President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

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Good riddance to Comey who brazenly interfered in the election, but the timing is very suspicious.

Only days earlier, Comey requested significantly more personnel and funds for the investigation into the Trump Administration's ties with Russia according to a NYT report.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/09/james-comey-fbi-fired-donald-trump

Donald Trump has fired James Comey as FBI director in a move that has raised concerns over the independence of the bureau’s investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia in the run-up to last year’s US presidential election. The president cited Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as the reason behind his decision, but Democrats were quick to cry foul, and there were vociferous demands for a special prosecutor to be appointed to oversee the Russia inquiry. One Senate Democrat described the move as “Nixonian”.

On Tuesday, CNN reported that a grand jury had begun issuing subpoenas to associates of Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser at the centre of the ongoing inquiry into Russian meddling in the election. If confirmed, the report suggests that the FBI’s investigation into the Trump camp’s links with Moscow has entered a significant new phase.

The dismissal of America’s top law enforcement official came days after he testified on Capitol Hill about Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state and the FBI’s investigation into Russian election interference.

Comey incorrectly testified that former Clinton aide Huma Abedin “forwarded hundreds and thousands” of emails to her husband’s laptop, including some with classified information. On Tuesday, the FBI informed 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.
 
Strange situation

Democrats - cant complain as they hated him during elections
Repubs - If he was that bad why was he not fired on Day 1?
 
Comey was building evidence against Trump. But he made an error when he usurped the Attorney General's authority in telling Clinton she would not face charges. That made him an enemy and gave Trump the excuse to fire him.

This firing will probably close down two of the four investigations into Trump's Russia connections. Any Federal employee risks losing their pension by crossing Trump now. So it falls to the Senate and House committees to carry on the investigations.
 
Comey was building evidence against Trump. But he made an error when he usurped the Attorney General's authority in telling Clinton she would not face charges. That made him an enemy and gave Trump the excuse to fire him.

This firing will probably close down two of the four investigations into Trump's Russia connections. Any Federal employee risks losing their pension by crossing Trump now. So it falls to the Senate and House committees to carry on the investigations.

I agree, but I think we are seeing a Robert Maxwell / Jimmy Savile situation. It may be posthumous, but it will come out eventually.

I still wouldn't take on my own security services though, whatever country I was president of. History is littered with rulers killed by their own security services.
 
WSJ sources: “Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing potential evidence of collusion” in Trump-Russia probe

https://t.co/gtos5gv6NI

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The last few days couldn't be scripted by a Saturday Night Live sketch writer.

So the Trump Administration initially said Comey was fired due to his bungling of the Clinton affair, which is laughable from a man who led "Lock Her Up" chants during the campaign.

Yet in his OWN letter informing Comey of his dismissal, he wrote that he appreciated being told he was not subject of an FBI investigation by Comey. That is unspeakably dumb. So if this is nothing to do with Russia, why bring it up in the letter ?! And FBI officials are not meant to comment on ongoing investigations !

Then Trump takes a wrecking ball to the Administration's initial line and says to NBC News the Russia investigation WAS on his mind when he fired Comey !
 
The drama continues.

According to James Comey's memo - it transpires Trump had asked Comey to end an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during an Oval Office visit the day after Flynn resigned. Trump reportedly said "I hope you can let this go".

That's obstruction of justice ! Firing an FBI Director to halt an investigation into you is obstruction of justice ! This manchild tweeting a threat to silence Comey because he has "tapes" is also obstruction of justice.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473">May 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Robert Mueller has been appointed as a special counsel to investigate Trump and Russia, he has a reputation for independence so this scandal isn't going away any time soon. Deputy AG Rosenstein in his letter gives Mueller the authority to look into not only links or coordination between Russia and Trump campaign officials, but also "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation." That means Mueller can investigate attempts to impede their inquiry - like obstruction of justice and witness intimidation.
 
He is definitely in hot water. The story will play itself out whilst he continues to barely fulfil his basic duties, and he may eventually get a federal subpoena.

I think if we do see an impeachment attempt, he will survive it. Getting impeachment through both Congress and the Senate has never actually been achieved. Nixon arguably would have been impeached but he quickly resigned before it could happen. I don't think Trump would resign - he is too confident and delusional.

The Republicans control both Houses and although Trump has detractors everywhere, the last thing they want is to have the only legally deposed US President on their permanent record. Impeachment would therefore be narrowly blocked in my opinion.

Far better for the Republicans would be to gradually and respectfully retire Trump and Pence in the second half of Donald's term, and then set up a handover to Speaker Ryan - who genuinely does have the intelligence, cunning, charisma and youth to lead through two terms - as the nominee for 2020.
 
He is definitely in hot water. The story will play itself out whilst he continues to barely fulfil his basic duties, and he may eventually get a federal subpoena.

