Comey's Prepared Statement to Congress

[DarrinS]

I hope you give me your wallet.


https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/3/005/086/169/1dd9a70.jpg


Republican: Well, in that case because "hope" isn't really a compelling specific request, no thanks, I will be on my way...

BANG!!

:rollin



No stretch there. :lol

[RandomGuy]

No stretch there. :lol

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it? :wow

[DarrinS]

But I can see where RG may have picked up such a ridiculous analogy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsaf8GlaZE

[RandomGuy]

GOP: "The word hope can never be used in any context where there is compulsion."

Sane People: (shows a case where the word hope can be used in a clearly compulsory way)

GOP: "what a stretch"

Really? That is what you are going with?

Pop quiz hotshot:

A gun to your head and the guy holding it says he "hopes you give him your wallet".

What do you do?

[RandomGuy]

But I can see where RG may have picked up such a ridiculous analogy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsaf8GlaZE

The analogy occurred to me rather instantly. I saw/heard this after thinking of it, and thought it funny that I wasn't the only one who came to the same conclusion.

[DarrinS]

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it? :wow

I don't know what kind of boss you have, but my boss never talks like that. :lol

[Trill Clinton]

Mmmmm Kamala Harris is a sexy milf

[RandomGuy]

I don't know what kind of boss you have, but my boss never talks like that. :lol

My question was not "does your boss talks like this?"

My question was:

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it?

[DarrinS]

All of this led to a special counsel, engineered by Comey. So, in that regard, this is a political win for those that hate Trump.

That being said, the case for obstruction is flimsy, at best.

[DarrinS]

Mmmmm Kamala Harris is a sexy milf

Yeah, she's pretty hot, tbh.

[TSA]

https://i.imgur.com/v52Nuav.jpg

[DarrinS]

My question was not "does your boss talks like this?"

My question was:

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it?

That word kinda sucks the urgency out of the request.

By the way, Comey ignored it. Must have felt super pressured.

[Pavlov]

https://i.imgur.com/v52Nuav.jpgGood to repost. Someone work hard on that.

[DarrinS]

The Comey statement suggests that one reason the President fired him was because of his refusal or failure to publicly announce that the FBI was not investigating Trump personally. Trump "repeatedly" told Comey to "get that fact out," and he did not.

If that is true, it is certainly not an obstruction of justice.


Read more at http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0617/dershowitz_trump_obstruction.php3#sLM6APczyGMM16O5 .99

[RandomGuy]

When I was appointed FBI Director in 2013, I understood that I served at the pleasure of the president. Even though I was appointed to a 10-year term, which Congress created in order to underscore the importance of the FBI being outside of politics and independent, I understood that I could be fired by a president for any reason or for no reason at all. And on May the ninth, when I learned that I had been fired, for that reason I immediately came home as a private citizen. But then the explanations, the shifting explanations, confused me and increasingly concerned me. They confused me because the president and I had had multiple conversations about my job, both before and after he took office, and he had repeatedly told me I was doing a great job, and he hoped I would stay. And I had repeatedly assured him that I did intend to stay and serve out the years of my term. He told me repeatedly that he had talked to lots of people about me, including our current Attorney General, and had learned that I was doing a great job, and that I was extremely well-liked by the FBI workforce.

[RandomGuy]

BURR: Do you have any doubt that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections?

COMEY: None.

BURR: Do you have any doubt that the Russian government was behind the intrusions in the D triple C systems and the subsequent leaks of that information?

COMEY: No, no doubt.

BURR: Do you have any doubt the Russian government was behind the cyber intrusion in the state voter files?

COMEY: No.

[DarrinS]

What's the point of your last two posts?

[RandomGuy]

WARNER: ...

Now you've had extensive experience at the department of justice and at the FBI. You've worked under presidents of both parties. What was about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record?

COMEY: A combination of things. I think the circumstances, the subject matter, and the person I was interacting with. Circumstances, first, I was alone with the president of the United States, or the president-elect, soon to be president. The subject matter I was talking about matters that touch on the FBI's core responsibility, and that relate to the president, president-elect personally, and then the nature of the person. I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting so I thought it important to document. That combination of things I had never experienced before, but had led me to believe I got to write it down and write it down in a very detailed way.

An experienced prosecutor and head of the FBI thought it important to write shit down, and he thought it important because he thought Donald "Fraud University" Trump would lie about it.

[baseline bum]

Mmmmm Kamala Harris is a sexy milf

Think she can beat Pence in 2020?

[RandomGuy]

My question was not "does your boss talks like this?"

My question was:

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it?


That word kinda sucks the urgency out of the request.

By the way, Comey ignored it. Must have felt super pressured.

I didn't ask whether you thought urgency was sucked out of the request.

I asked whether you would ignore it, a question you seem determined not to answer directly.

Why is that?

[DarrinS]

Think she can beat Pence in 2020?

Hillary gonna run

[DarrinS]

I didn't ask whether you thought urgency was sucked out of the request.

I asked whether you would ignore it, a question you seem determined not to answer directly.

Why is that?


I wouldn't ignore it, but Comey sure did. That pressure tho. :lol

[RandomGuy]

That word kinda sucks the urgency out of the request.

By the way, Comey ignored it. Must have felt super pressured.

I am confused here.

Do you think the Director of the FBI should do things he thinks were inappropriate and/or illegal, like violate obstruction of justice statutes when asked?

-

[RandomGuy]

I wouldn't ignore it, but Comey sure did. That pressure tho. :lol

You wouldn't ignore it.

Why?

[baseline bum]

Hillary gonna run

Harris would beat Clinton in the primaries

[DarrinS]

I am confused here.

Do you think the Director of the FBI should do things he thinks were inappropriate and/or illegal, like violate obstruction of justice statutes when asked?

-


I think it depends on the nature of the investigation into Flynn. Is it a violation of section 1001? If so, DOJ has latitude on how rigorously they pursue that. Violation of Logan Act? Good luck with that.

Keep in mind that Comey basically said that Flynn wasn't central to the Russia investigation.

[DarrinS]

Harris would beat Clinton in the primaries

Probably

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I wouldn't ignore it, but Comey sure did. That pressure tho. :lol

Sure and then he was fired. This should not be hard. Obtuseness fits you well.

[vy65]

i have a J.D. motherfucker

Holler at me when you licensed

[ducks]

TRUMP ADDRESSING IT 2:45 EASTERN

[baseline bum]

TRUMP ADDRESSING IT 2:45 EASTERN

Oh good, we're supposed to accept the word of a guy who claimed he had the most electoral votes since Reagan and that Hillary Clinton co-founded ISIS.

[DarrinS]

Sure and then he was fired. This should not be hard. Obtuseness fits you well.

Ok, raise your hand if you think Comey was fired over Flynn.


Trump cares WAAAY more about Trump than one of his employees. It's far more likely that Comey was fired for not clearing Trump, after he was asked to do so several times.

[spurraider21]

Oh good, we're supposed to accept the word of a guy who claimed he had the most electoral votes since Reagan and that Hillary Clinton co-founded ISIS.
Also claimed that a US general rounded up 50 Muslims, shot 49 of them with bullets dipped in pig blood, and let the last one go to tell all his other friends what happened

[DarrinS]

He also leaked the memos a day before the Trump tweet about having tapes so his excuse is bullshit

https://medium.com/@IsaacSimpson/comey-almost-definitely-leaked-twice-and-therefore-he-lied-to-congress-6a71de8eda

[Spurminator]

Ok, raise your hand if you think Comey was fired over Flynn.

