Rep. Ellison Statement on Former FBI Director Comey’s Senate Testimony

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) ^ | Jun 8, 2017 | Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

[mdittmar]

Press Release

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement after former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee:

“Former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony today revealed several things: First, that President Trump demanded Comey’s loyalty and tried to get him to beg for his job. Second, that President Trump asked Comey to end the investigation into Michael Flynn in order to cover up his campaign’s collusion with Russia. And third, that the President, his campaign, and the Administration repeatedly lied to the American people. 

 

“This is obstruction of justice. 

 

“Republicans must now stop tying themselves in knots to defend the President. If Donald Trump was the Mayor of a small town in rural America who asked the police chief to stop investigating a friend of his who was suspected of drunk driving, we probably wouldn’t be having a discussion about whether or not that Mayor was corrupt. Especially if the Mayor fired the police chief afterwards for refusing to drop the investigation. It’s time for Republicans to put country before party.”

 

[mdittmar]

Well,I've read some stupid conclusions from Comey’s Senate Testimony,but this one has to rate as the dumbest,and ellison is a U.S. Congressman.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What does the rest of ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood think?

[jospehm20]

This guy is very stupid.

[bigbob]

Here’s a reply to Congressman Imam:

“When the Director of the FBI says three times, under oath, that they were not investigating the president and when absolutely no evidence has been produced to support any of your stuipd wet dream theories, don’t you think it’s time to knock off the crap”?

But in a way I hope they don’t because it is clear the American people are not buying it and having radicals like Ellison beating this drum only hurts their cause.

[realcleanguy]

Wait, did Ellison just lie? LOL Damn, he did!

[Islander2]

Professor Alan Dershowitz wrote the following: In his testimony former FBI director James Comey echoed a view that I alone have been expressing for several weeks, and that has been attacked by nearly every Democratic pundit.

Comey confirmed that under our Constitution, the president has the authority to direct the FBI to stop investigating any individual. I paraphrase, because the transcript is not yet available: the president can, in theory, decide who to investigate, who to stop investigating, who to prosecute and who not to prosecute. The president is the head of the unified executive branch of government, and the Justice Department and the FBI work under him and he may order them to do what he wishes.

As a matter of law, Comey is 100 percent correct. As I have long argued, and as Comey confirmed in his written statement, our history shows that many presidents—from Adams to Jefferson, to Lincoln, to Roosevelt, to Kennedy, to Bush 1, and to Obama – have directed the Justice Department with regard to ongoing investigations. The history is clear, the precedents are clear, the constitutional structure is clear, and common sense is clear.

[epluribus_2]

Delusion is strong with This One...

[Bringbackthedraft]

If OBAMA was the Mayor of a small town in rural America who asked the police chief to stop investigating Hillary who was suspected of graft, we probably wouldn’t be having a discussion about whether or not that Mayor was corrupt.

[Impala64ssa]

Remember, this is the same Keith Ellison, the first member of the House to swear his Oath on a koran, who supports the Minn NEA’s position that some, ONLY SOME mind you, registered sex offenders should be allowed to work in the public schools (a Modest Proposal, anyone?). What does this tell us??

[Popman]

Did anyone expect him to say something different?

[USNBandit]

DNC legal reasoning

Trump hoping the Flynn investigation ends=obstruction

Deleting 30,000 emails after having been told they are subject to an FBI investigation=not obstruction.

[HarleyLady27]

Well there you have it folks, right from the American Muslim Senator that we have in OUR GOVERNMENT...who by the way is a Democrat and of course he is against EVERYTHING our Country stands for and OUR CONSTITUTION...

And how did he get there? All those Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan perhaps???

And he's second to Tom Perez who is the First Class Idiot of the DNC...and they thought they ‘upgraded’ from Blabbermouth...ROFLMAO...

There you have it!!!

[hal ogen]

This fool is an idiots’ idiot. Those idiots are those who voted for him.

[JoSixChip]

Republicans must now stop tying themselves in knots to defend the President.

What, I must have missed that. When have the republicans defended Trump? The republicans are fully willing participants in this witch hunt. They want Trump stopped and are fine with what ever the dems and the msm want to do to achieve that end. They think they are not getting their hands dirty, but I see whats going on.

[lgjhn23]

I wonder if his little piss-ant fake god, allah, tell him that?
He and muslim buddies need to take a long walk off a short pier.

[jobim]

Even with a gun pointed to my head,
and threats to my kith and kin, I would
never ever read or listen to a syllable
by this Minnesotamoslem.

[Grampa Dave]

I would not believe a word this BLMer/Isis thug said, even he was holding two Korans!

Keith Ellison was sworn in, as a new member of congress holding two Korans not a bible, with his good buddy, Nancy Pelosi!

Keith Ellison, Mohammedan. Allahu Akbar!

[a fool in paradise]

Ellision just lied to American voters but Stlainists lie. Always

[a fool in paradise]

Two queerans, was one the Nation Of Islam’s sciFi version?

[I want the USA back]

And you, are a member of the world terror organization that wants to turn this country into a place where gays get thrown off roofs.