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Braininvat » May 9th, 2017, 7:48 pm wrote:I can see where this firing might loosen Comey's tongue. Nothing to lose and it's clear Comey has been independent minded and refused to be a Trump lapdog. This could backfire nicely on Trump if the FBI has found any substantial Trump/Russia connections.
Braininvat » May 9th, 2017, 7:48 pm wrote:Some of the Nixon parallels I am hearing are weak, I agree, but this affair stinks on its own without any need for historical comparisons. The timing is spectacular in its awfulness. I mean, just as 3 grand juries are being assembled to look at possible Russia/Trump indictables? You would think that a reality show veteran like Trump could sense the bad optics there. If McCain or Graham decide it's time to grow a pair, this firing could actually accelerate the investigations rather than distract the diehard Trumpista rubes.
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when are they going to let that go?
It's been going on for nearly a year, … "Frankly, it's kind of getting absurd. There's nothing there. We've heard it time and time again. We heard it in the testimonies earlier this week. We've heard it for the last 11 months. There is no 'there' there. It's time to move on, and frankly, it's time to focus on things the American people care about.
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Braininvat » Wed May 10, 2017 1:52 pm wrote:The stated reason for dismissal of Comey was that he was tough on Hillary.
That's ridiculous on its face.
So the guy investigating the President gets fired by the President who endorsed, heartily, his treatment of Clinton.
Sorry, "Comey had to go," seems like a failure to connect dots that I find a wee bit partisan, disclaimers notwithstanding.
Also....
Employees fired by Trump:
Sally Yates
Preet Bharara
James Comey
Employees who were investigating Trump:
Sally Yates
Preet Bharara
James Comey
GMaFB. It isn't red-baiting to call for an Independent Prosecutor and get things fast-tracked. This reeks, and anyone not blinded by partisanship can smell it.
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This allegation is by far the most extraordinary one ever leveled against a U.S. President. Nixon was accused of covering up a burglary; Reagan, of running illegal arms deals to funnel covert money to insurgents. Never before has there been the suggestion that a sitting president has actually been suborned by a foreign power, much less that this foreign power actively worked to install him in office.
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Braininvat » May 11th, 2017, 6:57 pm wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-chief-russia-trump.html
More trump baloney repudiated by the acting FBI director. What's the average lifespan of a Trump lie these days?
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Braininvat » May 10th, 2017, 8:23 pm wrote:HW, Trump's action is that of a dictator. Or a mob boss. Not really a snoozer, when it's your country's democracy that's under attack. We are looking at a Constitutional crisis, so maybe you should try to stay awake and pay attention.
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toucana » May 12th, 2017, 1:27 pm wrote:Anyone who was around in 1973 will have a certain sense of deja-vu at this point, and some inkling of where this might be heading next.
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Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings and John Conyers, the respective ranking members of the House oversight and judiciary committees, requested from White House counsel Donald McGahn copies of all recordings between Trump and Comey.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is exploring ways to compel President Donald Trump to hand over any potential audio recordings of now-former FBI Director James Comey ... Senate investigators could ask for “any recording devices or backup copies that were referenced in the post made by President Trump on the morning of May 12, with respect to recordings with President Trump and Director Comey
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toucana » May 12th, 2017, 6:00 pm wrote:One interesting point made in the latter article is that if Trump is recording conversations, then under the terms of the Presidential Records Act 1978 he would be compelled to archive and preserve them all, and could face criminal charges if he tried to destroy them.
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someguy1 wrote:Julian Assange is offering $100k for the tapes. It's a crazy world we live in, isn't it?
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Forest_Dump » May 12th, 2017, 6:38 pm wrote:someguy1 wrote:Julian Assange is offering $100k for the tapes. It's a crazy world we live in, isn't it?
I don't remember - which one is in Russia? Him or Snowden?
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