Trump cares WAAAY more about Trump than one of his employees. It's far more likely that Comey was fired for not clearing Trump, after he was asked to do so several times.

(Raises hand)

You're presenting a false dichotomy. It could easily be, and probably was, both. Comey's refusal to drop the Flynn case was an act of disloyal defiance against Trump. So it was still a selfish act... he wasn't sticking up for an employee, he was reacting to disloyalty on multiple issues.

[DarrinS]

(Raises hand)

You're presenting a false dichotomy. It could easily be, and probably was, both. Comey's refusal to drop the Flynn case was an act of disloyal defiance against Trump. So it was still a selfish act... he wasn't sticking up for an employee, he was reacting to disloyalty on multiple issues.


Based on Comey's prepared statement, he brought up Flynn once.

He brought up "lifting the cloud" numerous times.

Which does it seem bothered him more?

[Pavlov]

https://medium.com/@IsaacSimpson/comey-almost-definitely-leaked-twice-and-therefore-he-lied-to-congress-6a71de8eda
No stretch there. :lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Ok, raise your hand if you think Comey was fired over Flynn.


Trump cares WAAAY more about Trump than one of his employees. It's far more likely that Comey was fired for not clearing Trump, after he was asked to do so several times.

All or nothing now? It's simple and also fits you well.

He shouldn't be telling someone who is investigating his administration what to do anyway.

[Reck]

Very polite and lawyerly way of telling Reck he's grasping at straws

Are you stupid or failed to read the thing?

The case trumpies are making is that the word "hope" makes Trump obstruction free which isn't the case. The investigation doesn't hang on this word alone as TSA and others are suggesting. Mueller is not suddenly going to go well Trump said he hoped so there's no case here. :lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lol a blog using the top post of the Trump subreddit as proof is TSA level stupidity.

Good job, Darrin.

[RandomGuy]

Ok, raise your hand if you think Comey was fired over Flynn.


Trump cares WAAAY more about Trump than one of his employees. It's far more likely that Comey was fired for not clearing Trump, after he was asked to do so several times.


"Regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire (James) Comey."

[Pavlov]

:lol a blog using the top post of the Trump subreddit as proof is TSA level stupidity.

Good job, Darrin.Take time for some to see Trump lawyer up fucking. Some still not to see it.

[djohn2oo8]

All of this led to a special counsel, engineered by Comey. So, in that regard, this is a political win for those that hate Trump.

That being said, the case for obstruction is flimsy, at best.

How can you say the case is flimsy when Comey couldn't reveal everything publicly?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

How can you say the case is flimsy when Comey couldn't reveal everything publicly?

Because Darrin is obtuse intentionally or otherwise.

https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/king-comey-no-speak.png?quality=90&strip=info&w=1150&ssl=1

[djohn2oo8]

873178227203862528

[DarrinS]

How can you say the case is flimsy when Comey couldn't reveal everything publicly?

Ooh, the closed-door session. After the last one, Feinstein and Grassley both basically indicated that Trump wasn't under investigation. Even though Comey wouldn't say that in open hearing.

[DarrinS]

So much fake news. I wonder how many of these John copy/pasted?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/448459/donald-trump-fbi-investigation-chuck-schumer-elizabeth-warren

[boutons_deux]

RNC's false talking point about Comey came from “alt-right” trolls

Lie that Comey said Trump didn't pressure him on Russia-related investigations came from an “alt-right” troll and then was picked up by fake news purveyors

Responding to the testimony, the RNC tweeted (https://twitter.com/GOP/status/872829145264402432), “#BigLeagueTruth:

Comey testified under oath that @POTUS never asked him or anyone else to end any investigation. #ComeyHearing.”

The tweet included a video of Comey’s previous testimony before the Senate intelligence committee -- on May 3 -- in which Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) asked him if “the attorney general or senior officials at the Department of Justice” tried to block an FBI investigation,

to which Comey replied, “Not in my experience.”

Contrary to the RNC’s implication, Comey did not contradict himself. On May 3,

he was talking specifically about the Department of Justice (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jun/06/context-james-comeys-past-comments-interference-fb/), not the president.

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/09/RNCs-false-talking-point-about-Comey-came-from-alt-right-trolls/216853?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair+%28Media+Matters+for+America+-+Blog%29

All Repugs are trashy shitbags just like Trash. What a great country.

[Pavlov]

So much fake news. I wonder how many of these John copy/pasted?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/448459/donald-trump-fbi-investigation-chuck-schumer-elizabeth-warrenIf Comey liar maybe lie to Trump, no?

[DarrinS]

If Comey liar maybe lie to Trump, no?

So, Comey perjured himself?

[Pavlov]

So, Comey perjured himself?Necessarily not.

[djohn2oo8]

Dumbass Trump. Mueller will eat him alive.

[RandomGuy]

I wouldn't ignore [my boss saying he "hopes" something happens], but Comey sure did. That pressure tho. :lol

You wouldn't ignore it.

Why?

[Spurminator]

Based on Comey's prepared statement, he brought up Flynn once.

He brought up "lifting the cloud" numerous times.

Which does it seem bothered him more?

Why does it matter which one bothered him more? It's not an all or nothing proposition.

[Thread]

Dumbass Trump. Mueller will eat him alive.

- "Promises, promises."

- Ernie "The Cat" Ladd

[Spurminator]

You wouldn't ignore it.

Why?

Darrin wouldn't ignore it because if he got fired it would actually have a negative affect on him.

Comey's worst case scenario was getting fired by a President he already knew was corrupt and probably would go down as the worst person to ever occupy the office. So, basically, he could pick that side and go along with it, or be the hero and sign a massive book deal within a year. Why wouldn't he ignore it?

[Reck]

So much fake news. I wonder how many of these John copy/pasted?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/448459/donald-trump-fbi-investigation-chuck-schumer-elizabeth-warren

Damn dude you've been extra pathetic lately. You're the biggest Trump semen shielder here these days. How sad.

[Adam Lambert]

Damn dude you've been extra pathetic lately. You're the biggest Trump semen shielder here these days. How sad.

know how the most homophobic people tend to be fags themselves?

darrins is a closet lib. he hates himself over it.

its okay darrins. come into the light.

[DarrinS]

Damn dude you've been extra pathetic lately. You're the biggest Trump semen shielder here these days. How sad.

This seems to be one of your stock responses. :lol

[DarrinS]

But that's ok. Obama's AG was semen shielding for Hillary. :lol

[DarrinS]

FBM -- Federal Bureau of Matters :lol

[Reck]

^Case and point.

Triple posting..that'll show me. :lol

[DarrinS]

^Case and point.

Triple posting..that'll show me. :lol

You roasted me. Well done. :tu

[Reck]

You roasted me. Well done. :tu

You sort of did that to yourself, no? You got pretty triggered.

[spurraider21]

^ugh, special olympics

[DarrinS]

Where we are today:

* No collusion, except between DNC, MSM, Obama's AG, and Hillary campaign

* No obstruction -- POTUS can shut down an investigation or pardon. He did neither.

* MSM has been feeding a false conspiracy narrative for months -- collusion narrative collapses

* Comey leaked to engineer the appointment of a special counsel -- special FU parting gift for Trump

[Spurminator]

Where we are today:

* No collusion, except between DNC, MSM, Obama's AG, and Hillary campaign

* No obstruction -- POTUS can shut down an investigation or pardon. He did neither.

