President Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey

[CaliCat 3,957]

20 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

 

 

 

 

I think this is what Kellyan Conway referred to as "looking at the right facts" which means that we should only look where the administration tells us to look, and believe only what they tell us to believe.

 

In an alternative fact reality, this is the definition of a free press.

 

 

Edited May 11, 2017 by CaliCat

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

14 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

You should have put that one in the locked thread man. Would have been a perfect fit!

He is Making this thread great again!

[Jacque67 7,328]

President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News' Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a "showboat" and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia.

"I actually asked him" if I was under investigation, Trump said, noting that he spoke with Comey once over dinner and twice by phone. 

"I said, if it's possible would you let me know, 'Am I under investigation?' He said, 'You are not under investigation.'" 

"I know I'm not under investigation," Trump told Holt during the White House interview. 

It would be highly unusual for someone who might be the focus of an FBI probe to ask whether he was under investigation and to be directly told by the FBI director that he was not.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/i-was-going-to-fire-comey-anyway-trump-tells-lester-holt-in-interview-941538371971

today Trump became presidential-ha ha!!!

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

2 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News' Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a "showboat" and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia.

"I actually asked him" if I was under investigation, Trump said, noting that he spoke with Comey once over dinner and twice by phone. 

"I said, if it's possible would you let me know, 'Am I under investigation?' He said, 'You are not under investigation.'" 

"I know I'm not under investigation," Trump told Holt during the White House interview. 

It would be highly unusual for someone who might be the focus of an FBI probe to ask whether he was under investigation and to be directly told by the FBI director that he was not.

" Okay  Jim, I will name some things and if I am under them you will scratch your nose. A Boat, A Car, A Chair , An Investigation..."

Edited May 11, 2017 by ccneat

[CaliCat 3,957]

31 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

You should have put that one in the locked thread man. Would have been a perfect fit!

 

Would be perfect there. It's locked under review. 

[bcking 3,157]

48 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/i-was-going-to-fire-comey-anyway-trump-tells-lester-holt-in-interview-941538371971

today Trump became presidential-ha ha!!!

The White House must be so embarassed after the number of times they have tried to maintain one stance, and then Trump just flat out contradicts them.

 

Poor Kellyanne tried arguing repeatedly with Anderson that the focus of firing Comey was around the memo from the Deputy AG. She kept quoting the memo, saying how that is key and how important that memo was and how it was so important that the Deputy recommended that Trump fire him.

 

Of course Trump can't have it that way, so claimed that the memo was actually asked for.

 

"Trump contradicted that account, saying he had already planned to do so and requested a memo to back up his decision."

 

Who requests a memo to back up their own decision? That seems strange. "Hey can you please write a memo confirming that I'm right so that I know I'm right and I can carry out my plan?" Was Trump really that insecure that he needed to request a memo recommending that he fire Comey before he was willing to fire Comey, despite wanting to? Seems like he isn't prepared to carry out decisive action.

Edited May 11, 2017 by bcking

[Teddy B 17,251]

9 minutes ago, bcking said:

The White House must be so embarassed after the number of times they have tried to maintain one stance, and then Trump just flat out contradicts them.

 

Poor Kellyanne tried arguing repeatedly with Anderson that the focus of firing Comey was around the memo from the Deputy AG. She kept quoting the memo, saying how that is key and how important that memo was and how it was so important that the Deputy recommended that Trump fire him.

 

Of course Trump can't have it that way, so claimed that the memo was actually asked for.

 

"Trump contradicted that account, saying he had already planned to do so and requested a memo to back up his decision."

 

Who requests a memo to back up their own decision? That seems strange. "Hey can you please write a memo confirming that I'm right so that I know I'm right and I can carry out my plan?" Was Trump really that insecure that he needed to request a memo recommending that he fire Comey before he was willing to fire Comey, despite wanting to? Seems like he isn't prepared to carry out decisive action.

People with tiny hands.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/lies-lies-lies-internet-corners-trump-after-he-sets-fire-to-official-white-house-account-of-comeys-ouster/

 

ha ha. Sanders a hot mess. Claimed "multiple legal scholars"said it was ok for trump to ask Comey about investigation of his campaign...not according to DoJ guidelines.

pence also appears to have lied ...

[Jacque67 7,328]

Here's Jenna Johnson's reporting from the scene Tuesday night (with my emphasis added):

As Spicer tells it, Rosenstein was confirmed about two weeks ago and independently took on this issue so the president was not aware of the probe until he received a memo from Rosenstein on Tuesday, along with a letter from Attorney General Jeff Sessions recommending that Comey be fired. The president then swiftly decided to follow the recommendation, notifying the FBI via email around 5 p.m. and in a letter delivered to the FBI by the president's longtime bodyguard. At the same time, the president personally called congressional leaders to let them know his decision. Comey learned the news from media reports.

“It was all him,” Spicer said of Rosenstein, as a reporter repeated his answer back to him. “That's correct — I mean, I can't, I guess I shouldn't say that, thank you for the help on that one. No one from the White House. That was a DOJ decision.”

And here's deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday morning in an interview on MSNBC's “Morning Joe”:

MARK HALPERIN: Sarah, you've suggested in response to David's questions that the deputy attorney general wrote this report on his own without orders from the White House. That's correct, right?

SANDERS: That's my understanding, yes.

HALPERIN: Okay. So once the report is written, when was it transmitted to the White House? And why was there urgency to act on it without an explanation directly from the president and without a replacement lined up? Why, once the report is written, why was there an urgency to act on it from the president's point of view?

 

[JimandChristy 1,689]

What a complete mess all of this is. Contradictions, denials, lies, alternative facts............. 

[bcking 3,157]

1 minute ago, Jacque67 said:

And here's deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday morning in an interview on MSNBC's “Morning Joe”:

MARK HALPERIN: Sarah, you've suggested in response to David's questions that the deputy attorney general wrote this report on his own without orders from the White House. That's correct, right?

SANDERS: That's my understanding, yes.

HALPERIN: Okay. So once the report is written, when was it transmitted to the White House? And why was there urgency to act on it without an explanation directly from the president and without a replacement lined up? Why, once the report is written, why was there an urgency to act on it from the president's point of view?

 

The urgency was so great that Comey himself found out he was fired by seeing it on the news. 

 

That's like walking into work one day and all of your stuff is in a box at the front door but no one actually told you that you were let go. 

 

Sounds like Comey has a pretty cowardly boss.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/11/president-trump-just-decimated-the-white-houses-entire-comey-narrative/

 

the real trump has appeared. The rest was pretend,and an elubricated , factitiius, recherche fiction. THE REAL MAN

Edited May 11, 2017 by Jacque67

[Jacque67 7,328]

1 minute ago, bcking said:

The urgency was so great that Comey himself found out he was fired by seeing it on the news. 

 

That's like walking into work one day and all of your stuff is in a box at the front door but no one actually told you that you were let go. 

 

Sounds like Comey has a pretty cowardly boss.

He's a showboat . A grand stander. (Trump on Comey )

Projection much

[Mr&Mrs G. 903]

1 hour ago, JimandChristy said:

What a complete mess all of this is. Contradictions, denials, lies, alternative facts............. 

And that's just the visa journey members