Comey fired

[AaronY]

Boom!

[AaronY]

Wonder which one of his kids or nephews in law Trump gonna get to run that department

[Monostradamus]

http://m.quickmeme.com/img/73/73c79d1ba84a8e0709605c9eb61547ea5db3a7da07ba27d731 b4e1783cad2d70.jpg

[AaronY]

Wonder if Jared can fit running the FBI into his schedule

[baseline bum]

Holy fuck, so Dear Leader really is guilty of conspiring with the Russians.

[Reck]

FINALLY. That guy was fucking useless.

Now we can actually get an independent investigator on Trump and Russia.

[boutons_deux]

Some gratitude, Comey elected Trash.

I'm sure the next director will quash FBI investigating Trash-Pootin.



“While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that

I am not under investigation,

I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that

you are not able to effectively lead the bureau

,” Mr. Trump said

Trash telling everybody he's not under investigation while insulting Comey.

C O V E R U P

Echoes of slimebag Tricky Dick Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre.

Repug Presidents! What's not to love?

Was Comey pushing hard to investigate Trash to compensate, to redeem himself for electing Trash?

[florige]

I wonder how Trump will spin this to somehow blame Obama. :rolleyes

[baseline bum]

Now we can actually get an independent investigator on Trump and Russia.

Are you fucking retarded? Yeah Dear Leader fired Comey so he could install someone trustworthy to investigate him.

[Monostradamus]

FINALLY. That guy was fucking useless.

Now we can actually get an independent investigator on Trump and Russia.
:lmao like that's gonna happen. Can't wait for FBI Director Donnie Junior to be sworn in.

[Monostradamus]

Is this the Nixon "fire everybody that tries to expose the coverup" stage?

[boutons_deux]

The Corruption Will Be UnPresidented

Kushners peddling Trash's citizenships to the Chinese? G M A F B

[ducks]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, saying it was necessary to restore "public trust and confidence" in the nation's top law enforcement agency following several tumultuous months.

"The FBI is one of our nation's most cherished and respected institutions, and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement," Trump said in a statement.

The White House said the search for a new FBI director was beginning immediately.

The White House made the stunning announcement shortly after the FBI corrected a sentence in Comey's sworn testimony on Capitol Hill last week. Comey told lawmakers that Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, had sent "hundreds and thousands" of emails to her husband's laptop, including some with classified information.

On Tuesday, the FBI said in a two-page letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that only "a small number" of the thousands of emails found on the laptop had been forwarded there while most had simply been backed up from electronic devices. Most of the email chains on the laptop containing classified information were not the result of forwarding, the FBI said.

Comey, 56, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the FBI post in 2013 to a 10-year term. Praised for his independence and integrity, Comey has spent three decades in law enforcement and has been no stranger to controversy.

[baseline bum]

^ Comey was trying to restore public trust and confidence in the executive branch.

[ducks]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-fires-fbi-director-james-214644292.html

[Reck]

Are you fucking retarded? Yeah Dear Leader fired Comey so he could install someone trustworthy to investigate him.

You're the one who's retarded if you think it's up to Trump.

The senate is going to have to hear it from the public firestorm that's incoming. They won't just confirmed whoever Trump wants.

[baseline bum]

You're the one who's retarded if you think it's up to Trump.

The senate is going to have to hear it from the public firestorm that's incoming. They won't just confirmed whoever Trump wants.

Um, Trump can nominate anyone he wants and this is the same senate that confirmed DeVos.

[ducks]

Lindsey Graham on Comey: 'Fresh Start' Will Better Serve FBI and US

a very crictial trump person

[ElNono]

Comey fired not Jared

[StrengthAndHonor]

Are you fucking retarded? Yeah Dear Leader fired Comey so he could install someone trustworthy to investigate him.
:lol

[ElNono]

We're going to get the best FBI director ever. Believe me!

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Hilarious how quickly the libs have flipped from hating Comey to loving him.

[pgardn]

Some gratitude, Comey elected Trash.

I'm sure the next director will quash FBI investigating Trash-Pootin.



“While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that

I am not under investigation,

I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that

you are not able to effectively lead the bureau

,” Mr. Trump said

Trash telling everybody he's not under investigation while insulting Comey.

C O V E R U P

Echoes of slimebag Tricky Dick Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre.

Repug Presidents! What's not to love?

Was Comey pushing hard to investigate Trash to compensate, to redeem himself for electing Trash?





This does not fit your man in bed with Trump.
At all.
You wanted him gone.
Good luck.

[boutons_deux]

TrumpTruthHiders.com

Tracking how House Republicans have acted to hide the truth about the Trump presidency




Trump's Behavior is destructive, erratic, and brazenly unethical.

But it’s not happening in isolation.

It’s being enabled by Republicans in Congress


who continually block investigations about his business dealings, his policies, and his ties to Russia.



https://trumptruthhiders.com/?source=demsms

[ducks]

^ Comey was trying to restore public trust and confidence in the executive branch.

everyone that has be in office has made mistakes
the founding fathers even fought like dogs running for office

[baseline bum]

everyone that has be in office has made mistakes
the founding fathers even fought like dogs running for office

Can you rewrite that post in English please? Thanks.

[Spurminator]

862063797502177281

[ducks]

ProPublica: Comey Gave Wrong Info to Senate Panel on Abedin's Email

[Spurminator]

:lmao Hilarious how quickly the libs have flipped from hating Comey to loving him.

Loving him? Based on what?

You don't see the difference between loving the FBI Director and questioning his firing by a President whose people are under investigation by him?

[Spurminator]

"Libs are all joking about which family member or Internet meme will replace Comey, that must mean they love Comey!"

[ducks]

comey sent the letter out 2 days ago that is what got his ass fired

[Clipper Nation]

Apparently the timing is the result of Rod Rosenstein (who would have been Comey's new boss) just getting confirmed recently.

[ducks]

MAY 9, 2017







Dear Director Comey:



I have received the attached letters from the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately.

While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.



It is essential that we find new leadership that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission.

I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.



DONALD J. TRUMP

[Clipper Nation]

Loving him? Based on what?

You don't see the difference between loving the FBI Director and questioning his firing by a President whose people are under investigation by him?
Comey's firing has little to do with Trump. He was fired because his new boss, Rod Rosenstein, didn't like how he handled the Hillary email investigation. Isn't that what you libs wanted?

[Spurminator]

Comey's firing has little to do with Trump. He was fired because his new boss, Rod Rosenstein, didn't like how he handled the Hillary email investigation. Isn't that what you libs wanted?

That's all fine and good if true (link?) but it's still perfectly fair to point out the optics of firing him right now. That doesn't make him some kind of lib hero.

Trump has had nothing but good things to say about Comey's handling of the emails, and it's a little weird that Sessions recommended his firing after recusing himself from the Russia investigation.

[ducks]

Williams: Firing Comey 'Important Way of FBI Regaining Credibility'
Eboni Williams said that by President Trump firing FBI Director James Comey, it allows the Justice Department to "regain credibility."

[ducks]

Reports: FBI Director Comey gave false testimony about Huma Abedin’s emails


It is unclear how Comey ended up misdescribing the situation to a Senate committee last week.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...alse-testimony


HE GOT CANNED BECAUSE OF IT!

[Spurminator]

Williams: Firing Comey 'Important Way of FBI Regaining Credibility'
Eboni Williams said that by President Trump firing FBI Director James Comey, it allows the Justice Department to "regain credibility."

Yeah... let's wait to see who he nominates to replace him before we start talking about credibility.

[Clipper Nation]

That's all fine and good if true (link?) but it's still perfectly fair to point out the optics of firing him right now. That doesn't make him some kind of lib hero.

Trump has had nothing but good things to say about Comey's handling of the emails, and it's a little weird that Sessions recommended his firing after recusing himself from the Russia investigation.
Rosenstein released a memo where he explained the firing in-depth:

862071203976097793

The timing is because Rosenstein was only confirmed on April 26th.

[Clipper Nation]

10 MAJOR FBI SCANDALS ON COMEY'S WATCH

https://news.grabien.com/story-10-major-fbi-scandals-comeys-watch

[TSA]

Kinda feel for the guy. He fucked up when he laid out a laundry list of laws broken by Clinton and then did not recommend prosecution. He tried to play both sides and failed miserably. With that move he lost the confidence of both Rs and Ds, along with his own department. Good riddance.

[Quadzilla99]

None of the republicans itt can even figure out how to post a hyperlink

[Quadzilla99]

You guys are trying to wage an internet culture war then you're gonna need to figure out how to master hyperlinks at least to win I would hope

[TSA]

862075341644468224

Let the fun begin.

[Quadzilla99]

At least the link worked. Thats progress

[TSA]

862066632440643584

grease up the Norinco djohn2oo8 :rollin

[AaronY]

Ka



-



Boom!

[clambake]

comey should release a book before trump hires another fib person.

i mean fbi.

[Chris]

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[Reck]

You have to love the irony of the trumpies. They're dancing and laughing not realizing they just made the case for an independent investigator crystal clear. Anything short of that, they will pay for in 2018 and 2020.

[ducks]

Pete Hoekstra: Dems Should Applaud James Comey's Firing
Democrats should be applauding the firing of FBI Director James Comey rather than speculating it was a move to thwart the investigation into any possible collusion between the Russian government and officials of President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra said.

[Spurminator]

You have to love the irony of the trumpies. They're dancing and laughing not realizing they just made the case for an independent investigator crystal clear. Anything short of that, they will pay for in 2018 and 2020.

Independent Investigator would have to be appointed by Jeff Sessions. Not going to happen.

[boutons_deux]

Jeff Sessions Recused Himself From Russia Investigation Before Helping Fire The Guy Running It

http://15130-presscdn-0-89.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jeff-sessions-701x406.jpg


Why is Sessions involved in this decision if he has supposedly recused himself from all things related to Russia?

The administration cites Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as the reason behind the firing, which makes little sense in its own right,

but the larger question is this:

Why is Sessions involved in this decision if he has supposedly recused himself from all things related to Russia?

Certainly, advising the president to fire the FBI director while he is in the midst of an explosive investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia would be under the umbrella of Sessions’ recusal.Virginia Sen.

Tim Kaine pointed this out in a tweet a short time ago:

Follow (https://twitter.com/timkaine)
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/798592165395972096/d0xMu5aL_normal.jpgSenator Tim Kaine (https://twitter.com/timkaine)
(https://twitter.com/timkaine)✔@timkaine (https://twitter.com/timkaine)

Comey firing recommended by Sessions. I thought he had recused himself from Russia investigation!
5:16 PM - 9 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/timkaine/status/862068856633909249)

Not only is this a clear breach of the commitment made by Sessions to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, but it’s

a sign that the attorney general likely never removed himself from the matter to begin with.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/05/09/sessions-russia-recusal-comey-fbi.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29

Obama was "LAWLESS"? :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

:lol Russians.

Whiney ass democrats.

Sup losers? Waiting for the game to start.

[Reck]

Independent Investigator would have to be appointed by Jeff Sessions. Not going to happen.

Has he not recused himself? That would fall on the new guy who got confirmed today.

[Splits]

Archibald Cox says "hi"

[TSA]

Libs last 6 months :flipoff Comey
Libs today :cry Comey










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[clambake]

he didn't learn much from his russian comrades.

you don't fire them.

you erase them.

[boutons_deux]

CNN Legal Analyst Unloads on Comey's Firing: 'This Is the Kind of Thing That Goes on in Non-Democracies'

Jeffrey Toobin calls Trump's latest gambit "Nixonian" and a "grotesque abuse of power."

Toobin went on to say that Comey’s firing while investigations “near” Trump are reminiscent of President Nixon firing Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation.

“This is something that is not within the American political tradition,” Toobin said. “This is something that is completely outside how American law is supposed to work.”

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/cnn-legal-analyst-unloads-comeys-firing-kind-thing-goes-non-democracies

Obama was "lawless" ? :lol

[Reck]

^That guy is losing his mind on live tv. lol

[CosmicCowboy]

The Russians

Wa wa wa

[Spurminator]

Libs last 6 months :flipoff Comey
Libs today :cry Comey

TSA/Alt-Right Last 6 Months: :clap Comey
TSA/Alt-Right Today: :flipoff Comey

Cognitive dissonance is fun!

