... and the bar wasn't very high even back then...
Posted on 06/10/2017 12:40:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The most stunning thing in James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was what he said about special prosecutors, also called special counsels.
“After former President Clinton met on the plane with the attorney general, I considered whether I should call for the appointment of a special counsel and decided that would be an unfair thing to do because I knew there was no case there,” Comey testified, speaking of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. “And calling for the appointment of a special counsel would be brutally unfair because it would send the message, ‘Uh-huh, there’s something here.’ ”
Sen. John Cornyn, who was questioning the former FBI director, asked, “If a special counsel had been appointed, they could have made that determination there was nothing there and declined to pursue it, right?”
“Sure,” Comey answered, “but it would have been many months later or a year later.”
Compare that to what he told Sen. Susan Collins at a different point in the hearing, when she asked, “Did you show copies of your memos to anyone outside the Department of Justice?”
“Yes,” Comey testified. “The president tweeted on Friday after I got fired that I better hope there’s not tapes. I woke up in the middle of the night on Monday night because it didn’t dawn on me originally, that there might be corroboration for our conversation. There might be a tape. My judgment was, I need to get that out into the public square. I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons. I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”
Let’s go over that again.
Comey wanted to prevent the appointment of a special counsel for Hillary Clinton, who was the subject of an FBI investigation, but he wanted to “prompt” the appointment of a special counsel for President Trump, who was not the subject of an FBI investigation.
He understood that the appointment of a special counsel “would send the message, ‘Uh-huh, there’s something here’” and that it would be “many months later or a year later” before the special counsel would announce that, in fact, “there was no case there.”
Any questions?
Here’s one: Is President Trump alleged to have done anything illegal or is this investigation just war, by any means necessary, against someone who has put a lot of swamp creatures out of power and out of work?
Comey testified that while he was FBI director, Trump was not under investigation by the FBI — not in a criminal investigation, and not in a counter-intelligence investigation, which, in Comey’s words, “tend to be centered on individuals the FBI suspects to be witting or unwitting agents” or “covertly acting as an agent” of a hostile foreign nation, or “targeted for recruitment.”
In the FBI’s judgment, Trump was none of those.
Comey revealed to Congress in March that the bureau was investigating “possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign,” yet he flatly refused to tell the public, until his testimony on Thursday, that Trump wasn’t under investigation.
Comey testified that after he was fired, he orchestrated a selective leak in order to prompt a lengthy special counsel investigation of the president, knowing full well that the FBI had found no reason to place the president under investigation.
That is genuinely deplorable.
They call me, Queasy, James Queasy.
It doesn’t matter how petty, dishonest, and illogical Comey is. His friend Mueller is going to support him in his efforts to cripple Trump. And the Republicans will let it happen. The only things that can stave off a disaster would be recordings proving beyond a doubt that Comey lied, but I doubt that they exist.
He knew if he appointed a special council on Hilary she would lose the election. Pure partisan politics.
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Comey knew if he appointed a special council, Hillary would die of old age in prison.
Barf! The had classified info on her rogue server and worse. That's at least worth one FELONY. Shows Comey is PARTISAN when it comes to the LAW.
It became clearer why the glib Comey dropped all those bombs....one right after another.......
.....he’s got a 10 million book deal......
Everything he calculatedly managed to say at the hearing......distilled into a sound beat.....is going to make a great chapter heading.
And you have to wonder how he could be stupid enough to then go and throw himself under the bus saving others the trouble.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
Collusion seems such a...gauche...term to use regarding #35.
Ya know, this has me thinking. Why does it seem all the elites are in love with Hillary to the point they’ll make up fake news and even become unethical cretins? Everyone knows she is not a likable woman. So, it must be that old “charmer” Bill that draws their respect and loyalty.
Comey wanted to prevent the appointment of a special counsel for Hillary Clinton, who was the subject of an FBI investigation, but he wanted to “prompt” the appointment of a special counsel for President Trump, who was not the subject of an FBI investigation.
He understood that the appointment of a special counsel “would send the message, ‘Uh-huh, there’s something here’” and that it would be “many months later or a year later” before the special counsel would announce that, in fact, “there was no case there.”
Translation: Comey wanted to smear Trump thru a leaked fabricated memo to prevent Trump from being exonerated.
Oh yeah; Lynch should be very worried. I think it’s obvious she was chosen because she is corrupt and would do whatever obummer told her to. Very loyal to her criminal cohort; obama.
At the very least Holder, Lynch, Obama, and Jarrett should all do serious time for their crimes of corruption and hiding evidence. Lynch meeting Bill C. on the tarmac in secret was the real kicker. The left keeps looking for collusion because that’s how they operate and figure everyone else does too and don’t understand why they can’t find it with President Trump. The obama Admin makes Nixon’s little petty crime look like he was a boy scout.
... and the bar wasn't very high even back then...
Lynch = Obama puppet
Comey = Clinton puppet
Sometimes their strings get crossed. Witness Congress’ punch(Lynch) & judy(Comey) show.
FBM - Federal Bureau of Matters
“Who will protect us from our protectors?” - Mark Scott (R.I.P.)
When did Trump tweet about the possibility of the tapes?
When did the NYT run the article.
Is it true that the tweet came after the NYT article?
Please help me sort this out.
Clinton payoffs are huge. Follow the money with Comey starting with the Marc Rich pardon.
The penalty for crossing the Clintons is huge, too.
What he really meant was that he wanted badly to find out if there was a tape so he would know how much he could lie and get away with it......he used his contact as a scapegoat to leak his own memo in an attempt to find out if the truth was out there in hard form which would open him to perjury if he testified the way he wanted to.
Trump tweet was May 12. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333081-trump-warns-comey-better-hope-there-are-no-tapes-of-our-meeting
NYT article was May 16.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html
Arrogance and hubris will be Comey’s downfall.
“....would be recordings proving beyond a doubt that Comey lied, but I doubt that they exist.”
They do!
C-SPAN, YouTube, shall I go on?
Much of his testimony seemed like an act....”aw shucks, I was really scared of the big nasty orange monster that my voice wouldn’t work. I couldn’t tell the meany to stop, I was cowardly.”
Compare that to his Ashcroft hospital speech where he bounded up the stairs. It is staged. He is acting for the cameras because he was far from showing leadership with Trump.
In reality, he never once believed Trump was obstructing. He never acted. And if the memo is true, it was a blackmail memo of a disgruntled employee.
Thanks.
Why was I hearing that the tweet happened AFTER Comey slipped the 302 document to the NYT?
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