* MSM has been feeding a false conspiracy narrative for months -- collusion narrative collapses

* Comey leaked to engineer the appointment of a special counsel -- special FU parting gift for Trump

:cheer Our President didn't break the law:cheer
:cheer Low standards :cheer

[Pavlov]

DNC*ding*
MSM*ding*
Obama's AG*ding*
Hillary campaign *ding*

[djohn2oo8]

Big point that was missed yesterday that Comey believed Pence was aware about Flynn and Russia.

[vy65]

So the premise of my friend Alan Dershowitz’s argument is wrong: the President does not have unfettered constitutional power to decide whether to shut down criminal investigations of his top aides for any reason. As the Supreme Court concluded, “we simply do not see how” it is “so central to the functioning of the Executive Branch as to require as a matter of constitutional law that” the President be understood to have unlimited control over the investigation and prosecution of potential crimes involving himself or his top aides. Given the established constitutional principle that Congress can protect a federal prosecutor from the President’s domination in these type of cases, Congress can certainly constrain the President’s power in more limited ways—to protect the integrity of these very investigative and prosecutorial processes—including by making it a crime for the President to act with a corrupt intent to stymie or shut down investigations of the President himself and his top aides.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/view-supreme-court-alan-dershowitz-wrong-about-powers-president

[TSA]

So the premise of my friend Alan Dershowitz’s argument is wrong: the President does not have unfettered constitutional power to decide whether to shut down criminal investigations of his top aides for any reason. As the Supreme Court concluded, “we simply do not see how” it is “so central to the functioning of the Executive Branch as to require as a matter of constitutional law that” the President be understood to have unlimited control over the investigation and prosecution of potential crimes involving himself or his top aides. Given the established constitutional principle that Congress can protect a federal prosecutor from the President’s domination in these type of cases, Congress can certainly constrain the President’s power in more limited ways—to protect the integrity of these very investigative and prosecutorial processes—including by making it a crime for the President to act with a corrupt intent to stymie or shut down investigations of the President himself and his top aides.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/view-supreme-court-alan-dershowitz-wrong-about-powers-president

Interesting and thank you for that. Much better than some youtube by Toobin.

Will be interesting to here Dershowitz response and I'm guessing now he'll just fall back to Trump could have just pardoned him.

[TSA]

wtf Comey doesn't even have the memos :lol

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-06-08%20CEG%20DF%20LG%20SW%20to%20Richman%20(Comey%20 Memos)_Redacted.pdf

[Pavlov]

wtf Comey doesn't even have the memos :lol

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-06-08%20CEG%20DF%20LG%20SW%20to%20Richman%20(Comey%20 Memos)_Redacted.pdfhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CMJ3CdjdfNs/UI1WVyc_rKI/AAAAAAAAfJY/gjUlkG4E8_k/s1600/seagull-flock-jjMA29092328-0011.jpg

[spurraider21]

wtf Comey doesn't even have the memos :lol

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-06-08%20CEG%20DF%20LG%20SW%20to%20Richman%20(Comey%20 Memos)_Redacted.pdf
so the memos are still fake news?

[Adam Lambert]

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872967411284279296

872967860561301505

872968269615046658

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872971556460298241

[Thread]

Gingrich also pointed out that Comey and Mueller, also a former FBI chief, were "very close" and that 97 percent of donations from Department of Justice employees who contributed to the 2016 presidential election were in support of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.
"So, what we have here is a fired FBI director, who leaked private material to the press, so he could get his friend appointed as a special counsel in order to take retribution on the President – with the aid of a department full of federal lawyers who would have rather seen Hillary in the White House. And we are supposed to believe this will be an objective, unbiased investigation?" Gingrich wrote.

[spurraider21]

Gingrich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154

[boutons_deux]

Bullying Blows Up In His Face As Legal Threat To Comey Could Lead To Charges Against Trump

George W. Bush's ethics lawyer is warning that Trump's threat to legally come after James Comey could result in new charges, including obstruction of justice against the President.


Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter told NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/why-donald-trump-s-attempt-go-after-james-comey-could-n770561):

“The Department of Justice reports to the President of the United States.

And the President of the United States is saying, ‘you’re going to be a witness against me? I’m going to open an investigation against you’ —

that’s clearly witness intimidation, and that itself is obstruction of justice,” Painter said.

“So they’re going to compound the problem,” he said.

Every solution that Trump comes up with to make himself feel better only serves to add to his troubles.

Going after James Comey for an act that wasn’t a crime is a horrible idea.

Instead of moving on after Comey’s testimony,

the President is trying to intensify and personalize the conflict.

Trump’s motivation for attacking Comey isn’t to save his presidency, but to punish the former FBI director for testifying before the Senate.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/10/bullying-blows-face-legal-threat-comey-lead-charges-trump.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29

[boutons_deux]

Comey Opens Door to Investigate Trump Dossier

It's not clear the special counsel had authority to investigate the president personally. He does now.

major new avenue for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia-related crimes:

the possibility that President Donald Trump committed a federal crime by lying to Comey about his connections to Russia and activities on his 2013 visit (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-russia-moscow-miss-universe-223173) there.

It’s a crime to lie to a representative of the federal government. Thus, Mueller can now investigate the possibility of a criminal charge against Trump if he had any connection to Russia

will also enable Mueller to do what the Federal Bureau of Investigation apparently has not done:

investigate the questionable dossier claims that Trump was compromised by Russian intelligence on the basis of sexual escapades in Moscow.

The key to this analysis is one completely new piece of information in Comey’s testimony (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-comey-opening-statement/).

According to Comey, Trump told him on March 30 that Trump said “he had nothing to do with Russia” and “had not been involved with hookers in Russia.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-08/comey-opens-door-to-investigate-trump-dossier

[boutons_deux]

10 Questions Comey Wouldn't Answer in Public Suggest the FBI Probe of Trump-Russia Collusion Is Dark, Deep and Growing

Secret channels to Moscow? More unreported meetings? Encrypted messages?
1. What is Attorney General Jeff Session’s involvement?

2. Was Trump setting up a secret channel to Moscow?

3. Was the FBI investigation into Flynn growing?

4. Were Russian banks now part of the FBI inquiry?

5. Does Comey believe Trump colluded with Russia?

6. Was the FBI intercepting phone calls from Trump’s team?

7. Was Flynn on the verge of being charged or cutting a deal?

8. Did Trump’s campaign have other unreported meeting with Russians?

9. Did Trump’s campaign use encryption to communicate with Russians?

10. Did Trump’s team destroy any evidence of illegal activity?

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/10-questions-comey-couldnt-answer-public

Will anything leak from Comey's closed-door afternoon session?

[Thread]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154

Nice cozy corporation you have there twixt Comey and that Mueller, 21.

[Pavlov]

Gingrich also pointed out that Comey and Mueller, also a former FBI chief, were "very close" and that 97 percent of donations from Department of Justice employees who contributed to the 2016 presidential election were in support of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.
"So, what we have here is a fired FBI director, who leaked private material to the press, so he could get his friend appointed as a special counsel in order to take retribution on the President – with the aid of a department full of federal lawyers who would have rather seen Hillary in the White House. And we are supposed to believe this will be an objective, unbiased investigation?" Gingrich wrote.That Newt Gingrich funny. This one even more funny.864998445244743684

[Thread]

That Newt Gingrich funny. This one even more funny.864998445244743684

That was before (we) found Comey & Mule in bed together.

[Pavlov]

That was before (we) found Comey & Mule in bed together.Newt already know both peoples for years.

[Thread]

Newt already know both peoples for years.

Then discovers neither one was who he thought they were.

[Pavlov]

Then discovers neither one was who he thought they were.When? What change his mind?

[Thread]

When? What change his mind?

