[Sacajaweau]

Comey snitched on himself royally. He belongs in jail for leaking. But he said he wrote his memos so they wouldn't be considered leaks. That alone says he was being deceptive.

And his "sorry I couldn't say goodbye properly" to the boys at the FBI was code for....get rid of everything....They have all my stuff except for......

[Paladin2]

Covfefe in action...

[Sacajaweau]

Trump has an excellent memory....and the three occasions was a big part of the story to date....Simply....Trump was NOT under investigation. There was no real reason it could not have been put out to the media. The FBI was playing a little game.....a game that once again favored Hillary.

[Travis McGee]

A lot of folks didn't recognize "the insider" at bottom right, so I added text, to explain some of the relationships and give context.

[Louis Foxwell]

On the left, disgust replaced admiration. "The first thing I thought was, duh, I never thought there was any tape," said Democratic strategist Maria Condona. "I always thought this was a distraction" designed to "keep us in suspense for weeks on end. It is such buffoonish behavior from someone who is supposed to be the leader of the free world."

I misread this to say "admiration replaced disgust" for the brilliance of the Trumpian ploy. On second pass I wondered when the Democrat strategist (whatever that is) ever in this world admired the President.

[Alas Babylon!]

On the left, disgust replaced admiration. "The first thing I thought was, duh, I never thought there was any tape," said Democratic strategist Maria Condona. "I always thought this was a distraction" designed to "keep us in suspense for weeks on end. It is such buffoonish behavior from someone who is supposed to be the leader of the free world."

Well, dear Skank, I never expected such boorish behavior on the part of the democrats and press, to try to pass off Trump's legitimate election as president to some Russian interference that you have YET to prove!

After months of fake news, anonymous sources, off-the-record "officials" and speculation, NO ONE has explained how the Russians caused Trump to win.

Because they didn't.

There's your boorish behavior right there.

[Vendome]

[djpg]

You can imagine what Comey would have said if he knew that there was no tape to verify him. As it is, his claims are based on subjective interpretations and innuendo.

[KosmicKitty]

It is such buffoonish behavior from someone who is supposed to be the leader of the free worldbi.

[MayflowerMadam]

“With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea ... whether there are ‘tapes’ or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings.”

“... I did not make ... any such recordings.”
Possible translation: “Comey made ‘such recordings’ secretly, and we found them in his office the day I fired his sorry ass.”

“... I ... do not have, any such recordings.”
Possible translation: “The recordings we found in Comey’s office are in the AG’s office for safe-keeping. Therefore, I do not have them.”

[Golden Eagle]

These tweets were very crafty and likely reviewed if not edited by some of his lawyers. Let’s hope that’s a new trend. No matter who sets the script, they ALL need to be reading off the same one.

[Geronimo]

Trump twitted the twits and they’re now having fits because his tweeting’s defeating the leaking...

[OrangeHoof]

It was brilliant. Trump sees Comey as a liar who will make things up so that Comey comes out looking good. By introducing the thought that there might have been tapes, Comey had to tell the truth before Congress so as not to perjure himself.

Comey's insistence that the president was not under investigation is the strongest testimony to date that the FBI found nothing on Trump and Trump wanted that on the record under oath without Comey rebutting and hedging himself. Pretending that there might be a tape to back up the conversation force Comey to tell the truth.

It was a brilliant move and told me that the old man is still very sharp of mind. He's playing chess two moves ahead of everyone else.

[Albion Wilde]

I love how our President is putting the lying media out of business. Two tweets: BOOM! Checked off!

[zeestephen]

I always thought the “tapes” were a sarcastic reference to the Nixon Watergate tapes.

In other words, Nixon's tapes destroyed Nixon.

But Trump's tapes, if they existed, would destroy Comey.