What about those Trump tapes? Much ado about nothing

Did President Trump record his meetings with Director Comey, or did he not? That is the question burning in the minds of Democrats. More important, it had a profound effect on Comey’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee. Comey’s testimony was honest, if not perfectly forthright.

He confirmed that he had told Trump, on three separate occasions, that the President was not under investigation. This is in direct conflict with statements leaked to the New York Times, possibly by Comey or one of his close associates prior to the committee hearing.

He admitted to deliberately leaking his recollections of those conversations to a friend, who in turn, leaked it to the NYT

He declared his reason for leaking the information was to create a demand for a special counselor to investigate Russian involvement in the election

He threw in tidbits which demonstrated that AG Loretta Lynch had directly obstructed the FBI’s investigation of Hillary’s email and handling of classified information.

How do we know other effects on Comey’s testimony? What would he have said had the threat of an audio recording not been present? Listen to the way he answered most of the questions, “I think,” “My impression was,” I felt,” and notably, “I could be wrong.” These are weasel words (aka, legalese) which make the point he wished to project, but difficult to prosecute if found to be wrong. Had there been no threat of independent evidence, Comey would probably have answered affirmatively.

"Concerning the honesty and integrity of James Comey, a State of the Nation post on May 18, 2017, The Inside Story on James B. Comey, describes how Comey has functioned as a Clinton (and Obama administration) fixer while becoming fabulously wealthy as he went in and out of private enterprise and government "service." He also covered up/refused to investigate other government embarrassments for the Bushes. "

“Comey’s testimony was honest, if not perfectly forthright.”

The authors of this piece are not critical thinkers. If Comey is such an honest and forthright man, then why didn’t he take memos of his meetings with Loretta Lynch, with whom he said was upset and had a queasy feeling? If he was as truthful as they wish, he would have leaked about these memos to the NYT, or maybe quit his job. However, he did neither of these things.

It’s because he was in on the quashing of the biggest scandal in the last few years, namely that Hillary Clinton had illegally and with intent, used a homebrew server to handle classified material, in order to make it difficult for anyone to know what she was doing. Furthermore, the Clinton Foundation was also under investigation, but Comey allowed that one also to have no teeth by keeping investigators from using the tools and techniques that the FBI is known for using. No surprises for when the FBI shows up at your door unannounced, no subpoenas, and immunity handed out to pretty much anyone involved.

Honest and forthright? Hardly. Comey is as dishonest as the rest of those in the swamp of D.C. I don’t know how we’ll ever get our country back.

Comey taped Trump and everyone else in the campaign. Leaked phone called etc. Trump fired the a$$hole 3000 miles from his stash. His stash is in Sessions office. hopefully copies have been made and sent to Trump, Giuliani, sekelow, etc.

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