You know what I need? I need journalists to stop acting like every newly-discovered connection between the Trump family and Russia is the first time anyone has ever heard about any of this. While Emperor Bigly likes to spread his fake news/alternative facts about how he’s never even met anyone who has ever heard of Russia, there is a long, long, LONG history of Trump “courting” Russian investors and doing business (or trying to do business) in Russia, with Russian money, and with Russian politicians and oligarchs. There was the dossier compiled by MI6 that detailed the Trump-Russia connection. There was the g–damn 2016 election where Russia weaponized Wikileaks to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. There was Carter Page, Michael Flynn, Jeff Sessions, Paul Manafort and, let’s face it, Rex Tillerson. There is literally a mountain of evidence detailing the extent of the Trump-Russia connections. But sure, let’s act like we have to rely on a guy remembering a conversation he had with Eric Trump in 2014.
President Trump’s son, Eric, once told a golf writer that funding for Trump golf courses come from Russia, that writer recounted in a new interview. James Dodson during an interview Friday with Boston’s WBUR described meeting Donald Trump in 2014 and being invited to play golf at the Trump National Golf Club Charlotte.
He said asked Donald Trump how he was paying for his courses, and the now-president “sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million,” Dodson said in the interview.
Dodson said he then questioned Eric Trump, who was along for the day.
“I said, ‘Eric, who’s funding? I know no banks — because of the recession, the Great Recession — have touched a golf course. You know, no one’s funding any kind of golf construction. It’s dead in the water the last four or five years,’” the writers told WBUR. “And this is what he said. He said, ‘Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.’ I said, ‘Really?’ And he said, ‘Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.’”
Again: this is not new information. I mean, some of the details are newish, in that I personally didn’t know that Russian investors put money into Trump’s golf courses, but the idea of it doesn’t surprise me in the least. There are quotes from Eric, Don Jr. and Emperor Bigly himself over the years, bragging about doing business with the Russians. And just because he won’t release his tax returns, doesn’t mean the story will go away.
Speaking of Trump’s amazing and bigly Russian golf courses, our emperor made his twentieth trip to one of his own golf courses this weekend. He went to his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. This is the fourteenth consecutive weekend that Bigly has spent at one of his properties. While the White House press pool travels with Bigly during his travels, the WH Communications Office basically cuts off access to the emperor every weekend. Bigly’s people won’t even confirm if the emperor is playing golf (which he does every single weekend). Obviously, Bigly managed to find time to tweet too.
The reason I am staying in Bedminster, N. J., a beautiful community, is that staying in NYC is much more expensive and disruptive. Meetings!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2017
When will the Fake Media ask about the Dems dealings with Russia & why the DNC wouldn't allow the FBI to check their server or investigate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2017
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Eric is so ugly, it’s amazing (I know, how shallow from me).
The way he does his hair brings more attention to his face. In most cases that is a good thing. In Eric’s case, maybe not…..
It’s definitely not a good thing.
Qusay the Rat Face?
That hair! Ugh. Wash that hair!
He looks like a thumb with eyes
Step away from the Brylcream, eric.
He looks a lot like Ivana. And got dad’s brains. Unfortunate combo.
Patrick Bateman style.
I swear, by their time-warped ( and mentally warped) father’s edicts, they are all mandated to don Gordon Gecko style in some fashion- greased back hair, long ties, chunky cufflinks, white cuffed and collared colored dress shirts… ick.
You’re not shallow. You just have eyes.
Because the Trump men don’t get plastic surgery….just the women. I don’t think Trump would allow an unattractive daughter to stand with him.
This. People often ignore that Ivanka had a lot of plastic surgery. I’m pretty sure Tiffany also had some work done.
Watch the doc Rich Kids. Ivanka looks only vaguely similar to how she did when that was filmed.
He certainly is unique looking.
So is a mole rat( my apologies to mole rats)
He looks like a poorly bleached arsehole.
LOL
Ha! I’ve been waiting for him to moult. There’s gotta be a reptile somewhere under that facade.
LMAO
he is Beavis personified.
and how funny that SNL’s take on him being the idiot who blurts (secret) things out is actually accurate.
Yes! Forevermore he is jukebox & cheerios trump, belching out sensitive (Russian) information.