[clambake]

all right


cowboy going all in

[Spurminator]

Trump supporters spent months defending Comey's handling of the Clinton emails right up until Trump fired him claiming it was over his handling of the Clinton emails.

[Monostradamus]

862083605081862145

[Adam Lambert]

nothing to see here folks

signed,
literally the most retarded people on the planet

[Adam Lambert]

:lol Russians.

Whiney ass democrats.

Sup losers? Waiting for the game to start.

this guy announcing himself like anyone gives a shit

[TSA]

TSA/Alt-Right Last 6 Months: :clap Comey
TSA/Alt-Right Today: :flipoff Comey

Cognitive dissonance is fun!

Bullshit. I spoke out against his handling of the Clinton investigation from the start.

[clambake]

hannity preparing with the extra lube tonight.

[baseline bum]

Such a crook. I didn't believe Trump actually colluded with the Russians until this. This move screams that he's guilty.

[Spurminator]

Bullshit. I spoke out against his handling of the Clinton investigation from the start.

I don't see any libs crying over Comey either.

I see them pointing out the questionable timing and the complete 180 from TrumpCo, and I think doing so is perfectly legitimate and consistent even if the lib perspective is that Comey bungled everything up.

[Will Hunting]

Such a crook. I didn't believe Trump actually colluded with the Russians until this. This move screams that he's guilty.
Same. I thought the Russia shit was just the Democrats crying and being in denial about losing an election they should have won in a landslide, but this now has cover up written all over it.

[Reck]

Didn't BB wanted to know what it was like to live in the times of watergate and the saturday night massacre? Well we're in one now. :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

this guy announcing himself like anyone gives a shit

This place has turned into the loser liberal echo chamber sucking each other off.

You are a prime example.

[Adam Lambert]

This place has turned into the loser liberal echo chamber sucking each other off.

You are a prime example.

youre missing the game faggot

[Reck]

youre missing the game faggot

:lol

[CosmicCowboy]

youre missing the game faggot

Unlike you, I'm smart enough to do both.

However, you are right. No point in hanging out in here with the loser faggots like you.

[boutons_deux]

Trash LOVED Comey trashing Hillary, lock her up!

Trash fires Comey for investigating Trash, now Comey isn't worthy

[clambake]

trump needs an fbi director thats soft and can be pushed around.


he should consider larmarcus aldridge.

[Spurminator]

(Before May 9)

Conservatives: Comey did the right thing regarding Clinton's emails

Trump: Comey did the right thing regarding Clinton's emails

Jeff Sessions: Comey did the right thing regarding Clinton's emails

(May 9)

Trump and Jeff Sessions: Comey did the wrong thing regarding Clinton's emails and is fired.

Liberals: Wait, what the fuck?

Conservatives: LOL LIB TEARS

[pgardn]

862075341644468224

Let the fun begin.

Oh Good God...

A round of Pizza for the....
Masses on 4chan.
SA will have his with child sauces.


And the WH is a veritable continuous tidal wave of leaks.
But that was not so interesting when it showed Trump as an idiot.
BTW did he inform Comey before he was fired or was it already leaked?

[djohn2oo8]

Holy fuck, so Dear Leader really is guilty of conspiring with the Russians.

I told you. And like I said Grand Juries have been convened.

862112150390702081

[baseline bum]

I told you. And like I said Grand Juries have been convened.

862112150390702081

Trump not replacing Comey with one of his handpicked stooges is the main reason I didn't think he actually colluded with Russia despite all the smoke there. So much for that, it looks like an obvious cover-up.

[Spurminator]

862112150390702081

Obviously the most likely explanation is that Comey was fired today for what he did 6 months ago by the people who have been defending what he did consistently until today. I'm sure this is completely unrelated and probably #FakeNews.

[boutons_deux]

FBI dares to subpoena, Comey fired

[pgardn]

Trump not replacing Comey with one of his handpicked stooges is the main reason I didn't think he actually colluded with Russia despite all the smoke there. So much for that, it looks like an obvious cover-up.

Ahhhh my physics friend this might be the worst thing Trump could have done.

This could be the overreach that swings things. Comey did things that pissed off both parties.
We will see if the new director enters and lays down like a dog. There are others in the FBI that know if Trump was really close to getting embarrassed. The ball was already in motion. He can't fire everyone without being brought down. We will see...

Trump is too impatient to carry out really intricate maneuvers IMO.

[djohn2oo8]

862117691687145473

[boutons_deux]

trump needs an fbi director thats soft and can be pushed around.


he will get someone as compromised as Sessions. fuck the law, it's all politics, all the time.

[DMX7]

:lmao Hilarious how quickly the libs have flipped from hating Comey to loving him.

No, dems don't love Comey. They don't like him but hardly any have called for him to be fired.

[clambake]

he will get someone as compromised as Sessions. fuck the law, it's all politics, all the time.

damn you boo, replace with aldridge!

[Spurminator]

They don't like him but hardly any have called for him to be fired.

Plenty called for him to be fired. Back when he did the thing he wasn't fired for until today.

[Mitch]

FINALLY. That guy was fucking useless.

Now we can actually get an independent investigator on Trump and Russia.

You actually believe that russia shit, bro? :lol

[DMX7]

Plenty called for him to be fired. Back when he did the thing he wasn't fired for until today.

Get real. He wasn't fired for what dems were mad about. That happened months and months ago and Trump did nothing then. In fact, he celebrated it.

[boutons_deux]

The stunning White House coordination around Comey's firing suggests something deeper was at work (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/9/1660574/-The-stunning-White-House-coordination-around-Comey-s-firing-suggests-something-deeper-was-at-work)

The roll out included quotes from Donald Trump (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/862061224233754624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), the press secretary Sean Spicer (https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/862060672737300482/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), and a White House press statement (https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/862060660234096640). As NYT reporter Michael Schmidt noted (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464), it's clearly been in the works for a while.


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WH and DOJ had been working on firing Comey since at least last week. Sessions had been working to come up with reasons.
5:28 PM - 9 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464)


Attorney General Jeff Sessions eventually found his hook—Comey's false testimony (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/05/09/1660353/-James-Comey-s-Senate-testimony-was-wrong-about-emails-in-a-way-that-just-happened-to-help-Comey) last week about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abbdin's emails.

There's even a paper trail before Trump took action: A letter from Sessions (https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/862067185753219072) (now recused from the investigation) to the pr*sident stating "a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."

One of the most astounding features of FBI Director's James Comey's firings—besides the news itself—was the White House coordination surrounding.

The roll out included quotes from Donald Trump (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/862061224233754624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F),

the press secretary Sean Spicer (https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/862060672737300482/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), and a White House press statement (https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/862060660234096640).

As NYT reporter Michael Schmidt noted (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464), it's clearly been in the works for a while.



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WH and DOJ had been working on firing Comey since at least last week. Sessions had been working to come up with reasons.
5:28 PM - 9 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464)





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Attorney General Jeff Sessions eventually found his hook—

Comey's false testimony (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/05/09/1660353/-James-Comey-s-Senate-testimony-was-wrong-about-emails-in-a-way-that-just-happened-to-help-Comey) last week about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abbdin's emails.

There's even a paper trail before Trump took action: A letter from Sessions (https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/862067185753219072) (now recused from the investigation) to the pr*sident stating "a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."

And then there's the supporting paper (https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400) from Trump appointee and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/who-rod-rosenstein-trump-pick-deputy-attorney-general-would-oversee-n730126), now technically overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation, quoting both former Democratic and Republican officials alike calling Comey's actions into question.

The Trump-Russia investigation under Comey, whatever we may think of him, appears to have uniquely focused the Trump administration.

Now, Sessions—the guy who recused himself from those investigations for lying about his Russia contacts—seems to have built a methodical

case for firing the guy who was in charge of those investigations.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/9/1660574/-The-stunning-White-House-coordination-around-Comey-s-firing-suggests-something-deeper-was-at-work?detail=emaildkbn&link_id=3&can_id=4217e8eb109c68bd0c2e4143dd2d8c15&source=email-donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey-2&email_referrer=donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey-2&email_subject=donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey

Trash and Repugs prepared for full fuck-the-law mode, and let the cops, DHS, ICE run wild.

[pgardn]

The stunning White House coordination around Comey's firing suggests something deeper was at work (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/9/1660574/-The-stunning-White-House-coordination-around-Comey-s-firing-suggests-something-deeper-was-at-work)

The roll out included quotes from Donald Trump (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/862061224233754624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), the press secretary Sean Spicer (https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/862060672737300482/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), and a White House press statement (https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/862060660234096640). As NYT reporter Michael Schmidt noted (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464), it's clearly been in the works for a while.


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WH and DOJ had been working on firing Comey since at least last week. Sessions had been working to come up with reasons.
5:28 PM - 9 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464)


Attorney General Jeff Sessions eventually found his hook—Comey's false testimony (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/05/09/1660353/-James-Comey-s-Senate-testimony-was-wrong-about-emails-in-a-way-that-just-happened-to-help-Comey) last week about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abbdin's emails.

There's even a paper trail before Trump took action: A letter from Sessions (https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/862067185753219072) (now recused from the investigation) to the pr*sident stating "a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."

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One of the most astounding features of FBI Director's James Comey's firings—besides the news itself—was the White House coordination surrounding. The roll out included quotes from Donald Trump (https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/862061224233754624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), the press secretary Sean Spicer (https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/862060672737300482/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F), and a White House press statement (https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/862060660234096640). As NYT reporter Michael Schmidt noted (https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/862071811760062464), it's clearly been in the works for a while.



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Attorney General Jeff Sessions eventually found his hook—

Comey's false testimony (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/05/09/1660353/-James-Comey-s-Senate-testimony-was-wrong-about-emails-in-a-way-that-just-happened-to-help-Comey) last week about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abbdin's emails.
There's even a paper trail before Trump took action: A letter from Sessions (https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/862067185753219072) (now recused from the investigation) to the pr*sident stating "a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."

And then there's the supporting paper (https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400) from Trump appointee and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/who-rod-rosenstein-trump-pick-deputy-attorney-general-would-oversee-n730126), now technically overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation, quoting both former Democratic and Republican officials alike calling Comey's actions into question.

The Trump-Russia investigation under Comey, whatever we may think of him, appears to have uniquely focused the Trump administration.

Now, Sessions—the guy who recused himself from those investigations for lying about his Russia contacts—seems to have built a methodical

case for firing the guy who was in charge of those investigations.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/9/1660574/-The-stunning-White-House-coordination-around-Comey-s-firing-suggests-something-deeper-was-at-work?detail=emaildkbn&link_id=3&can_id=4217e8eb109c68bd0c2e4143dd2d8c15&source=email-donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey-2&email_referrer=donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey-2&email_subject=donald-trump-just-fired-fbi-director-james-comey


How can you possibbly post something like this after claiming Comey gave the election to Trump...
You have absolutely no shame.

[Spurminator]

Get real. He wasn't fired for what dems were mad about. That happened months and months ago and Trump did nothing then. In fact, he celebrated it.

Right. And then he fired him today and the reason they gave was his handling of Clinton's emails.

[boutons_deux]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70BsGolxKg&feature=em-uploademail

[Reck]

You actually believe that russia shit, bro? :lol

Son, a grand jury has already issued subpoenas to Flynn associates. Trump being the dumbass that he is accelerated his own downfall.

[Mitch]

Son, a grand jury has already issued subpoenas to Flynn associates. Trump being the dumbass that he is accelerated his own downfall.

Okay, where's Trumps Subpoena? :lol

[djohn2oo8]

862148761853865984

[djohn2oo8]

Son, a grand jury has already issued subpoenas to Flynn associates. Trump being the dumbass that he is accelerated his own downfall.

This. The top guy will be the last to go down. Not the first.

[djohn2oo8]

Right. And then he fired him today and the reason they gave was his handling of Clinton's emails.

You believe that shit? lol

[djohn2oo8]

862149612831989760

[Spurminator]

You believe that shit? lol

No, but that's the reason they're trying to pass off. Which is why it doesn't make sense.

[djohn2oo8]

No, but that's the reason they're trying to pass off. Which is why it doesn't make sense.

