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Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by smhenderson »

Retric wrote: post #105
liquidise wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The implication of this comment only holds if the replacement FBI Director drops the investigation. The FBI Director themselves are not conducting the investigation, but have instructed the investigation to be conducted. It stands that we should expect the investigation to continue in Comey's absence. Should it cease, this comment would gain merit. The reasons cited for the dismissal appear valid on their face: the h…

This is the difference between soft and hard power. With hard power the investigation stops, with soft power it's deprived of resources and faces higher hurdles.

Or ends up being conducted by someone who has already come to a conclusion.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by [deleted] »

Retric wrote: post #105
liquidise wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The implication of this comment only holds if the replacement FBI Director drops the investigation. The FBI Director themselves are not conducting the investigation, but have instructed the investigation to be conducted. It stands that we should expect the investigation to continue in Comey's absence. Should it cease, this comment would gain merit. The reasons cited for the dismissal appear valid on their face: the h…

This is the difference between soft and hard power. With hard power the investigation stops, with soft power it's deprived of resources and faces higher hurdles.

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Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by Tloewald »

tannhauser23 wrote: post #157
res0nat0r wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The man at the FBI leading the investigation into the Trump / Russia connection was fired upon recommendation from Sessions who said he was recusing himself from all Russia / Trump investigations. Looking corrupt as hell? Most certainly.

To be clear, Sessions said he concurred in the recommendation of his deputy Rothstein, who is a life-long prosecutor. Plus, virtually every former Attorney General agreed that Comey made a terrible mistake in announcing the results of the Clinton investigation.

Yes, indeed I think the supreme irony is that Comey is, in effect, being fired by Trump for helping Trump get elected.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by BreakingLimbs »

dguaraglia wrote: post #119
liquidise wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The implication of this comment only holds if the replacement FBI Director drops the investigation. The FBI Director themselves are not conducting the investigation, but have instructed the investigation to be conducted. It stands that we should expect the investigation to continue in Comey's absence. Should it cease, this comment would gain merit. The reasons cited for the dismissal appear valid on their face: the h…

How childish is it that they had to put in the termination letter something about "thanks for telling me three separate times there's no investigation ON ME"? It's almost like this administration is run by 8 year olds.

I think they included that because it was the only way they could get CNN/NYT to publish that fact.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by tw04 »

nameless912 wrote: post #115
grizzles wrote: post #80

He was too much of a wildcard. Trump wants to wrap up the Russia thing and he needs someone who is more subservient to do that.

This is an interesting card to play if that's indeed his goal. Trump doesn't get to appoint an "acting" head of the FBI AFAIK, he can only recommend a new director, and you can bet your ass that the DNC won't let that slide without a bigly fight at the confirmation hearing. This move really doesn't make a lot of sense, I don't know what Trump gains here other than a few weeks of pretending he won.

He's sending a message to the replacement. Do what I want or I'll can you. We'll see if it works.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by ruleabidinguser »

atomi wrote: post #145
jayess wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Monday that he still has not seen any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian foreign nationals. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., asked if Clapper's prior statement was correct, when he said on NBC that there was "no evidence' of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.…

The only person that is able to answer definitively whether the investigation into Trump and his administration has produced credible evidence of collusion with Russia was just fired by Trump today.

Fired. Not murdered.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by aaron-lebo »

anigbrowl wrote: post #135
aaron-lebo wrote: post #48

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Yep. If you believe that Comey's final investigation swung the election, you also gotta realize that the election was swung because Anthony Weiner is a sleezeball. The odds that sleezeball would be married to Clinton's top advisor...Bill actually officiated their wedding.

You critique your political opponents without using tabloid language.

He's not my political opponent. Sleezeball is a euphemism for what he did, is it not? He was sexting a 15-year old girl and his infant son was included in some of his pictures.

What is he?

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by s73ver »

liquidise wrote: post #92
TheBiv wrote: post #4

"Trump just fired the man leading a counterintelligence investigation into his campaign, on the same day that the Senate Intelligence commitee requested financial documents relating to Trump's business dealings from the treasury department that handles money laundering." -Comment from reddit that sums up how strange this is.

The implication of this comment only holds if the replacement FBI Director drops the investigation. The FBI Director themselves are not conducting the investigation, but have instructed the investigation to be conducted. It stands that we should expect the investigation to continue in Comey's absence. Should it cease, this comment would gain merit. The reasons cited for the dismissal appear valid on their face: the h…

If that were true, he should have been fired in January. Why was he fired now?

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by guelo »

BreakingLimbs wrote: post #149
jayess wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Monday that he still has not seen any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian foreign nationals. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., asked if Clapper's prior statement was correct, when he said on NBC that there was "no evidence' of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.…

The left-wing media sure is going all-out to make it appear that there is a story. They're not only pushing the narrative that that there was collusion, but they're actively creating smoke themselves in people's minds with their incessant coverage of non-evidence.

Did the left wing media convince Trump to fire his FBI Director in the middle of a high-profile investigation?

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by jayess »

sacheendra wrote: post #128
jayess wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Monday that he still has not seen any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian foreign nationals. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., asked if Clapper's prior statement was correct, when he said on NBC that there was "no evidence' of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.…

Why does he use language like "We did not include any evidence in our report"? Does this imply that there was evidence and he did not include it?

The full question and answer which addresses this: https://youtu.be/FrS8kid6baw?t=34m14s
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