All of his sons have inherited their father’s extremely weak chin. They’re ugly now and will get worse as they age.
So did his daughters. Tiffany still has it. Ivanka had surgery
The irony is that the mothers – Ivana and Marla were beautiful women. Marla still is.
@ pumpkin pie-
It’s his rotten genes.
All of the children seem to have been born bearing the most ungenerous features of each parent.
On the plus side had Picasso been alive now we might never have witnessed the genius of cubism.
I am pettier than you. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to say that Ivanka looked a lot like Eric before her surgeries. I recently saw clips from the movie, Rich Kids. I believe that Ivanka was 18 when she filmed her part, and she had Eric’s mouth/chin situation.
Apologies! I just posted that before I saw your Rich Kids post. Great minds and all! It’s true, though.
he looks like a deranged ferret.
It’s really crazy that the Trumps can do what they want and nobody stops them.
I guess the media has to act like these stories are new because they did such a crap job reporting on Trump before the election.
THIS!
You nailed it. It’s so they can pretend they didn’t dig up everything on HRC while ignoring all of the shady trump business. You know like how Comey neglected to reveal for trump like he did for HRC
100%
They also downplay it so much. CNN keeps giving racists a platform too. 🙁
They really did, but by the same token, the info was out there. I hadn’t really discovered Palmer Report or Louise Mensch or Olga or RVAwonk or SheWhoVotes for myself till a few weeks ago and I knew of this stuff. People wanted to have their heads in the sand.
Elle magazine had an interesting article about three seemingly normal Rumpy supporters; they all had the biggest blinders on. It was fascinating. And depressing.
So true.
And Trump just signed an Executive Order that targets funding for black colleges and other programs for minorities.
He told us who he was, yet people still voted for him.
Public radio journalist here. Just popping in with my first Celebitchy comment evah (after years of lurking) to note that the interview this story is drawn from was on WBUR’s sports show “Only a Game” — not a straight up news program. Full interview here: http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/05/05/james-dodson-donald-trump-golf
God, Baby Fists really has exceptionally small hands. Barf.
It looks like he’s got an exceptionally small brain as well. Double barf.
So his accusing Obama of wiretapping was not fake news? And all the times he said “something big is coming next week” and nothing happened? Bigly is the KING of fake news. As usual criticism is a self-portrait.
Did you read the rumor that Trump has all Federal Employees watching Fox instead of CNN? Like CNN is not allowed… It’s so insane. Fake News indeed.
CNN doesnt even really criticize him, they kiss his enormous a$$ all the time.
Trump has been way too good for CNN’s ratings for them to seriously criticize him.
CNN is by far the biggest purveyor of fake news in America. Their incessant point-counter-point that lets Trump’s surrogates repeat, defend, and normalize his outrageous lies is as damaging as the crap they spew over at Fox News.
@Megan Yes, exactly. And they continually interview his supporters.
I’m a fed. There’s been no such edict.
“In a statement sent to ThinkProgress, an FDA spokesperson did not dispute the validity of the email, but denied that there was a “directive or memorandum that went out to employees about broadcast news channels displaying on monitors in common areas throughout the FDA’s White Oak campus.””
https://thinkprogress.org/fda-employees-being-forced-to-watch-fox-news-leaked-email-8845e6e075ca
Trump is still standing by his “wire tapping ” sh*t. Just won’t grow up and let it go. He kicked the reporter out of the Oval Office when he reminded Trump it was found untrue
exactly. And let’s not forget that he accused our system of failing on a massive scale with millions of cases of voter fraud, giving HRC the popular vote. No facts to back it up. Why isn’t he in court for accusing Obama of wiretapping and why isn’t he investigating our electoral system for egregious fraud?
I’m so ready for the impeachment to start.
I don’t think that will happen and I have the bad feeling that the Republicans will also win the next election. Don’t think the Democrats manage to find a great candidate and change themselves until 2020.
You think Trump will live long enough? I mean, the man’s 70, is a self-proclaimed bad eater, gets like 4 hours of sleep every night, and is wicked depressed by his new job.
They have enough racists in the GOP who could take over.
@Nina, true evil never dies.
LA city council resolution calling to impeach Drumpf. Good news?
