{"id":37536,"date":"2018-04-09T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T23:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37536"},"modified":"2018-04-09T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T23:27:02","slug":"witch-hunt-donald-trump-responds-to-the-fbi-raid-of-his-attorney-michael-cohen-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37536","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;WITCH HUNT&#8217;: Donald Trump Responds to the FBI Raid of His Attorney Michael Cohen (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Mueller Monday and the breaking news about special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Donald Trump&#8217;s crime family has just broken new ground. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/09\/us\/politics\/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times reported<\/a><\/strong> earlier that the FBI raided the home, office, and hotel room of Trump&#8217;s attorney, Michael Cohen. This can only be viewed as a serious escalation of the legal jeopardy that Trump faces. So naturally, he is lashing out with wild accusations against the law enforcement agencies that are performing their duties to protect the public welfare.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-shout.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32225\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2104511826230268\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his response, Trump made some familiar criticisms that have been the core of his past whining about being the subject of this investigation. In a brief press availability during a national security meeting, Trump said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s a disgraceful situation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I have this witch hunt constantly going on for over twelve months now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s an attack on our country&#8230;what we all stand for.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The special counsel office is &#8220;the most conflicted group of people I have ever seen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>No one &#8220;is looking at the other side (i.e. Hillary Clinton).&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A whole new level of unfairness.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it&#8217;s a disgrace, and we&#8217;ll see what happens.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These lame and tedious complaints do nothing to counter the devastating news of this raid. Nor do they advance any argument that it was improper or help him to establish innocence. We have heard it all before and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/most-americans-believe-trump-trying-to-obstruct-russia-probe-poll-finds\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">majorities of the American people don&#8217;t believe him<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of note is his assertion that this is an attack on our country. Um&#8230;No it isn&#8217;t. This is all about Trump&#8217;s sleazy and likely illegal behavior and that of his associates. Calling the special counsel&#8217;s office <em>&#8220;conflicted&#8221;<\/em> has always been ludicrous. Mueller is a life-long Republican, as is is boss at the Department of Justice, Rod Rosenstein (who Trump appointed). And no one should be surprised by Trump&#8217;s interjection of <em>&#8220;whataboutism&#8221;<\/em> with his left field swipe at Hillary Clinton, who has been investigated ad infinitum with no hint of wrongdoing being discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most ominous part of Trump&#8217;s remarks refers to the possible firing of Mueller. Trump has said in the past that he is not even considering such a thing. Now he says that <em>&#8220;we&#8217;ll see what happens.&#8221;<\/em> That&#8217;s a sharp u-turn in the direction of terminating the special counsel or Rosenstein. And if that happens, rest assured that the rest of his house of cards will quickly tumble down.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_itl7EEwwE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Mueller Monday and the breaking news about special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Donald Trump&#8217;s crime family has just broken new ground. The New York Times reported earlier that the FBI raided the home, office, and hotel room of Trump&#8217;s attorney, Michael Cohen. This can only be viewed as a serious escalation of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,1200,13],"tags":[554,1247,1262],"class_list":["post-37536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-scandalous","tag-donald-trump","tag-robert-mueller","tag-rod-rosenstein"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-shout.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-9Lq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37553,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37553","url_meta":{"origin":37536,"position":0},"title":"Trolling Trump? &#8216;Rule of Law&#8217; Republicans Run Ad Defending Mueller During Fox And Friends","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/11\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Republican Party has demonstrated that they have little to no courage when it comes to mitigating the harm that Donald Trump causes to their party, the nation, and the world. 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