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allegorical oracle

(6,135 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:04 PM Jan 2025

Anybody else notice *his* rant while he was signing EOs this p.m.? Some reporter (off mic)

evidently asked him about the Loudermilk investigation that's being arranged for the J6 committee members. He got somewhat heated and singled out Cheney, Kinzinger and Schiff -- and made the point that "the evidence" used by the committee has been destroyed, "as far as I know." He went on to call the committee corrupt and repeated that the evidence has been destroyed.

This seems so improbable. If anything, it seems more likely the evidence was protected by the committee. It's my theory that this is a new talking point being floated pre-emptively when the Repug committee comes up with nuthin'.

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SWBTATTReg

(26,001 posts)
2. I heard that this evidence was saved. So we're okay. This topic has gone around a bit on the Internet.
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:13 PM
Jan 2025

allegorical oracle

(6,135 posts)
4. Geesh I hope it's tucked away safely. He tends to take an action and then accuse Dems
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:41 PM
Jan 2025

of doing what he's just done. In other words, he's planning on destroying the J6 committee's evidence if he hasn't already. How else can he re-write history if the evidence of his crimes is secured in the Ntl. Archives?

I'll always believe that's what he was doing with those classified docs at Mar-a-Lago -- looking stuff over and erasing evidence. It's how he's operated all his life...crime and then cover it up.

markie

(23,811 posts)
3. These are the liars in your life.....
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:15 PM
Jan 2025

"Now, it’s not just anybody that lies like this. People who lie as easily as they breathe are usually certain types of people. They stand out, usually stricken with mental or personality disorders. But then there are those particular ones who hide their disorders and hide them quite well. It could take years to discover the caliber of their dysfunctional behavior and the quantity of lie they tell. Here are the people who are more prone to live a lie:

-The Psychopath
-Narcissists
-The sociopath
-The pathological liar
-Salesmen
(article listed extroverts and young people, but...)

Everyone lies, but people who lie as easily as they breathe are dangerous and you should be aware of their presence at all times. Because if they can lie this easily, then your feelings and well-being won’t be a high concern for them."

so, which one is he?

https://www.nature.com/articles/tp2017147
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201109/who-lies
https://www.learning-mind.com/people-who-lie/

dickthegrouch

(4,257 posts)
7. Destroyed by whom?
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:14 PM
Jan 2025

I can’t believe journalists who are incapable of asking the most basic follow up questions.
Why would a dem committee ever destroy its own credibility or integrity by destroying evidence????

dpibel

(3,754 posts)
8. This claim's been around a long time
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 08:50 PM
Jan 2025
Here's a fact check from 2023.

An Aug. 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows clips of several members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“Now that the J6 Unselect Committee has been caught destroying their records, let’s see what they said in their own words about destroying evidence during their made-for-TV show trial of President Trump,” reads part of the post.

It was shared more than 300 times in 12 days. Similar versions of the claim have been shared on other social media platforms by former President Donald Trump and by Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican.

allegorical oracle

(6,135 posts)
10. Well, he's still giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Kinda amazing how his mind works --
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 06:44 AM
Jan 2025

he's blithering when recounting actual facts, but he can recall and spew years-old lies in a nanosecond.

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