Posted on 11/28/2018 2:29:19 PM PST by mandaladon
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation that he claimed would be damaging to Democrats if they decide to investigate him when they take control of the House next year.
Trump's comments, made in an interview with The New York Post, come two months after he walked back his original plans to declassify and publicly release the documents as a result of concerns from U.S. allies and his own Justice Department.
“If they want to play tough, I will do it,” Trump told the Post. “They will see how devastating those pages are.”
He suggested that the documents would serve as a “counter punch” to Democrats if they choose to investigate him.
“If they want to go and harass the president and the administration, I think that would [be] the best thing that could happen to me because I’m a counter puncher and I will hit them so hard, they’ve never been hit like that,” he said. “You know what? I think that will help my campaign. That will be the beginning of my campaign as president.”
The White House announced in September that Trump had ordered the declassification of the documents, which include surveillance warrant applications on former campaign adviser Carter Page and text messages related to the Russia investigation from former FBI Director James Comey and other officials.
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“It’s much more powerful if I do it then,” Trump told the Post, noting that otherwise it would have been “yesterday’s news.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I agree...
I was waiting for this
Should have done it over one year ago.
JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now would be good.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Never threaten, just do.
Go TRUMP GO!
Nothing is being done on #drainingtheswamp or #buildingthewall. The only two things that needed to be done to save America. My guess is Trump is literally under the gun—Occam’s razor. The swamp has won.
Trump can use it as leverage !!
Stop talking about it. Just do it, or shut up.
Timing is everything.
Doing it now would be wasted ammo.
When Pelosi and Company take over the House, it will come in handy as a Sword of Damocles.................
There are traitors here and traitor-allies in other countries’ intelligence agencies. Traitors all. Hang’em high!
Threaten my ass, DO IT! THEY WOULD to you President Trump. Guaranteed. Get the bastards, or they WILL get you.
Don’t forget, the Dems KNOW WHATS IN THEM...................If it was released now, the effort would be useless against the new House leadership............
Donald’s new motto is Never do, just threaten.
Now you know why pelousey and the demoncrap old guard are telling the frosh socialists to cool it and forget about impeachment. "Ixnay on the vestigation-ay or we all go to ail-jay.
If he’s keeping it secret from the American people in order to use it as leverage against the Dem leaders, he’s not much better than they are.
De[c]las
Don’t talk about it.
Just do it.
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