No one believes it. Oh and Comey is still testifying in front of a closed hearing with senate intel tomorrow.

[pgardn]

Okay, where's Trumps Subpoena? :lol

Been in over 3,500 legal cases in 30 years.
I think you will find a few.

And note that he runs the 100m dash to the paper shredder faster than any Jamaican when he receives one.
Olympic Athlete, good golfer. I'd match his mouth against any N. Korean leader who has ever ruled.

[djohn2oo8]

862143823220178944

[djohn2oo8]

Comey can now reveal classified Trump investigation intel to the Senate intel committee tomorrow.

[baseline bum]

Comey can now reveal classified Trump investigation intel to the Senate intel committee tomorrow.

Where are you getting that idea from?

[boutons_deux]

If private citizen Clapper can testify before congress, Comey can, but Repugs have to call him.

[boutons_deux]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWxLSowloo8

[djohn2oo8]

Where are you getting that idea from?

Because it's a closed hearing. He is now able to. If it was an open hearing then he could not.

[Reck]

Okay, where's Trumps Subpoena? :lol

:lol Instantly moving goalpost.

Trump is, without a doubt shook.

I hope you dont dissapeared like you did a few weeks before the elections when shit goes down. I'll hold you to account for sure. You've made your bed.

[djohn2oo8]

If private citizen Clapper can testify before congress, Comey can, but Repugs have to call him.

He is scheduled for Tomorrow and Thursday.

[djohn2oo8]

862071059100696580

[djohn2oo8]

862159593270652929
Wow lol

[Reck]

862159593270652929
Wow lol

That explains why the mouthpieces Kellyanne Conway and that fat bitch Sanders something were out in full force saying the investigation was over. :lol

Best night ever.

[djohn2oo8]

Could you imagine if Comey and Yates are appointed lead prosecutor and deputy Prosecutor for the select committee :wow

[djohn2oo8]

862126005388967936

[djohn2oo8]

862259672908054528

[djohn2oo8]

862272893497073664

SNL will be gold

[boutons_deux]

Trump urged Comey to go after Clinton — and then fired him for it

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-comey-campaign-20170509-story.html

[boutons_deux]

Trash, Sessions are dickless trash, respect no one

Comey was 'caught flat-footed' and learned of firing from TV while talking to FBI agents in L.A., source says

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-comey-los-angeles-20170509-story.html

Trash, his entourage, ALL the Repugs are huge, toxic, stinking SHIT STAIN on USA

[pgardn]

Trash, Sessions are dickless trash, respect no one

Comey was 'caught flat-footed' and learned of firing from TV while talking to FBI agents in L.A., source says

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-comey-los-angeles-20170509-story.html

Trash, his entourage, ALL the Repugs are huge, toxic, stinking SHIT STAIN on USA

You are a partisan nut job.

[pgardn]

Trump is trying to run things like its his business. Trump is an impulsive wako. It's getting close to time to question his mental fitness. He honestly does not understand how big the decisions he makes really are.

Spicer repeatedly batted down bipartisan calls that an independent prosecutor be assigned to handle the investigation into ties between Trump's campaign and Russian officials, saying that the current system is working just fine. CNN's Sara Murray noted that Trump has now fired Comey, who is leading the investigation, and Sessions has had to recuse himself.


This above is just whacked. He constantly leaves his people out to dry. It's amazing Trump has no clue. He thinks he is in private business.

[RandomGuy]

Russiagate picks up steam.

WOW.

[RandomGuy]

You actually believe that russia shit, bro? :lol

There is more and more smoke. Not everything bad about Trump is "fake news", and there is sufficient evidence to warrant an investigation at least.

[boutons_deux]

"Because Mr. Sessions is recused, the

decision to name a special prosecutor falls to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

, whose memo, along with a separate one by Mr. Sessions, provided Mr. Trump with the pretense to fire Mr. Comey.

there is no special prosecutor in place to determine whether the public trust has been violated, and whether the presidency was effectively stolen by a hostile foreign power. For that reason,

the country has reached an even more perilous moment."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/opinion/donald-trumps-firing-of-james-comey.html?_r=0&utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article

The ignorant racist fuckoff Sessions is not effectively recused. what a fucking joke.

The Repug rot is deep and total, and it starts at the top, as always.

[boutons_deux]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859601184285491201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheoldreader.com%2Fposts%2Fa ll

[djohn2oo8]

862274447012753408

[djohn2oo8]

862297830920159234

[boutons_deux]

Repugs gonna whitewash, coverup for compromised Trash and his compromised entourage.

They really don't want another Repug Pres going down in shame and criminality. Plus, he's signing all the shit the Repug Congress is passing, and has installed all the Dept, agency, commission heads he was told to install.

[TSA]

861714472586665988

:lol

[boutons_deux]

861714472586665988

:lol

and the fake news originated where?

in any case, 3 intel agencies are sufficient.

[clambake]

this is so fucking cool.

[TSA]

and the fake news originated where?

in any case, 3 intel agencies are sufficient.

Sufficient? Even when 1 agency (possibly 2) wasn't allowed to run forensics on the actual server? Even when the DNC funded CrowdStrike report they were forced to rely on was highly flawed and has been revised twice because of attribution errors?

:lol sufficient

[baseline bum]

LOL Russialeaks

[TSA]

this is so fucking cool.

It really is.

Either Donald Trump is the most corrupt person on the planet or Donald Trump is dismantling the most corrupt government on the planet.

[boutons_deux]

Trash, Bannon, Miller have constructed a corrupt Exec to destroy Fed govt, and the red/slave states will continue to follow the Repugs' ederal example.

TSA is a fascinating study in PURE BULLSHIT. Trash dismantling a corrupt govt? Holy Fucking Shit

[ducks]

Comey was fired, Gingrich said, based on the recommendation of Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein, a 30-year career professional whose nomination was approved in the Senate by a 94-6 vote.

[TSA]

Trash, Bannon, Miller have constructed a corrupt Exec to destroy Fed govt, and the red/slave states will continue to follow the Repugs' ederal example.

TSA is a fascinating study in PURE BULLSHIT. Trash dismantling a corrupt govt? Holy Fucking Shit

Corrupt to its core.

McCabe is up next. Doesn't look like he'll be getting the job as he's already under DOJ investigation.

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/judiciary/upload/2017-03-28%20CEG%20to%20FBI%20%28McCabe%20Conflict%20in%20 Trump%20Associates%20Investigation%29.pdf

[Mitch]

There is more and more smoke. Not everything bad about Trump is "fake news", and there is sufficient evidence to warrant an investigation at least.

More like more and more dead ends to a goose chase that never produces anything.

[Mitch]

:lol Instantly moving goalpost.

Trump is, without a doubt shook.

I hope you dont dissapeared like you did a few weeks before the elections when shit goes down. I'll hold you to account for sure. You've made your bed.

Lmao, Bro you made many beds and refuse to lay in them. Nothing will happen to, Trump, in fact I'd be nothing will happen to Flynn.

[TSA]

Lmao, Bro you made many beds and refuse to lay in them. Nothing will happen to, Trump, in fact I'd be nothing will happen to Flynn.

djohn2oo8 was offering a couple thousand for that bet a few weeks ago but has since withdrawn his offer.

[TSA]

861961688240750592

hours later....

862063838300164097

:lol

[ducks]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he's seen no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, accusing Democrats of pushing a "huge myth."

Paul said Democrats will now clamor for a special prosecutor to look into the matter following the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

[clambake]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he's seen no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, accusing Democrats of pushing a "huge myth."

Paul said Democrats will now clamor for a special prosecutor to look into the matter following the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

what did o'rielly say about all this?

[Monostradamus]

what did o'rielly say about all this?
oreilly fired not colbert

[clambake]

It really is.

Either Donald Trump is the most corrupt person on the planet or Donald Trump is dismantling the most corrupt government on the planet.

why can't it be both?


i want complete ruin.

[boutons_deux]

Trump Hires Law Firm After Sen. Graham Says He Wants to Explore Trump's Ties To Russia-Comey's Out

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced that Trump had RETAINED A LAWYER to deal with the Russia probe,

based on Senator Lindsey Graham's comment that he wanted to learn if any business ties exist between Trump and Russia.

Graham also mentioned getting Trump's tax returns as a part of that exploration.

https://www.change.org/p/we-want-to-see-trump-s-tax-returns/u/20237042?utm_medium=email&utm_source=69415&utm_campaign=petition_update&sfmc_tk=JuoKo1FI59NbJD%2fKyzSuEor2CoecH2cbm36aEwDq gzmGL9d0%2bClDvqrSYiZ7YZ%2fB

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/09/trump-hires-law-firm-to-answer-grahams-questions-about-possible-russian-business-ties.html

Will the Repugs shutdown, or slander/discredit, The Old Lesbian from SC?

[boutons_deux]

OF FUCKING COURSE

McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/mcconnell-rejects-call-for-special-prosecutor-238206

C O V E R U P

[clambake]

OF FUCKING COURSE

McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/mcconnell-rejects-call-for-special-prosecutor-238206

C O V E R U P




this is beautiful!


i want a five points slaughterfest.

[boutons_deux]

Firing FBI director Comey is already backfiring on Trump. It’s only going to get worse.

THE BIG IDEA: After the president fired James Comey, the cloud hanging over the White House just got bigger and darker.

-- Donald Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants and amateurs who are either unwilling or unable to tell him no. He lacks a David-Gergen-like figure who is wise to the ways of Washington and has the stature to speak up when the president says he wants to fire an FBI director who is overseeing the counterintelligence investigation into whether his associates coordinated with Moscow. Without such a person, Trump just walked headlong into a political buzz saw.

-- Senior officials at the White House were caught off guard by the intense and immediate blowback to the president’s stunning decision to fire James Comey. They reportedly expected Republicans to back him up and thought Democrats wouldn’t complain loudly because they have been critical of Comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Indeed, that was the dubious excuse given publicly for his ouster.

But as all three cable news channels showed live footage of Comey’s motorcade winding through Los Angeles traffic en route to the private plane that would bring him home to Washington, the West Wing shifted into damage control mode.

-- Post reporter Jenna Johnson, who was at the White House last night, filed a colorful dispatch that captures the chaotic and dysfunctional rollout (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/10/as-trump-fired-comey-his-staff-scrambled-to-explain-why/?utm_term=.034c59adca8a): “Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late Tuesday night and then disappeared into the shadows, huddling with his staff behind a tall hedge. To get back to his office, Spicer would have to pass a swarm of reporters wanting to know why President Trump suddenly decided to fire the FBI director. For more than three hours, Spicer and his staff had been scrambling to answer that question. Spicer had wanted to drop the bombshell news in an emailed statement but it was not transmitting quickly enough, so he ended up standing in the doorway of the press office around 5:40 p.m. and shouting a statement to reporters who happened to be nearby. He then vanished, with his staff locking the door leading to his office. The press staff said that Spicer might do a briefing, then announced that he definitely wouldn't say anything more that night. But as Democrats and Republicans began to criticize and question the firing … Spicer and two prominent spokeswomen were suddenly speed-walking up the White House drive to defend the president on CNN, Fox News and Fox Business…

“After Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes behind these sets, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the press office, emerged and told reporters that Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not filmed doing so. Spicer then emerged. ‘Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,’ he ordered. … Spicer got his wish and was soon standing in near darkness between two tall hedges, with more than a dozen reporters closely gathered around him. For 10 minutes, he responded to a flurry of questions, vacillating between light-hearted asides and clear frustration with getting the same questions over and over again.

“As Spicer tells it, (Deputy Attorney General Rod) Rosenstein was confirmed about two weeks ago and independently took on this issue so the president was not aware of the probe until he received a memo from Rosenstein on Tuesday, along with a letter from Attorney General Jeff Sessions recommending that Comey be fired. The president then swiftly decided to follow the recommendation, notifying the FBI via e-mail around 5 p.m. and in a letter delivered to the FBI by the president's longtime bodyguard. ‘It was all him,’ Spicer said of Rosenstein.” (No serious person believes this.)