I think if we do see an impeachment attempt, he will survive it. Getting impeachment through both Congress and the Senate has never actually been achieved. Nixon arguably would have been impeached but he quickly resigned before it could happen. I don't think Trump would resign - he is too confident and delusional.

The Republicans control both Houses and although Trump has detractors everywhere, the last thing they want is to have the only legally deposed US President on their permanent record. Impeachment would therefore be narrowly blocked in my opinion.

Far better for the Republicans would be to gradually and respectfully retire Trump and Pence in the second half of Donald's term, and then set up a handover to Speaker Ryan - who genuinely does have the intelligence, cunning, charisma and youth to lead through two terms - as the nominee for 2020.

Interesting that you mention Ryan. Everytime I see him when Trump is delivering a speech I notice a sheepish smile on his face... He's probably thinking that in a few years he'll be standing there as Pres.
He would be a massive upgrade on Trump.
 
Further damning relevations coming out. Monumental hypocrite [MENTION=39633]Cracket[/MENTION] nowhere to be seen, maybe even he can't defend his boy anymore.

Donald Trump Talked Michael Flynn Into White House Job—and Wants Him Back in the Administration

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ump-talked-michael-flynn-into-white-house-job

President Donald Trump pressured a “reluctant” Michael Flynn into accepting a job as the White House’s top national security official even after Flynn warned the president that he was under investigation over undisclosed lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, The Daily Beast has learned.

The president’s continued loyalty to his ousted former aide is so strong, in fact, that the two have remained in touch despite the potential that their communication could be portrayed as White House interference in a federal investigation. Now both men could pay a huge price for it.

“He did not want to be national security adviser,” Michael Ledeen, a friend of the retired Army general, told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “He didn’t want to be in the government. He wanted to go back to private life.”

“But Trump insisted on it,”
said historian Ledeen, co-author of Flynn’s 2016 book The Field of Fight, their manifesto for defeating Islamic militancy. “He likes him, he trusted him, he was comfortable with him,” he said.

Flynn was “reluctant but honored” when offered the post, according to a senior Trump administration official, and only accepted it at the president’s urging. A third source with direct knowledge of Trump transition team discussions confirmed that Flynn did not want the national security adviser post, though he claimed Flynn was instead hoping for a position in the intelligence community, preferably director of national intelligence or the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Trump’s pressuring of Flynn to take the job came even though Flynn had informed the Trump transition team that he was under active FBI investigation over undisclosed lobbying on behalf of a Dutch company—lobbying that, Flynn now admits, may have advanced the interests of the Turkish government.


Trump’s affinity for Flynn apparently led the president to urge former FBI director James Comey, before his firing last week, to drop or ease a federal investigation of Flynn, according to Comey’s written account of a meeting with the president.

Seriously, is there anybody who still cannot see how crooked this man is ? Drain the swamp my foot. Trump's Presidency is drowning in corruption, impeding of federal investigations and conflicts of interests not to mention gross incompetence with Trump regularly contradicting his own cabinet and spokespeople in public !
 
IMHO the biggest mistake Trump made was to fire Comey.

Its incredible how many wounds Trump has inflicted on himself in the space of two weeks, and this is the guy that was touted as a "savvy businessman" who knows how to get things done !

He's opened himself up to obstruction of justice charges by firing Comey, publicly threatening Comey with the "tapes" tweet, and witness tampering by constantly contacting Mike Flynn AGAINST the advice of his own attorneys !

I read Trump thought firing Comey would be, and I quote, a "win-win" for Republicans and Democrats. That is amazing, Democrats have no love for Comey but for Trump to think his opponents would welcome firing a Director who is leading an investigation into his alleged Russian links is naive and ignorant beyond belief.

Republicans should cut their losses with Trump as god knows what other disasters he'll stumble into, and promote Pence to the Presidency as these Trump scandals are completely diverting the GOP agenda.
 
Further damning relevations coming out. Monumental hypocrite [MENTION=39633]Cracket[/MENTION] nowhere to be seen, maybe even he can't defend his boy anymore.

Lol Markhor, your frustration is showing. I don't visit PP everyday, but I can always count on quotes/mentions from you whenever I login.

Comey politicized the FBI and threw its integrity down the toilet when he took on the role of jury and prosecution in Clinton case. Read up on Rosenstein's report and why Trump fired this corrupt nutjob.
 
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Lol Markhor, your frustration is showing. I don't visit PP everyday, but I can always count on quotes/mentions from you whenever I login.

Comey politicized the FBI and threw its integrity down the toilet when he took on the role of jury and prosecution in Clinton case. Read up on Rosenstein's report and why Trump fired this corrupt nutjob.

LOL don't tell me the man who chanted "Lock her up !" during the election fired Comey because he wanted to avenge what he did to his political opponent. Even you don't believe that. Trump at the time HAILED James Comey for reopening the investigation. In case you missed what the Orange One told Lester Holt:

He explained: “I was going to fire Comey. My decision. I was going to fire Comey. There’s no good time to do it, by the way. I was going to fire regardless of recommendation.”

