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not_osirus_jenkins wrote: »

So @sion representative Elijah E. Cummings is risking his reputation on a conspiracy theory? Yea....sit this one out until you read more.

I didnt say that I said they'll have a field day with this.

This is politics tho, politicians have done dumber things so this is a regular day on capitol hill. The election results arent going to be reversed no matter the outcome of the investigation. Trump is president-elect and will be sworn in.

This is like when Elizabeth Warren had that petition. She knew it'd go nowhere but that's a play she made to win hearts and cushion her reputation (especially if she decides to win For potus)

“It’s implicit in a lot of what people write, but it’s never explicit . . . it’s impossible to keep him focussed on any topic, other than his own self-aggrandizement, for more than a few minutes, and even then . . . ” Schwartz trailed off, shaking his head in amazement. He regards Trump’s inability to concentrate as alarming in a Presidential candidate. “If he had to be briefed on a crisis in the Situation Room, it’s impossible to imagine him paying attention over a long period of time,” he said. . . . Schwartz believes that Trump’s short attention span has left him with “a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance.” He said, “That’s why he so prefers TV as his first news source — information comes in easily digestible sound bites.” He added, “I seriously doubt that Trump has ever read a book straight through in his adult life.” During the eighteen months that he observed Trump, Schwartz said, he never saw a book on Trump’s desk, or elsewhere in his office, or in his apartment.

Trump is also now scoffing at the frequency and redundancy of his intelligence briefings, confirming earlier reports that he hasn’t been attending most of his daily intel sessions, as well as indicating that he will likely continue to skip the briefings after he becomes president...

Regarding daily intelligence briefings, which American presidents and president-elects traditionally take advantage of, Trump said on Fox News Sunday that he will skip most of the briefings, since the information provided in them is too repetitive. Insisted Trump, who apparently attends no more than one briefing a week, “You know, I’m, like, a smart person. I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years.” Instead, Trump told his advisors, “If something should change from this point, immediately call me. I’m available on one minute’s notice.” Trump also said that “my generals,” as well as vice president-elect Mike Pence, were being briefed in his absence.