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COMEY AGREES TO TESTIFY IN OPEN SENATE INTEL HEARING
Fox News ^ | May 19,2017

Posted on 05/19/2017 4:23:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: Hojczyk

...... Will be interesting to see how Comey handles the accusations against Trump since he has already sworn under oath that he was never was asked to halt the FBI investigations.


121 posted on 05/19/2017 11:58:06 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Vince Ferrer

I thought it might be something like that, but I don’t know enough to say so


122 posted on 05/20/2017 3:03:15 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: plain talk

That’s one of the caveats of Trump’s devil-may-caredness. I’ve never seen anyone at that level hand deliver ammunition to his assassins...repeatedly.


123 posted on 05/20/2017 3:40:46 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: caww
My general thoughts too. Cast enough aspersions for something to stick, whether it's verifiable or no.

After all this investigative time and the prevalent witch hunt fever, if there'd been any concrete Trump/Russia collusion, some desperate wouldn't have been able to help themselves and leaked by now.

That said, Trump may've unwittingly incriminated himself if the 'I hope you go easy on Flynn' or Oval Office recordings are verified, but as neither is the outright treason his opposition has been alleging for months, it would indeed reveal their ploy.

I'm with the public: Get it investigated and get on with it. Something tells me the Trumphunters don't want that though.

124 posted on 05/20/2017 4:05:06 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: Hojczyk

Big whoop!

Comey SHOULD have been subpoenaed for a CLOSED hearing, if the Committee wanted to get past Comey’s selective “can’t testify here” reasons to NOT tell the truth...

But committee members just gotta have that free “TV time” donchaknow...


125 posted on 05/20/2017 6:30:32 AM PDT by pfony1
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To: Hojczyk

Expect to hear this answer a lot. I cannot answer that question in an open hearing.


126 posted on 05/20/2017 6:34:15 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: plain talk
Comey supposedly took good notes.

After the House was briefed, Darrel Issa made sure and expound on the truthfulness of lawyers notes, as pure as dying declarations.

127 posted on 05/20/2017 6:58:03 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Ladysforest
Perhaps they will offer him a crisis counselor.

I have heard they now have coloring books in the Senate desks.

128 posted on 05/20/2017 7:08:25 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Hojczyk

Tom Cotton and James Lankford better be lifting their weights and studying up - they’re the only hope to deal with this on behalf of the #MAGA crowd.


130 posted on 05/20/2017 7:30:44 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: sport
They get Trump, they will go after Pence. They won’t stop with Trump.

In the Nixon Model they had to get the VP first unless of course the goal is to elevate Ryan.

131 posted on 05/20/2017 7:36:02 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: nhwingut
Yep. Much talk but no nothin'.

If Lankford is representative of the whole crew it will be a(nother) GOPe whitewash.

132 posted on 05/20/2017 8:54:26 AM PDT by OKSooner (He who takes an arrogant person shooting is a fool; be discriminating in your choices and live.)
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To: Nero Germanicus
Wrong-o. Lankford will do whatever it takes to climb the ladder of the RINO apparatus... all it takes for him to become a Trump hater is for someone in a position to help or to hurt him tell him "Today you need to go be a Trump hater."

As the whitewash happens he'll look the other way, guaranteed.

133 posted on 05/20/2017 8:57:53 AM PDT by OKSooner (He who takes an arrogant person shooting is a fool; be discriminating in your choices and live.)
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To: OKSooner

We’ll all soon see and hear for ourselves exactly what questions he asks Comey and what his attitude is.
Going on voting record alone, Lankford is the 11th most conservative Senator.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2015/senate/ideology


134 posted on 05/20/2017 9:11:37 AM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Hojczyk

I served on the Board of Directors of a high tech company in downtown DC for about three years. The company was doing something innovative with satellites and all of the big satellite companies filed lawsuits from the first day of the first FCC application.

The CEO was a PhD in physics and thought his IQ allowed him to be a lawyer, accountant, litigator, lobbyist, etc. This CEO learned early in the process about the value of contemporaneous notes during litigation. The key legal term was “estoppel”.

He soon began sending two-page letters to the Board after every meeting (formal or informal) that were quite different from the official Board minutes. They were the most fanciful pack of lies I have every read and they kept coming, one after another. They always made everyone out to be a crook and a slimeball and the CEO was a Saint. It was a real fairy tale, chapter by chapter.

My attorney advised me to answer each one as quickly as I could with a complete denial of the fact set and the conclusions. I was not required to state my opinion or my interpretation of the facts — just destroy his position with my contemporaneous rejection of his fairy tale. I also accused him in each note of writing a distorted view of the events with the explicit purpose of distorting the record in his favor.

Eventually, we had a lawsuit between two shareholders over their contribution and thus ownership to the project. It was a Federal case.

The CEO produced his notes and the discovery request compelled the company to include my rejections. The Judge tossed all of his notes and all of my notes, but put me on the stand, where I testified as to what happened.

There was a settlement, but the good guys won. The legal fees topped $1.4 million.

Comey could have been writing his “revenge book” and not taking accurate notes.

That needs to be brought up in questioning, especially after the monster book deals the Clinton’s and the Obama’s received.


135 posted on 05/20/2017 9:17:28 AM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: jch10

..........you beat me to it! Your spot on! He will just say to ever question “I can’t answer that in this forum?”


136 posted on 05/20/2017 12:18:13 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: plain talk

Is the Comey memo logged into a computer with a time date stamp?
Is the Comey memo on a piece of paper pinned to a bulletin board?

One time, a Lawyer failed to perform work as instructed. I felt confident I would prevail in court. After all, I was part of a three person meeting and I watched that Lawyer make his notes.

Fast forward 14 months. I confirmed to MY Lawyer a confidence I would prevail in Court. My Lawyer reminded me a Lawyer is an officer of the Court and starts with more credibility.

Second, which notes do you expect him to bring to Court? The notes from 14 months ago that prove his malpractice, or the notes that Lawyer drafted the morning of the Court case????

If Comey did not post his notes to a secure FBI site, they are worthless


137 posted on 05/20/2017 1:18:00 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

Wrong. Comey can make journal entries at home or via a mobile and they will get a lot of traction. In fact people’s recollections — having written absolutely nothing down — can get a lot of traction.


138 posted on 05/20/2017 1:28:00 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Thanks for your input.

I’ll go with advice and counsel from a Lexpert ranked Lawyer who looks after my interest.


139 posted on 05/20/2017 4:13:11 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

The political stage is not exactly the same as a courtroom my FRiend. I’ll bet Oliver North did not have computer timestamped notes when he testified in the 80s. :-).


140 posted on 05/20/2017 4:36:04 PM PDT by plain talk
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