Not Just Trump -It's Sr WH officials, PLURAL, asking around about getting the FBI to drop the probe.

[kpete]

Link to tweet

In addition to the requests to Coats and Rogers, senior White House officials sounded out top intelligence officials about the possibility of intervening directly with Comey to encourage the FBI to drop its probe of Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. The officials said the White House appeared uncertain about its power to influence the FBI.

“Can we ask him to shut down the investigation? Are you able to assist in this matter?” one official said of the line of questioning from the White House.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-asked-intelligence-chiefs-to-push-back-against-fbi-collusion-probe-after-comey-revealed-its-existence/2017/05/22/394933bc-3f10-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?utm_term=.077e7f163c38

[justiceischeap]

1. Has none of these people heard about Watergate?

I mean, other than Nixon resigning, of course.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Watergate was 44 years ago.

WH gang would have had to be 20 or older at the time for it to make an impression.
Spicer is supposed to be 35, bout same age as Ivanka and Kushner, and you know how dumb THEY are.
Trump does not have a habit of having really smart people around him.
I bet you that at the point of loaded gun, they could not tell you why exactly Nixon earned impeachment threats.
At the most it would be "Nixon-resigned-impeachment maybe"

Hubris is very thick with these idjits.

[WinkyDink]

17. I don't agree. My generation was in our early/mid teens on 11/22/63, and the effect was incalculable

and indelible.

I should think that the resignation of Nixon also left an impression on high school kids.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Good to hear.

When it happened, I was only aware of my family's reaction, and they would be Trump supporters today if they were alive.

[herding cats]

2. This may explain why Priebus and Bannon came back early. NT

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Think you might be on the right trail.

Notice all the chatter about Lawyering up in today's blurb's .

[herding cats]

6. What a sad day when people assume such, but it is what it is.

We're so far down the rabbit hole now, nothing surprises me at this point. I'm know I'm not the only one.

[brer cat]

7. No, you're not, herding cats.

There are a lot of feeling the same way. I still alternate between anger and sadness, but I don't think there will be anything else that is surprising.

[herding cats]

19. That's how I feel, too

With some disgust tossed in there just for seasoning. What a mess we're in.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. How about this???

NSA also kept memos of Donald Trump’s attempts at obstructing justice in Russia investigation.

MORE obstruction proof!!!!

[LompocDem]

15. This old guy...

...remembers the events of '73 and Nixon's resignation in '74. This is a moment in our political history that will be remembered and compared to Nixon and his attempt to quell the investigation into his malfeasance. The parallels are all too common to be happenstance IMO.

[kacekwl]

3. Boy, for a group of innocents

the prez. and the GOP are sure acting like criminals. Time to name names and prosecute all the way down the line until some random precinct captain is next in line for president.

[malaise]

8. Because they are

They are not acting

[Volaris]

9. Thread winner.

[WinkyDink]

18. Yep. The entire infection must be destroyed.

[spanone]

5. K&R...

[ProudLib72]

12. Uncertain about its power to influence the FBI

Doesn't seem to me like they were uncertain. In fact, tRump was so certain that he accosted Comey on at least three separate occasions to tell him to drop it.

[GallopingGhost]

13. Rep. Cummings really nailed it

with "this thing runs deep."

Barrel of traitors.

[L. Coyote]

14. A conspiracy encompassing all perjury and false representations obfuscating the Russia connections.

We should ask, "Why such a massive conspiracy to hide connections to Russia? ANSWER: Because there was collusion, making Trump guilty of hacking the DNC.

Just like Watergate, it starts with the break-in. This time the idiots had the hubris to think they could release the hacked info without getting caught. Beyond idiotic.

[WinkyDink]

16. Not a one of them even acknowledges that there ARE laws, let alone that they should

live by them.

They all, Trump and his Republicans, are desperate to deplete and steal the entire Treasury while they have control.

They are now regarding the United States as a conquered Third World country, with spoils to be looted and divvied up, leaving a population impoverished, weakened, and demoralized.

If this Grand Theft requires perjury, bribery, lying to all Americans, and treason, then that is what shall be embraced.

It really is that simple.

Follow the money. It is their true God.