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jberryhill

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1. One minor distinction

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2017, 08:40 AM

May 2017

Is that the Comey memo reportedly has Trump expressing his "hope" instead of giving an instruction.

Now, yes, this is very much like a mafia figure saying "I wish something would happen to that guy", and there are other factual circumstances such as Trump's ability to fire Comey as he eventually did.

But I would bet they'd try to draw a distinction between Trump saying "Stop the Flynn investigation" and "I hope you can clear Flynn".

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