Spicer then ducked a series of obvious follow-up questions: Was Sessions involved? "That's something you should ask the Department of Justice," Spicer said. Was Rosenstein's probe part of a larger review of the FBI? "That's, again, a question that you should ask the Department of Justice," he said. Did the president discuss Rosenstein's findings with Rosenstein? "No, I don't believe, I don't know how that sequence went — I don't know," he said. What was the president's role? "Again, I have to get back to you on the tick-tock," he said. When's the last time Trump and Comey spoke? "Uh, I don't know. I don't know. There's some — I don't know. I don't know," he said. What were the three occasions on which the president says Comey assured him that he was not under investigation? "I don't — we can follow — I can try, yeah," he said.

“As Spicer made his way toward the White House door, the swarm of reporters moved with him, shouting questions along the way,” Johnson concludes. “Spicer walked with his head down. … As he approached the door, aides warned reporters not to get too close.”
-- To put it mildly, the optics of firing Comey are terrible.

Trump looks like he does not actually want to get to the bottom of Russia’s interference in the U.S. election and the potential wrongdoing of his own staffers.

In one of the hastily-arranged damage-control interviews, deputy White House press secretary

Sarah Huckabee Sanders :lol :lol

made an especially revealing statement that underscored why so many people are worried. Asked by Tucker Carlson on Fox News (http://www.mediaite.com/online/when-are-they-gonna-let-that-go-huckabee-sanders-blasts-russia-investigation/) how Comey’s termination will impact the Russia investigation, she replied: “I think the bigger point on that is, ‘My gosh, Tucker, when are they gonna let that go?’ It’s been going on for nearly a year. Frankly, it’s kinda getting absurd. There’s nothing there.”

“It’s time to move on,” :lol she added. “Frankly, it’s time to focus on the things the American people care about.” :lol

As Sanders pretended on Fox that the Russian probes have found nothing, CNN reported (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/grand-jury-fbi-russia/index.html) that federal prosecutors – as part of the ongoing Russia probe – have now issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. “The subpoenas represent the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the FBI's broader investigation that began last July into possible ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia,” Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Pamela Brown reported. “The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014.”

It emerged yesterday that Senate investigators have asked the Treasury Department’s criminal investigation division for any relevant financial information related to Trump, his top officials, or his campaign aides. "We've made a request, to FinCEN in the Treasury Department, to make sure, not just for example vis-a-vis the President, but just overall our effort to try to follow the intel no matter where it leads," said Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, per CNN. (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/senate-russia-investigation-donald-trump/index.html)

FinCEN is the federal agency that has been investigating allegations of foreign money-laundering through purchases of U.S. real estate. "You get materials that show if there have been, what level of financial ties between, I mean some of the stuff, some of the Trump-related officials, Trump campaign-related officials and other officials and where those dollars flow -- not necessarily from Russia."

Until the Treasury Department responds with documents, Warner said, he plans to withhold support for Trump’s nominees.

Trump has also hired a Washington law firm to send a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee denying that he has connections to Russia, Spicer told reporters a few hours before the Comey news broke. He was responding to an announcement by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-.S.C.) that he planned to look into that issue.



-- Trump doesn’t grasp it yet, but firing Comey will only lead to more, and louder, questions about Russia, as well as what exactly Trump knew about Flynn and when he knew it. Sometimes it turns out that the simplest explanation is the correct one. Is it possible that the president kept his national security adviser in the White House for 18 days after he’d been warned by the acting attorney general that he had been “compromised” and was vulnerable to “blackmail” by Russia because he had authorized the conversations in question?

“The Comey putsch heightens the mystery at the center of the Flynn case,” David Ignatius, who first broke the news of Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador, writes in a must-read column (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-comey-debacle-only-magnifies-the-russia-mystery/2017/05/09/32286ad0-351a-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.8591d607e604).

“Trump has been digging a hole for himself from the beginning on Russia-related issues. It’s an odd pattern of behavior. Trump may have done nothing improper involving Russia, but why does he act so defensive?

In a book called ‘Spy the Lie,’ a group of former intelligence officers explain the behavioral and linguistic cues that indicate when someone is being deceptive. Interestingly, many of these are evident in Trump’s responses to questions about Russia’s covert involvement in U.S. politics. The authors’ list of tip-offs includes ‘going into attack mode,’ ‘inappropriate questions,’ ‘inconsistent statements,’ ‘selective memory’ and the use of ‘qualifiers,’ such as ‘frankly,’ ‘honestly’ and ‘truthfully.’ The authors’ point is that people who are innocent answer questions simply and directly.”

-- Our Justice Department beat reporters relay that Comey’s removal has also sparked fears inside the FBI that the Russia investigation might be upended. Trump, after all, will get to handpick the new supervisor of a probe into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. “The investigation is still in its infancy, but the probe’s sensitive subject matter has already created a political quagmire for the Justice Department,” Ellen Nakashima and Matt Zapotosky report (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comeys-removal-sparks-fears-about-future-of-russia-probe/2017/05/09/013d9ade-3507-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html).

“A number of current and former officials said that the FBI special agents and National Security Division attorneys who are conducting the Russia probe will continue the investigation.

The probe, though, might slow down in the short term. Comey’s successor will undeniably play a major role.

‘No big-time decisions will be made until they appoint a new FBI director,’ said one former federal prosecutor. ‘It’s just a big thing. The FBI will make a recommendation to the Justice Department as to whether or not to go forward, and you’re going to want an FBI director to make that kind of decision, I would think.’ Inside the bureau, agents said that there was shock at the news of Comey’s dismissal and hope that it would not disrupt the Russia investigation.”
Washington reacts to Comey's firing

-- A handful of important Senate REPUBLICANS who have been defending the president went public last night (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/09/republican-reactions-to-the-firing-of-james-comey-ranked/) with concerns. Here are five examples:

Richard Burr (R-N.C.), chairman of the Intelligence Committee: “I am troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey’s termination. I have found Director Comey to be a public servant of the highest order, and his dismissal further confuses an already difficult investigation by the Committee.”

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/588079658819653632/wwdO4Eqv_normal.jpgRichard Burr (https://twitter.com/SenatorBurr)

✔ @SenatorBurr (https://twitter.com/SenatorBurr)

Dir. Comey has been more forthcoming w/ information than any FBI Director I can recall in my tenure on the congressional intel committees.




Follow (https://twitter.com/SenatorBurr)
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/588079658819653632/wwdO4Eqv_normal.jpgRichard Burr
✔@SenatorBurr (https://twitter.com/SenatorBurr)

His dismissal, I believe, is a loss for the Bureau and the nation.
6:53 PM - 9 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/SenatorBurr/status/862093085567852545)



(https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=862093085567852545)



James Lankford (R-Okla.), a member of the Intelligence and Homeland Security committees: “The issues that our law enforcement, intelligence community and congressional committees deal with each day are very sensitive and have life or death implications. Director Comey has been the public face representing thousands of committed law enforcement officers and civil servants within the intelligence community. In the days ahead, the American people need clarity and deserve an explanation for his immediate firing.”

Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), chairman of the Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee: “Regardless of how you think Director Comey handled the unprecedented complexities of the 2016 election cycle, the timing of this firing is very troubling. Jim Comey is an honorable public servant, and in the midst of a crisis of public trust that goes well beyond who you voted for in the presidential election, the loss of an honorable public servant is a loss for the nation. … I have reached out to the Deputy Attorney General for clarity on his rationale for recommending this action."

Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Comey’s firing will “raise questions”: “While the case for removal … was thorough, his removal at this particular time will raise questions. It is essential that ongoing investigations are fulsome and free of political interference until their completion, and it is imperative that President Trump nominate a well-respected and qualified individual to lead the bureau at this critical time.”

John McCain (R-Ariz), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he was “disappointed” in Trump’s decision and repeated his call for a special congressional committee to probe the matter.

-- Watch for Republicans who could be vulnerable in 2018 to become more inclined to distance themselves from Trump going forward.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/05/10/daily-202-firing-fbi-director-comey-is-already-backfiring-on-trump-it-s-only-going-to-get-worse/5912635de9b69b209cf2b7fb/?utm_term=.b4052bb5255d&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1

[djohn2oo8]

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[RandomGuy]

Washington (CNN) — Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election, according to people familiar with the matter. CNN learned of the subpoenas hours before President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey.

The subpoenas represent the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the FBI's broader investigation begun last July into possible ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia.

The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, according to the people familiar with the investigation.

Robert Kelner, an attorney for Flynn, declined to comment. The US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, the Justice Department and the FBI also declined to comment.

CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/grand-jury-fbi-russia/

Haven't fully read through the thread, but in case no one has pointed out the timing...

[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

There are sealed indictments.

[djohn2oo8]

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[RandomGuy]

Olga created a thread outlining what she believes is happening with the Trump administration’s connection to the Russian mob. Each one of her tweets is linked and pasted below (keep in mind, she shortened certain words and omitted punctuation to accommodate Twitter’s 140 character limit):



The Russians operate in a very simple way and almost always use the same methods. They offer lots of illegal money and then use blackmail

Trump has had dealings with the Russian mob for over 3 decades. Many Russians laundered money through his properties world wide

By Trump and his family cooperating with mobsters in the US and other countries the Kremlin was able Trump acquire decades of blackmail

With all the Blackmail that Russia has on Trump and his family they forced him to comply. The same way they did with Orban and others

The Russians are cruel and leave few options. In 2006 Ivanka Trump stated she had to hire bodyguards because of threats by the Russian mob

Trump because of blackmail or disdain for this country decided to comply with the Russ and over the past decade the plot went into action

The Russians infiltrated all the key agencies and compromised all the key government officials using the same methods.

They laundered money through Super Pacs and as a result were able to collect blackmail on key officials forcing them to comply with Russia

This resulted in the compromised officials being forced to collect blackmail on their peers in order to make them comply

Once Russia had the control of the officials they were able to force them to do The Kremlins bidding. Russia basically operates like the mob

Russia then attacked America usin several methods over a long period of time. They used fake media, infiltrated social media

Russia also used WikiLeaks and hacking of the machines to complete their operation. Russia studied Americans and found their weaknesses

Back to Trump! With Trump working with the Kremlin he made sure to assemble his team with Russian agents in order to pull off this plot

It is not a coincidence that revelations are coming to light of the whole Trump team either working with Russia or having past dealings

This attack was based on a combination of blackmail and at the same time the guarantee of future money and oil deals.. Rosneft

The GOP and some Dems are compromised and will do anything to disrupt and sabotage the Investigations.

It’s also import to remember that every individ who spoke or met with Russ was taped ..Either by our Intel and our Allies and Def by Russia

That is the number one method Russia employs. For ex when Sessions met and spoke with Russians it is definite that the Russ recorded him

The Russ will keep all the inappropriate meetings and financ dealings and can employ it at their choosing..Same with the GOP hacked emails

So while this seems like a complicated plot it really isn’t. It boils down to a few things.. collecting and using blackmail and money

It is essential for the American media to understand this in order to report accurately and stop dancing around what actually happened

At this moment we need to assume that the whole Trump regime starting with Trump and Pence are willing agents of the Kremlin


Text can be seen here with original links to specific tweets.
http://samuel-warde.com/2017/05/compelling-theory-on-trumprussia-scandal-youre-not-yet-seeing-on-msm1/

This is how it is done.

Basically Trumps conflicts of interest, and marked ability to look the other way as long as the check clears have made him into little more than a stooge.

Fake moon landings, 9-11 "Truth", flat earth, etc conspiracy theories always boil away because of the sheer complexity of the underlying assumptions needed.

This requires:

1) Trump is greedy and crooked
2) Russia has money and looks to subvert people who are greedy and crooked

[TSA]

OF FUCKING COURSE

McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/mcconnell-rejects-call-for-special-prosecutor-238206

C O V E R U P




lol special prosecutor. You'd need a crime first.

[clambake]

lol special prosecutor. You'd need a crime first.

i'm feeling real frisky about the possibilities

the rat smell is strong

[RandomGuy]

lol special prosecutor. You'd need a crime first.

All one would need is simply lying on anything involving national security and acquiring a security clearance.

"Do you have any contacts with foreign governments".

What got Clinton wasn't the BJ. It was the coverup.

Same with Nixon.

How about lying under oath? Is that a crime?

