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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Uh-oh. HERE WE GO! I love this president. He defends not only himself but his supporters and AMERICA as well. GO TRUMP. Thank you for showing the GOP how to fight and win!
Also Hillary, Huber, etc are testifying next month.
Beginning to believe that.
On who’s s schedule? Lots of moving parts in play. It’s a BIG Swamp!
Before the election would have been nice.
Can McDaniel take the seat in the next primary?
Stop it with the threatening, already. Just DO IT!! For one very excellent reason, whenever he announces his intentions ahead of time, it gives the dems (1) time to gin up the masses and (2) find a judge to stop him.
In the interests of transparency and Justice those documents should be released Yesterday.
Please, Mr. President, don’t talk. Just do.
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Ahhh...this is who I voted for - The Donald.
Round 2 is about to begin...
Since you people have problems understanding what’s going on...There are two options why Trump has not acted against the corrupt state or done anything to secure the border[The two things that need to be done right away or America is dead]:
1) He or his family are literally being threatened by our corrupt stasi state— Most likely
2) Or he was FOS from the beginning.
Stop “threatening”, and JUST DO IT!
Do you still have that black light poster of Beauregard over your bed?
No.
Delay just obscures and confuses the issue.
Waiting for an advantageous timing will do Nothing to defang the Left fascists and it will just be buried by the Democrat media.
That's what I've been saying for sometime. Timing is everything.
Give Trump some credit.
Timing is everything.
Wow. Out of the 19 comments so far, 10 are blatant anti-Trumpers!
Trump is a far better strategist than you. PLUS, he has the facts, and you don’t. Just let him handle this his way, and if you get elected POTUS someday, you can show us all how smart you are.
I guess now that Sessions is no longer around to blame for everything, the pearl clutchers are starting to show their true (anti-Trump) colors.
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