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Rod Rosenstein's Letter Recommending Comey Is Fired
BBC ^ | May 9th, 2017

Posted on 05/09/2017 11:55:02 PM PDT by Helicondelta


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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; comeyfired; doj; fbi; rodrosenstein; rosenstein
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1 posted on 05/09/2017 11:55:02 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta
Wow. Like dropping a MOAB on Comey. And yet the political hacks in DC still defend him.
2 posted on 05/10/2017 12:08:01 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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In law, sua sponte (Latin: “of his, her, its or their own accord”) or suo motu “on its own motion” describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party. The term is usually applied to actions by a judge taken without a prior motion or request from the parties.


3 posted on 05/10/2017 12:14:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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There is a precision and clarity to that letter that makes it delightful to read. A similar cleansing wind needs to blow through the IRS, and soon. Let the guilty tremble.


4 posted on 05/10/2017 12:22:03 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Helicondelta

Thanks for posting this here.

They could write an entire book about Comey’s horrid tenure. And they probably will.


5 posted on 05/10/2017 12:25:29 AM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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There are liberal politicians and pundits now claiming that if Trump was going to fire Comey, he should have fired Comey sooner.

Rosenstein was nominated Jan. 13 and confirmed April 25.

Trump fired Comey at the recommendation of his Deputy AG, who didn't take office until 2 weeks earlier.

6 posted on 05/10/2017 12:26:52 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Billthedrill

They need to nuke the IRS. They need to be taken down hard.


7 posted on 05/10/2017 12:27:27 AM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: Helicondelta
Fine memo!

Director James Comey gone! And for cause!


I have to say, however, thinking back to last July 5, I was worried.

What if Comey lands on the bitch, lobbing the hot potato into Loretta Lynch's lap?

The DoJ can refuse to prosecute. The 'Rat Convention can still nominate. That would be the best outcome: a crippled Hillary up against the Donald.

But what would actually happen? The convention, fearing a sure loss, could throw it to Crazy Bernie or even Slow Joe Biden.

At the time, I thought Hillary was a sure loser. But the other two? How would the sheeple view them?

So, when Comey coughed up his non-indictment indictment, I was actually relieved. It was going to be the Hildebeest vs the Donald, and the Hildebeest was going to lose!

In the event, she did lose, albeit not by as comfortable a margin as I had hoped.

8 posted on 05/10/2017 12:31:48 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Billthedrill

Your comment drew my attention to the letter - it is understandable and relatively free of the bureaucratic B.S.


9 posted on 05/10/2017 12:52:33 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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Your post needs to be Bumped on the half hour of every day for the next seven days. Well done!
10 posted on 05/10/2017 1:02:08 AM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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Libtards call Trump a NAZI because his jewish deputy attorney general recommended he fire comey.....

Let that sink in a bit....


11 posted on 05/10/2017 1:08:45 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: mountn man
There are liberal politicians and pundits now claiming that if Trump was going to fire Comey, he should have fired Comey sooner.Rosenstein was nominated Jan. 13 and confirmed April 25.Trump fired Comey at the recommendation of his Deputy AG, who didn't take office until 2 weeks earlier

EXACTLY !!! The FBI director reports to the Deputy AG, not the AG. It is from the recommendation of the Deputy AG, that the President makes his decision. As you said, thanks to Schumer, et al., he was only confirmed 2 weeks ago.

12 posted on 05/10/2017 1:13:57 AM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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Others have said Obama weaponized the IRS to take down political opponents, such as Tea Party members. Then, there's the destruction of evidence regarding Lois Lerner.

I imagine those are quite the high crimes and beyond misdemeanors......

13 posted on 05/10/2017 1:34:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Amen...Rosenstein is a beast.

Called it out like a savage :)

As though it wasn’t obvious; Comey is an owned hack. The dirt on him must be OVERWHELMING...Whitewater and HSBC to say the least...I wonder what else they have on him


14 posted on 05/10/2017 1:49:43 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: Helicondelta

There is real substance in this letter that the media will ignore in their effort to Nixonize Trump’s effort to establish honor with the FBI.


15 posted on 05/10/2017 2:00:44 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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One commentator on Fox last night said that Comey saved Hillary’s candidacy with his non-indictment grandstand. I agree with that. Always have. He did Hillary a favor by clearing her right before the general campaign. She mentioned that frequently, even during the engineered debates.

That’s why Obama didn’t fire him. He was on their side. Has been all along.


16 posted on 05/10/2017 3:00:37 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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Many in the press, even Charles Krauthamer, are going ballistic, saying that the fire him over the "No Reasonable Prosecutor" clearing of Hillary Rotten last July is not credible or a scandal.

But, the problem for those in the media and for the Democrats is that Comey's twisting of the law, of FBI standing principles, and of legal procedure was so twisted and corrupt that it cannot be defended. To do so is laughable.

Now that the outrageous behavior and actions of Comey to cover up for Hillary last July and AGAIN last October is being thrown back in the media's face, in Comey's face, and in the Democrat's face - they don't like it one bit.


17 posted on 05/10/2017 3:03:14 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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Everyone that comes in contact with the Clinton’s is destroyed!


18 posted on 05/10/2017 3:22:07 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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bump


19 posted on 05/10/2017 3:27:37 AM PDT by Doofer
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To: Helicondelta

Former FBI Director James Comey was NOT wrongly discharged by President Trump IF he was following the recommendations of both the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General AND if Comey gave the appearance of engaging in obstruction(s) of justice.


20 posted on 05/10/2017 3:30:02 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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