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/07/resolution-calling-for-trump-impeachment-probe-passes-in-l-a/22074311/
Thanks for the link, Pumpkin Pie. And let’s not forget the extended family:
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/jared-kushners-sister-offers-us-visas-to-chinese-investors-for-familys-real-estate-development/news-story/39b3e5aa4dbd401b8f4849f290587e0f
Their tentacles have a long reach. It never ends.
Sally Yates testifies in front of a senate subcommittee today. I’m not saying he’ll be impeached, but get your popcorn and snacks. She’s got the dirt on Flynn, and Flynn seems to be the piece of yarn that’s going to unravel them all.
Shambles, he’s defense tweeting about Flynn and Yates this morning. He’s definitely scared.
I have been waiting to hear what Sally Yates has to say for MONTHS. I can’t wait. I respect her work, and I am so curious about her perspective.
Personally I don’t believe Sally Yates will reveal more than is already publicly known. What may prove intriguing will be the quality of the questions posed and what she chooses not to answer.
I think the substantive part of this hearing will fall squarely in the genre of reading between the lines. Sally Yates seems professional not partisan and that is what I expect to see.
Still popcorn.
She might reveal information that is already “known”, but most importantly, this will go into congressional record. Very important. She will anchor the timing of events. If the Trump administration was notified that he might be compromised, and they didn’t fire him for 3 weeks, and during those 3 weeks they had him sitting in on Security Council meetings, that is a very big deal. This moves the information from innuendo to documented fact entered into record.
Whenever I need to block out time in my work calendar, I’m just going to put “MEETINGS!” from now on. Including the exclamation mark, naturally. I’m sure my colleagues will be understanding of my completely legitimate-sounding appointments.
I also love how he points out that staying in NJ is less expensive and disruptive than going to NY. Hey, Don, you know what’s even more less expensive and disruptive? STAYING IN DC! Gah! The level of hate I have for this “man” almost frightens me.
Or Camp David! And why does he pretty much clear out on Thursday afternoons? He works a 3 and a half day week. If one can consider watching hours of TV and tweeting “work”
I don’t understand how it is cheaper in NJ than in NYC. Security measures are already in place in NYC and not in NJ. So now they have to put in security so that IF he does hold meetings they have a secure place to hold them in (not that that matters to him) and they have to have a secure place to put the “nuclear football”. So he is costing the taxpayers MORE money than if he stayed in NYC. Here’s the other thing. If he makes this his “summer White House” then Melania doesn’t have to move out of the NYC home anytime soon because she will be closer to this summer White House than if she lived in DC.
Him saying staying in NJ is cheaper than NYC is ridiculous. He can’t golf at Chump Tower. That’s why he’s in NJ instead.
What is he, on a HS band trip to the Big Apple that has to stay at a Ramada Inn across the GW Bridge?
@Lightpurple I think if we include several hours per day watching Fox “News” and the Executive Order signing photo ops we’re probably down to maybe 1-1/2 days of pushing-the-red-button-to-order-cokes-from-the-butler.
Lol. Trump is such an effing tool.
Agree with you, @Esmom, except, as others before me have pointed out, tools are sometimes useful, unlike the Orange Peril!
No surprise. And then there is the huff po article about Ken Dolls sister selling visas to Chinese property investors who ‘buy’ Kushner owned property. His family also runs a visa supply company. On phone at mo so can’t link to article.
The Guardian has an article on visas for Chn investors too.
How is there not a conflict of interest?
Grifters gonna grift. This entire administration is about enriching the Trumps and Kushners.
And russians. If they invested in his golf courses, then they are literally making money off of the federal government b/c the fed pays Trump to house his staff at his properties every weekend.
@Juls – thank you for adding Russians. Trump is definitely looking out for them as well.
UPDATE: Here is the HuffPo link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-kushners-family-tries-selling-immigration-status-to-wealthy-chinese_us_590e51e0e4b0d5d9049cf6c3?section=us_politics
The EB-5 visa program is fairly standard and has had much success in Vegas, where it finances massive projects.
And the Kushners are hawking Visa programs that were just created the day before to China business people. When we say the administration is selling our democracy we REALLY mean it.
And trump you stayed in NJ because NYC gave you the welcome you truly deserve.