[RandomGuy]

i'm feeling real frisky about the possibilities

the rat smell is strong

That is why we need a special prosecutor. I think there is more than enough smoke to justify calling the fire department, to borrow another metaphor.

[boutons_deux]

This requires:

1) Trump is greedy and crooked
2) Russia has money and looks to subvert people who are greedy and crooked

Putin’s Real Long Game

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/putins-real-long-game-214589

There are also stories of Trash dealing with, compromised by the NY mob.

[RandomGuy]

I personally doubt that it is a co-incidence that so many Trump associates turn out to have Russia ties.

If the Russians really have the hooks into him as deeply as seems possible, they would be in a position to give Trump lists of people they find acceptable (who are also compromised).

Trump would only have to then act on getting the "acceptable" people into his sphere as asked. This is how the rot starts, or to borrow another metaphor, the roots creep in.

Everything in this scenario is fully consistent with someone who is compromised.


O'REILLY: Do you respect Putin?

TRUMP: I do respect him.

O'REILLY: Do you? Why?

TRUMP: Well, I respect a lot of people. But that doesn't mean I am going to get along with him. He's a leader of his country. I say it's better to get along with Russia than not. Will I get along with them? I have no idea.

O'REILLY: He is a killer though. Put is a killer.

TRUMP: There are a lot of killers. Do you think our country is so innocent? Do you think our country is so innocent?

O'REILLY: I don't know of any government leaders that are killers in America.

TRUMP: Take a look at what we have done too. We've made a lot of mistakes.



The dangers to journalists in Russia have been well known since the early 1990s but concern over the number of unsolved killings soared after Anna Politkovskaya's murder in Moscow on 7 October, 2006. While international monitors mentioned dozen deaths, some sources within Russia talked of over two hundred fatalities.[1] The evidence has since been examined and documented in two reports, published in Russian and English, by international organizations. These revealed a basic confusion in terminology that explained the seemingly enormous numerical discrepancy: statistics of premature death among journalists (from work accidents, crossfire incidents, and purely criminal or domestic cases of manslaughter) were repeatedly equated with the much smaller number of targeted (contract) killings or work-related murders. The Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty in Russia is observed on 15 December every year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia

I guess all those journalists were "enemies of the country". Trump doesn't seem to think their deaths warrant much concern.

One thing to note... prominent Putin critic Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on October 7th. Care to guess whose birthday that is? (https://www.google.com/search?q=putins+birthday&gws_rd=ssl)

[TSA]

That is why we need a special prosecutor. I think there is more than enough smoke to justify calling the fire department, to borrow another metaphor.

Does the special prosecutor statue even exist anymore? I'm pretty sure it now just becomes assistant AG, who just recommended firing Comey.

[TSA]

All one would need is simply lying on anything involving national security and acquiring a security clearance.

"Do you have any contacts with foreign governments".

What got Clinton wasn't the BJ. It was the coverup.

Same with Nixon.

How about lying under oath? Is that a crime?

Ah if it were only that simple we'd have had a special prosecutor for your girl Hillary.

[ducks]

That is why we need a special prosecutor. I think there is more than enough smoke to justify calling the fire department, to borrow another metaphor.

should have plenty on Clinton needing to call fire department

[clambake]

That is why we need a special prosecutor. I think there is more than enough smoke to justify calling the fire department, to borrow another metaphor.

look, first thing i want right now is a nasty fight about a special prosecutor. real nasty where people have to go all in.

[RandomGuy]

Does the special prosecutor statue even exist anymore? I'm pretty sure it now just becomes assistant AG, who just recommended firing Comey.

Shocker. The Deputy AG put in place to replace the last one that was fired for doing things Trump doesn't like wrote a memo about someone Trump wanted to fire outlining reasons for that.

:rolleyes

[clambake]

should have plenty on Clinton needing to call fire department

duuuuuuuuuucks!!!!!!!!

u gotcha a little tongue twisted there.

[ducks]

In 13 minutes, Comey laid out an airtight legal case against Hillary Clinton. And then, inexplicably, he let her off the hook. Comey completely ignored all the laws that Hillary Clinton broke. If you or I had done anything close to what Hillary Clinton did, we would be perp walked, fingerprinted, mugshotted and put in jail.



In the end, Comey proved himself to be nothing more than a political hack. Was it because Comey thought Hillary was going to win and become the president? Did he like the power of holding the trajectory of the election in his hands? We may never know.

[RandomGuy]

Ah if it were only that simple we'd have had a special prosecutor for your girl Hillary.

That didn't take long.

False equivalence. "Trump is compromised by Russian intelligence" "Hillary had an unsecure email server".

Is being sloppy with national security the same as being compromised by a hostile powers foreign intelligence service?

[ducks]

Sen. Paul: I lost confidence in Comey a long time ago

[clambake]

OMG spicer the no-show!!!!!


all fucking week!!!!!!!!!!!


thank you god thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clambake]

apparently it takes spicer a week to get a replacement gasket.

[clambake]

now hillary will say something stupid that makes us all glad about picking a con man.

[RandomGuy]

-- Our Justice Department beat reporters relay that Comey’s removal has also sparked fears inside the FBI that the Russia investigation might be upended. Trump, after all, will get to handpick the new supervisor of a probe into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. “The investigation is still in its infancy, but the probe’s sensitive subject matter has already created a political quagmire for the Justice Department,” Ellen Nakashima and Matt Zapotosky report.

“A number of current and former officials said that the FBI special agents and National Security Division attorneys who are conducting the Russia probe will continue the investigation.

The probe, though, might slow down in the short term. Comey’s successor will undeniably play a major role.

‘No big-time decisions will be made until they appoint a new FBI director,’ said one former federal prosecutor. ‘It’s just a big thing. The FBI will make a recommendation to the Justice Department as to whether or not to go forward, and you’re going to want an FBI director to make that kind of decision, I would think.’ Inside the bureau, agents said that there was shock at the news of Comey’s dismissal and hope that it would not disrupt the Russia investigation.”
Washington reacts to Comey's firing


Tone at the top.

LOL Trump running this like a business. A CEO firing the internal audit director as he is working on evaluating the CEO's potential malfeasance.... any decent BOD would be required to hire an outside investigator.

[RandomGuy]

Behind Comey’s firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia
The president deliberated for more than a week before ousting the FBI chief who was investigating Trump associates.


President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week. When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey. He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver the termination letter in a manila folder to FBI headquarters.

He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia. He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn’t disappear and demanded they speak out for him. He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

LOL Deputy AG memo

[RandomGuy]

But the fallout seemed to take the White House by surprise. Trump made a round of calls around 5 p.m., asking for support from senators. White House officials believed it would be a "win-win" because Republicans and Democrats alike have problems with the FBI director, one person briefed on their deliberations said.

Instead, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told him he was making a big mistake — and Trump seemed "taken aback," according to a person familiar with the call.

LOL Niave neophyte Trump surprised by reality outside his bubble.

[ducks]

lol leaks but no names so who knows if they are true ofcourse if you like trump they are not if you do not you do not

[boutons_deux]

LOL Niave neophyte Trump surprised by reality outside his bubble.

not Trash, but all his assholes involved, like Sessions, Bannon, Miller, rosenstein

same as Comey being surprised, "nauseous" by his national press conference to slime Hillary with no indictment and his letter to automatic leaker Chaffetz throwing the election to Trash.

Fucking Klowns, all of them.

[RandomGuy]

lol leaks but no names so who knows if they are true ofcourse if you like trump they are not if you do not you do not

Trump throwing temper tantrums is fully consistent with the childishness of his tweets.

[boutons_deux]

WHY WAS JAMES COMEY FIRED? DONALD TRUMP CAN’T FIND THE WORDS. (https://theintercept.com/2017/05/10/why-was-james-comey-fired-donald-trump-cant-find-the-words/)

But what’s most notable about the Rosenstein memo is what it does not say.

The memo does not explicitly recommend that Comey should be fired, let alone give a reason.

The closest Rosenstein comes to doing so is at the letter’s conclusion:

https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-9.02.48-AM-1494421426-540x159.png
One could interpret Rosenstein’s words as saying he would be satisfied if Comey owned up to his mistakes.

Rosenstein does not go into what he considers “the necessary corrective actions” to be, or whether Comey was ever given a chance to implement them.

And so “the judgment of the Department of Justice,” which Trump claims is the underlying cause of Comey’s firing, remains opaque.

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/10/why-was-james-comey-fired-donald-trump-cant-find-the-words/

Pootin and his mafiya thugs are laughing their asses off for having fucked up Washington DC and US democracy.

Americans are such childish, naive idiots compared to Pootin and his team.

Remember that BOTH of Trash's asshole sons said the Trash org has received $Ms from the Russians (because Trash was such a failed businessman, US banks wouldn't lend to him).

C O M P R O M I S E D and blackmail vulnerable!

[clambake]

this is so fucking good. she's talking shit about comey.

c'mon honey pile on some more please!

[clambake]

lol leaks but no names so who knows if they are true ofcourse if you like trump they are not if you do not you do not

you said lol

are you having as much fun as i?

[clambake]

comey ask for more resources to investigate russia.


"you're fired"

love it

[TSA]

That didn't take long.

False equivalence. "Trump is compromised by Russian intelligence" "Hillary had an unsecure email server".

Is being sloppy with national security the same as being compromised by a hostile powers foreign intelligence service?

Hillary broke laws and there were hundreds of documents provided as proof. There is no proof Trump is compromised.

Try again.

[TSA]

LOL Niave neophyte Trump surprised by reality outside his bubble.

:lol Schumer


“Sen. Schumer, you told me last year before the election that you lost confidence in Jim Comey because of how he handled the email scandal,” one reporter said. “Do you think that the president’s explanation … has credibility?”


00:0001:48
Schumer became a bit defensive.

"I never called on the president to fire Director Comey," said Schumer.



Schumer then said Trump should have fired Comey earlier in his young presidency if he had some of the same concerns as Democrats.

It was a clever ploy. But it cannot hide the fact that Democrats have hated Comey for months. Many blame Comey for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's losing the election. Comey famously released a letter to Congress just before the Nov. 8 election indicating that he was reopening an investigation into how Clinton handled classified emails.

Comey, being Comey, closed the new investigation in record time, ending the investigation two days before Election Day and enraging Republicans by publicly declaring he still would not recommend charges against Clinton.

Schumer indicated Comey's handling of the matter was a deal-breaker.

"I do not have confidence in him any longer," Schumer said of Comey on Nov. 2.

Schumer called Comey's letter to Congress "appalling."

Schumer is far from the only Democrat who has questioned Comey's judgement or called for his firing.

"Maybe he's not in the right job," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNN on Nov. 2.

Clinton adviser James Carville went so far as to bizarrely suggest Comey, House Republicans, and the KGB (disbanded during the collapse of the Soviet Union) were in cahoots to elect Trump, during a Oct. 31 interview on MSNBC.

A handful of Democratic lawmakers have outright called for the FBI director to resign or be fired.

"This is not fake news. Intelligence officials are hiding connections to the Russian government. There is no question," then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said in a Dec. 10 interview on MSNBC. "Comey knew and deliberately kept this info a secret," he said.

The MSNBC host asked Reid if Comey should resign. "Of course, yes," Reid replied.

Comey's decision to publicly reopen the Clinton investigation drove Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) to also demand the FBI director resign.

"I called on FBI Director James Comey to resign his position after his recent communication with members of Congress regarding the bureau's review of emails potentially related to Hillary Clinton's personal email server," Cohen wrote in a Nov. 3 op-ed published in The Hill.

So great was Democratic animus towards Comey that several lawmakers walked out on the FBI director during a closed-door briefing on Russian hacking in the 2016 election, open to all members of the House, according to CBS News.

Two of those Democratic lawmakers blasted Comey to reporters outside the meeting.

"The FBI director has no credibility," said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), according to CBS.

"My confidence in the FBI director's ability to lead this agency has been shaken," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.).

Hillary herself still blames Comey for losing the election, despite the fact she didn't campaign in Wisconsin and Michigan, had poor polling numbers as far back as the summer, and couldn't inspire younger and Hispanic voters to come out for her in strong numbers — among other faults.

