Posted on 05/12/2017 7:12:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
"This is a series of high crimes and misdemeanors."
—Constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe to @TheLastWord pic.twitter.com/8gNhphP39D
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 12, 2017
Harvard professor and constitutional law expert Lawrence Tribe on Thursday called President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey "staggering" and said Trump obstructed justice by asking for Comey's loyalty.
"That is, clearly, on it's face obstruction of justice," Tribe said on MSNBC on Thursday, referring to reports that Trump asked Comey for his "loyalty" at a private dinner.
Tribe said that Trump's request translated to mean that Trump wanted assurances from Comey that he would not become part of the FBI's investigation into Russian election interference.
"What it really means is, ‘Can I count on you not to make me a target of this investigation”’ ” Tribe said. "That's clearly an impermissible question."
On Thursday, Trump told NBC's Lester Holt that he considered the Russia investigation when he made the decision to fire Comey, contradicting statements made by other members of his White House staff, including Vice President Mike Pence.
Tribe said that Trump's own words insinuated that he was guilty of obstructing the FBI's investigation.
"So, either Trump's own account of the discussion is true, in which case he's guilty of obstruction of justice," Tribe said. "Or, much more likely, Comey's account is true in which Comey gave him no assurances and said, ‘You can count on me to be honest, but not to be reliable or swear fealty to you.’ ”
"Either way, as with the first article of impeachment against Richard Nixon, this is a series of high crimes and misdemeanors," Tribe said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
The real reason Trump fired Comey is that even though he has admitted to Trump and senators Grassley and Feinstein that Trump isn’t under investigation, he refuses to say so publicly which as Grassley said, “ (The FBI) should confirm to the public whether it is or is not investigating the President. Because it has failed to make this clear, speculation has run rampant. The American people deserve to know if senior government officials are under active criminal or intelligence investigation.” Grassley said. Trump fired Comey because it was obvious Comey was purposely allowing innuendo and speculation to harm the Trump presidency.
Alan Dershowitz: Trump did not obstruct justice in firing James Comey
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3552413/posts
Nonsense. McCabe already said there has been absolutely no attempt to influence the FBI's investigation. Another example of partisan politics masquerading as legal analysis.
Harvard Law FORCED, by trickery,
a criminal, without a valid SS#,
who gave up his citizenship, and who was lawless,
and supported the Enemies of the American People,
on America as their pRes_ _ent.
What did Tribe know? and when?
Every president must allow his branch of the government to be stuffed with people who are working to undermine his agenda, including the heads of major agencies.
If he tries to get rid of them, he can be impeached.
This rule does not apply to Democrat presidents.
Lawrence Tribe is one of the Fringe lunatic liberals continually mentioned by Democrats as worthy of a SCOTUS seat.
He should have fired Comey just for continuing the Russian investigation when nothing has been brought forward to prove Trump or the election were compromised by Russia. Comey is a Clinton/Democrat shill. He wasn’t going against Trump too much.
*He was going against Trump too much.
It’s obvious that Comey was using these investigations to keep himself from getting fired.
By investigating the president he figured that the conflict of interest would prevent the president from firing him
He reopened the Hillary investigation when he thought she was going to win, and then as soon as Trump was inaugurated he made public the news that Trump was under investigation as well.
I’ll take AD over Tribe any day.
How interesting that Tribe intimately knows every word Comey said on any given day. I mean, with psychic abilities like that, he should have won the lottery several times over and know how to bring about world peace.
The Massachusetts Bar has committed high crimes and misdemeanors by not disbarring this clown. Likewise, Harvard Law School defrauds the public by having this clown teach law there.
I guess Tribe is a member of the Tribe.
Tribe is reminding us why the legal profession ranks near the bottom of respected occupations.
Travis, please post your response re Clintoon firing his FBI director.
Tribe’s mind is so badly bent leftward he cannot make any sort of credible legal assessment. It’s a great lesson as to how inane someone so allegedly educated can be.
Wasn’t this loon (a “Constitutional Expert”) the same who stated that NBC is not settled law? Allowing BO’B to become President and therefor, opening the door for Cruz to do so as well?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/09/trump-trolls-cruz-again-cites-harvards-laurence-tribe-natural-born-citizen-matter-not-yet-settled/
He is not an expert, only plays one on TV.
Thanks for posting this reality. Comedy’s poa re his job security didn’t work with our President!
“It’s obvious that Comey was using these investigations to keep himself from getting fired.
By investigating the president he figured that the conflict of interest would prevent the president from firing him
He reopened the Hillary investigation when he thought she was going to win, and then as soon as Trump was inaugurated he made public the news that Trump was under investigation as well.”
What justice has been obstructed? What crime has Trump supposedly committed? Doesn't there have to be some investigation into a crime for justice to have been thwarted? The Democrats are unhinged.
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