Dems 'outraged' with Comey after House briefing

[deminks]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/314161-dems-outraged-with-comey-after-house-briefing

A number of House Democrats left Friday's confidential briefing on Russian hacking fuming over the actions of FBI Director James Comey and convinced he's unfit to lead the agency.

"I was nonjudgmental until the last 15 minutes. I no longer have that confidence in him," Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said as he left the meeting in the Capitol.

"Some of the things that were revealed in this classified briefing — my confidence has been shook."

Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, delivered a similar condemnation.

"I'm extremely concerned — extremely," he said.

"I'll just — I'm very angry," echoed Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.).

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[yardwork]

1. What more did they learn?

[Baitball Blogger]

3. It had to be bad. I'm not sure they will tell us until after Jan. 21st.

I think we're getting closer to the possibility of a President Pence scenario. That will be the compromise that the Dems make with the Repubs.

And then, for the next four years, the Dem leadership should do what should have been done before and fix the problem of bleed-out with faulty election boxes, or hacked ones.

[flamingdem]

2. Please leak

we need to know

[ffr]

11. Better still. TAKE CONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE REPUBLIC

We can deal with the consequences later. Right now, the coup is underway. Hillary Clinton should be president elect.

Let me say that again, Hillary Clinton IS THE president elect.

[flamingdem]

25. I agree Hillary should be

and I wish she would not go to the coronation

[4139]

4. My bet is the FBI investigated the trump allegations back in October...but

'Trump under investigation' was not made public.

[montanto]

6. Solid bet.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

13. +1 nt

[Rex]

5. I have to question; really your confidence has been shook or maybe more like

some answers to questions that were floating around in your brain? I refuse to believe intelligent folks cannot part from materialism long enough to create a few ideas.

The GOP was smart keeping it classified.

[malaise]

7. LOL

Money is the root of all evil and most weakness

[suffragette]

14. Always thought it ironic that Trump used OJay's song "For the Love of Money" given

The lyrics.

OJays hate him using it, too.

http://www.essence.com/2016/07/28/ojays-serve-donald-trump-cease-and-desist-order-love-money

[malaise]

15. Money is the only religion for many people - folks will sell out their family and country

for money - Trump is merely an extreme member of the club.

[suffragette]

17. Yep, an extreme member appointing the other members of his club to the top positions in

The country.

[malaise]

18. I maintain that the system is way more powerful than this corrupt moron

and his goons.

[suffragette]

19. I hope so, sis. I deeply hope so.

[C Moon]

22. That was what I've feared since November 8th: that they beat our system of govt.

I certainly hope you're right.
But I'm still not holding my breath.

[krawhitham]

9. posted on Jan 6, 2017

[AZCat]

10. Oh man I am an idiot!

Sorry

[Leith]

12. When Reading the Article in the Link in the OP

I tried to decipher what the Democrats said and what it could and would mean. Quotes like:

Democrats:
Walz: I was nonjudgmental until the last 15 minutes. I no longer have that confidence in him. Some of the things that were revealed in this classified briefing - my confidence has been shook.
I'm disappointed, outraged - many of us are right now. I'll wait to pass full judgment, but the exchange that just happened in the final 15 minutes gives me no reason to have confidence.

Cummings: I'm extremely concerned - extremely.

Takano: I'll just - I'm very angry.

Crist: I want to have faith in Comey. I have concerns. Stay tuned.

anonymous Democrat: Do I have confidence in him? Not really. But I think he's probably going to be better than the guy the'd put in. It's like a rock and a hard place, but I think that's pretty much where a lot of people are.

Pelosi: No, I haven't lost confidence in the agency. My concern about the FBI is the timing and their not signing the broader intellegence document on Russian hacking. And that was the judgment of Director Comey, unless it goes deeper, and that's what the investigation will find out Let's find out how they thought this was a good idea to make the judgments they did, and understanding - weighing full well - that the Russians were actively engaged in disrupting our election.



Rethug Dent: The FBI director is a good man who was placed in a very difficult position. His boss made life very difficult for him in the last year when she met with Bill Clinton on the tarmac.

It sounds like Comey made a decision that turned out to be horrendously wrong and blatantly politically partisan, and that he was getting pressure from a couple different high-up places. Of course, the rethug blames it on Lynch, but I'm guessing that a few rethug members of congress took him aside and threatened him.

[TBA]

16. I think the Russians have something on Comey

Just my opinion. Would explain a lot.

[Yavin4]

20. That or a big fat check coming his way when he leaves office n/t

[tinrobot]

21. This will eventually leak...

They're too upset for someone not to do it.

[Skittles]

23. why is this not mainstream news?

[Generator]

24. Imagine how angry the voters are

It's always about them and their precious jobs. WE never know shit unless it's leaked. It's not a Democracy anymore. We are all Putin's bitches.