"If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president," she told a women's conference moderated by CNN's Christiane Amanpour on May 2. "It wasn't a perfect campaign, but I was on the way to winning until a combination of Comey's letter and Russian WikiLeaks. The reason why I believe we lost were the intervening events in the last 10 days."

When Trump took action to remove him from his position Tuesday, many of the same Democrats, including Schumer, who had blasted Comey or demanded he resign made a swift about-face to criticize Trump.

"Donald Trump should follow his FBI Director out the door #nocredibility," tweeted Rep. Maxine Waters.

[TSA]

this is so fucking good. she's talking shit about comey.

c'mon honey pile on some more please!

lol link please

[pgardn]

It really is.

Either Donald Trump is the most corrupt person on the planet or Donald Trump is dismantling the most corrupt government on the planet.

Dead Wrong.

Neither of those are true and it's not even close.
You have not a clue about the rest of the world or other governments.
Try again.

[pgardn]

not Trash, but all his assholes involved, like Sessions, Bannon, Miller, rosenstein

same as Comey being surprised, "nauseous" by his national press conference to slime Hillary with no indictment and his letter to automatic leaker Chaffetz throwing the election to Trash.

Fucking Klowns, all of them.

Then Comey's firing is cause for celebration for you.
He gave Trump the election you say... well he's gone now, be happy.

[boutons_deux]

Then Comey's firing is cause for celebration for you.
He gave Trump the election you say... well he's gone now, be happy.

your TAKES ABOUT ME ARE TOTALLY and ALWAYS FUCKED UP WRONG.

goddam, you're stupid, my little bitch-slapped stalker.

[Reck]

Lmao, Bro you made many beds and refuse to lay in them. Nothing will happen to, Trump, in fact I'd be nothing will happen to Flynn.

TSA Type stupidity. :lmao

Get ready to use another alt.

[pgardn]

your TAKES ABOUT ME ARE TOTALLY and ALWAYS FUCKED UP WRONG.

goddam, you're stupid, my little bitch-slapped stalker.

Too bad.
You basically said Comey gave Hillary the election.
Why would you not want him gone?

Dont Fckn type something if you don't believe it you Fckn fool.

You are the worst of all the partisans on this site.
How many police need to die to even things out again you little wimp?

[RandomGuy]

Hillary broke laws and there were hundreds of documents provided as proof. There is no proof Trump is compromised.

Try again.

Comey fired not Clinton

Try again.

[TSA]

Comey fired not Clinton

Try again.

I missed the part of your post where you gave proof Trump was compromised. Even Sally Yates didn't go as far as you just did.

[RandomGuy]

Hillary broke laws and there were hundreds of documents provided as proof. There is no proof Trump is compromised.

Try again.

There *is* proof Trump is compromised. You just have every motive to dismiss it out of hand.

Not saying it is iron-clad, but there is more than sufficient to warrant an investigation by any reasonable, non-partisan standard.

TSA, hot-shot attorney: "There's no proof my client murdered that guy."
Police detective: "We just started our investigation"
TSA, hot-shot attorney "..."

LOL

[TSA]

Dead Wrong.

Neither of those are true and it's not even close.
You have not a clue about the rest of the world or other governments.
Try again.

Please show me a government with a bigger MIC that is profiting more than the United States in continuous wars.

[TSA]

There *is* proof Trump is compromised. You just have every motive to dismiss it out of hand.

Not saying it is iron-clad, but there is more than sufficient to warrant an investigation by any reasonable, non-partisan standard.

TSA, hot-shot attorney: "There's no proof my client murdered that guy."
Police detective: "We just started our investigation"
TSA, hot-shot attorney "..."

LOL

You act like there hasn't been an ongoing investigation for a year. Not a single person on either IC committee has said there was evidence he was compromised or colluded. Same for the IC heads.

How do you have proof and James Comey/James Clapper/Sally Yates couldn't come up with any?

[pgardn]

Please show me a government with a bigger MIC that is profiting more than the United States in continuous wars.

You stated corruption.

I can list a long line of governments more corrupt than the US and leaders more corrupt than Trump.
Start with just One:

Russia AND Putin

You typed something really stupid.
You can stop now instead of veering off the road.

[TSA]

You stated corruption.

I can list a long line of governments more corrupt than the US and leaders more corrupt than Trump.
Start with just One:

Russia AND Putin

You typed something really stupid.
You can stop now instead of veering off the road.

We may have different ideas of corruption. I can't think of anything more corrupt than enriching yourself and your buddies by being continuously involved in wars/coups/killing across the globe.

Let's not get off topic any further and derail the thread. PM me so I can not respond.

[pgardn]

:lol Schumer


“Sen. Schumer, you told me last year before the election that you lost confidence in Jim Comey because of how he handled the email scandal,” one reporter said. “Do you think that the president’s explanation … has credibility?”


00:0001:48
Schumer became a bit defensive.

"I never called on the president to fire Director Comey," said Schumer.



Schumer then said Trump should have fired Comey earlier in his young presidency if he had some of the same concerns as Democrats.

It was a clever ploy. But it cannot hide the fact that Democrats have hated Comey for months. Many blame Comey for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's losing the election. Comey famously released a letter to Congress just before the Nov. 8 election indicating that he was reopening an investigation into how Clinton handled classified emails.

Comey, being Comey, closed the new investigation in record time, ending the investigation two days before Election Day and enraging Republicans by publicly declaring he still would not recommend charges against Clinton.

Schumer indicated Comey's handling of the matter was a deal-breaker.

"I do not have confidence in him any longer," Schumer said of Comey on Nov. 2.

Schumer called Comey's letter to Congress "appalling."

Schumer is far from the only Democrat who has questioned Comey's judgement or called for his firing.

"Maybe he's not in the right job," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNN on Nov. 2.

Clinton adviser James Carville went so far as to bizarrely suggest Comey, House Republicans, and the KGB (disbanded during the collapse of the Soviet Union) were in cahoots to elect Trump, during a Oct. 31 interview on MSNBC.

A handful of Democratic lawmakers have outright called for the FBI director to resign or be fired.

"This is not fake news. Intelligence officials are hiding connections to the Russian government. There is no question," then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said in a Dec. 10 interview on MSNBC. "Comey knew and deliberately kept this info a secret," he said.

The MSNBC host asked Reid if Comey should resign. "Of course, yes," Reid replied.

Comey's decision to publicly reopen the Clinton investigation drove Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) to also demand the FBI director resign.

"I called on FBI Director James Comey to resign his position after his recent communication with members of Congress regarding the bureau's review of emails potentially related to Hillary Clinton's personal email server," Cohen wrote in a Nov. 3 op-ed published in The Hill.

So great was Democratic animus towards Comey that several lawmakers walked out on the FBI director during a closed-door briefing on Russian hacking in the 2016 election, open to all members of the House, according to CBS News.

Two of those Democratic lawmakers blasted Comey to reporters outside the meeting.

"The FBI director has no credibility," said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), according to CBS.

"My confidence in the FBI director's ability to lead this agency has been shaken," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.).

Hillary herself still blames Comey for losing the election, despite the fact she didn't campaign in Wisconsin and Michigan, had poor polling numbers as far back as the summer, and couldn't inspire younger and Hispanic voters to come out for her in strong numbers — among other faults.

"If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president," she told a women's conference moderated by CNN's Christiane Amanpour on May 2. "It wasn't a perfect campaign, but I was on the way to winning until a combination of Comey's letter and Russian WikiLeaks. The reason why I believe we lost were the intervening events in the last 10 days."

When Trump took action to remove him from his position Tuesday, many of the same Democrats, including Schumer, who had blasted Comey or demanded he resign made a swift about-face to criticize Trump.

"Donald Trump should follow his FBI Director out the door #nocredibility," tweeted Rep. Maxine Waters.

Schumer is as bad as McConnel.

[pgardn]

Hillary broke laws and there were hundreds of documents provided as proof. There is no proof Trump is compromised.

Try again.

This is not just about Trump.
Try again.
Its about his campaign and various advisors.

It shouldbe, by your accounts, allowed to go forward, and then quickly closed as there will be nothing to find.

[Monostradamus]

In 13 minutes, Comey laid out an airtight legal case against Hillary Clinton. And then, inexplicably, he let her off the hook. Comey completely ignored all the laws that Hillary Clinton broke. If you or I had done anything close to what Hillary Clinton did, we would be perp walked, fingerprinted, mugshotted and put in jail.



In the end, Comey proved himself to be nothing more than a political hack. Was it because Comey thought Hillary was going to win and become the president? Did he like the power of holding the trajectory of the election in his hands? We may never know.
It's always entertaining when ducks blatantly copy/pastes from somewhere.

[djohn2oo8]

Remember I posted those two court filings the other day. Well the New YORK Grand Jury has now been confirmed.

862373668487397378

[boutons_deux]

By firing James Comey, Trump has put impeachment on the table

A whiff of obstruction of justice is in the air

Firing the FBI director in order to obstruct an ongoing investigation would be different.

That obstruction charge is, of course, unproven as of Wednesday afternoon. But the probable cause is everywhere.

And it makes a sham of the notion that replacing Comey with a well-qualified director or continuing with existing congressional inquiries is a sufficient remedy.

There needs to be a separate investigation — featuring sworn testimony from the key players and subpoenas of documents — into why Comey was fired. Was it because Trump suddenly decided in mid-May that Comey’s handling of the Clinton emails was unforgivable, or was it because Trump was trying to obstruct justice?

The answer makes a huge difference.

Media reports suggest obstruction of justice

Anonymously sourced journalism is not the same thing as sworn testimony or hard evidence.

But it’s also indispensable to uncovering official wrongdoing.

And Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning already brought forth plenty of evidence of wrongdoing:

Journalists can do a lot, but we can’t compel testimony or force the disclosure of documents.

A special prosecutor and congressional committees could.

We ought to have both.

But thus far, it looks more likely that we will have neither.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/10/15611522/comey-trump-obstruction-justice-impeachment

Repugs, esp a total scumbag PRICK like Bitch O'Connell, will stonewall, coverup to protect their Useful Idiot Trash.

[DMX7]

Big difference between calling for Comey to be fired and simply criticizing his treatment of one investigation especially when Trump celebrated his handling of it when it seemed as though the case were reopened.

[clambake]

lol link please

white house briefing with sanders not spicer lol

[TSA]

white house briefing with sanders not spicer lol

Ah shiiiiit. By her I thought you meant Hillary. I'd like someone to ask her opinion on Comey being fired.

[ducks]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/donald-trump-james-comey-whats-next/index.html

[TSA]

Remember I posted those two court filings the other day. Well the New YORK Grand Jury has now been confirmed.

862373668487397378

:lol no one remembers one of your thousands of tweets

I do though. Flynn associates from 2014 are being subpoenaed, looks like Obama admin is getting dragged into this.

Have you seen any tweets on whether or not Rice and Lynch are being subpoenaed? With Comey out of the way there is no one to protect them anymore.

[boutons_deux]

blowback STRONG, so make up shit


“I think one of the big catalysts that we saw was last week on Wednesday,” Sanders said.

“Director Comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the Department of Justice by going around the chain of command when he decided to take steps without talking to the attorney general or the deputy attorney general.”

Sanders cited (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-sanders-comey-clinton-atrocity) Comey’s decision to hold a surprise press conference (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/comey-clinton-email-server) in July 2016 announcing that he would not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server.

“He would not let them know what he was going to say, and that is simply not allowed,” she said.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in a memo (https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400/photo/1) on Tuesday, accused Comey of causing “substantial damage” to the FBI’s “reputation and credibility” through his handling of the investigation.

The White House cited “clear recommendations” from Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions in its statement Tuesday on Comey’s termination (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/james-comey-terminated-fbi-director), though Trump at times praised (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-praised-comey-clinton-email) Comey’s work on the probe.

According to several reports (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reports-trump-admin-looking-for-reason-to-fire-comey) on Tuesday, Trump’s administration spent at least a week before Comey’s termination looking for a reason to fire him.

Sanders on Wednesday gave those reports some credence by saying (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-trump-has-been-considering-firing-comey-since-election-win) that Comey was on thin ice since the day Trump won the 2016 election, though Trump was vocal (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-james-comey-air-kiss_us_58857527e4b096b4a232b942) with his support for Comey just days after his inauguration in January.

