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YCHDT
(962 posts)riversedge
(70,264 posts)Sarah KendziorVerified account @sarahkendzior 18m18 minutes ago
Comey: I take POTUS at his word that I was fired because of Russia investigation and he wanted to relieve the pressure #ComeyHearing
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Sarah KendziorVerified account @sarahkendzior 3m3 minutes ago
Replying to @sarahkendzior
Rubio, who just had dinner with Trump, is shilling for him, ignoring context of Trump's colleagues being under investigation #ComeyHearing
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Sarah KendziorVerified account @sarahkendzior 49s50 seconds ago
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Rubio got served a side order of "loyalty oath demand" with his Trump meal 🤔 #ComeyHearing
Link to tweet
blogslut
(38,006 posts)YCHDT
(962 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)YCHDT
(962 posts)YCHDT
(962 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)barbtries
(28,808 posts)and shows the name and party throughout. added plus no commentary.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?429381-1/former-fbi-director-comey-set-testify-russia-probe&live
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)riversedge
(70,264 posts)Eric GellerVerified account @ericgeller
Collins asks Comey if 3rd "not investigating him" statement (to Congress) was limited to counterintel or broader.
Comey: Counterintel.
Link to tweet
Eric GellerVerified account @ericgeller
Comey just made it clear that, in the three situations where he said FBI not investigating Trump, he was referring to counterintel matters.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)meow2u3
(24,766 posts)Patriotism, not politics!
longship
(40,416 posts)Wow! Comey is being remarkably candid. This is what we all need right now.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)underpants
(182,848 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)When a president says to a high ranking USG official, can you come to dinner, you generally don't tell him that you have to wash your hair that night. You go to dinner.
When a president says I hope or I wish, he's not a kid talking about his choice of a birthday present. He's giving an order.
When a mob boss tells an underling that a rival mob boss is a pain in the butt, this is not the start of a discussion about hemorrhoids. It's a directive to make the problem go away.
You get the idea.
So all this talk about I hope and I wish is ludicrous.
underpants
(182,848 posts)Fully agree.
underpants
(182,848 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)No.
His expression indicated - Are you serious! No way I wanted to have dinner with Trump.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)That was even better than "no fuzz."
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)...back in January!
Meddlesome priest, indeed! Trump should've paid more attention in school.
janx
(24,128 posts)although a friend of mine who taught Shakespeare for many years said it was not a true analogy because Trump can't construct a sentence and Henry could.
klook
(12,160 posts)-- that Trump wasn't personally being investigated. Could have changed later.
"Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
brooklynite
(94,657 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)"Will somebody rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
Beautiful. Fucking beautiful!!!!
nolabear
(41,990 posts)Funny, too!
Lars39
(26,110 posts)gademocrat7
(10,664 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)A horrible senator.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I've heard him say some fair-minded things, remarkably enough.
avebury
(10,952 posts)He is a uber right wing religious nut.
Lulu KC
(2,571 posts)And I love the I Dream of Jeannie! We are having some fun now!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)barbtries
(28,808 posts)is fox playing it live also?
this does remind me of watergate. this is on all over the place.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)barbtries
(28,808 posts)to keep him from tweeting.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)seems to be pushing another totally pathetic line of defense for their dear leader - that since Dump only brought the Flynn thing up once, it's all good. Wow.
Do these clowns even give their bullcrap the blush test before trotting it out in front of the country? Guess not.
Flo Mingo
(492 posts)Requested Comey provide copies of his notes to the committee.
Agreed.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,188 posts)Comey said that:
1. Trump's a liar.
2. He "directed" him to stop the investigation
3. The "lack of investigation of Trump" only referred to the counterintelligence investigation of Flynn and didn't necessarily preclude further FBI investigation of Trump
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)As we have been saying since it happened!
Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Wow
angrychair
(8,727 posts)They held a classified briefing in a non-SKIF conference room at trump tower.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Reaganism.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)"They will be back."