So basically, you can’t immigrate here unless you shell out money to this soulless bunch. Reporters were banned at this event to sell access, but evidently pics of trump were used and it was ‘implied’ that he himself would make sure investors got visas. Dems should be screaming about every crooked deal every day..no more kumbaya- we’re above it..that doesn’t work in the real world.
I have little faith in the Dems leading the resistance anymore but I have all the faith in the people that are on the ground daily. There were reporters there and apparently a few were threatened to delete photos and such from their phones. Too bad they didn’t learn from protesters to have all media immediately uploaded to a cloud upon completion.
I cannot begin to tell you how much pleasure it brings me to see how many NYCers hate this turd.
Because I know he loves NY and I know that he seeks the adoration of every Manhattanite. What a f*cking loser of the highest order.
Yea we don’t love him. I was at a protest when he came through and it was pretty big. And NYC overwhelmingly voted for HRC and I think trump won ONE section of the city which had like 15 voters or something. NYC has loathe the name trump for ages (even removed his name from a group of condos)
@Nicole: hope you don’t mind me saying that turds are above Drumpf’s level.
Telephone, telegraph, tele-Eric. “Eric, ix-nay on the ussian-ray unding-fay? Okay?” “WHAT? DON”T TALK ABOUT RUSSIAN FUNDING?”
IKR? Wouldn’t it be funny if his idiot sons brought the whole scam down?
Here’s hoping karma kicks in soon.
What’s the point of all the Russia leaks and one damning reveal after another if the Republicans have a choke hold on the executive and the legislature?
They won’t do a thing to investigate it beyond what public pressure forces them to, and won’t act on the results.
And I really really hope this turd with the combover doesn’t end up re-elected. After Bush, I don’t trust stupidity to see itself out of office in one term.
He golfed Saturday and Sunday. That is why he went to New Jersey. And his Russian contact was in New Jersey this weekend too.
Surprised the family is still talking to Eric. He’s the one that let the press know Ivanka was sharing national security secrets with him and that she was responsible for the Syria attack.
Lp- and it’s his own golf course that he can make money off of by charging the government. Don’t forget that.
Is the Russian contact you mentioned the same oligarch who was following him during the campaign?
Yes. He makes the Secret Service pay him for the golf carts.
And yes. Can’t remember the dude’s name.
Definitely a sleezy business man. I’ve heard people say it was fine if he stayed at his resorts every weekend because he owns them so it’s free. WTF! When I tell them about the government actually having to pay for the Secret Service to stay,eat,and rent golf carts, they wake up a bit.
There is an interesting article in the guardian about the Mercers, Bannon and data mining companies and how they were used to influence the Brexit vote.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
It’s a compelling piece. It’s not just the Russians up to no good with democracy.
I read that yesterday — a must-read. As much as I hope Team Trump goes down, it would be nice if we could also toss in a few of these guys too. They’ve now got a well oiled machine in place to use in future elections, which is terrifying.
Yhe piece argues that the Russians are also closely involved with, and used, Cambridge Analytica too. It’s a really interesting piece. The journalist behind it has been doing some great investigative reporting on the connections between the US and British far-right.
And the kushers are cashing in. But, not to worry, jared assures us he’s not getting a penny.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-a-beijing-ballroom-kushner-family-flogs-500000-investor-visa-to-wealthy-chinese/2017/05/06/cf711e53-eb49-4f9a-8dea-3cd836fcf287_story.html
Moron either doesn’t realize there are different ethics rules for business or government or thinks nobody else knows there are different ethics rules for business and government. Government ethics are much stricter than business ethics.
Ethics you say? These people have none, government ethics or otherwise. They are grifters to the core. And yes, Eric is a moron. He seems to be the stupid one out of a group of not very bright, but very devious people.
I’m glad there is a blabbing brother/son. Bigly glad!
Keep talking, ignored one.
Moron also doesn’t seem to realize that government ethics go beyond him exploiting the position for profit but extends to family exploiting the position for profit. And ignorance is never a defense
And Bigly’s Monday morning tweetstorm is starting. He’s whining that the fake media hasn’t focused on the fact that Flynn was hired by Obama. And accusing Sally Yates of leaking classified intel to the press.
and fired by Obama, I read. and then rehired and not vetted again, by trump.
so who is the fool?