As another reason for Comey’s firing, Sanders pointed to his inaccurate testimony before the Senate panel about “hundreds and thousands” of emails he incorrectly claimed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband, Anthony Weiner.

The FBI sent Congress a letter on Tuesday correcting (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-sends-congress-letter-correcting-james-comey-testimony-forwarded-clinton-emails) Comey’s testimony just 20 minutes before Trump fired him.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/white-house-outlines-more-reasons-for-comey-firing-after-chaotic-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29

dynamite! :lol

the FBI’s “reputation and credibility” :lol

Since when are Trash and his entourage giving the tiniest FUCK about “reputation and credibility”? :lol

[TSA]

blowback STRONG, so make up shit


“I think one of the big catalysts that we saw was last week on Wednesday,” Sanders said.

“Director Comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the Department of Justice by going around the chain of command when he decided to take steps without talking to the attorney general or the deputy attorney general.”

Sanders cited (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-sanders-comey-clinton-atrocity) Comey’s decision to hold a surprise press conference (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/comey-clinton-email-server) in July 2016 announcing that he would not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server.

“He would not let them know what he was going to say, and that is simply not allowed,” she said.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in a memo (https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400/photo/1) on Tuesday, accused Comey of causing “substantial damage” to the FBI’s “reputation and credibility” through his handling of the investigation.

The White House cited “clear recommendations” from Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions in its statement Tuesday on Comey’s termination (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/james-comey-terminated-fbi-director), though Trump at times praised (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-praised-comey-clinton-email) Comey’s work on the probe.

According to several reports (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reports-trump-admin-looking-for-reason-to-fire-comey) on Tuesday, Trump’s administration spent at least a week before Comey’s termination looking for a reason to fire him.

Sanders on Wednesday gave those reports some credence by saying (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-trump-has-been-considering-firing-comey-since-election-win) that Comey was on thin ice since the day Trump won the 2016 election, though Trump was vocal (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-james-comey-air-kiss_us_58857527e4b096b4a232b942) with his support for Comey just days after his inauguration in January.

As another reason for Comey’s firing, Sanders pointed to his inaccurate testimony before the Senate panel about “hundreds and thousands” of emails he incorrectly claimed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband, Anthony Weiner.

The FBI sent Congress a letter on Tuesday correcting (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fbi-sends-congress-letter-correcting-james-comey-testimony-forwarded-clinton-emails) Comey’s testimony just 20 minutes before Trump fired him.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/white-house-outlines-more-reasons-for-comey-firing-after-chaotic-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29

dynamite! :lol

the FBI’s “reputation and credibility” :lol

Since when are Trash and his entourage giving the tiniest FUCK about “reputation and credibility”? :lol






Since when did you give the tiniest FUCK about Comey?

[Quadzilla99]

Reminds me of this classic tweet from election week

795379191642525696

[boutons_deux]

Since when did you give the tiniest FUCK about Comey?

Comey threw the election Trash, so everybody, at least serious reasonable people, should give a huge fuck about Comey.

Obviously, Trash and his team gave such a huge fuck about Comey that they had to jettison him, like they did with Flynn.

I bet Comey and Flynn have enough goods on Trash to bring him down.

And it will take a lot of goods for the upcovering, shitty Repugs to impeach AND convict Trash.

[boutons_deux]

Huckabee Sanders Says Comey Committed ‘Atrocities’ in Handling of Clinton Investigation

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/huckabee-sanders-says-comey-committed-atrocities-in-handling-of-clinton-investigation/

WH is really trashing Comey to the max.

And why is this bitch talking and not that bastard Spicer? Spicer on his way out? already out?

[boutons_deux]

No Limits: insanity and dishonesty

Sessions said Comey had 'an absolute duty' to do the thing he now says he fired Comey for doing (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/10/1660767/-Sessions-said-Comey-had-an-absolute-duty-to-do-the-thing-he-now-says-he-fired-Comey-for-doing)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/05/10/1660767/-Sessions-said-Comey-had-an-absolute-duty-to-do-the-thing-he-now-says-he-fired-Comey-for-doing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos %29

[clambake]

saturday night live gonna give darrins a stroke.

[Reck]

Big difference between calling for Comey to be fired and simply criticizing his treatment of one investigation especially when Trump celebrated his handling of it when it seemed as though the case were reopened.

I always thought Comey fucked up and should have resign himself but what Trump did was stupid in many ways. I dont particularly disagree with the firing of Comey but he was fired for all the wrong reasons.

I like how he and the WH thought all democrats would be dancing and there wouldn't be a blowback about this. LOL Trump.

[boutons_deux]

DONALD TRUMP’S FIRING OF JAMES COMEY IS AN ATTACK ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

At t a time like this, it is important to express things plainly. On Tuesday evening, Donald Trump acted like a despot.

Without warning or provocation, he summarily fired the independent-minded director of the F.B.I., James Comey.

Comey had been overseeing an investigation into whether there was any collusion between Trump’s Presidential campaign and the government of Russia.

With Comey out of the way, Trump can now pick his own man (or woman) to run the Bureau, and this person will have the authority to close down that investigation.

That is what has happened.

It amounts to a premeditated and terrifying attack on the American system of government.

Quite possibly, it will usher in a constitutional crisis.

Even if it doesn’t, it represents the most unnerving turn yet in what is a uniquely unnerving Presidency.

Things like this are not supposed to happen in a liberal democracy, especially in one that takes pride, as the United States does, in safeguards put in place against the arbitrary exercise of power.

The F.B.I. is meant to be an independent agency, above and beyond partisan politics and personal grudges.

(That is why its directors are appointed for ten-year terms.)

The President is supposed to respect this independence, especially when it comes to matters in which he has, or could have, a personal interest.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/donald-trump-has-attacked-american-democracy?mbid=nl_TNY%20Template%20-%20With%20Photo%20(168)&CNDID=43758549&spMailingID=10993051&spUserID=MTQzNTk4NzA3ODYzS0&spJobID=1160872032&spReportId=MTE2MDg3MjAzMgS2

Any of you rightwingnutjobs and Trash fellators been watching Fox News?

How is Fox, esp BFF Hannity, spinning Trash despotically firing Comey?

[RandomGuy]

We may have different ideas of corruption. I can't think of anything a Republican could ever do that would make me think they would be corrupt in any way.

TSA, now with extra honesty. FIFY

[Mitch]

TSA Type stupidity. :lmao

Get ready to use another alt.

Weren't you supposed to stay out of the politics forum? :lol

[RandomGuy]

I always thought Comey fucked up and should have resign himself but what Trump did was stupid in many ways. I dont particularly disagree with the firing of Comey but he was fired for all the wrong reasons.

I like how he and the WH thought all democrats would be dancing and there wouldn't be a blowback about this. LOL Trump.

+1

[RandomGuy]

Since when did you give the tiniest FUCK about Comey?

Since when do you give the tiniest shit about something potentially treasonous that a sitting US president is accused of?

Should we investigate? Why or why not?

[Reck]

Weren't you supposed to stay out of the politics forum? :lol

This section is way more entertaining.

[boutons_deux]

HOW COMEY’S FIRING ACCELERATES THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATIONS

Comey is the third person Trump has fired for investigating his associates’ connections to Russia, including

the former acting Attorney General Sally Yates (http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/what-sally-yates-proved-about-donald-trump) and

the former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/preet-bhararas-complicated-legacy-on-white-collar-crime).

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-comeys-firing-accelerates-the-russia-investigations?mbid=nl_TNY%20Template%20-%20With%20Photo%20(168)&CNDID=43758549&spMailingID=10993051&spUserID=MTQzNTk4NzA3ODYzS0&spJobID=1160872032&spReportId=MTE2MDg3MjAzMgS2

[RandomGuy]

You act like there hasn't been an ongoing investigation for a year. Not a single person on either IC committee has said there was evidence he was compromised or colluded. Same for the IC heads.

How do you have proof and James Comey/James Clapper/Sally Yates couldn't come up with any?

Has the investigation concluded?

[boutons_deux]

Democrats’ nuclear option over Comey’s firing: shut down the Senate

Here’s how Senate Democrats’ “nuclear option” over Comey would work:

Unlike the House of Representatives, the Senate operates under what are called “unanimous consent” agreements.

If Senate Democrats withhold their consent, the routine functioning of the body — from committee hearings to routine floor votes — could grind to an immediate halt.

“It would stop everything in the Senate and effectively shut it down,” said Josh Huder, a congressional scholar at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute.

“If they go down this road, things could get pretty slow and ugly in the Senate.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/10/15610894/democrats-comey-senate-shutdown

Will the Senate Dems find their balls and spine? I doubt it. Schumer is weakling.

[baseline bum]

Democrats’ nuclear option over Comey’s firing: shut down the Senate

Here’s how Senate Democrats’ “nuclear option” over Comey would work:

Unlike the House of Representatives, the Senate operates under what are called “unanimous consent” agreements.

If Senate Democrats withhold their consent, the routine functioning of the body — from committee hearings to routine floor votes — could grind to an immediate halt.

“It would stop everything in the Senate and effectively shut it down,” said Josh Huder, a congressional scholar at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute.

“If they go down this road, things could get pretty slow and ugly in the Senate.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/10/15610894/democrats-comey-senate-shutdown

Will the Senate Dems find their balls and spine? I doubt it. Schumer is weakling.




That will never happen, not in a million years.

[RandomGuy]

That will never happen, not in a million years.

I hope not. I don't think such an action would be in anyone's interest.

[clambake]

I hope not. I don't think such an action would be in anyone's interest.

are you shitting me? that would be delicious!

[Reck]

I hope not. I don't think such an action would be in anyone's interest.

Agreed.

The democrats have things lined up nicely for 2018. The failed healthcare bill alone was enough to derail them. This is just icing on the cake.

Democrats shouldn't do shit to disrupt that progress. Republicans will hear it in 2018 via votes.

[baseline bum]

These far left motherfuckers who pushed the Clinton = Trump narrative are now butthurt that they got him elected and want to sabotage Democrats further. What a retarded trap they're setting.

[boutons_deux]

I hope not. I don't think such an action would be in anyone's interest.

The Senate's non-Trash business can wait until Trash is impeached and gone.

Shut down the Senate if Senate Repugs continue to coverup.

And we need a truly independent pit bull to go after Trash, not some career Repug establishment lap dog.

And let's not forget that NY AG Schneiderman has setup a staff exclusively to go after Trash's NY business dealings, esp with Russians.

[DMX7]

I like how he and the WH thought all democrats would be dancing and there wouldn't be a blowback about this. LOL Trump.

I think they're just saying that as cover. I don't think they actually believe that dems would be happy. Dems don't want any interference with the investigation even if it's being led by something they have been critical of for a whole different reason.

[DMX7]

These far left motherfuckers who pushed the Clinton = Trump narrative are now butthurt that they got him elected and want to sabotage Democrats further. What a retarded trap they're setting.

huh?

[baseline bum]

The Senate's non-Trash business can wait until Trash is impeached and gone.

Shut down the Senate if Senate Repugs continue to coverup.

And we need a truly independent pit bull to go after Trash, not some career Repug establishment lap dog.

And let's not forget that NY AG Schneiderman has setup a staff exclusively to go after Trash's NY business dealings, esp with Russians.

Democrats would be overplaying their hand so badly doing this, and the Republicans could rightly claim unprecedented obstruction.

[boutons_deux]

Their Lines Are Softening

This is just a gut feel. But I have the sense that the White House is losing control of this story.

The explanations are transparently ridiculous. Everyone sees that. :lol except Trash and people

But that’s far from a sufficient condition for Republicans to break ranks. To be clear, I don’t think Republicans are breaking ranks.

But over the course of the afternoon, the support feels to me like it’s softening.

You’re hearing a small but growing number of Republican senators putting out statements not so much criticizing the President as saying that there needs to be an explanation of why this happened.

Basically, this current story is not enough. This isn’t working.
Just a short time ago, Sen. Boozman (R) of Arkansas, not at all a fan of the spotlight, not someone who makes waves, said:”Americans deserve a full explanation as to the circumstances of the decision to immediately remove Mr. Comey.”

There are a substantial number of Republicans who are almost total in their fealty, as expressed in statements today:

Grassley, McConnell, Collins, Cornyn and a number of others.

