With about as much success, too. 
Posted on 06/07/2017 11:50:17 AM PDT by TheConservator
The official statement (pdf.) from James Comey, to be read during the hearing tomorrow, has bombshells — but they are helpful to Donald Trump. The statement is embedded in full at the bottom of this post.
Comey confirms — contrary to media reports — that he told Trump that Trump was not personally under investigation.
Comey also paints a picture of Trump trying to put in a good word for Michael Flynn, but there is no suggestion that anything rising to the level of obstruction of justice was said. Also, Comey made clear that those comments did not relate to the general investigation of Russian interference in the election.
We will have additional analysis shortly.
Here are some key excerpts (mostly) in the order in which they appear, and how they relate to prior media reporting.
Comey confirmed — three times in the statement — that he told Trump he was not under investigation:
January 6
“In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President Elect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance.”
January 27
“During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn’t happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren’t, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it.”
March 30
“I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that. He repeatedly told me, “We need to get that fact out.””
More to follow.
Get with the program....
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Ssssshhhh! It’s a red herring, a subterfuge, a distraction. And both sides like it that way.
Note that while the press and their political cronies obsess over Russia, DJT is winning on issues that actually matter. Quietly. Devastatingly. The opposition likely realizes this, yet drawing attention to it highlights their own impotence. So this silly narrative continues.
Kabuki theatre. But at least in this case we’re winning in the background.
**Who will be the first Dhimmicrap to accuse Comey of perjury..*
McCain?
It’s going to be fun watching CNN telling us that Comey didn’t say what he just said!
[Reagan’s biggest mistake George Bush]
Apparently so. Who knew he was gonna get up there and yak up New World Order? Good gosh.
With about as much success, too.
Comey: Told Trump not personally under investigation; no attempt to interfere in Russia probe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So Comey was threatening the president? He should have been fired on the spot.
Comey clearly sees himself as a “king-maker.” And now after his continuing resistance against Trump, I hope Comey says something that will cause him to be brought to justice.
Maxine Waters.
Excellent post, thank you.
Now there’s a man who looks like he knows he’s up to his neck in doo doo and on that famous hitlist. One wrong step and it’s lights out.
Anticipation being half of enjoyment, I can wait for his comeuppance.
You always have the right to ask if you’re the target of investigation when dealing with law enforcement.
You always have the right to determine exactly who is asking the questions.
You should always exercise your rights. Law enforcement is never on your side if you’re the target.
This is true. The FBI visited me after just posting on FR.
Let this be a lesson. They were very serious. I had no idea what they were talking about but it was enough for me to know where the information came from.
It’s a wide open world kids.
Sounds more like the President is ticked off at how the press, along with the Democrats, has kept on implying he is under investigation when he is not and wants that to be known rather than any attempt to actually interfere in an investigation.
Sean Hannity was all over this tonight on his FNC show. You may want to catch the rerun at 1:00 am ET if you missed it.
Let the liberal/socialist/communist/anarchist snowflakes' heads explode. I invite them to bring on their worst conspiracy crap. They will only just look more stupid, as I saw Jaun Williams say today on The Five. He agreed with the other 4 conservative hosts that they are killing their chances for a mid-term turn-over. I so wish they let Hitlary run again. The laughs I and the Wife will have may cause us to double up on cough meds!
The president mocking comey during the hearing via tweet should be fun. Give this hearing the respect it deserves none. Senators are trash
This is true. The FBI visited me after just posting on FR.
Let this be a lesson. They were very serious. I had no idea what they were talking about but it was enough for me to know where the information came from.
It’s a wide open world kids.
No offense to you eye, but the the FBI are nothing but a bunch of ideologically-based dipsh**s that want to coerce the citizenry into cow-towing whatever the hell they want them to say.
The FBI (Fu**ing Bueraucratic Idiots) that "investigate" this kind of malfeasance are just a bunch of paid hacks who don't give one rip about our Nation (OR -- the Constitution).
All they are interested in is making sure that someone "pays" for under-mining the government. ------ Kiss my a$$, boys -- I ABSOLUTELY FU**ING DARE ***YOU*** TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ---- *****IF*****you *A-L-L* want to live.
The FBI are nothing but a group of Nancy-Boys ---- And, the sooner we learn that, the better off we'll *ALL* be...
Whaddya say, Boys, wanna play?.?.?.?...
Pu$$ies...
This was shit from 25 years ago.
I gave them all them names they needed. It was Obama bullshit.
I responded to a post. That’s all.
It was Obama. They are gone.
I have not updated my homepage for a reason.
These bastards were upset that they couldn’t find me
They didn’t have a cell for me. F-M.
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