(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.
Oh...the humanity.

I wouldn't consider this kind of self-serving denial to be conclusive.

Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.

Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

Thats not what happened. They secretly met. At that point, brief and/or inconsequential or not, Schiff, a member of the intelligence committee, had a duty to self-report the encounter. He did not. It was not only until later, when busted, did he attempt to explain lie about what happened.

Which is why the intelligence committee is troubled by this.

"Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:08 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

did they talk about "grandchildren"?

You do realize that, normally, it is required to self-report when these sort of incidental meetings occur? Right? And not wait until you get busted to try to tell us it was nothing.

Did you read the link in your tweet?

Quote:There is nothing illegal or technically improper about a congressman meeting, intentionally or unintentionally, with a witness in an investigation. At least not under the law or the House Intelligence Committee’s rules.

Quote:But both GOP and Democratic officials on the committee, including some lawmakers, said there is no evidence that Schiff disclosed his contact with Simpson to committee members.

“I don't know if they’re under any obligation to disclose it but, certainly if we were conspiracy theorists the way that my Democrat colleagues appear to be, we could weave an awful tale into that and weave all kinds of nonsense about it,” Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who took over the Russia probe when Nunes recused himself, told Hill.TV.

“Had the tables been turned and I had been seen at a circumstance like that, my guess is [Schiff] would have demanded I had a full conversation as to what I did,” he added.

Curious though...are you demanding trump provide transcripts of his secret and public meeting with Putin?

so to extrapolate and cut through the bs, there's also nothing illegal with a presidential candidate in the private sector, continuing to negotiate and promote potential business ventures with the rooskes....

isn't it fun watching yourself getting dem nuts kicked in daily.....it is for me...

I don't hold your mirror on the 'wall'....

Dude...put down the bong and stop confusing me with other posters here. I've not once said there was anything illegal about trump merely talking with Russia about business ventures.

Of course he maintained that he had no dealing with Russia, so you're basically confirming he's a liar, and yet seem to have not one concern about it.

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I wouldn't consider this kind of self-serving denial to be conclusive.

Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.

Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

Thats not what happened. They secretly met. At that point, brief and/or inconsequential or not, Schiff, a member of the intelligence committee, had a duty to self-report the encounter. He did not. It was not only until later, when busted, did he attempt to explain lie about what happened.

Which is why the intelligence committee is troubled by this.

"Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Thanks for acquiescing finally.

(02-08-2019 03:23 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:08 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.


Oh...the humanity.

did they talk about "grandchildren"?

You do realize that, normally, it is required to self-report when these sort of incidental meetings occur? Right? And not wait until you get busted to try to tell us it was nothing.

Did you read the link in your tweet?

Quote:There is nothing illegal or technically improper about a congressman meeting, intentionally or unintentionally, with a witness in an investigation. At least not under the law or the House Intelligence Committee’s rules.

Quote:But both GOP and Democratic officials on the committee, including some lawmakers, said there is no evidence that Schiff disclosed his contact with Simpson to committee members.

“I don't know if they’re under any obligation to disclose it but, certainly if we were conspiracy theorists the way that my Democrat colleagues appear to be, we could weave an awful tale into that and weave all kinds of nonsense about it,” Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who took over the Russia probe when Nunes recused himself, told Hill.TV.

“Had the tables been turned and I had been seen at a circumstance like that, my guess is [Schiff] would have demanded I had a full conversation as to what I did,” he added.

Curious though...are you demanding trump provide transcripts of his secret and public meeting with Putin?

so to extrapolate and cut through the bs, there's also nothing illegal with a presidential candidate in the private sector, continuing to negotiate and promote potential business ventures with the rooskes....

isn't it fun watching yourself getting dem nuts kicked in daily.....it is for me...

I don't hold your mirror on the 'wall'....

Dude...put down the bong and stop confusing me with other posters here. I've not once said there was anything illegal about trump merely talking with Russia about business ventures.

Of course he maintained that he had no dealing with Russia, so you're basically confirming he's a liar, and yet seem to have not one concern about it.

yes he did....that's how your version of 'slime' gets elected w/o any wrongdoing along the way, eh?

remember son, this is politics....

what I find amusing is the few left leaning folk on this board play hypocrisy like canasta in a chess match....

do you really think the sane folk give a fk about "liar" or "blah blah blah" rhetorical bs???

ewe guys are 99.99 gold.....

you're not a dipshite....you just play one on a bbs....

edit: dyslexic kudos to 4:20 and 2:40...

