washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
Reuters just uncovered 18 more undisclosed contacts with Russia by the Trump Campaign from April to November.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106
Trump will bash the Chinese, the North Koreans, even our own allies. But wont say anything except total praise for Putin. It's all starting to make sense now.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
“I knew that no one cared about losing a deputy attorney general. But no president could weather losing an FBI director.”
- James Comey 2007
I don't think anyone could ever have guessed how prophetic Comey's words would turn out to be. And the extraordinary thing is the FBI director Comey was referencing back then, Robert Muller, is the same guy who's been assigned as the Special Counselor to investigate Trump now.
They say knowledge is like a spiral staircase. Sometimes it goes full circle. But when it does - you're on a whole different level.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
And what happens if against all odds he were actually not guilty of anything? Theoreticaly.
If the Trump Campaign was innocent that would be the best possible outcome. It would mean that the sanctity of our Democracy is intact. It would mean that the Russian attack failed. It would mean that we could finally get on with the business of governing.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
Would you say, "If you have evidence of the Watchtower protecting pedophiles please give it to the media outlets and current investigations. If you have evidence you can have Watchtower shut down ASAP. The truth is there is no evidence yet."
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
There are a lot of you (bohm, sir, spoletta, coded logic and more) who have concluded he is guilty based on supposed "EVIDENCE".
I think the issue here is you seem not to understand how proper inference works. I don't have to see you rob a bank to have good reasons for thinking you might be involved. If I have you on tape saying, "I sure would like to have all the money in that bank" - if your immediate associates are being investigated by the FBI for the robbery - and if your bank account suddenly rockets into the millions - than yeah, I'd say there's a pretty good chance you might be involved.
This is the same position we find ourselves in with the Trump campaign. And when I say, "We have multiple lines of evidence all closing in on the fact that Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians" - that is NOT the same thing as "Trump is guilty".
It'd be really nice if you could engage honestly instead of just continually strawmaning people and attacking them for positions that they don't hold.
This is NOT a courtroom. There is no judge. There is no jury. This is a group of people talking about what they think is likely to have happened and what they think is likely to happen.
To object to a persons claims because it wouldn't result in a courtroom conviction is as silly as it is pedantic.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
Hothabanero: You guys have been covering for Trump from the beginning. For you guys the conclusion is clear: Trump can do no wrong. It is the same argument every time you just change the subject to Clinton. Until Trump stops lying every single day and shows us his tax return, he has NO credibility in my opinion.
You act upset that Clinton put her e-mails on the wrong server - but when Trump hands Code Word information directly to the Russians he gets a free pass.
Simon sets the rules for this forum. He values the freedom of speech and freedom of contrary views. I hope that he allows you to keep posting even when he disagrees with you.
PS: If your going to put down other people's IQs - you might want to start using full words and sentences. Using "u" "4" "bf" as words doesn't exactly make you look too bright. Just sayin'.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
Hothabanero is a real hoot!
We have multiple lines of evidence all closing in on the fact that Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians. I wish he would wake up and smell the evidence. He's fooled himself into thinking Trump can do no wrong.
IMO, Trump apologist should only get one post a day, just so we can see if they have finally come to their senses. Their constant conservative copy-pasting fake news is making it impossible to have a rational discussion.
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
Now that a Special Counselor has been appointed - are you more confident that, if Trump is guilty of high crimes, he will impeached?
Now that a Special Counselor has been appointed - are you more confident that, if Trump is innocent, he will be found unimpeachable?
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
FMF-
Are you sure those are the only 2 options? I can think of at least a few more:
3: Comey was building a case about Trump interfering with an ongoing FBI investigation.
4: Comey was seeking to preserve the Russia Investigation and did not want to bias his agents.
5: Comey felt his words alone were not sufficient to bring charges against the President of the United States.
6: Comey was considering rolling a Obstruction of Justice charge in with the Russian Investigation.
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I'm not really sure why people are trying to make an issue out of this. It's very common for law enforcement officials to hold off on pursuing smaller charges so as to not compromise larger investigations.
You don't pull over a drug trafficker for speeding when he's on his way to pick up a cocaine shipment. And the criminal saying, "well the officer knew I was speeding and didn't stop me" in no way gets him out of trouble for either speeding or drug trafficking.
But I do agree with you. It will be interesting to see what Comey has to say. I can't wait until he testifies!
washington — president trump asked the f.b.i.
director, james b. comey, to shut down the federal investigation into mr. trump’s former national security adviser, michael t. flynn, in an oval office meeting in february, according to a memo mr. comey wrote shortly after the meeting.. “i hope you can let this go,” the president told mr. comey, according to the memo.. the existence of mr. trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the justice department and f.b.i.
investigation into links between mr. trump’s associates and russia.. mr. comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after mr. flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo.
I'll also add that Comey's answer is 100% correct. The State Department has never stopped an FBI investigation. Outside of Nixon, I don't think they've even tried to.