Don't be purposely obtuse.

[Pavlov]

Don't be purposely obtuse.Don't try evade question.

What change Newt mind about Mueller?

[Reck]

So the premise of my friend Alan Dershowitz’s argument is wrong: the President does not have unfettered constitutional power to decide whether to shut down criminal investigations of his top aides for any reason. As the Supreme Court concluded, “we simply do not see how” it is “so central to the functioning of the Executive Branch as to require as a matter of constitutional law that” the President be understood to have unlimited control over the investigation and prosecution of potential crimes involving himself or his top aides. Given the established constitutional principle that Congress can protect a federal prosecutor from the President’s domination in these type of cases, Congress can certainly constrain the President’s power in more limited ways—to protect the integrity of these very investigative and prosecutorial processes—including by making it a crime for the President to act with a corrupt intent to stymie or shut down investigations of the President himself and his top aides.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/view-supreme-court-alan-dershowitz-wrong-about-powers-president

My nigga. :tu

:lol TSA (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7640) and DarrinS (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2042)

[DarrinS]

My nigga. :tu

:lol TSA (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7640) and DarrinS (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2042)


Two law professors disagree.

[Reck]

Two law professors disagree.

Which are?

You cant change what is. Stop looking like a moron. Even TSA let this one go and HE was the one who brought up Dershowitz.

[DarrinS]

Which are?

You cant change what is. Stop looking like a moron. Even TSA let this one go and HE was the one who brought up Dershowitz.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting the blog, but it seems to be saying that POTUS has no power over an investigation by independent counsel.

[djohn2oo8]

CROFL Sessions being forced to testify before senate intel in a closed meeting.

[pgardn]

Nice cozy corporation you have there twixt Comey and that Mueller, 21.

Explain how we knew a Special Counsel would be asked to investigate by Trump's own?
Then...
Expain how Comey knew they would pick Mueller.

You cant. Nobody could have expected this except AFTER the fact.
Which you have proved worthy of.
*cue polite golf palm clap*

[spurraider21]

Two law professors disagree.yep. disagreement on the interpretation of law is incredibly common, as anybody who follows the political sphere knows well.

point being that dershowitz going on TV doesn't make it an open and shut case

[DarrinS]

yep. disagreement on the interpretation of law is incredibly common, as anybody who follows the political sphere knows well.

point being that dershowitz going on TV doesn't make it an open and shut case


:tu

[djohn2oo8]

Trump says he never said that and will testify under oath. His son says he did say that

873730773391740928
:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

873758665534210048

[djohn2oo8]

873894238462898176

[djohn2oo8]

873895479649734657

[djohn2oo8]

873893009611509761

[djohn2oo8]

873905061105201153
lol Sessions in deep shit. Ignored inappropriate attempts from Trump to impede two different investigations from two people, while being involved in Comey's firing.

[djohn2oo8]

873178780680032257
:lol

[djohn2oo8]

873901603379695617

[Reck]

873178780680032257
:lol

Damn she's looking ugly as fuck. Working for Trump must be taxing.
Mitch :lol

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Two law professors disagree.

And one directly addresses what the other says and gives a SCOTUS case that directly rebuts it.

This level of stupidity from you is how you pretend the climate debate is equitable as well. At least you are consistent even if it is in your stupidity.

[boutons_deux]

RNC Chair: Trump Expressing ‘Hope’ to Comey Is Like Telling Your Child ‘I Hope You Do Your Homework’


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rnc-chair-trump-expressing-hope-to-comey-is-like-telling-your-child-i-hope-you-do-your-homework/

[DarrinS]

And one directly addresses what the other says and gives a SCOTUS case that directly rebuts it.

This level of stupidity from you is how you pretend the climate debate is equitable as well. At least you are consistent even if it is in your stupidity.





Maybe I'm misinterpreting the blog, but it seems to be saying that POTUS has no power over an investigation by independent counsel.



And he still had the power to pardon.

But, I'd rather hear from vy65 or spurraider, since neither you or I are legal experts.

[Mitch]

Damn she's looking ugly as fuck. Working for Trump must be taxing.
Mitch :lol

She fired yet, Reck? You and shits thought she was done :lol

You never gave me your two cents about little chelsy being a spawn of Hubbell btw

[RandomGuy]

Dumbass Trump. Mueller will eat him alive.

My thoughts exactly. Trump gets some sense of caution when it comes to lawsuits, but I think being president has gone to his head.

[boutons_deux]

Trump Lawyer Threatens To Report A Former FBI Employee To The Inspector General

The most extraordinary thing to come out of the hearing the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held Thursday may not be former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, but the

baffling, typo-riddled response

to that testimony issued by Donald Trump’s personal attorney Marc Kasowitz.

Perhaps the most irresponsible aspect of Kasowitz’s press release was the suggestion that Comey might have violated the law by relaying his account of unclassified conversations with Trump to the press, via a friend.

As a veritable chorus of legal scholars (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/9/15764954/comey-testimony-donald-trump-fbi-executive-privilege), including our own Steve Vladeck (https://www.justsecurity.org/41933/silly-comey-the-criminal-meme-leaks/), have already observed, this is arrant nonsense (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/08/trump_s_lawyer_suggests_james_comey_broke_the_law_ he_didn_t.html).

Indeed, it is

so clearly false that it’s hard to see how a minimally competent attorney could have made it in good faith

——though it will doubtless make perfectly serviceable chum for the cable news shows.

This only scratches the surface, however. The whole

document is so remarkable for both its sloppiness and disingenuousness

that it’s worth going through paragraph by paragraph.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170611/14334937569/trump-lawyer-threatens-to-report-former-fbi-employee-to-inspector-general.shtml

Trash on only hire the best people. His lawyer above, and this doctor:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Rxe6b7rDr8/maxresdefault.jpg

and

Marc Kasowitz, Donald Trump’s lawyer, has clients with Kremlin ties

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/10/donald-trump-marc-kasowitz-kremlin/

what a coincidence! :lol

[boutons_deux]

She got her papa's stupid genes

Ivanka Trump talks vindication and viciousness, and gets both so very wrong (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/12/1670996/-Ivanka-Trump-talks-vindication-and-viciousness-and-gets-both-so-very-wrong)

https://images.dailykos.com/images/305615/story_image/GettyImages-578330212.jpg?1475172778


“My father felt very vindicated in all the statements that he’s been making, and feels incredibly optimistic,” Ms. Trump, a senior adviser to the president, said in an interview on “Fox and Friends.”



So … your father did not understand the implications of what Comey had to say.

She said she had been blindsided by the vitriol of Washington, and was working to stay out of the fray.

“It is hard, and there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting,” Ms. Trump said.

“I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy.

My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things.”


Have you met your father, Ivanka? Because you want to talk viciousness …

Seriously, the daughter of the man who

made his political name by denying the citizenship of the first African American president and then

campaigned on imprisoning his political opponent

is whining about viciousness in politics?

Give me a damn break.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/12/1670996/-Ivanka-Trump-talks-vindication-and-viciousness-and-gets-both-so-very-wrong?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos %29

She a fucking airhead, as authentic as her fake tits.

