Posted on 12/09/2018 7:47:30 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday that President Trump is "certainly close" to being an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing investigation into campaign finance violations.
Comey said during a discussion with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace during an event that Trump does not fit the description in the "formal sense" because he hasn't been named in an indictment.
"But if hes not there, hes certainly close given the language in the filing that the crimes were committed at his direction," Comey said, referring to a filing from federal prosecutors last Friday that said Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, "acted in coordination with and at the direction of" Trump in steering illegal payments during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Comey later added that Trump would be in "serious jeopardy" of being charged in the Southern District of New York investigation if he wasn't the president.
"The government wouldnt make that sponsoring allegation if they weren't seriously contemplating going forward with criminal charges," he said. "Where it stands here I cant say."
On Friday, the SDNY released new documents about its case against Cohen, including arguments that Trump directed Cohen to make a pair of hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal during the 2016 campaign.
Both Daniels and McDougal have alleged they had affairs with the president. Trump has repeatedly denied their claims.
The filing does not directly name Trump, but makes multiple references to him as "Individual-1."
Cohen previously pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in August. Prosecutors are recommending he serve a 42-month sentence for violations of campaign finance law and charges of bank and tax fraud.
Comey's comments about Trump came the same day the president lashed out at his ex-FBI director, accusing him of lying during testimony he gave to House lawmakers about the probe into Russian election interference.
"Leakin James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!" Trump tweeted.
Comey privately testified before the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees last week. Among other things, a transcript of his testimony revealed that the counterintelligence investigation into possible conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign began by examining four Americans.
What specific campaign laws is he supposed to be an unindicted co-conspirator on Jimbo? Bet you can’t name one.
how does he know anything...he’s been fired..why hasn’t is security been pulled?
how does he know anything...he’s been fired..why hasn’t is security been pulled?
I’ve come to believe that the primary function of the FBI is to gather dirt on politicians and businessmen so that the new Oligarchy the FBI works for keeps everyone under their control.
Comey obviously has access to those files, which probably includes everyone sitting on the House Committee ostensibly acting as oversight, and he is essentially untouchable.
Says the eternally butthurt Phony Comey.
Lock him up!
Comey said to MSNBC. of course he did.
why hasn’t Comey been indicted? not to mention the rest of the coup plotters.
Yeah. The Hill is pretty biases. I don’t bother with them anymore.
They can’t name an example of any law Trump has broken. There are none. The whole scheme is to put into low info voters’ brains that Trump broke laws but they can’t indict a sitting by president. But if they could Trump would be in prison. Sadly there are some voters who voted for Trump will believe it.
Crooked Comey without fear, calls the chief executive of the DOJ Donald Trump, crooked.
We as a country are so screwed.
Had Trump not been elected none of this would ever have been discussed.
Yes, this whole episode has become ‘narrative’ driven.
If someone doesn't take him down a notch (or more) or reign him in we're definitely screwed.
This guy is flouting his arrogance and no one in the Republican party seem to be challenging him so yeah, we're screwed.
If Trump declared a National Emergency and arrested Comey, Schiff, Mueller, Pelosi, Hillary, etc and tried them for sedition and conspiracy, I would support him.
USA 3rd World Government bump for later...
It’s going to be pleasant watching Commie soil himself on the meathook at Uncle Benito’s Esso station.
The ignorant jackass. A payment and an NDA with stormy is not illegal. And second of all, speaking of people very close to being a conspirator. How about that James Comey guy and the Hillary email case where he wrote the conclusion before the investigation was done?
“”I’ve said it before. Comey can freely say these things because he either believes or knows he’s untouchable.””
Yep! FC and the horse he rode in on.
(However, I would save the horse but not the rider.)
Now that is a guy whose word we can trust!
Well, being an unindicted co-conspirator has not hurt CAIR any.
Silly me: I forgot that Donald Trump is not a Mohammedan.
/sarcoff
Of course, Jimmy doesn’t have any proof. He’s a proven liar who cannot be trusted.
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