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Just decimated entire Comey narrative
By Aaron Blake May 11 at 8:45 PM
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TRUMP: Oh, I was going to fire regardless of recommendation.
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“It was all him,” Spicer said of Rosenstein, as a reporter repeated his answer back to him. “That’s correct — I mean, I can’t, I guess I shouldn’t say that, thank you for the help on that one. No one from the White House. That was a DOJ decision.”
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Spicer’s version of events is utterly obliterated by Trump’s comments on Thursday ...
It’s clear that the White House wanted to use Rosenstein’s credibility, built up over three decades in law enforcement, to make this decision look apolitical. This made it seem like it wasn’t just the president unilaterally firing the guy who was investigating his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia. This was actually a talking point and narrative that was intended to protect Trump ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/11/president-trump-just-decimated-the-white-houses-entire-comey-narrative/?utm_term=.602cf19f49f8