[boutons_deux]

Newt Gingrich Slams Mueller’s Special Counsel A Month After Calling Him A ‘Superb Choice’

Newt Gingrich (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)
(https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)✔@newtgingrich (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)

Robert Mueller is superb choice to be special counsel. His reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity. Media should now calm down
7:17 PM - (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/864998445244743684)17 May 2017 (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/864998445244743684)

==================

Newt Gingrich (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)
(https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)✔@newtgingrich (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich)

Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair. Look who he is hiring.check fec reports. Time to rethink.
6:34 AM - 12 Jun 2017 (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/874228318865952768)

http://www.mediaite.com/online/newt-gingrich-slams-muellers-special-counsel-a-month-after-calling-him-a-superb-choice/


:lol

[Thread]

She got her papa's stupid genes

Ivanka Trump talks vindication and viciousness, and gets both so very wrong (http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/12/1670996/-Ivanka-Trump-talks-vindication-and-viciousness-and-gets-both-so-very-wrong)

https://images.dailykos.com/images/305615/story_image/GettyImages-578330212.jpg?1475172778


“My father felt very vindicated in all the statements that he’s been making, and feels incredibly optimistic,” Ms. Trump, a senior adviser to the president, said in an interview on “Fox and Friends.”



So … your father did not understand the implications of what Comey had to say.

She said she had been blindsided by the vitriol of Washington, and was working to stay out of the fray.

“It is hard, and there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting,” Ms. Trump said.

“I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy.

My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things.”


Have you met your father, Ivanka? Because you want to talk viciousness …

Seriously, the daughter of the man who

made his political name by denying the citizenship of the first African American president and then

campaigned on imprisoning his political opponent

is whining about viciousness in politics?

Give me a damn break.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/6/12/1670996/-Ivanka-Trump-talks-vindication-and-viciousness-and-gets-both-so-very-wrong?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos %29

She a fucking airhead, as authentic as her fake tits.






Trump President. Doin' them presidential things.

ha, ha.

[RandomGuy]

She fired yet, Reck? You and shits thought she was done :lol

You never gave me your two cents about little chelsy being a spawn of Hubbell btw

My take she will not be fired, because no one else wants the job.

I mean seriously, Trump has walked all over her talking points more than once.

https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+throwing+staffers+under+bus&oq=trump+throwing+staffers+under+bus

[boutons_deux]

John Oliver crushes


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

[RandomGuy]

Oliver continues to refer to the investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia as "stupid Watergate," this time defining it as “something with all the potential national shame of Watergate, brought to you by people too stupid to grasp the concept of shame."

Comey's testimony was entertaining to Oliver, and the host highlighted key parts, including when Comey said he was "honestly concerned" that Trump would lie about the nature of their meetings so he documented every one.

“He is describing his meeting with the president like someone who thought he was about to be murdered," said Oliver. "All of a sudden, we were alone, so I texted my location to a friend and tried to get some of his DNA under my fingernails."

Oliver got a kick out of Comey saying he couldn't discuss in an open setting as to why Jeff Sessions was going to recuse himself from the Russian investigation, comparing the situation to someone asking you if you've ever had sex with a turtle. If you answer you can't discuss it in an open setting, the answer, according to Oliver, is yes.

"Just think about what he’s saying there: Trump is essentially claiming that he’s been vindicated by testimony he’s claiming is false," said Oliver. “At this point, he’s become a walking logical paradox. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he just starts tweeting things like, ‘I just traveled back in time and killed myself. VERY UNFAIR!’”

Trump volunteered to testify under oath, which Oliver would love to see happen.

Lastly, Oliver had a problem with Paul Ryan's defense that Trump is "new to this." He said it's as if a daycare worker started a baby fight club on their first day, a more serious issue than mixing up the three Olivias in the class.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-oliver-trump-comey-testimony-1012521

:rollin

[RandomGuy]

"Paul Ryan, a man who proves you can live a normal healthy life without a spine".

[boutons_deux]

Garry Kasparov (https://twitter.com/Kasparov63)
(https://twitter.com/Kasparov63)✔@Kasparov63 (https://twitter.com/Kasparov63)

I wish Trump would decide if Comey is leaking or lying,

because accusing him of leaking lies doesn't make much sense.
10:41 PM - 10 Jun 2017 (https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/873746880005521408)

.... nonsense makes sense to Trash's ignorant True Believers

[Mitch]

My take she will not be fired, because no one else wants the job.

I mean seriously, Trump has walked all over her talking points more than once.

https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+throwing+staffers+under+bus&oq=trump+throwing+staffers+under+bus

Glad to see you got rid of the citibank employees

[RandomGuy]

Glad to see you got rid of the citibank employees

NTm4IwnfNH0

Watch that.

Direct from the WH. No commentary.

Thoughts?

[RandomGuy]

My question was not "does your boss talks like this?"

My question was:

So when your boss comes in to your office, and says "I hope X happens" you ignore it?


That word kinda sucks the urgency out of the request.

By the way, Comey ignored it. Must have felt super pressured.





I didn't ask whether you thought urgency was sucked out of the request.

I asked whether you would ignore it, a question you seem determined not to answer directly.

Why is that?



I wouldn't ignore it, but Comey sure did. That pressure tho. :lol

You wouldn't ignore your boss saying "I hope X happens".

Why?

[Reck]

She fired yet, Reck? You and shits thought she was done :lol

You never gave me your two cents about little chelsy being a spawn of Hubbell btw

She might as well be. She got put off the air which makes it harder for her fuck ups to be seem.

[Mitch]

She might as well be. She got put off the air which makes it harder for her fuck ups to be seem.

C'mon Reck, let's be real here. You think Ol bill fathered little chelsy or did Hill Dog open her legs to Hubbell?

[Pavlov]

Mitch have strange obsession.

[Reck]

C'mon Reck, let's be real here. You think Ol bill fathered little chelsy or did Hill Dog open her legs to Hubbell?

Why are you pushing for this? Let's not get personal. Whoever the father is doesn't hold my interest and I dont care to do an in-deth investigation.

I dont know why you're so obssessed over this. Kind of wierd, imo.

[DarrinS]

You wouldn't ignore your boss saying "I hope X happens".

Why?


If my boss said "I hope X happens" and I took that a direction to do something unethical, I'd tell my boss that what he was hoping for was inappropriate.

[Reck]

If my boss said "I hope X happens" and I took that a direction to do something unethical, I'd tell my boss that what he was hoping for was inappropriate.

The end results would be the same. You would get fired for insubordination.

[boutons_deux]

Secret Service Says It Has No Audio Recordings, Transcripts From Trump WH
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/secret-service-no-recordings-transcripts-trump?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20tpm-news%20%28TPMNews%29

Maybe Trash's private WH goon squad has them? :lol

[ducks]

President Trump’s legal team may be prepared to show a trail of leaks to The New York Times by former FBI Director James Comey – dating back to at least March – in a pair of complaints set to be filed to the Justice Department inspector general and Senate Judiciary Committee, a source close to the team told Fox News.

[baseline bum]

President Trump’s legal team may be prepared to show a trail of leaks to The New York Times by former FBI Director James Comey – dating back to at least March – in a pair of complaints set to be filed to the Justice Department inspector general and Senate Judiciary Committee, a source close to the team told Fox News.

Comey tells truth. Not Trump.

[Mitch]

Why are you pushing for this? Let's not get personal. Whoever the father is doesn't hold my interest and I dont care to do an in-deth investigation.

I dont know why you're so obssessed over this. Kind of wierd, imo.

:lol nice deflect there, not like it diminishes your queen if she needed some other guy to make little chelsy

[ducks]

Comey tells truth. Not Trump.

both have lied just like you
comey has lied under oath

[baseline bum]

both have lied just like you
comey has lied under oath

Comey tells truth. Not Trump.

[clambake]

baseline bum, what did you lie about?

come clean.

[TSA]

Comey tells truth. Not Trump.