(02-08-2019 03:25 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.

Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

Thats not what happened. They secretly met. At that point, brief and/or inconsequential or not, Schiff, a member of the intelligence committee, had a duty to self-report the encounter. He did not. It was not only until later, when busted, did he attempt to explain lie about what happened.

Which is why the intelligence committee is troubled by this.

"Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret

Well, its never secret when you get busted

Quote:and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Actually, he was. If you are a member of an investigative committee of any type, and you encounter someone who is under active investigation of your committee, you have a duty to self-report the incident. Whether or not they are legally required to do it is irrelevant, if you fail to self-report, you are basically admitting that you are meeting under nefarious circumstances.

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

I wouldn't consider this kind of self-serving denial to be conclusive.

Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.
Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

What I meant is that a self-serving statement does not prove conclusively that "merely attending the same public event" is the total extent of what happened. I don't know whether they were doing anything nefarious. All I can say is that a self-serving statement is not proof that they weren't.

(02-08-2019 03:39 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:25 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Thats not what happened. They secretly met. At that point, brief and/or inconsequential or not, Schiff, a member of the intelligence committee, had a duty to self-report the encounter. He did not. It was not only until later, when busted, did he attempt to explain lie about what happened.

Which is why the intelligence committee is troubled by this.

"Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret

Well, its never secret when you get busted

Quote:and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Actually, he was. If you are a member of an investigative committee of any type, and you encounter someone who is under active investigation of your committee, you have a duty to self-report the incident. Whether or not they are legally required to do it is irrelevant, if you fail to self-report, you are basically admitting that you are meeting under nefarious circumstances.

hush....you'll ruin the moment with facts....

Fill in the blanks:

Rules for ______ but not for ____.

(02-08-2019 12:43 PM)q5sys Wrote:  Last I heard, the only reason someone would have a secret meeting is if they are doing something illegal.
That's their explanation for all the Private Trump meetings right?

I guess Schiff is doing something illegal. We need a special counsel investigation immediately. He could be compromised. "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear" right?

/sarcasm

Well, that or the golf game and grandkids...


Shiffty must recuse, he’s damaged goods

(02-08-2019 03:39 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:25 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Thats not what happened. They secretly met. At that point, brief and/or inconsequential or not, Schiff, a member of the intelligence committee, had a duty to self-report the encounter. He did not. It was not only until later, when busted, did he attempt to explain lie about what happened.

Which is why the intelligence committee is troubled by this.

"Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret

Well, its never secret when you get busted

Quote:and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Actually, he was. If you are a member of an investigative committee of any type, and you encounter someone who is under active investigation of your committee, you have a duty to self-report the incident. Whether or not they are legally required to do it is irrelevant, if you fail to self-report, you are basically admitting that you are meeting under nefarious circumstances.

Source?

And why wouldn't Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX), who took over as chair of the committee, know this?

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

Yup, sounds just like the “chance” tarmac meeting. Funny all these coincidences...

(02-08-2019 03:42 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:39 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:25 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:20 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  "Secret" is not mentioned in the link...and they were photographed. How secret would that have been exactly?

Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret

Well, its never secret when you get busted

Quote:and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Actually, he was. If you are a member of an investigative committee of any type, and you encounter someone who is under active investigation of your committee, you have a duty to self-report the incident. Whether or not they are legally required to do it is irrelevant, if you fail to self-report, you are basically admitting that you are meeting under nefarious circumstances.

hush....you'll ruin the moment with facts....

Show me a fact and I'll gladly concur.

(02-08-2019 03:49 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

Yup, sounds just like the “chance” tarmac meeting. Funny all these coincidences...

This was a meeting in public that was photographed. Yeah...I'm sure they were plotting the trump coup.

(02-08-2019 03:43 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Fill in the blanks:

Rules for ______ but not for ____.

What rule? All we know is that Schiff wanted Nunes to disclose something similar. If anything, this only makes Schiff a hypocrite. Hardly new for a politician.