Comey is passionate about the Russia investigation from a nonpartisan viewpoint.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)barbtries
(28,808 posts)because the republicans have no use for democracy, the republican president has no respect for the rule of law and is being enabled to huge terrible effect by the republicans, and the republicans could not have been such useful idiots for the russians if they actually gave a rat's ass about the country.
but that's just me. in other news, i wrote a thank you note to my Senator today. He's Richard Burr and he's running this show so I have to encourage him when i can...I always say please put country before party and then say please help stop the bleeding and get this over with asap.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)berksdem
(595 posts)I would love to see this d-bag get owned by Comey. Guy is a total ass.
DeminPennswoods
(15,289 posts)nt
Lars39
(26,110 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,012 posts)Inadvertently, it appears.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Comey refuses to answer as to his opinion. He doesn't want to get into the business of answering questions like that about this person and that person.
(And really, it doesn't matter what he believes; what matters is the investigation result and facts.)
I truly can't watch Cotton without getting angry.
klook
(12,160 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Trends
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BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)E.g., someone like Flynn might might not have been under FBI investigation but was under CIA investigation due to the role of each agency (CIA = foreign).
Lars39
(26,110 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)phylny
(8,383 posts)Trump perp walk?
Edited because my iPhone disagreed with how I typed her name. P.S. I did it correctly
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)world wide wally
(21,749 posts)I hope someone brings up the word "covfefe"
Trump has a language of his own.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)heehee
Lars39
(26,110 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Drumpf will try to put someone in who will get rid of the investigation. THAT is the point.
Now back to emails...
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)byronius
(7,396 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,188 posts)"Firing an FBI director can't be the best way to obstruct justice! Duh!"
Response to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #103)
Tommy_Carcetti This message was self-deleted by its author.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Never forget that this guy claimed that gay marriage would open the door to people marrying box turtles.
This guy is not stupid. He's evil.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)because Trump didn't do anything illegal.
Cornyn suggests that Comey being fired hasn't stopped or curtailed the investigation. So...Trump didn't fire him to stop the investigation!
Comey agrees, but says that's because of the Mueller Special Investigation.
klook
(12,160 posts)No mention of Benghazi?!
it's so frustrating. trump is president. president! wtf
is he trying to make false equivalencies here or some shit? stupid asshole.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)barbtries
(28,808 posts)never stop with the politics. you got a fucking treasonous would be dictator in the WH and still! aargh
i hate republicans. they are disgusting.
gademocrat7
(10,664 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,188 posts)Never mind.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)Comey's cred as knowing his stuff?
klook
(12,160 posts)So, Cornyn -- STFU.
ha
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)phylny
(8,383 posts)illegal found in the Clinton email investigation?
And Cornyn keeps saying "Clinton email investigation." He is such an ass.
Upthevibe
(8,059 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)Hey, comic relief where I can get it.
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)It's obvious for those paying attention.
bdamomma
(63,913 posts)e mails, Cornyn is a jerk.
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)After canning lead investigator of Russian meddling in U.S. elections, meets with Russian officials in Oval Office.
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)meaning covfefe
.99center
(1,237 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)He sounds like he has been on tranquilizers.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Trash Hillary and use the investigation of her to justify why Comey was fired.
phylny
(8,383 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Calling trump, "Mr. Comey" ???
Now rattling on about Hillary stuff. Comey even said "I'm a little confused."
Crikey, he did it again. He's either off his meds or is over-medicated.
womanofthehills
(8,731 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Obviously, they had a meeting and agreed on what to hammer, for soundbites.
avebury
(10,952 posts)and Republican minion who has used a personal and/or private email services for government emails.
I am sick and tired of the Republicans incessant whining on Hillary's emails when they stick their heads up their asses for all the issues and/or problems of Trump and his minions.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)"This investigation (Russian meddling) was still going on when I was fired."
nolabear
(41,990 posts)gademocrat7
(10,664 posts)diva77
(7,649 posts)LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)3_Limes
(363 posts)He's stayed just a little too long.
C_U_L8R
(45,012 posts)Don't you have a cloud to yell at??
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)Keeps trying to conflate Clinton emails with Russian meddling. Seems to forget how his sentences started by the time he gets to the end of them. Comey humoring him, trying to respond in some way that makes sense.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,250 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)McCain's clock ran out! There is a God!!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)berksdem
(595 posts)time to go out to pasture....
berksdem
(595 posts)is he making any sense here?