Comey lied during his testimony. Trump wasn't the only President he took notes on

864654941167779841

from the author himself

[Reck]

:lol nice deflect there, not like it diminishes your queen if she needed some other guy to make little chelsy

And there it is. Crossing the line.

You and mr. grab them by the pussy is a match made in heaven. :lol cuckservative values.

[Reck]

:lol only the ducks and TSA of the world chooses to believe Trump over Comey.

[Mitch]

And there it is. Crossing the line.

You and mr. grab them by the pussy is a match made in heaven. :lol cuckservative values.

:lol talking about values when you readily make personal attacks, I never thought I'd see you do that "virtue signaling" reck. You really are a model Clinton voter :tu

[Reck]

:lol talking about values when you readily make personal attacks, I never thought I'd see you do that "virtue signaling" reck. You really are a model Clinton voter :tu

Which personal attacks? :lol

[spurraider21]

Comey lied during his testimony. Trump wasn't the only President he took notes on

864654941167779841

from the author himselfcomey wasn't FBI director then

[TSA]

Those that think Comey is a straight shooter need to research some of his past obstruction of justice cases including Frank Quattrone, Martha Stewart, Steven Hatfill, Scooter Libby and Judith Miller.

[baseline bum]

:cry Poor Scooter Libby :cry

[Pavlov]

Those that think Comey is a straight shooter need to research some of his past obstruction of justice cases including Frank Quattrone, Martha Stewart, Steven Hatfill, Scooter Libby and Judith Miller.TSA spend all time on Westlaw. Serious research.

[Mitch]

Which personal attacks? :lol

Any character attack you made against your president, brosef. They're as "crossing the line" as me wanting to have a civil conversation about your queen needing somebody else to father little chelsy

[Chris]

Looks like Comey will be laughing all the way to the bank...

http://www.dailywire.com/news/17394/ka-ching-comey-set-make-bank-10-million-book-deal-joseph-curl?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro#

KA-CHING! Comey Set To Net $10 Million With Book Deal


Former FBI Director James Comey is everywhere.

He's leaking private memos of his meetings with President Trump to the media, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and talking with anyone who will listen.

And he has a goal with all this spotlight grabbing: A hefty payday.

"If the publishing world has anything to say about it, the nation's ex-top cop, 56, will be a multimillionaire ten times over from the book deal major publishers are offering to pay up front for his memoir — a whopping $10 million," the Daily Mail writes.

It's a sum right up there with the kind of advances paid to the Clintons - although maybe not a high as the Obamas - and the kind of royalty money generated by Comey's nemesis Donald Trump's many books.

'Jim Comey's story has everything, from White House intrigue to possible corruption and law breaking. His explosive story makes 'West Wing' and 'House of Cards' on a par with Mister Rogers,' an acquisition editor for a major New York publishing house told DailyMail.com

'When his proposal hits my desk, I've already been authorized to offer $10 million.'

Not only that, but the publisher of another key player in the book world revealed that major Hollywood producers are already lining up to make the torn-from-the-headlines blockbuster movie about Comey's life and his attempt to unseat the president.

A prominent movie-TV agent told DailyMail.com: 'I know one top drawer producer who's already talking to stars to cast the Comey role. He has to be tall, good-looking and a Jimmy Stewart-John Wayne-hero type. I was mesmerized when I spent the whole day watching Comey testify.

'Comey could expect a movie deal tied into the book worth many millions of dollars more, tens of millions.'

The Washington Post called Comey's testimony a 'performance of a lifetime – Classic G-man and aggrieved victim.' And a New York Times headline billed Comey as, 'Hero, Villain and Shakespearean Character…'

Comey's seven-page testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee was released late Wednesday, just hours before his appearance. 'When that document hit my desk I thought, 'I want his book,' said another top editor whose been involved in some of the biggest New York Times nonfiction bestsellers.

Yup. Comey has had a plan all along. He helped Hillary Clinton weather two political storms (and avoid criminal charges) while acquiescing to demands from President Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch to call the Justice Department's investigation into Clinton nothing more than a "matter." And he went after Trump almost immediately, sullying his name in the media — and then refusing to clear him even though he wasn't under FBI investigation.

Comey likes to portray himself as nonpartisan, unflappable and impossible to influence. But his actions have always revealed something else entirely — so, too, will his decision to take $10 million to tell his story.

Bank on it.

[TSA]

comey wasn't FBI director then

No shit. Comey still lied.

WARNER: And so, in all your experience, this was the only president that you felt like, in every meeting, you needed to document, because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting?

Now...

(CROSSTALK)

COMEY: That’s right, Senator.

And I — I — as I said in my written testimony, as FBI director, I interacted with President Obama. I spoke only twice in three years, and didn’t document it. When I was deputy attorney general, I had one one-on-one meeting with President Bush about a very important and difficult national security matter.

I didn’t write a memo documenting that conversation either — sent a quick e-mail to my staff to let them know there was something going on, but I didn’t feel, with President Bush, the need to document it in that way, again (ph), because of — the combination of those factors just wasn’t present with either President Bush or President Obama.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/senate-hearing-transcript.html?_r=0

[Pavlov]

Mitch is to be losing it.

Broke my bell.

[Reck]

Any character attack you made against your president, brosef. They're as "crossing the line" as me wanting to have a civil conversation about your queen needing somebody else to father little chelsy

ROFL.

And he calls me a Hillary model. :lol

You're a Trump fart catcher. Guy can stab someone in front of your eyes and still say it was in self defense. :lmao

You're a joke.

[Pavlov]

TSA contradict self. Back to Westlaw.

[Mitch]

ROFL.

And he calls me a Hillary model. :lol

You're a Trump fart catcher. Guy can stab someone in front of your eyes and still say it was in self defense. :lmao

You're a joke.

I've criticized Trump, you absolutely refuse to criticize your queen. You swallowed her shit and smiled ear to ear

You're not even a liberal, brosef :lol

You're an identity politics voter

[Reck]

I've criticized Trump, you absolutely refuse to criticize your queen. You swallowed her shit and smiled ear to ear

You're not even a liberal, brosef :lol

You're an identity politics voter

:lmao

Now you want to tell me what I am and what I'm not. Rich.

Pavlov may be on to something. You're losing your grip. :lol

[TSA]

http://www.oann.com/watch-loretta-lynchs-conduct-to-be-investigated-by-lawmakers/

[Chris]

http://www.oann.com/watch-loretta-lynchs-conduct-to-be-investigated-by-lawmakers/

Lynch under investigation; not Trump

[Chris]

http://www.oann.com/watch-loretta-lynchs-conduct-to-be-investigated-by-lawmakers/

"emails between the DNC and the Department of Justice that would compromise the Department of Justice" Dems have their tentacles everywhere

[ducks]

proof-that-james-comey-misled-the-senate-intelligence-committee

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/06/proof-that-james-comey-misled-the-senate-intelligence-committee.php

[Pavlov]

proof-that-james-comey-misled-the-senate-intelligence-committee

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/06/proof-that-james-comey-misled-the-senate-intelligence-committee.phpToo late. Why not fucking wife?

[ducks]

Too late. Why not fucking wife?
at work

[Pavlov]

at workWestlaw?

[boutons_deux]

As His Defenses to Obstruction Charges Fail, Donald Trump May Fall Back on Pleading the Fifth

“The president is new at this,” Ryan told reporters soon after Comey had finished testifying (https://thinkprogress.org/ryan-defends-trump-3c48c4d36573). “He’s new to government.

And so he probably wasn’t steeped into the long-going protocols that established the relationships between DOJ, FBI and White Houses.”