(02-08-2019 03:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:08 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

did they talk about "grandchildren"?

You do realize that, normally, it is required to self-report when these sort of incidental meetings occur? Right? And not wait until you get busted to try to tell us it was nothing.

Did you read the link in your tweet?

Quote:There is nothing illegal or technically improper about a congressman meeting, intentionally or unintentionally, with a witness in an investigation. At least not under the law or the House Intelligence Committee’s rules.

Quote:But both GOP and Democratic officials on the committee, including some lawmakers, said there is no evidence that Schiff disclosed his contact with Simpson to committee members.

“I don't know if they’re under any obligation to disclose it but, certainly if we were conspiracy theorists the way that my Democrat colleagues appear to be, we could weave an awful tale into that and weave all kinds of nonsense about it,” Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who took over the Russia probe when Nunes recused himself, told Hill.TV.

“Had the tables been turned and I had been seen at a circumstance like that, my guess is [Schiff] would have demanded I had a full conversation as to what I did,” he added.

Curious though...are you demanding trump provide transcripts of his secret and public meetings with Putin for congressional oversight?

So Trumps meetings weren’t disclosed?

(02-08-2019 03:49 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:42 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:39 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:25 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Sounds like we need the FBI to investigate Schiff and ask him some of those questions. I mean, if it was nothing, Schiff wouldnt object, would he?

So, it wasn't secret

Well, its never secret when you get busted

Quote:and he wasn't required to disclose it.

Actually, he was. If you are a member of an investigative committee of any type, and you encounter someone who is under active investigation of your committee, you have a duty to self-report the incident. Whether or not they are legally required to do it is irrelevant, if you fail to self-report, you are basically admitting that you are meeting under nefarious circumstances.

hush....you'll ruin the moment with facts....

Show me a fact and I'll gladly concur.

in legalese, I cannot....

however, I'll go back to my former playground....

https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufactu...sibilities

one would be safe assuming the legislative branch would be held to the same standard...

(02-08-2019 03:40 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

I wouldn't consider this kind of self-serving denial to be conclusive.

Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.
Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

What I meant is that a self-serving statement does not prove conclusively that "merely attending the same public event" is the total extent of what happened. I don't know whether they were doing anything nefarious. All I can say is that a self-serving statement is not proof that they weren't.

Gonna need those phone and text messages too.

See how many times they were in prior contact to arrange this chance encounter between the ranking member of an investigative committee and the guy hiring the foreign spy and dirt digging author of the work of fantasy at the center of all this.

How and why would either of these two be at a “media sponsored social event”? Are they celebrities now?

(02-08-2019 03:50 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:49 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

Yup, sounds just like the “chance” tarmac meeting. Funny all these coincidences...

This was a meeting in public that was photographed. Yeah...I'm sure they were plotting the trump coup.

And you’ll seemingly buy anything Fusion gps sells you, starting with the fake dossier.

You know they DO have rooms at resorts in Aspen, right?

More coincidences I see.

(02-08-2019 03:10 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

I wouldn't consider this kind of self-serving denial to be conclusive.

Nor would merely attending the same public event and saying hi to each other be conclusive. But I'm sure they were doing something nefarious so they decided to do it in full public view and even allow themselves to be photographed while doing it.

Do the bots even think before they leap to these ridiculous heights?

You mean like when Trump "colluded" with Russia when he made a joke "asking them to look for Hillary's emails"?

(02-08-2019 04:05 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:50 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 03:49 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(02-08-2019 01:55 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Keep grasping those straws you trumpbots.

Quote:“In the summer of 2018, Mr. Simpson attended a media-sponsored social event where he exchanged small talk with Rep. Schiff and many other people who were in attendance,” Fusion GPS said in a statement to me. “The conversation between the two was brief and did not cover anything substantive. There has been no subsequent contact between Mr. Simpson and Rep. Schiff.”

Oh...the humanity.

Yup, sounds just like the “chance” tarmac meeting. Funny all these coincidences...

This was a meeting in public that was photographed. Yeah...I'm sure they were plotting the trump coup.

And you’ll seemingly buy anything Fusion gps sells you, starting with the fake dossier.

You know they DO have rooms at resorts in Aspen, right?

More coincidences I see.

fusion gps = ambulance chaser