But that doesn’t feel to me like the direction this is going.

This feels like the way things go when a White House starts losing ground on something very, very big.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/their-lines-are-softening?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

[boutons_deux]

Comey firing came after Russia coverage that left Trump screaming at the television (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/10/1660732/-Comey-firing-came-after-Russia-coverage-that-left-Trump-screaming-at-the-television)

He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia.

He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn’t disappear and demanded they speak out for him.

He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/10/1660732/-Comey-firing-came-after-Russia-coverage-that-left-Trump-screaming-at-the-television?detail=emaildksc&link_id=2&can_id=4217e8eb109c68bd0c2e4143dd2d8c15&source=email-sean-spicer-hid-in-bushes-to-avoid-facing-non-fox-reporters-about-comey-firing&email_referrer=sean-spicer-hid-in-bushes-to-avoid-facing-non-fox-reporters-about-comey-firing&email_subject=sean-spicer-hid-in-bushes-to-avoid-facing-non-fox-reporters-about-comey-firing

[djohn2oo8]

:lol no one remembers one of your thousands of tweets

I do though. Flynn associates from 2014 are being subpoenaed, looks like Obama admin is getting dragged into this.

Have you seen any tweets on whether or not Rice and Lynch are being subpoenaed? With Comey out of the way there is no one to protect them anymore.

Shut the fuck up and eat a bag of dicks. You were wrong about wiretapping. About FISA. About Grand Juries. You will be just like both of your accounts. Gone and forgotten.

[RandomGuy]

On November 28, Sunlight began maintaining an ongoing list of confirmed reports of conflicts of interest, where Trump business has clearly mixed with public business, and unconfirmed reports of conflicts of interest, where more reporting is needed. We’ll continue to update the embedded documents, below, as more relevant news stories, court filings and legislation enter the public record, including noting when or if a given conflict has been resolved. On May 9th, we relaunched the document as a spreadsheet, expanding our list from dozens of confirmed conflicts to hundreds.
https://sunlightfoundation.com/tracking-trumps-conflicts-of-interest/

[RandomGuy]

Deutsche Bank Remains Trump’s Biggest Conflict of Interest Despite Settlements

“Deutsche poses the biggest conflict that we know about in terms of dollar amounts and the scale of legal exposures,” says Brandon Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor and author of “Too Big To Fail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations.” In trying to clear up its outstanding regulatory troubles, the bank “may have tried to do its best to avoid the appearance of impropriety but it may be impossible for them to do so.”

Deutsche is Trump’s major creditor, having lent billions to the president since the late 1990s even as other American banks abandoned Trump, who frequently bankrupted his businesses. While the president hasn’t released his tax returns, he has made public some information about his debts. According to these incomplete disclosures and reports, the Trump Organization has roughly $300 million in loans outstanding from the bank. Trump continues to own the business, although he has turned over day-to-day management to his sons.

Deutsche Bank is the biggest creditor we are aware of.

Problematic is how flush with cash Russia was due to high oil prices when Trump was in bankruptcy in the first decade of this century.

Without having the tax returns, it is hard to judge what evidence of collusion or outright money laundering might be in the offing.

[RandomGuy]

Hillary broke laws and there were hundreds of documents provided as proof. There is no proof Trump is compromised.

Try again.


The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials.

Trump has not divested from any businesses.


(a) Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to section 78l of this title or which is required to file reports under section 78o (d) of this title, or for any officer, director, employee, or agent of such issuer or any stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such issuer, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of any money, or offer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to—

(1) any foreign official for purposes of—
(A)
(i) influencing any act or decision of such foreign official in his official capacity,

(ii) inducing such foreign official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official, or

(iii) securing any improper advantage; or

(B) inducing such foreign official to use his influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality,

in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person;

(2) any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office for purposes of—
(A)
(i) influencing any act or decision of such party, official, or candidate in its or his official capacity,

(ii) inducing such party, official, or candidate to do or omit to do an act in violation of the lawful duty of such party, official, or candidate, or

(iii) securing any improper advantage; or

(B) inducing such party, official, or candidate to use its or his influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality,

in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person; or

(3) any person, while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to any foreign official, to any foreign political party or official thereof, or to any candidate for foreign political office, for purposes of—
(A)
(i) influencing any act or decision of such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate in his or its official capacity,

(ii) inducing such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate, or

(iii) securing any improper advantage; or

(B) inducing such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate to use his or its influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality,

in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person.

(b) Exception for routine governmental action
Subsections (a) and (g) of this section shall not apply to any facilitating or expediting payment to a foreign official, political party, or party official the purpose of which is to expedite or to secure the performance of a routine governmental action by a foreign official, political party, or party official.

(c) Affirmative defenses
It shall be an affirmative defense to actions under subsection (a) or (g) of this section that—

(1) the payment, gift, offer, or promise of anything of value that was made, was lawful under the written laws and regulations of the foreign official’s, political party’s, party official’s, or candidate’s country; or

(2) the payment, gift, offer, or promise of anything of value that was made, was a reasonable and bona fide expenditure, such as travel and lodging expenses, incurred by or on behalf of a foreign official, party, party official, or candidate and was directly related to—
(A) the promotion, demonstration, or explanation of products or services; or

(B) the execution or performance of a contract with a foreign government or agency thereof.

(d) Guidelines by Attorney General
Not later than one year after August 23, 1988, the Attorney General, after consultation with the Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, and after obtaining the views of all interested persons through public notice and comment procedures, shall determine to what extent compliance with this section would be enhanced and the business community would be assisted by further clarification of the preceding provisions of this section and may, based on such determination and to the extent necessary and appropriate, issue—

(1) guidelines describing specific types of conduct, associated with common types of export sales arrangements and business contracts, which for purposes of the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy, the Attorney General determines would be in conformance with the preceding provisions of this section; and

(2) general precautionary procedures which issuers may use on a voluntary basis to conform their conduct to the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy regarding the preceding provisions of this section.

The Attorney General shall issue the guidelines and procedures referred to in the preceding sentence in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 and those guidelines and procedures shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 7 of that title.

(e) Opinions of Attorney General
(1) The Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the United States and after obtaining the views of all interested persons through public notice and comment procedures, shall establish a procedure to provide responses to specific inquiries by issuers concerning conformance of their conduct with the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy regarding the preceding provisions of this section. The Attorney General shall, within 30 days after receiving such a request, issue an opinion in response to that request. The opinion shall state whether or not certain specified prospective conduct would, for purposes of the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy, violate the preceding provisions of this section. Additional requests for opinions may be filed with the Attorney General regarding other specified prospective conduct that is beyond the scope of conduct specified in previous requests. In any action brought under the applicable provisions of this section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that conduct, which is specified in a request by an issuer and for which the Attorney General has issued an opinion that such conduct is in conformity with the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy, is in compliance with the preceding provisions of this section. Such a presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. In considering the presumption for purposes of this paragraph, a court shall weigh all relevant factors, including but not limited to whether the information submitted to the Attorney General was accurate and complete and whether it was within the scope of the conduct specified in any request received by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall establish the procedure required by this paragraph in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 and that procedure shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 7 of that title.

(2) Any document or other material which is provided to, received by, or prepared in the Department of Justice or any other department or agency of the United States in connection with a request by an issuer under the procedure established under paragraph (1), shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 and shall not, except with the consent of the issuer, be made publicly available, regardless of whether the Attorney General responds to such a request or the issuer withdraws such request before receiving a response.

(3) Any issuer who has made a request to the Attorney General under paragraph (1) may withdraw such request prior to the time the Attorney General issues an opinion in response to such request. Any request so withdrawn shall have no force or effect.

(4) The Attorney General shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide timely guidance concerning the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy with respect to the preceding provisions of this section to potential exporters and small businesses that are unable to obtain specialized counsel on issues pertaining to such provisions. Such guidance shall be limited to responses to requests under paragraph (1) concerning conformity of specified prospective conduct with the Department of Justice’s present enforcement policy regarding the preceding provisions of this section and general explanations of compliance responsibilities and of potential liabilities under the preceding provisions of this section.

(f) Definitions
For purposes of this section:

(1)
(A) The term “foreign official” means any officer or employee of a foreign government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization.

(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “public international organization” means—
(i) an organization that is designated by Executive order pursuant to section 288 of title 22; or

(ii) any other international organization that is designated by the President by Executive order for the purposes of this section, effective as of the date of publication of such order in the Federal Register.

(2)
(A) A person’s state of mind is “knowing” with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result if—
(i) such person is aware that such person is engaging in such conduct, that such circumstance exists, or that such result is substantially certain to occur; or

(ii) such person has a firm belief that such circumstance exists or that such result is substantially certain to occur.

(B) When knowledge of the existence of a particular circumstance is required for an offense, such knowledge is established if a person is aware of a high probability of the existence of such circumstance, unless the person actually believes that such circumstance does not exist.

(3)
(A) The term “routine governmental action” means only an action which is ordinarily and commonly performed by a foreign official in—
(i) obtaining permits, licenses, or other official documents to qualify a person to do business in a foreign country;

(ii) processing governmental papers, such as visas and work orders;

(iii) providing police protection, mail pick-up and delivery, or scheduling inspections associated with contract performance or inspections related to transit of goods across country;

(iv) providing phone service, power and water supply, loading and unloading cargo, or protecting perishable products or commodities from deterioration; or

(v) actions of a similar nature.

(B) The term “routine governmental action” does not include any decision by a foreign official whether, or on what terms, to award new business to or to continue business with a particular party, or any action taken by a foreign official involved in the decisionmaking process to encourage a decision to award new business to or continue business with a particular party.

(g) Alternative jurisdiction
(1) It shall also be unlawful for any issuer organized under the laws of the United States, or a State, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States or a political subdivision thereof and which has a class of securities registered pursuant to section 78l of this title or which is required to file reports under section 78o (d) of this title, or for any United States person that is an officer, director, employee, or agent of such issuer or a stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such issuer, to corruptly do any act outside the United States in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of any money, or offer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any of the persons or entities set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of this section for the purposes set forth therein, irrespective of whether such issuer or such officer, director, employee, agent, or stockholder makes use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of such offer, gift, payment, promise, or authorization.

(2) As used in this subsection, the term “United States person” means a national of the United States (as defined in section 1101 of title 8) or any corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust, unincorporated organization, or sole proprietorship organized under the laws of the United States or any State, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/78dd-1

Kind of hard to build a $300,000,000 hotel in a place as corrupt as Azerbaijan and not run afoul of that.

If you like, I can provide something on criminal penalties for helping Iran skirt sanctions, which the Baku hotel most likely did.

[RandomGuy]

Money laundering, bribery, skirting sanctions, aiding governments known to be state-sponsors of terrorism.

Pick a crime... This is the President who just fired the FBI director.

[boutons_deux]

Without having the tax returns, it is hard to judge what evidence of collusion or outright money laundering might be in the offing.

trash's real estate deals are in public records

[RandomGuy]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/7F7A/production/_92943623_trumps_world_dealings_624_v2_trumps_worl d_dealings_976_v6.png

Here's a map.

Pick a country, read on the corruption environment.

There are apps for India that allow you to track the bribes you pay to officials. Think Trump hasn't done that?

[RandomGuy]

http://nypost.com/2017/05/07/eric-trump-said-dads-golf-courses-were-funded-by-russia/


President Trump’s son Eric once said that his father got funding for his golf courses from the Russians, according to a report.

Golf writer James Dodson said he hit the links with Eric and Donald at the Trump National Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C., in 2014 when he raised the question of how they found the money to keep developing golf courses when financing was tight during the Recession.

Trump “sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million,” Dodson told WBUR-FM, a Boston public radio station, in an interview that aired Friday.

Later, Dodson, who wrote a biography of Ben Hogan, among other golf books, said he asked Eric the same question as they rode in a golf cart.

Dodson said Eric Trump replied: “ ‘Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.’”


Currently, the Russian government directly owns 75% of all the economy (by market cap, memory of earlier business news profile).

Don't think that might be a big conflict of interest that could like to some sort of quid pro quo?

[djohn2oo8]

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Subpoenas coming left and right for Flynn

[djohn2oo8]

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