Posted on 06/17/2017 6:57:25 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
Comey’s testimony was constructed to lay the foundation for the special prosecutor to make a finding that President Trump had violated the well-established statutory prohibitions against obstruction of justice.
But the obstruction charges are not confined to impolitic tweets, and, ironically, may be applicable to Comey’s own effort to influence the FBI investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Absolutely guilty. His confession to leaking to NYT is admission.
Per the article:
His prepared testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which he followed up with his dramatic appearance before the Committee on June 8, has its undeniable surface appeal.
But on closer reading, it reveals a darker side filled with self-serving allegations that should make him a target of far closer scrutiny than an uncritical and adoring press has given him.
I think it’s very clear that he did with the leaking to the press to pressure the DOJ into the appointment of a special counsel.
I think it’s very clear that Comey is guilty, too.
However with what I’ve seen from Comey and Mueller over the Obama term, my guess is that Mueller has already granted Comey complete immunity.
Deep Throat again?
By meeting with mueller to pep his testimony, is Mueller now guilty, as well?
Consider this. What if:
1. Sessions and Trump (and Rosenstein and Mueller) have completely infused the justice department with a serious-as-a-heart-attack “no leaks” policy, with the threat of certain and immediate prison time. It hangs over everyone there. Everyone affected know they will set an example when it finally happens. That includes the entire Congress, and their aids, secretaries, janitors, etc., every last one of them. Even good guy reporters. The fear of God has been put into everyone, therefore, they are not leaking about it, and will not.
2. Comey and his sycophants are (still) planting “anonymous” stories, from outside the justice department, and the msm still eats it up. Podesta, Sid Vicious, Lynch, Comey, Brennan, any and all. Backed by their entire army of flying monkeys. MSM calls some of them “officials” but they no longer are. But they are all coming from outside the Department of Justice!
3. The email stating Lynch made assurances she would shut down the Hillary investigation is real, and Sessions has it. There is another one planted as a diversion that is BS, that has been debunked, but even Comey said recently the real one exists. The fake one is a diversion to prevent keep people away from looking behind that curtain.
4. Comey is under investigation for both leaking and obstruction of justice. He may have been given partial immunity already in exchange for spilling the beans on Lynch. Hence his incriminating-but-not-incriminating remarks recently about Lynch—queasy feeling...not leaking, but showing he has flipped sides—publicly. He will take the 5th if questioned (again) by Congress.
5. Rosenstein, Mueller, Sessions, are conducting a tightly held top secret investigation. Perhaps assembling a topgun team of handpicked leak-proof patriots. Many may be democrats. So when charges come, nobody can point to a stacked deck.
What would all that look like to us mere mortals outside the loop? What would it look like if such an investigation was already underway?
EXACTLY what it looks like right now. Complete Silence. No leaks about it. Trump out of the loop.
If it were already underway, the only hope of the criminal cabal being investigated (and all that it implies and leads to) is that it somehow gets shut down. Primary: Get rid of Meuller, Rosenstein, and Sessions, in that order.
Secondary: NO LEAKS about it! That's right, the evil doers would be even more afraid of leaks than the good guys. If word got out, we would be cheering, and Mueller, Rosenstein and Sessions would become fire proof.
Third: Keep sowing more fake news to stoke doubts about Mueller, Rosenstein, and Sessions, so calls come out from the Republicans to fire them all. Blow massive amounts of smoke day and night to inflame and confuse in a fake grass roots effort to get everyone to say with the same voice, “Shut it down!”
It would all look to us EXACTLY like what is happening right now.
IMHO.
The source and authors are NOT on my list of conservative writers.
Even the left-of-center legal scholars know that Comey’s claims and testimony have problems.
And have so far they've been some of the most insightful. I posted an analysis by Turley yesterday as well.
Obstruction of justice. Get the rope.
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Heh---driving liberals ballistic....that's the fun part. Let's make sure there are enough strait jackets and padded cells to handle all the deranged liberals before we proceed (smirk).
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HAT TIP HARDSTARBOARD Trump could claim that Muller's investigation is so important that it just cannot take place in the dark. It needs the disinfectant of sunshine to prevent it from going off the rails.
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Also throw in a couple liberal petards.....black lives matter, Saint Trayvon Martin--Martyr, refugees, diversity, civil rights, Hillary got robbed, "for the children"......and so on.
Great story, that I’d like to believe. However, based on the long list of coverups and botched investigations that both Comey and Mueller perpetrated under the Obama administration, coupled with the fact they’re now colluding Comey’s testimony and adding Clinton Foundation lawyers to the Special Counsel staff, unfortunately I don’t see it as being the most likely explanation of what’s going on.
The Trump supporter beehive hasn't given sCummey OR BoobMuller immunity from anything...
And I think the Trump supporter beehive is getting tired of being treated like a pinata by these lawless Swamp scumbags...
Oh yes, I think so!
Interesting user comment at the end of the article which cites the statute on the special investigator avoiding conflict of interest.
“28 CFR 600.7. prohibits a Special Consel from serving is he has a conflict of interest. The rule has been interpreted to mean that even the appearance of a conflict of interest is sufficient for disqualification.”
It is time to turn the tables and ask Mueller how his past association with Comey is *not* a conflict of interest.
Great graphic. I’d change Mueller to The Tool, and Rosenstein to The Fool though, to make it perfect.
Newsweek? Ya gotta be kidding...
LS - in case you didn’t see Liz’ great idea.
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