Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation
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[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html?_r=1[/url]
[B][U]Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation[/U][/B]
[QUOTE]President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo that Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting.
“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.
The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.[/QUOTE]
This happened well after Yates told him that Flynn was compromised by Russia.
[QUOTE]“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.[/QUOTE]
He seems to think Comey had a very personal interest in this, instead of realising this was in the interests of the United States and its people itself.
And the American Nightmare continues. 2020 Please come sooner.
I can't even deal with this anymore, it's literally exhausting to watch. Can we please just impeach Trump already? We need to get him out of office ASAP.
[quote]Mr. Comey shared the existence of the memo with senior F.B.I. officials and close associates. The New York Times has not viewed a copy of the memo, which is unclassified, but one of Mr. Comey’s associates read parts of the memo to a Times reporter.
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. “He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”
Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey that Mr. Flynn had done nothing wrong, according to the memo.[/quote]
Why do I get this dreadful feeling we're in for another page to page rollercoaster ride of 'What did Trump [I]really[/I] mean by this' and another round of 'Anonymous sources make everything fake'
I wonder how much the GOP would screech if Clinton had done this?
What a circus american politics is at the moment with the trump administration. Can it get any worse than this?
[QUOTE=smfE;52237358]What a circus american politics is at the moment with the trump administration. Can it get any worse than this?[/QUOTE]
Trump could kill a man and we'd have people defending him and say he shouldn't be impeached. So yes, it can get worse.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52237356]I wonder how much the GOP would screech if Clinton had done this?[/QUOTE]
boy you know shit would hit the fan, "fake outrage" is the right projecting themselves onto others
[QUOTE=Sitkero;52237350]Why do I get this dreadful feeling we're in for another page to page rollercoaster ride of 'What did Trump [I]really[/I] mean by this' and another round of 'Anonymous sources make everything fake'[/QUOTE]
Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”
What did Comey mean by this :thinking:
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[QUOTE=-nesto-;52237378]Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”
What did Comey mean by this :thinking:[/QUOTE]
That he felt like Flynn was generally a good guy, and then he specifically didn't respond to the request to drop the investigation. There's not much else to interpret, he literally only responded to that one tiny portion.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52237356]I wonder how much the GOP would screech if Clinton had done this?[/QUOTE]
People would be arrested trying to climb the White House fence with guns.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52237393]People would be arrested trying to climb the White House fence with guns.[/QUOTE]
I think you mean shot by the snipers for trying to climb the fence with guns.
[QUOTE=-nesto-;52237378]Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”
What did Comey mean by this :thinking:[/QUOTE]
He meant
"I'm not telling you anything about this investigation that could endanger it until I have a solid case on my hands"
[QUOTE=Sitkero;52237350]Why do I get this dreadful feeling we're in for another page to page rollercoaster ride of 'What did Trump [I]really[/I] mean by this' and another round of 'Anonymous sources make everything fake'[/QUOTE]
Be the change you want to see and ignore the people who everybody knows will never change their minds regarding the trump administration no matter what
[media]https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/864594572026015745[/media]
Oh man
[QUOTE=Potus;52237414][media]https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/864594572026015745[/media]
Oh man[/QUOTE]
[I]Holy god damn shit[/I]
[QUOTE=-nesto-;52237378]Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”
What did Comey mean by this :thinking:[/QUOTE]
It's called 'covering your ass'.
Anyhoo, I'm curious to see how T_D spins this. I'd check it myself but I'm not particularly fond of brain damage.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52237433]It's called 'covering your ass'.
Anyhoo, I'm curious to see how T_D spins this. I'd check it myself but I'm not particularly fond of brain damage.[/QUOTE]
they're too busy freaking out about seth rich
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Case closed guys
[QUOTE=Potus;52237453][media]https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/864595294691803137[/media]
Case closed guys[/QUOTE]
an hour later Donald Trump is seen wrestling with several aides for possession of an Android phone. his Twitter account is updated:
"YEAH I TOLD HIM TO END THE INVESTIGATION SO WHATASDFITSMYPHONEGIVEITBA"
[QUOTE=-nesto-;52237378]Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”
What did Comey mean by this :thinking:[/QUOTE]
If I had a dollar for every condescending shitpost you've made that ends with 🤔, I could quit my day job.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52237489][media]https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/864599109096919041[/media][/QUOTE]
Probably why Comey wanted to meet with Congress publicly.
When will the republicans realize that the more than they enable trump the more damage the party will receive in the long run
nowadays they aren't even being given enough time to react to the scandals. They haven't managed to organized a proper response to yesterday and they already have to deal with another scandal
and it's only Tuesday!
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