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Comey B.S.
Vanity ^ | 8/2/2019 | Self

Posted on 08/02/2019 4:38:19 AM PDT by fruser1

Announcing a no-prosecute is a big disappointment. In looking for collusion, Trump folks had prosecutions for lying to the FBI held over their head in order to get cooperation and testimony. Apparently, the heavy handed tactics of the DOJ used on the rest of us are too harsh for Comey. It must be nice to get that professional courtesy.


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Even if it's an easy case to defend, Comey would have to spend time and money to get to that not guilty point. That's how DOJ manages to bully potential witnesses.

This also does not preclude adding charges later. They can promise reduced sentencing as opposed to no prosecute.

1 posted on 08/02/2019 4:38:19 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

Why say anything at all right now? Just leave it out there.


2 posted on 08/02/2019 4:44:20 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: fruser1

I enjoy watching how the public is easily manipulated by media propaganda. We’re suppose to buy into the “it would have been an easy case to defend” nonsense? As you said, the money it takes to defend a case brought by the DOJ would cost a bundle, and in the case of General Flynn, it caused him to sue for peace. It’s a travesty for everyone but the delusional.


3 posted on 08/02/2019 4:46:06 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: fruser1

Put a piece of ham on his head. Call him a sandwich. Maybe then...


4 posted on 08/02/2019 4:47:32 AM PDT by PGalt
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This clearly demonstrates how the game is played. Comey, as a former FIB director has the goods on a lot of people. There was no way he was going to be prosecuted.


5 posted on 08/02/2019 4:51:26 AM PDT by cyberstoic
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To: cyberstoic

Excellent point.


6 posted on 08/02/2019 4:52:32 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

If no other charges are brought against him this makes no sense.


7 posted on 08/02/2019 4:52:46 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: fruser1

The difference is, now under Barr the DoJ does things legal and by the rules. They don’t send SWAT teams to intimidate people. This is the way it’s supposed to be done. For those of you that want the DoJ to seek revenge, thwould be just as lawless as Obama’s DoJ was, and that ain’t gonna happen under Trump.


8 posted on 08/02/2019 4:52:58 AM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: fruser1

Police will never hold police to the same standard they hold citizens.
They ALWAYS circle the wagons around their own, and apparently at the highest level.
Remember this next time you have jury duty, or vote.


9 posted on 08/02/2019 4:55:45 AM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: fruser1

The “club” in DC sickens me.


10 posted on 08/02/2019 4:55:52 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Tag, you're it.)
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I don’t want Comey to win a single legal victory.
I don’t wan the Trump Administration to be accused of “witch hunts” that fail to find sufficient evidence for conviction.

I want Comey to go down in a slam dunk where everyone can clearly see what a scumbag he is. I can wait for that case to develop. I don’t need him charged today.


11 posted on 08/02/2019 4:56:49 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: fatman6502002

And it would be perfectly legal and by the rules to seek an indictment for this. I’m not looking for SWAT. The practice of using charges to get cooperation is not going to stop. That goes back to enactment of RICO.

Do you really think Barry’s DOJ won’t use that tactic to get cooperation against an El Chapo type?

And besides, Trump committed no election crime and neither did his comrades. In Trump’s case the charges were bs from the get go.

However, Comey actually did commit crimes.


12 posted on 08/02/2019 5:04:12 AM PDT by fruser1
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James Comey is teaching a course on ethical leadership at William and Mary. He cannot be held to account for these minor transgressions.


13 posted on 08/02/2019 5:19:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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This all boils down to a fundamental difference between Leftists and Conservatives.

Conservatives generally have core values we adhere to, everything from property rights to individual rights. One of those core values is that respect and adherence to law.

Leftists have no such anchor. To them, their values are whatever is expedient to achieve their goals, whatever those goals are. In short, the the ends always justify the means.

This is 100% clear from observing the conduct of the Left since Trump was elected, specifically with respect to the Mueller Probe.

They conducted that in exactly the same way any tyrannical government entity would have conducted it, using the full power of the state to coerce individuals. I guarantee you, if it were in their power to do so, they would be fully on board with confinement and torture of people to obtain what was needed to get Trump out of office.

They would have conducted it as the Soviet Union or Cuba would have.

The fact that that is a line they cannot cross (yet) is the only reason it didn’t happen.

There are some who say we should use the same practices of the Left against them. I surely don’t support that.

But what I do support is the full prosecution allowed by LAW. And the fact that it appears now that we as Americans are going to have to accept (the fact that there are different sets of law depending on who you are) is a tough one to swallow, but becoming unavoidable.


14 posted on 08/02/2019 5:26:56 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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When leaking classified information, when did “intent” ever become a required element?

When Clintoon was being almost looked at, I thought I saw someone post the law in question, and intent was not involved in guilt or innocence. People with access to classified information are trained, in position to know what is classified and what is not regardless of whether it is stamped in bold letters secret or such.

Thought the law was simple. You had classified information and you lost it. Didn’t even have to be leaked - just that you improperly stored it unsecured or didn’t follow procedures pertaining to document handling (like taking them home, in a hotel room, in your car, etc) and it “could” have been taken.

If that is right, Comey’s confession of handing documents to his friend, with no security clearance, would be an open / shut case. He should be nailed to the wall on this. Then, get him on more later until he is serving 600 years.


15 posted on 08/02/2019 5:27:05 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: ClearCase_guy

“charged today”

They could have said they did not decide what to do concerning the IG doc and said they were withholding decisions due to other active investigations in this regard.

Coming out to make the point of not prosecuting makes me think they aren’t going to do squat in the future either. You know, professional courtesy and all.


16 posted on 08/02/2019 5:28:47 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1
Swamp rule1: The swamp takes care of its own.

Swamp rule2: See swamp rule1.

17 posted on 08/02/2019 5:31:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rigelkentaurus

“intent”

That’s right, “intent” is a fact for a jury to decide. Prosecution presents evidence but it the jury’s job to make that kind of determination.


18 posted on 08/02/2019 5:31:43 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: rlmorel

“tough one to swallow”

Yup, “professional courtesy” flies in the face of “equal protection under the law”.

Apparently, being a government or political “professional” is comparable to a title of nobility. I thought we tried to slough that off in 1776...


19 posted on 08/02/2019 5:34:37 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: cyberstoic

Lady Justice is a slut. Apparently the blindfold is made from see thru gauze.


20 posted on 08/02/2019 5:34:57 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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