gotten started.
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Even when he looks like he is crazy, tRump has some underlying plot. Go to it Mr. Berman! And Tulsa is pretty quiet tonight. My husband was looking at a supposed current picture of the inside of the BOK center, unless the picture was taken earlier in the day the upper balcony looks very sparse. (VERY)
Comment by Helen 06.20.20 @ 8:11 pmSo…Trump’s event got pranked by ‘kids’. Love it. Now go vote.
Comment by Helen 06.21.20 @ 6:47 pmLeave a comment
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