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Trump Warns Comey and Says He May Cancel Press Briefings
New York Times ^ | May 12, 2017 | PETER BAKER

Posted on 05/12/2017 6:33:36 AM PDT by reaganaut1

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director he fired this week, against leaking anything negative about the president and warned the news media that he may cancel all future White House briefings.

In a series of early-morning Twitter posts, Mr. Trump even seemed to suggest that there may be secret tapes of his conversations with Mr. Comey that could be used to counter the former F.B.I. director if necessary. It was not immediately clear whether he meant that literally or simply hoped to intimidate Mr. Comey into silence.

“James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.

Mr. Trump appeared agitated over news reports on Friday that focused on contradictory accounts of his decision to fire Mr. Comey at the same time the F.B.I. is investigating ties between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; trump; trumpmedia
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Trump should get off Twitter. He sounds unstable, not what you want in a President.
1 posted on 05/12/2017 6:33:36 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

I can’t disagree, just have a high ranking WH official make the call.


2 posted on 05/12/2017 6:36:01 AM PDT by seeker41 (Free the USA-eliminate globalist causes and return to the constitution)
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To: reaganaut1

You need to put down the Fake Stream News Kool-Aid.

President Trump is doing just fine, and I am glad he’s calling out the swap.

It’s about time!

Go President Trump!


3 posted on 05/12/2017 6:36:06 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: reaganaut1

Sounds fine to me. NYTimes just puts their nasty spin on it.

It doesn’t matter what Trump does, they find fault. Now, the story is he had two scoops of ice cream and the press was only given one.


4 posted on 05/12/2017 6:36:26 AM PDT by FR_addict (Ryan needs to go!)
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To: reaganaut1

Talk of the “great communicator”. What does “unstable” mean to you?


5 posted on 05/12/2017 6:36:58 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: reaganaut1

I don’t think so. It’s like the pitching term ‘effectively wild.’


6 posted on 05/12/2017 6:37:08 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: reaganaut1

Not unstable at all...............warning is a better word for it


7 posted on 05/12/2017 6:37:36 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Enlightened1
And the media hit the snooze button.


8 posted on 05/12/2017 6:38:00 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Exactly.


9 posted on 05/12/2017 6:38:52 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: reaganaut1

Or what? The MSM will say mean things about him?

They will anyway. Fight fire with fire.


10 posted on 05/12/2017 6:39:23 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: reaganaut1

There have been a lot of leaks aimed at damaging the Trump administration. I think President Trump knows exactly where they are coming from.


11 posted on 05/12/2017 6:41:40 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: FR_addict

I would have given him three.....and none to the Press.


12 posted on 05/12/2017 6:42:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: reaganaut1

“...simply hoped to intimidate Mr. Comey into silence.”

Since Comey, the honest man that he is, would only leak the truth, the tapes should vindicate him, not intimidate him. I don’t get it.


13 posted on 05/12/2017 6:43:10 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (rightwingcrazy)
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Trump should get off Twitter. He sounds unstable, not what you want in a President.

He is going against a media tsunami of bad press, unlike anything in history. Most of the unnamed source leaks are not leaks at all, but fabricated from thin air nonsense. The media has lost all ethics and sense of journalism.

I don't want my only source of news to be fake news. I need the counter that he provides to help me judge the truthfulness of the story (not that I agree with him 100% of the time, but need balance). And the press needs something to keep them in check, since Republicans are useless and working against him with the Democrats.

14 posted on 05/12/2017 6:44:58 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: reaganaut1

Anything that reduces the influence of the Washington “press corps” has to be good.


15 posted on 05/12/2017 6:45:56 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: reaganaut1

Nonsense. Keep it up, Trump!! Use Twitter all you like!


16 posted on 05/12/2017 6:46:16 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: MRadtke

Was amused listening to Yates...She would answer questions by saying....whatever Comey said.


17 posted on 05/12/2017 6:46:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Travis McGee

I took is as a poke in the eye to Comey. A sarcastic joke at Comey’s expense.


18 posted on 05/12/2017 6:47:26 AM PDT by MGG
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To: reaganaut1

This is going south in a major way.


19 posted on 05/12/2017 6:47:58 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: reaganaut1

Nonsense.

I hope he doubles his tweets.


20 posted on 05/12/2017 6:49:04 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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