Russian foreign minister jokes about Comey in Washington: 'Was he fired?'

[Botany]

Source: CNBC

Russian foreign minister jokes about Comey in Washington: 'Was he fired?'

Russia's foreign minister came to Washington on Wednesday amid a political firestorm over the surprise ouster of FBI Director James Comey, and greeted questions about the topic with humor.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questioned the timing of President Donald Trump's decision to remove Comey, which the White House said was due to the FBI chief's conduct during the probe into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information last year. Democrats, in particular, said the move came as the FBI investigates Russia's alleged meddling in the election, including possible ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

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"Was he fired? You're kidding," Lavrov said in a deadpan before shrugging and turning to walk away next to Tillerson.

Lavrov will meet with Trump at the White House later Wednesday morning.

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/comey-fired-lavrov-jokes-about-fbi-director-was-he-fired.html

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Does Trump even have any staff that knows how bad this meeting looks and they
are doing it now?

Video @ link.

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Maybe he just found out, or he knew it was going to happen and was being flip.

[Botany]

2. I might be wrong but in the video I thought Lavrov was just being a Dick

And acting like a dick who lives in dictatorship where he can bully the press too.

[yodermon]

3. Option 3: openly fucking mocking us. Did you see the look on his face. n/t

[Zoonart]

4. and the Secretary of the United States.........

DOES NOTHING! SAYS NOTHING!

This tells us everything we need to knkow about who is in charge in this white house.

[delisen]

6. Tillerson looked like an underling of Lavrov.

[Zoonart]

7. We have a BINGO!

[berksdem]

10. that scumbag knew...

openly mocking the american people while standing next to that fraud Tillerson

[KeepItReal]

12. Word.

No way on earth the Russian Foreign didn't know of Comey's firing within seconds.

[berksdem]

13. exactly

[delisen]

5. Lavrov arrogance-baiting the press-acts as though Russia in charge

[iluvtennis]

9. Yep, cuz they are in control

[IronLionZion]

8. They have no shame

just throwing it in our faces now to prove they can get away with it. Daring us to do something about it.

[Javaman]

11. Does Trump even have any staff that knows how bad this meeting looks and they are doing it now?

I'm sure the staff, to some extent, does, but tRump, he thinks he's looking all "presidential" and stuff...

[DallasNE]

14. Lavrov's Body Language

Is saying the Comey firing is all about the FBI investigation into Russian money laundering.