Even if he wasn’t fired by Obama, when the Trump administration hired Flynn they should have done their own vetting and not relied on a past report. Things change over the year(s).
Just read: Obama warned trump about Flynn and trump hired him anyway.
just, what a f–king ass trump is. just can’t listen, for once, about anything, especially something as serious as this.
One of these things is not like the others:
http://twitter.com/mdotclure/status/861296978977796096
😫😫😫😭😭😭
http://twitter.com/oneretrocupcake/status/861300178082508802
So very depressing. France and Canada get major cuteness, we get Bigly with his tiny hands and giant combover.
And Mexico, hot, too!!
We went from a handsome gentleman like Obama, to this ugly orange simpleton. Yuck. Unfair
Right. If we’re going to have fascist piece of kleptocratic shit for a POTUS, the least we deserve is a decent face to look at. Ugh. He’s so repulsive inside and out.
So I read something interesting, about why trump is still holding rallies. apparently, the day he took office, he declared his candidacy for 2020, which means he can now campaign like he already has been.
meaning, the rules are different with his rallies, he has campaign rules and not president rules. apparently they differ greatly.
It’s disturbing. I read it means he never had any intention to unite the country, obviously, but reading he took steps top actively divide the country kind of shocked me. sorry if this has been covered, I literally just read this yesterday, on Guardian I believe.
I did not know that information about the rallies. So thanks.
It’s disturbing that there are still Donnie Dumbass supporters who go to these rallies! During his “Thank you ” tour after the election, he could’ve been learning what a president is supposed to do instead of having pat on the back rallies
I have read/heard the same thing regarding the rallies.
It also means he can attack any opponents, without really specifying what defines opponents. Also, it means he can get away with saying things on his twitter, which was always used as a campaign tool, without worry because it never uses it as president. The precedent was set during the campaign.
I hope that makes sense. Bannon must have thought of the idea, trump doesn’t have that level of intelligence.
Sally
Yates
Talks
Today
Tweet.
Deflect.
Blame.
Repeat.
Oh, what a productive day this will be at the WH.
I can’t wait. I keep looking at the news sites to see if she has spoken yet.
Ok, so I looked up the time and she is testifying at 2:30pm EST. So 11:30am PST for me.
For anyone who hasn’t seen this yet (you may want to keep a bucket handy in case you need to vomit):
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/ay8sBhlpCYc
This gave me the Bigly Barfs.™
Makes me want to puke when I remember so many Americans believed in him and all those lies. Pass me the barf bag!
For those keeping score(and I am)BHO averaged 3.46 rounds of golf per month during his presidency. trump has averaged 5.71 rounds/month so far. When the Deplorables go, But, Obama …., show them the figures,
And Obama didn’t have to fly to his own courses. He generally stayed near the WH.
But the Trumpsters don’t care. They see the figures and just claim Trump is working while golfing (holding meetings). Unlike Obama, who used his golfing as a vacation.
Keep bragging Eric tRump! We would ALL love to hear more info from your twisted mouth!
Yates is going to avenge all women today and Emperor Zero is going to tweet during the session.
Popcorn ready!!!!
I’ve probably been binge watching Black Mirror too much but it really is beginning to feel like this administration and what’s happening in the country in general is an elaborate experiment to see how quickly a democracy can become a dictatorship. Or how many rules / laws can be broken and rights taken away before people take to the streets.
As someone said above, Trump just does whatever he wants and gets away with it. It’s infuriating.
I lost faith in Congress Trump and them have made us a living joke and I am happy Macron won. Yates will get treated like a dog by the Republicans they ask cap questions focus on Obama Democrats need to cut to the point ask all thevquestions. They’ve broken how many ethics and the GOP give them a pass on tax evasion, colluding, profiting from foreign countries and perjury so on SHAME SHAME on Congress we are in hell! I need Trudeau cuddles. America has been failed long 8 years of torture.
I am waiting for the more and more seemingly corrupt Trump regime to step down. There seems to be more conflicts of interests with this bunch than there are stars in HW, most of whom were smart enough NOT to give Trump their vote.
Eric looks exactly like Odo – the shapechanger from Deep Space Nine.
LOL OH MY GOSH YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I can’t unsee it
I can’t believe this is our reality. When are they going to impeach this nightmare already?