As tempting as it may be to accept Ryan’s characterization of the leader of the free world as an ignorant boob beyond legal accountability, :l

the effort is devoid of merit.

Before imploring Comey to drop the Flynn probe on Feb. 14,

Trump ordered both Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner to leave the Oval Office—

a clear sign that the president intended to say something especially sensitive for Comey’s ears only.

As political commentator Simon Maloy explained in a recent Rolling Stone post (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/terrible-gop-argument-trumps-too-new-to-obstruct-justice-w486896),

Trump “forcefully attacked Bill Clinton for meeting briefly [and alone] with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch

while Hillary Clinton was under FBI investigation. …

At the time, Trump seemed to grasp how ethically fraught it was for Bill Clinton and Lynch to even leave open the possibility that they had discussed an ongoing investigation into Hillary.

‘You see a thing like this and, even in terms of judgment, how bad of judgment is it for him or for her to do this?” Trump asked [at the time.]. ‘It’s so out of bounds.’ ”

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/donald_trump_may_fall_back_on_pleading_the_fifth_2 0170612

[Adam Lambert]

No shit. Comey still lied.

WARNER: And so, in all your experience, this was the only president that you felt like, in every meeting, you needed to document, because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting?

Now...

(CROSSTALK)

COMEY: That’s right, Senator.

And I — I — as I said in my written testimony, as FBI director, I interacted with President Obama. I spoke only twice in three years, and didn’t document it. When I was deputy attorney general, I had one one-on-one meeting with President Bush about a very important and difficult national security matter.

I didn’t write a memo documenting that conversation either — sent a quick e-mail to my staff to let them know there was something going on, but I didn’t feel, with President Bush, the need to document it in that way, again (ph), because of — the combination of those factors just wasn’t present with either President Bush or President Obama.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/senate-hearing-transcript.html?_r=0

so he didnt say he never took notes on former presidents then?

what was the lie then?

these are questions you should be asking yourself before you copypaste the latest BOOM tweet making the rounds with the alt-reich

[Mitch]

:lmao

Now you want to tell me what I am and what I'm not. Rich.

Pavlov may be on to something. You're losing your grip. :lol

Apples to apples, Reck. I honestly couldn't consider anybody a honest to goodness liberal if they vote for a crony capitalist like your queen :lol

No idea who "pavlov" is, don't care. Just laughing at your deflect from you unable to deny you defend every fart coming from your queens mouth :lol at least I'll criticize our president

[baseline bum]

Apples to apples, Reck. I honestly couldn't consider anybody a honest to goodness liberal if they vote for a crony capitalist like your queen :lol


So they were supposed to vote for Trump's corrupt ass?

[TSA]

so he didnt say he never took notes on former presidents then?

what was the lie then?

these are questions you should be asking yourself before you copypaste the latest BOOM tweet making the rounds with the alt-reich

What part are you having trouble understanding? Comey didn't just send a quick email to his staff. Comey had detailed memos after his meeting with Bush.

Next time read up on the background before trying to score a point.

[Reck]

Apples to apples, Reck. I honestly couldn't consider anybody a honest to goodness liberal if they vote for a crony capitalist like your queen :lol

No idea who "pavlov" is, don't care. Just laughing at your deflect from you unable to deny you defend every fart coming from your queens mouth :lol at least I'll criticize our president

LOL the good old excuse of if you voted for her, then that means you're a hardcore supporter. I cant even begin to say how flawed this line of thinking is.

You do realize I didn't vote for Hillary in the primary, right? I had no interest in doing such a thing.

But you bet your buttom dollar I'd vote for Hillary 10 out of 10 times if it means Trump or else. That's an easy ass call. Enjoy your president who has yet to do anything and whose signature move has been getting owned by the courts. :tu

I have yet to see you criticize Trump but if you say so...

[Th'Pusher]

What part are you having trouble understanding? Comey didn't just send a quick email to his staff. Comey had detailed memos after his meeting with Bush.

Next time read up on the background before trying to score a point.

You may want to re-read Senator Warner's question tbh.

[TSA]

You may want to re-read Senator Warner's question tbh.

His question has no bearing on Comey's answer.

Comey said he never took memos after his one one on one meeting with Bush. He did. He lied.

It really means nothing I just found it funny to point out after baselines comment of Comey being truthful.

[Adam Lambert]

What part are you having trouble understanding? Comey didn't just send a quick email to his staff. Comey had detailed memos after his meeting with Bush.

Next time read up on the background before trying to score a point.

how about you read up on your own damn post? lol

[Adam Lambert]

His question has no bearing on Comey's answer.

Comey said he never took memos after his one one on one meeting with Bush. He did. He lied.

It really means nothing I just found it funny to point out after baselines comment of Comey being truthful.

so the question and answer exchange that you posted had no relation to the BOOM tweet you posted with comeys email to his staff

[TSA]

how about you read up on your own damn post? lol

Again, what part are you having trouble understanding?

[Pavlov]

It really means nothingYou are confusing now.

[TSA]

so the question and answer exchange that you posted had no relation to the BOOM tweet you posted with comeys email to his staff

Let me make this simple for you. Did Comey make memos of his one on one with Bush yes or no?

[TSA]

You are confusing now.

Your schtick is confusing. I warned you last week you couldn't keep it up.

[Mitch]

LOL the good old excuse of if you voted for her, then that means you're a hardcore supporter. I cant even begin to say how flawed this line of thinking is.

You do realize I didn't vote for Hillary in the primary, right? I had no interest in doing such a thing.

But you bet your buttom dollar I'd vote for Hillary 10 out of 10 times if it means Trump or else. That's an easy ass call. Enjoy your president who has yet to do anything and whose signature move has been getting owned by the courts. :tu

I have yet to see you criticize Trump but if you say so...

C'mon, Reck, you made it pretty damn clear you saw your queen as the best candidate of the 2 remaining. Personally, Bernie was the lesser of 3 evils, you thought Hillary was :lol

[Pavlov]

Your schtick is confusing. I warned you last week you couldn't keep it up.You said I go away, so you wrong.

You warn many poster on site. Angry.

[Reck]

C'mon, Reck, you made it pretty damn clear you saw your queen as the best candidate of the 2 remaining. Personally, Bernie was the lesser of 3 evils, you thought Hillary was :lol

And I still do. Trump has already proven what a disaster he is. I never believed what Bernie was selling. I told you as much when the primaries were being held.

I shot for the middle of the road. Between Hillary and Trump I chose what I thought was the lesser fuck up. And I still believe that.

But keep saying how she's my queen if it makes you feel better. :lol

[TSA]

You said I go away, so you wrong.

You warn many poster on site. Angry.

Best of luck with the shit schtick Pavlov :tu

[Mitch]

And I still do. Trump has already proven what a disaster he is. I never believed what Bernie was selling. I told you as much when the primaries were being held.

I shot for the middle of the road. Between Hillary and Trump I chose what I thought was the lesser fuck up. And I still believe that.

But keep saying how she's my queen if it makes you feel better. :lol

Until I see you willing to call out her idiocy, she is your queen tbh. All I did was do what you claimed to do right now with Trump and had some fun with it, dude is doing better than Mrs. "no fly zones" would have done at least :lol

[Adam Lambert]

Let me make this simple for you. Did Comey make memos of his one on one with Bush yes or no?

let me make it simple for you:


Comey lied during his testimony. Trump wasn't the only President he took notes on


No shit. Comey still lied.

WARNER: And so, in all your experience, this was the only president that you felt like, in every meeting, you needed to document, because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting?

