WH Reacts To Manafort Deal: ‘This Had Absolutely Nothing To Do’ With Trump

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The White House released a statement Friday after Paul Manafort reached a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller to cooperate with the investigation, saying: “This had absolutely nothing to do with the President.”

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  1. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    This is basically end-stage Spicerism, a shrug with “well what do you even want me to say”.

    I wouldn’t be shocked if SHS is on her way out. Sad, low-energy denial. Rats jumping.

  2. Of all the bald faced lies to emanate from this administration and from this particular pie hole, this may be the baldest!

  3. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    WH said:

    This had absolutely nothing to do with the President or his victorious 2016 Presidential campaign …

    WH Unsaid

    … but it looks like we’re fucked anyway

    Trump on the other hand thinks this is great, let’s see how many of the WH staff leave now.

  4. Always with the straw men, these people. They want to hear about Trump’s crimes from Manafort, so they offered him a deal on his crimes. But as a thing to blurt out while you’re strapping on your life vest, I guess it’s as good a response as you could make.

  5. Well, that settles it. Let’s move on!

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