John Cornyn, R-Texas, is a f*cking asshole and I am enraged. His line of questioning for Sally Yates involved him interrupting her multiple times, condescending to her, patronizing her, and lecturing her about her decision not to defend the travel ban. He didn’t dare speak to Jake Clapper that way. F*cking disgusting and hard to watch. Good job, Cornyn, you killed two birds with one stone. You proved that republicans have no interest in finding the truth about Trump and Russia, and that you’re a bunch of sexist assholes.
Ted Cruz just did the same shit. I am SCREAMING. But Sally Yates is taking no prisoners. If they had balls she’d be handing them to these dicks. Go, Sally, go.
Yes. I was ragey watching it, and she handled it like the pro she is. I was so proud of her, she knew exactly what to say. She was magnificent. And she got on record why she opposed it, and he had no reply.
And Clapper! At one point I was shouting “say it! say it!” and he DID! I was so proud of him! and yet now that I’ve calmed, I can’t remember what it is I wanted him to just say- something about trump. and it was bad, and against trump, and he said it. But after 2 hours 45 minutes I am tapped out. I hope I remember what it was he said.
What is wrong with the GOP and Lindsey Graham? Today’s hearing, just like their votes on Trump Ryan nocare bill last week, just emphasized how they put party above the people. All the GOP focused on during the hearing was leaks, unmasking(which they were told several times, is not a crime and that Susan Rice didn’t do anything wrong), Hilliary, Susan Rice, and the Muslim Ban. Lindsey Graham is now doing what Nunes was doing, claiming that Trump and his officials were illegally unmasked. Will Lindsey Graham follow in Nunes footsteps? Lindsey Graham keeps asking how does unmasking work, even though they have been informed thousands of times about how it works. Trump, Spicer, and now Lindsey Graham keep trying to make unmasking into something bad and they shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it. At some point the GOP has to stop trying to reverse manufacture proof for Trump’s lie about being wiretapped by Obama. Lindsey Graham did exactly what his boss, Trump tweeted. It’s clear that the Democrats can be unbiased, but based on what we have seen so far, the GOP are not interested in addressing anything about Russia, which makes you wonder how many of them have been compromised.
The GOP keep asking who outted Flynn and gave the information about him to the WaPo. Trump’s administration is fractured. There are 2 possibilities as to who leaked info about Flynn to WaPo: either it was Jared and Ivanka(thinking they can get rid of Flynn so that Jared can take his place) or Bannon. Who leaked the information about how Bannon had been demoted? Ivanka. Who leaked the information about Paul Ryan? Bannon. So it’s clear that some people in the WH are leaking stuff about each other to advance themselves.
Sally Yates was great, but Clapper, I’m not sure what his agenda is. He seemed lost.
Lindsey Graham did the job that Trump told him to do. Lindsey Graham used the hearing and the interviews he did after the hearing to spread misinformation about unmasking and leaks to WaPo, and now Trump is on twitter posting about being surveilled and how Clapper agrees with him about there being no evidence that Trump and Russia are in cahoots. It’s clear that Graham is following orders from Trump. Lindsey Graham is walking in Devin Nunes footsteps and he needs to step down because he can not be unbiased. Lindsey Graham just helped Trump reverse engineer support for his wiretapping lie. This didn’t end well when Trump had Nunes do it, why does Lindsey Graham think that he can get away with doing it?
Lindsey Graham keeps going on about who leaked information to WaPo about Flynn. Doesn’t Trump have a direct line to WaPo through Bob Costa? When Ryan and Trump were competing on who made the choice to drop the first version of TrumpRyannocare, Trump called Bob Costa from the WaPo. So its becoming more and more likely that it was one of the Trumps(Ivanka and Jared) who leaked the information about Mike Flynn to Wapo because as we learned, Trump has WaPo on speed dial. Today Bob Costa was trying to distance himself from Trump, when he was asked questions about Trump, he was acting like he didn’t even know Trump even though Trump called him to give an interview.
Someone also posted that Trump and his people were contacting many of the GOP senators asking them to cancel the hearing with Sally Yates. Now we know why the GOP spent the hearing trying to distract and deflect with questions about leaks, unmasking, Susan Rice, Hillary, and Muslim Ban. They were instructed to do so by Trump.