Now...

(CROSSTALK)

COMEY: That’s right, Senator.

And I — I — as I said in my written testimony, as FBI director, I interacted with President Obama. I spoke only twice in three years, and didn’t document it. When I was deputy attorney general, I had one one-on-one meeting with President Bush about a very important and difficult national security matter.

I didn’t write a memo documenting that conversation either — sent a quick e-mail to my staff to let them know there was something going on, but I didn’t feel, with President Bush, the need to document it in that way, again (ph), because of — the combination of those factors just wasn’t present with either President Bush or President Obama.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/senate-hearing-transcript.html?_r=0

youre ignoring the "every meeting" part of warners question, and youre also ignoring the "because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting" part of his question.

so if you are suggesting comey lied you are saying that he actually did, in fact, document every conversation with bush, and that he was suspicious that bush might accuse him of saying something he didnt say. is that what youre saying?

[Reck]

Your schtick is confusing. I warned you last week you couldn't keep it up.

I read the tweet you posted and I dont think that can be called a memo. Did he?

He sent it to people immediately so it's not like he kept it hidden or for himself. And since it was via text or email I dont think he meant to keep it as his diary.

Could be wrong but I doubt Comey would use his blackberry as a form of secret memos.

[Adam Lambert]

or youre playing semantics on what qualifies as a memo vs a quick email, which is even more retarded. so now that i think about it, that must be your argument

have fun with it and let me know when comey gets indicted

[TSA]

let me make it simple for you:





youre ignoring the "every meeting" part of warners question, and youre also ignoring the "because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting" part of his question.

so if you are suggesting comey lied you are saying that he actually did, in fact, document every conversation with bush, and that he was suspicious that bush might accuse him of saying something he didnt say. is that what youre saying?

:lol getting worked up over this.

I have been clear what he lied about and also that I don't think it's a big deal. Just a joke directed at bb

Comey brought up his only one on one meeting with Bush and said he didn't make memos like he did with Trump. He did exactly that though after his meeting with Bush.

I've never said to try Comey for perjury as it's not a big deal

[TSA]

or youre playing semantics on what qualifies as a memo vs a quick email, which is even more retarded. so now that i think about it, that must be your argument

have fun with it and let me know when comey gets indicted

:rollin

[TSA]

I read the tweet you posted and I dont think that can be called a memo. Did he?

He sent it to people immediately so it's not like he kept it hidden or for himself. And since it was via text or email I dont think he meant to keep it as his diary.

Could be wrong but I doubt Comey would use his blackberry as a form of secret memos.

If you are really curious read the link ducks posted for more detail from the author of the book Angler. Comey was that authors source.

I'm not wasting any more time with this and if I'd known I'd have to explain this so many times I'd never even said anything to bb.

[Adam Lambert]

:lol getting worked up over this.

I have been clear what he lied about and also that I don't think it's a big deal. Just a joke directed at bb

Comey brought up his only one on one meeting with Bush and said he didn't make memos like he did with Trump. He did exactly that though after his meeting with Bush.

I've never said to try Comey for perjury as it's not a big deal

lol bitch you spent two posts embedding tweets and copypasting a transcript of a question, then you spent a dozen more responses defending it, but im getting worked up? haha ok

if it was a joke it was a dumb joke
"lol bb check this out, he said he didnt make a memo but clearly one would define this message sent to his staff, which i found on twitter, as a memo. pwn3d!"

:rollin

[boutons_deux]

Trump’s Personal Lawyer Bragged That He Got US Attorney Preet Bharara Fired

Marc Kasowitz, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to four people familiar with the conversations.

Kasowitz told Trump, “This guy is going to get you,” according to a person familiar with Kasowitz’s account.

As ProPublica previously reported (https://www.propublica.org/article/preet-bharara-fired-investigating-tom-price-hhs-stock-trading), at the time of Bharara’s firing the Southern District was conducting an investigation into Trump’s secretary of the health and human services, Tom Price.

Kasowitz’s claimed role in the Bharara firing appears to be a sign that the New York lawyer has been inserting himself into matters of governance and not just advising the president on personal legal matters.

Kasowitz has also said in private conversations that Trump asked him to be attorney general

One of the names floated (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-28/trump-s-top-candidate-for-n-y-prosecutor-angered-chicago-feds) to replace Bharara is Edward McNally (http://www.kasowitz.com/edward-e-mcnally/), a partner at Kasowitz’s law firm. More than three months after Bharara was fired, Trump has not nominated anyone to fill the Southern District job or most (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/politics/trump-nominates-us-attorneys.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0) of the other U.S. attorney positions.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-kasowitz-preet-bharara-firing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

[Thread]

Trump’s Personal Lawyer Bragged That He Got US Attorney Preet Bharara Fired

Marc Kasowitz, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to four people familiar with the conversations.

Kasowitz told Trump, “This guy is going to get you,” according to a person familiar with Kasowitz’s account.

As ProPublica previously reported (https://www.propublica.org/article/preet-bharara-fired-investigating-tom-price-hhs-stock-trading), at the time of Bharara’s firing the Southern District was conducting an investigation into Trump’s secretary of the health and human services, Tom Price.

Kasowitz’s claimed role in the Bharara firing appears to be a sign that the New York lawyer has been inserting himself into matters of governance and not just advising the president on personal legal matters.

Kasowitz has also said in private conversations that Trump asked him to be attorney general

One of the names floated (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-28/trump-s-top-candidate-for-n-y-prosecutor-angered-chicago-feds) to replace Bharara is Edward McNally (http://www.kasowitz.com/edward-e-mcnally/), a partner at Kasowitz’s law firm. More than three months after Bharara was fired, Trump has not nominated anyone to fill the Southern District job or most (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/politics/trump-nominates-us-attorneys.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0) of the other U.S. attorney positions.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-kasowitz-preet-bharara-firing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29




Preet is like all those fucks. They was all gonna move up a spot on the trough. Nice cozy, plum job. Shit, bouts, I'd be pissed as well. Now he's just another asshole in the line. Why? Easy answer:::He mopped the fuckin' floor with her fuckin' ass.

Trump President. Not Clinton.

[boutons_deux]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says only he has the power to fire special counsel on Russia

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein testified Tuesday that if the president ordered him to fire the special counsel handling the Russia investigation, he would only comply if the request was “lawful and appropriate.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jeff-sessions-set-to-testify-this-afternoon-before-senate-intelligence-committee/2017/06/13/ac5321bc-4fc6-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.1161c94e5169&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1

You mean like Yoo approving "lawful and appropriate" torture? :lol

Where is asshole extremist Robert Bork when Repugs really need him? "Lies a mouldering in the grave"

[Thread]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein says only he has the power to fire special counsel on Russia

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein testified Tuesday that if the president ordered him to fire the special counsel handling the Russia investigation, he would only comply if the request was “lawful and appropriate.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jeff-sessions-set-to-testify-this-afternoon-before-senate-intelligence-committee/2017/06/13/ac5321bc-4fc6-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.1161c94e5169&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1

You mean like Yoo approving "lawful and appropriate" torture? :lol

Where is asshole extremist Robert Bork when Repugs really need him? "Lies a mouldering in the grave"




Then Trump will terminate his ass---next man up. Trump has the conPERIOD

[boutons_deux]

Trash's BFF Pootin has offered political asylum to Comey :lol

just like Pootin offered his stooge Assange.

[TSA]

Did the friend of Comey ever hand over Comey's memos or do these memos not exist?

[Pavlov]

Now TSA claim no memo!