WH: ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ To Seize Trump’s Medical Records

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28:  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a White House daily news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House March 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders held a daily briefing to answer questions from members of the White House Press Corps.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a White House daily news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House March 28, 2018 in Washington, D... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a White House daily news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House March 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders held a daily briefing to answer questions from members of the White House Press Corps. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said the seizure of President Donald Trump’s medical records from his former doctor in February 2017 was “standard operating procedure.”

“As a standard operating procedure for a new President, the White House medical unit took possession of the President’s medical records,” she said in response to questions about NBC’s report on the seizure, which she declined to characterize as a “raid.”

According to Trump’s longtime personal doctor, Harold Bornstein, Trump’s bodyguard, a Trump Organization lawyer and another unidentified man raided his office and took Trump’s medical records last year. According to Bornstein, the seizure happened without documentation or permission.

The raid occurred not long after Bornstein told a local newspaper that Trump took medication that prompted hair growth.

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  1. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said the seizure of President Donald Trump’s medical records from his former doctor in February 2017 was “standard operating procedure.”

    Employing the same "point of view" logic so was the Watergate break-in.
  2. Will the butt-sniffing White House press corps dutifully report that this is, yes, standard operating procedure, nothing to see here?

  3. Well, that’s a particularly blatant lie which I hope follows the smokey-mascara’d-tissue-of-lies Queen for life.

  4. Sarah.

    Listen to me, Sarah.

    Of all the times, of every fucking time you’ve ever said “I haven’t talked with the President about that” or “I have to get back to you on that” or “I’m not aware of any details”, when somebody asks you if the President had goons sent to seize somebody else’s property, that is a really good time to say “I have no idea”.

    (please read this in the following Ghostbusters voice: “Ray, when someone asks if you’re a god, you say YES.”)

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