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.
Exactly, that’s what I’m predicting as well, they will go into their usual cry baby mode “You didn’t give us what we wanted! You didn’t give us what we wanted! Waaaah!”
“Check any lib site and they’ve been planning on Comey’s testimony being the straw that finally breaks Trump’s back. I have a feeling they’re going to be very disappointed.”
Doesn’t seem to be how this is playing out among the libbies from what I’ve seen. They seem delighted by it, particularly the section of the report in which Comey talks about Trump saying he needs loyalty from Comey at a private dinner.
Expect them to conveniently avoid the parts of Comey’s testimony where he says Trump wasn’t being investigated and focus on that instead.
I think in the context of the disclosure by Comey to Grassley and Feinstein, they are the same thing.
My paraphrahse, "Comey showed us the full scope of the investigation. Trump does not appear anywhere in that presentation."
If the context of Comey's disclosure is omitted, I'd agree with you. But the report intimates that Comey's disclosure was comprehensive.
Comey knows there is no bombshell and wants to deflate the balloon that the dems have been blowing for weeks.
The thing is that with the press, and the other side -
If a thing is not stated in no uncertain terms, then it is a big ole piece of hanging fruit that the crows keep picking at endlessly.
I still..to this day...don’t understand what was going on with him.
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Comey had a very, very simple objective.
The objective in 2016 was the same objective he had earlier when he was on the HSBC board of directors.
It was also the same objective that he had another decade earler when Comey investigated pardongate.
Does it help you if you know that Comey's brother is involved with the Clintons too?
Comey's brother is a Clinton stooge too
In summary of Comey covering for the CLintons: NO matter what evidence was found, Comey was going to cover for the Clintons. The "no motive" in the email scandal takes the cake. Comey should go to jail for Obstruction of Justice along with Loretta Lynch. Those two scoundrels in this case got their marching orders from Hussein himself.
Even when it is stated in no uncertain terms, as it is today in Comey's statement, the press will question the truthfulness of it.
News is fiction, speculation, logical failures, etc. People respnd well to emotion, and that is what the press gives them.
‘I still..to this day...don’t understand what was going on with him.”
Read this article, quite an eye opener...
http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=72788
‘I’d go a step further ... he didn’t demand, and he didn’t ask either - he merely expressed his hope for what would be the result of Comey’s investigation of Flynn.’
That’s an excellent point. If Trump had “asked,” we’d have heard about it. But all we’re getting is that Trump ‘put in a good word for Flynn,’—which isn’t even asking.
The Trump-haters narrative is dying ignominiously. It’s high time.
This is a well done burger of nothing (already sick of the term) essentially Dims are getting themselves over nothing. This will be Fitzmas II.
Remember Comey will be under oath tomorrow and the perjury trap awaits him.
Why did President Trump need to say this--repeatedly???
Because the demoncrats and the media were LYING about it every. single. day.
Bastarts!
No, you are not missing anything. It’s the Left-Wing News Media who is trying to tell us Flynn did something wrong, when he didn’t.
And that, is that.
On to #2018GOPSuperMajority.
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