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bdamomma

(63,836 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 06:46 AM May 2017

ARTICLE: Trump Upset Comey Did Not Say These 3 Words

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/report-trump-was-mad-comey-wouldn%e2%80%99t-utter-three-important-words/ar-BBAXyyk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U348DHP


We have a very guilty man/child here.


Snip of Article:


Former FBI Director James Comey was fired Tuesday, in part, because he would not publicly state that there were no links between the Trump administration and Russia, according to a source inside the White House.

A person with knowledge of conversations about Comey’s dismissal told The Wall Street Journal that there was growing frustration among President Donald Trump’s associates that the former FBI director would not tamp down questions about the president’s alleged connection to Russia.

He refused to “say those three little words: ‘There’s no ties,'” the source told WSJ about Trump’s decision to fire Comey without any forewarning. Comey was appointed in 2013 and had not yet served 6 years of what should have been a 10-year term.

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ARTICLE: Trump Upset Comey Did Not Say These 3 Words (Original Post) bdamomma May 2017 OP
What is Comey's obligation now? Buckeyeblue May 2017 #1
Yes, Comey is a witness to Trump's coverup and obstruction of justice. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #2
Comey's been singing the whole time on Twitter bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #3
So Wawannabe May 2017 #4
... bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #5
Another "Deep Throat" huh? He was #2 at the FBI under Nixon groundloop May 2017 #7
Mark Felt redux? BumRushDaShow May 2017 #12
Singing like a bird, huh.. Isn't that Cha May 2017 #9
It was the nausea C_U_L8R May 2017 #6
His "mild nausea" has become more severe world wide wally May 2017 #13
IOW because Comey wouldn't protect HIM rather than the US, US laws & constitution. CousinIT May 2017 #8
Thank you bdamomma saidsimplesimon May 2017 #10
When he testified he was nauseous, mountain grammy May 2017 #11
Trump had a nervous breakdown, it seems, yelling at television sets. L. Coyote May 2017 #14
Not to be picky, but it's four words tavalon May 2017 #15

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
1. What is Comey's obligation now?
Wed May 10, 2017, 06:56 AM
May 2017

Is he now a witness? Does he have to continue to stay silent on "on-going" investigations? Or can he stop at the first microphone and sing everything he knows (that isn't classified)?

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
3. Comey's been singing the whole time on Twitter
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:00 AM
May 2017

and no one has been paying attention- Read through Claude Taylor and Louise Mensch's tweets if you don't believe me.

C_U_L8R

(44,997 posts)
6. It was the nausea
Wed May 10, 2017, 07:09 AM
May 2017

Trump's election makes Comey want to vomit... and he said it on TV.
Vainglorious baby-Prez Trump hit the roof.

CousinIT

(9,239 posts)
8. IOW because Comey wouldn't protect HIM rather than the US, US laws & constitution.
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:23 AM
May 2017

He fired Comey for essentially (however badly) doing his job protecting and defending the US, US laws & constitution instead of defending and protecting TRUMP (which is apparently what TRUMP thinks the FBI director's job is)

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
10. Thank you bdamomma
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:41 AM
May 2017

What a coincidence? rump meets with czar's minion today via Yahoo and AFP

Russia's Lavrov to meet with Trump on Syria amid uproar
AFP
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday, even as a political firestorm has put Moscow's alleged meddling in the US election back in the spotlight.
Lavrov's visit, confirmed by the White House late Tuesday, centers on a Russian proposal to de-escalate the violence in Syria's civil war.
But it comes just a day after the president stunned Washington by firing James Comey as director of the FBI amid an investigation into whether Trump campaign aides colluded with Russia to sway the November elections.
The sacking prompted angry Democrats to call for the Russia probe to be placed in the hands an independent prosecutor or commission.
The uproar seemed certain to complicate Lavrov's mission in search of US support for a Russian plan to create safe zones in Syria.
"Just as we do, the Americans need this meeting," Lavrov told Russian television.
In Moscow, meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with his security council to discuss US-Russian relations in the context of Lavrov's meeting with Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the RIA Novosti news agency.
Lavrov first holds talks with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and then goes on to the White House to meet Trump.
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mountain grammy

(26,618 posts)
11. When he testified he was nauseous,
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:43 AM
May 2017

I expected him, in the good Russian tradition, to drop dead the next day.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
14. Trump had a nervous breakdown, it seems, yelling at television sets.
Wed May 10, 2017, 10:48 AM
May 2017


Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice. Comey investigating Trump/co-conspirators for Hatch Act violations.

Truth-suppressing acts by co-conspirators Sessions, Flynn, Kushner create liable for Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1621 to 1623 -- Given perjury, subornation of perjury, false declarations, the assertion of a false affirmative statement by an individual testifying under oath accompanied by other obstructive, evasive testimony, such as a false denial of knowledge or memory, an offense may exist. 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 372--conspiracies to commit any offense against the United States, or to prevent or retaliate in response to the lawful discharge of the duties of Federal officers ...

18 U.S. Code § 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees

..... Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—

Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
15. Not to be picky, but it's four words
Thu May 11, 2017, 01:23 AM
May 2017

Granted, one is a contraction, which might be considered a single word instead of two......

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