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NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
Sun May 14, 2017, 04:54 PM May 2017

TPM - "Senate Intel Dem: Comey Firing Indicates Trump Admin Is Afraid Of Russia Probe:"

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mark-warner-comey-firing-indicates-trump-afraid-of-russia-probe

By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 14, 2017 3:20 PM

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Sunday said that President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be “afraid” of where the investigation into possible collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials will lead.

“Do you believe the President fired Comey to interfere with the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the election and a possible link to the Trump campaign?” Chris Wallace asked Warner on “Fox News Sunday,” referring to former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump abruptly fired on Tuesday.

“The President’s actions and his statement lends to that appearance,” Warner said. “The President and this administration, who said there’s no ‘there’ there, continues through their actions to indicate that they are afraid of where this investigation may head.”

Warner said “the dots seem to be fairly obviously connected” to indicate “a lot more than smoke.”

“But I’m trying to give the President the benefit of the doubt until we finish this investigation and reach conclusions,” he said.

Asked to respond to Trump’s suggestion that he has “tapes” of his conversations with Comey, Warner said that if such recordings exist, he wants to make sure they are “not mysteriously destroyed in the coming days.”

“I am by no means a legal expert, but this sure seems to have reverberations of past history,” Warner said. “When we’ve seen presidents who secretly tape, that usually does not end up being a good outcome for a president.”
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TPM - "Senate Intel Dem: Comey Firing Indicates Trump Admin Is Afraid Of Russia Probe:" (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal May 2017 OP
Why are the dems so damn cautious? Come on, the firing (along with all the other shit) triron May 2017 #1
Great question... but seems to be a consistent trait that frustrates me to no end. NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #2
Gee... Warren DeMontague May 2017 #3
Cannot state the obvious becuz then it would be used to discredit objectivity of investigation MedusaX May 2017 #4
Say it loud, say it proud. "You're either with us, or you're with the Russians." GBizzle May 2017 #5
K & R L. Coyote May 2017 #6

triron

(21,915 posts)
1. Why are the dems so damn cautious? Come on, the firing (along with all the other shit)
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:17 PM
May 2017

adds up to more than that!

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
4. Cannot state the obvious becuz then it would be used to discredit objectivity of investigation
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:44 PM
May 2017

He is conducting

 

GBizzle

(209 posts)
5. Say it loud, say it proud. "You're either with us, or you're with the Russians."
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:51 PM
May 2017

Along with "Why do you hate America?"

And "If you support Donald Trump, you're a traitor to your country."

I remember the Bush lovers pulling this crap during the Iraq War.

Time to throw it back in their faces, especially since the facts are on our side.

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