Posted on 05/09/2019 8:46:18 PM PDT by ransomnote
Former FBI director James Comey said Thursday that he thinks President Trump likely has committed crimes that could be cause for indictment once he leaves office and, were he not president, likely would already have been indicted.
In a CNN town-hall-style meeting, Mr. Comey was asked by host Anderson Cooper whether Mr. Trump acted with corrupt intent to interfere with an ongoing investigation.
“It sure looks that way,” Mr. Comey replied, saying he based that judgment on his reading of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and leaning most heavily on Mr. Trump’s order to White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Mr. Mueller.
When Mr. Cooper asked the former FBI chief whether he agreed with an open letter from numerous federal prosecutors that Mr. Trump would already have been indicted on obstruction of justice charges if were not the president, Mr. Comey was emphatic.
“Yes. agree. No doubt,” he told Mr. Cooper.
It has been longstanding Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted.
Attorney General William Barr has said, though, that Mr. Mueller’s decision not to charge Mr. Trump was not based on that policy alone.
When a president could be indicted poses an awkward question, Mr. Comey said.
He said Mr. Mueller, in writing his report, seemed to be balancing Justice Department policy with building a factual record that could be used in other circumstances, such as Congress’s power to impeach a president.
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That’s o.k. I believe his prison cell will come with one of those clear plastic covered TV sets so he can watch the doings.
Why would anyone ask a crook for legal advice?
Comey is truly a pathetic person. Big bird tall, and slime mold-like in stature.
POS.
About 10 minutes before Clinton left the Whitehouse on his last day, his attorney stepped up to a mike.
And read an agreement that everyone signed off on....
FIRST....Clinton can never be prosecuted for any crime that occurred while he was in office. He loses his Arkansas license for 5 years. He can never practice in front of the Supreme Court.
And he left...
Pretty funny coming from the jackass who held a press conference for the purpose of saying that Hillary Clinton is above the law.
This is the equivalent of the band playing on the Titanic. Comey and Anderson knows the s—t is going to hit the fan within a month, but they gotta put on a brave face for their left-wing kook fans.
Weasel Comey is much like H->!
He just doen’t know when to stop digging.
Obama’s pucker factor just increased 10,000%.
“Likely”. Never heard that standard for either indictment or conviction.
I am afraid that the only way to end this is to prosecute for the crimes committed and enact the death penalty when possible...the only way to wake everyone up to the realization that the politicians were selling out the country is to have a real trial with real penalties. at this point the criminals think all they have to do is run out the clock on the trump presidency and then go after those who supported president trump after he leaves office. they will kill people if given the chance if they regain control of the presidency
The Democrats will destroy anyone who denies their Just-Us.
I wouldn’t doubt somewhere some DNC reptile is planning how to make an example of not just Trump but his whole family.
Had Hillary won Trump, Pence, Thomas ... a whole slew of accidents and heart attacks might have already happened. What’s a few more bodies to that harridan?
Cardinal Comey should spend his time and effort into lawyering up.
Trump could be indicted but Hillary couldn’t? Just wow.
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