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President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by anigbrowl »

Shivetya wrote: post #65

Trump had to dismiss Comey. Comey damaged the FBI in his recent sessions with Congress to the point the FBI was on the defensive trying to set the record right. Considering the erratic behavior with both the Clinton and Russia issues it is doubtful that Comey was capable of continuing in such an office. Like or dislike Trump, there have been many on the Democratic Party side calling for Comey to be gone and the odd p…

You make good points but this is more of a defenestration than a normal termination.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by mattnewton »

Tloewald wrote: post #163
tannhauser23 wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That is the reason they are putting on the books at least. The fact that he is leading an open investigation into Trumps campaign, and that Trump can replace the head of that investigation with another person now is interesting though.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by pm90 »

jayess wrote: post #148
atomi wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

So Comey was personally conducting the investigation solely on his own?

No, he was leading the agency that was conducting the investigation. And a pliant leader, appointed by Trump, may not continue to do so.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by weixiyen »

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…

> only holds if the replacement FBI Director drops the investigation

I think everyone can easily think of another scenario where the implication of the original comment still holds true.

Want to take a stab?

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by DamnInteresting »

danielvf wrote: post #76
DamnInteresting wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Allegedly: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apUYrXgAAihp2.jpg

Thanks! Unfortunately that one leaves out the reasons memo.

Perhaps you seek this?: https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/862073335009738752

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by anigbrowl »

aaron-lebo wrote: post #167
anigbrowl wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Just be an adult, dude. This isn't the NY Post website.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by losvedir »

anigbrowl wrote: post #101
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…

So you're saying you find it plausible that Trump fired Comey an excess of administrative zeal on Comey's part might have led to Clinton's loss of the election. I might find your position more persuasive if Trump didn't display an almost-daily disregard for administrative norms and procedures. I highly doubt that his new nominee will be told to not obstruct any ongoing investigations.

> So you're saying you find it plausible that Trump fired Comey an excess of administrative zeal on Comey's part might have led to Clinton's loss of the election.

Yes, that is the stated reason: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/politics/fbi-dire...

edit: better source

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by BreakingLimbs »

guelo wrote: post #169
BreakingLimbs wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Every single person reading this knows that the Trump / Russia story is a witch hunt and total fabrication of which there has been found zero evidence for. This is CNN's Birther cause.
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