So Trump himself calls BS on your BS that he fired Comey because of Rosenstein's recommendation.

BTW Rosenstein threatened to QUIT if the Trump Administration continued to push the line that he recommended Comey's firing, according to both the Wall Street Journal (hardly a liberal blog) and the Washington Post citing a White House source so if you don't keep up with PP - try keeping up with your own government's statements.

Then amazingly, Trump proceeds to blurt out the real reason he fired Comey in the interview by saying the Russia investigation was on his mind when he fired Comey:

And, in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said: ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.’”
 
He explained: “I was going to fire Comey. My decision. I was going to fire Comey. There’s no good time to do it, by the way. I was going to fire regardless of recommendation.”

Right, because Trump saw through Comey. He was corrupt and protected the Clintons. FBI directors don't make prosecution recommendations, that's not their job. Comey overstepped his boundaries for political reasons.

BTW Rosenstein threatened to QUIT if the Trump Administration continued to push the line that he recommended Comey's firing

That was fake news from WashPo. Rosenstein denied those reports.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/depu...depiction-of-his-role-in-comey-dismissal.html

There was another fake news report from WashPo saying Comey asked for more resources on Russian investigation. That turned out to be bs too. WashPo/NYT/CNN have turned into garbage tabloid liberal rags, and I see their readers are completely uninformed.
 
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Right, because Trump saw through Comey. He was corrupt and protected the Clintons. FBI directors don't make prosecution recommendations, that's not their job. Comey overstepped his boundaries for political reasons.



That was fake news from WashPo. Rosenstein denied those reports.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/depu...depiction-of-his-role-in-comey-dismissal.html

There was another fake news report from WashPo saying Comey asked for more resources on Russian investigation. That turned out to be bs too. WashPo/NYT/CNN have turned into garbage tabloid liberal rags, and I see their readers are completely uninformed.

Come on Cracket, if Hillary Clinton fired an FBI director despite an ongoing FBI investigation into her dealings then you'd be (rightly) screaming bloody murder, as would I actually because its clear obstruction of justice.

If Trump thought Comey was corrupt and incompetent then he'd be fired on Day 1 not now.

Imagine what you'd have said if Hillary Clinton asked for a loyalty pledge over dinner from Comey. Or directly told Comey "I hope you can let this go" about an ONGOING federal investigation. The mental gymnastics to defend the indefensible from Trump supporters is amazing.

As for Rosenstein denying the report, of course he won't admit to it in public at risk of destabilising his government, but Wall Street Journal (or is that liberal too) also reported it citing a WH source - and WH officials as you know have been leaking news all over the place.

Anyway you haven't addressed the fact Trump HIMSELF said the Russian investigation was on his mind when firing Comey. I don't think any objective and credible analyst seriously believes Trump paid no thought to the Russia probe when making the decision.
 
Come on Cracket, if Hillary Clinton fired an FBI director despite an ongoing FBI investigation into her dealings then you'd be (rightly) screaming bloody murder, as would I actually because its clear obstruction of justice.

If Trump thought Comey was corrupt and incompetent then he'd be fired on Day 1 not now.

Imagine what you'd have said if Hillary Clinton asked for a loyalty pledge over dinner from Comey. Or directly told Comey "I hope you can let this go" about an ONGOING federal investigation. The mental gymnastics to defend the indefensible from Trump supporters is amazing.

As for Rosenstein denying the report, of course he won't admit to it in public at risk of destabilising his government, but Wall Street Journal (or is that liberal too) also reported it citing a WH source - and WH officials as you know have been leaking news all over the place.

Anyway you haven't addressed the fact Trump HIMSELF said the Russian investigation was on his mind when firing Comey. I don't think any objective and credible analyst seriously believes Trump paid no thought to the Russia probe when making the decision.


If Hillary did that, I would naturally doubt her but I would also look at why did the firing. In fact Bill Clinton fired an FBI director as well. You know that FBI is not a one man show and all existing cases will still continue without Comey right? Looking at Comey's history, he's been involved with Clintons since 90s in several fiascos and always got them out of trouble. He kind of took it too far with the email fiasco and everyone noticed how he got Hillary of the hook. If she had good intent, why did she delete her emails, destroy her phones? :yk

I see CNN/WashPo released two pieces blaming that decision of Comey to play prosecutor on fake Russian docs. I don't think it'll work.

Also - what's with the violence in your camp?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/26/eric-clanton-former-calif-professor-arrested-in-vi/

A liberal professor using bike locks to attack Trump supporters. This could kill people and its the alt-right websites (infowars, etc) that tracked this guy down and police then arrested him. No mention of this attack or professor in the MSM but people are waking up over here. You know violence won't win you elections right?
 
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