White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump “welcomes” an investigation of possible ties between his businesses and Russia.
During his daily press briefing, Spicer was asked whether the President would cooperate with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who said Tuesday: “I want to know more about Trump’s business dealings.” Graham noted that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said under oath Monday that he wasn’t personally concerned about Trump’s businesses dealings, but that “I don’t know what the FBI is looking at so I don’t want to run afoul with them.”
“The President, obviously, was aware of Sen. Graham’s suggestion after he made it today and he’s fine with that,” Spicer said Tuesday. “He has no business in Russia. He has no connections to Russia. So he welcomes that.”
“In fact, he has already charged a leading law firm in Washington, D.C. to send a certified letter to Sen. Graham to that point, that he has no connections to Russia,” Spicer added. “So that should be a really easy look.”
On Monday, the President’s son, Eric Trump, denied the three-year-old recollection of golf writer James Dodson, who said last week that Eric Trump had told him: “Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.”
In 2008, Donald Trump Jr., the other Trump child now charged with running the President’s businesses, told a real estate conference: “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets,” and “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
Ha! Well if Team Trump is confident that this is good news for them… I expect the indictment to come down aaaaaany second now…
I’ll take Famous Last Words for $500, Alex…
What about to Russians living elsewhere, Seannie?
Just want to make what I feel might be an impt point re Flynn.
Spicer said Flynn wasn’t fired for 18 days in order to afford Flynn “due process.” Key question for anyone with access to Spicer:
Can you describe the process that consumed 18 days? That is, who led the investigation into Flynn’s situation? What did Flynn say in his defense? What were the findings of the process? Can you give us a copy of the report?
Don’t have to have “due process” when you fire someone for cause. Amazing how they are now concerned with employee rights.
As the old saying goes, “Civil Libertarian is defined as a conservative who has been charged/indicted.”