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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 gnaritas »

losvedir wrote: post #195
mwfunk wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your argument would be a lot more plausible had Trump not done absolutely everything in his power to look guilty as hell on a daily basis. This whole thing could've been shut down months ago with the barest modicum of transparency, integrity, leadership, and honesty from the administration. Trump could have cleared this up in an instant if he had made even a token effort to behave like a responsible, competent, sane…

> This whole thing could've been shut down months ago with the barest modicum of transparency, integrity, leadership, and honesty from the administration. That seems naive to me. This whole Russia smoke/fire thing is the left's version of the Benghazi scandal, IMO. Do you think Democrats are above a partisan stoking of fires to try to shut down their opponents, or is that just something Republicans do?

They are not remotely similar; Benghazi was investigated multiple times by republicans and each they time found nothing. It was a fake scandal. Dems are merely trying to have an investigation of something that actually happened; we all saw Wikileaks interfere with the election in a partisan manner only releasing things to damage Clinton. It warrants an investigation, it's not fake, it's not being investigated repeated times, they are not comparable situations.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by res0nat0r »

maxerickson wrote: post #241
res0nat0r wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firing him around January would have had some creedence, not now months later after praising him for months and Trump finding out that Comey has been investigating him and his campaign for almost a year now.

Rod Rosenstein became Deputy Attorney General on April 26th. Having him write the memo recommending the action isn't really all that strange and goes quite a ways towards explaining the timing. People would have complained that it was about the investigation anyway in January.

No one knew of the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign, even former DNI Clapper, until Comey testified as such on March 20th. Trump firing him any time after this date reeks of a coverup no matter the explanation.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by sundvor »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #50
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.

"Strange" is not the word you're looking for. This is blatant, naked corruption.

Yep. The great irony here is that Comey almost single-handedly got Trump elected with that late press release about Clinton being under investigation still.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by gorbachev »

hota_mazi wrote: post #47

Trump is soon going to run out of people to fire.

He fires on a whim. You say one wrong word that hurts his ego, and you're gone no matter how much of a darling you were before. Like someone said elsewhere he demands absolute loyalty from his minions, but has none himself.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by neuronexmachina »

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.

> 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.

Trump isn't exactly big on forethought.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by auntienomen »

rwnspace wrote: post #187

381 points, 171 comments, 1 hour ago; as of writing. Why is this on the second page of HN, and not pole position? I assume/hope that there is some mechanism that stops new content from dominating other content too rapidly.

Yeah, what the heck? This one needs to be discussed, and it's directly relevant to Hacker News. The rule of law is critical for anyone interested in new business formation.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by [deleted] »

enraged_camel wrote: post #100
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.

At this point Trump is looking more and more like Nixon on fast-forward.

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Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by stephenitis »

rrggrr wrote: post #127

Comey's book deal is going to be enormous. His great, great, great grandchildren will be buying Maserati's with the proceeds. He just needs to withstand another six months of testifying on the hill in front of at least two standing committees and probably a special committee.

there are more important things to ponder... than his books and children's luxury cars. good god, I still can't believe trump fired him.

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by neuronexmachina »

briandear wrote: post #54
Sargos wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't count on it. Trump will likely put someone very right wing into the position and the attack on encryption will intensify.

So the right wing wants to reduce encryption? And the left doesn't? Republican Senator Rand Paul has been at the forefront of fighting for privacy protections. Chuck Schumer sure hasn't.

It's not a matter of right-wing vs left-wing, it's a matter of authoritarian/security-above-all vs personal freedom. I mean, we're talking about a President who advocated to "boycott Apple" in response to them not decrypting the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone.

* http://gizmodo.com/trump-calls-for-boycott-of-apple-products...

* https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/70079517002382540...

Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey

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Post by iamjeff »

President Trump cares little about protecting the Office of the President...his administration has a well-documented history of putting the thumb on the scale regarding the investigation of collusion between his campaign and Russian agents/agencies...this is damaging the credibility in the office...this firing was also clearly decided on and then the rationale was secured afterward...it baffles the mind that Trump rationalizes this executive action by claiming that Comey was "mean to Clinton" when only a few days ago Comey had his trust...the reasoning cited, and involvement of Sessions in interfering an investigation that he recused himself from, is bogus... It is not unreasonable to claim that a cover-up is in full swing!
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