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Posted on 10/20/2017 10:52:15 AM PDT by drewh
Benjamin Wittes, a friend of former FBI Director James Comey, said that he's unable to say how far President Trump is willing to push the legal bounds of the presidency because it would involve "looking into his soul" — and he's not quite sure Trump has one.
Asked by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on his podcast "Stay Tuned with Preet" how far he thinks Trump is willing to stretch the constitutional constraints of his office, Wittes said he would need to look into Trump's soul to answer that question.
"I'm hesitant to answer that question because it involves looking into his soul," Wittes said.
Pressed by Bharara on what he sees when he looks "into his soul," Wittes responded: "Well, first of all, I question whether he has one. But that's a question that I'm not in a position really to have an answer to."
Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the editor-in-chief of the blog Lawfare, contended that Trump has, in the past, appeared willing to push other boundaries and that those instances may offer insights into how he treats his legal authority as president.
Wittes, who describes himself as a confidant of Comey, has spoken out about the former FBI chief's interactions with Trump in the wake of Comey's firing in May.
Bharara has also spoken critically of Trump. He was fired from his office in March after he refused to resign at the request of the Trump administration.
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Translation he is not a crook like me, he can’t be bought.
I am fairly sure Comey sold his s soul.
I find it amusing that liberals are suddenly bothered by a President exceeding the limits of his constitutional power. where was their concern when Obama was pretending he was the King of America? Trump hasn't even come close to Obama's executive overreach.
Comey’s going to need a jumpsuit and a cell...
I’m not sure Wittes has a brain.
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What nerve this cretin has!
Who cares what Benjamin Wittes has to say or what his opinion is on anything. Wow, his claim to fame is he is a friend of a lying corrupt politocrat who corrupted on of the premier law enforcement organizations of the nation. Like people flock together.
Where were all these asshats when Obama simply ignored the Constitution?
Not a peep...
Comey is a lying traitorous coward
Our Man T. Rex
So an East coast jewish reporter hates Trump? Big surprise.
Preet is a lying punk. He knows perfectly well that US Attorneys are political appointees who are routinely replaced by a new administration. But, his lies serve the Nevertrump media, so they perpetuate them.
Has Trump ever soullessly sat by and watched an underling send an innocent man to jail while letting the known guilty party skate as Comey did when Patrick Fitzgerald railroaded Scooter Libby and never charged Richard Armitage?
Example of why Liberals are the new NAZI’s.
Liberals Dehumanize Trump: He doesn’t even have a soul.
Nazi’s Dehumanized Jews: Jews are subhuman
Neither deserves(d) to live
Liberals are no better than Nazi’s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wittes
Writes for New Republic? Friend of Comey?
Judge people by the company they keep. POS.
That this nitwit is a “friend” of criminal and liar comey says a lot about his character.
I’m sure Comey had a soul before he sold it to the devil.
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