Danmel
(4,918 posts)What is he babbling about?
Alt-Orange
(94 posts)I am trying to figure out. My mother is asking if he thinks he's someplace else...
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)The GOP would be all over that.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He can't even do it very effectively. He is acting and looks fakey as he holds up his hands and looks around, pretending to be amazed and confused. "You conclude that one isn't involved but keep open the other investigation? I don't understand! Sounds like a double standard!"
Very fakey. He's feeding the Trumpers.
My opinion of this war hero just plummeted.
The Republicans will NOT save our country from corruption and infiltration by an enemy foreign nation.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,188 posts)....and an automated voice says "But her emails!"
That would save us so much time.
Sheesh.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Investigation? How could he close Clinton investigation, as if they are related. He sounds like an idiot.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)He's clarifying they've not found a connection to Clinton and Russians. He seems like he's upset - calling this a "double standard" ?!? What?
rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)Seriously, though, he's acting like he's had a stroke..
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)Pretty much shows how bought and paid for he really is.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)bagimin
(1,334 posts)find this man a home!
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)the Rs have with the emails!
world wide wally
(21,749 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)How the frack hard is it to understand the difference between an investigation into a private email server and an entirely different investigation into Russian meddling.
He sounds like an idiot.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...really, doing the rethuglican roll-over??
shut-up!
redwitch
(14,946 posts)Jezus what an idiot.
phylny
(8,383 posts)one confused.
MadLinguist
(790 posts)He's not confused. His weak ass crap is a pathetic attempt to confuse the conversation.
Fuqwad
DaDeacon
(984 posts)old man, the two are not related...
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)McLame is associating the Russia thing with the Hillary email thing. They are NOT related.
Hekate
(90,755 posts)UT_democrat
(143 posts)What a tw@t. More Hillary email bullshit? I fucking hate him.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)I knew someone would bring up HRC's email server, and you had to be the one!
Mr. Sparkle
(2,935 posts)blogslut
(38,006 posts)Conflating Ms. Clinton with BLOTUS is a nasty trick.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)2. Clinton and Trump were both candidates.
3. Therefore, the Clinton campaign is equally culpable, yet you dropped only the investigation into her campaign.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)He's conflating bigly.
Demit
(11,238 posts)AND said "President Comey" at one point.
My jaw was dropped during McCain's entire time. He's senile.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)he really looks like he has some form of Alzheimers
longship
(40,416 posts)Just FUCK YOU!
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Hekate
(90,755 posts)Decorum and professionalism are important in this.
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)and "please stay seated or where you are", without the added threat to "throw them out". His "decorum and professionalism" were thrown out the window.
Hekate
(90,755 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)after he gaveled him several times so when people started bolting, he raised his level of irritation. But then they are used to this for big hearings. The idea of throwing the press out (although they are like vultures) goes to the idea of restricting the first amendment. There was a more diplomatic way to do it...
nolabear
(41,990 posts)Jesus. Time to go home, Skippy.
Raster
(20,998 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,433 posts)He was intent on feeding the rats. He's still stinging about his own defeat at the hands of a Clinton. AND... he's just not up to speed on the intent and the content of the Senate investigation.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)What the hell was that?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He seems to find it difficult to understand that other people are corrupt or feigning ignorance or may be actually stupid.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)concluded THAT investigation, but you haven't closed THIS one! WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!"
bagimin
(1,334 posts)"President Comey"???????????????????????????????????
Eugene
(61,919 posts)There's a double standard in clearing a victims
of Russian interference while still investigating
suspected conspirators in the crime?
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)Perhaps he might testify for the House Intelligence Committee - if Nunes would just go away.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)Just saw him in the audience milling around after the hearing -- on C-Span.
YCHDT
(962 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,250 posts)got 2 scoops of ice cream when everyone else got only 1 scoop.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Stephanaopolas and some guy.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)klook
(12,160 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Wednesdays
(17,389 posts)That either tRump or Comey (who was under oath) has been lying, which could potentially set up a perjury charge against Comey. But the panel, after citing Comey's notes and corroborating witnesses, concluded that tRump really does not want to go there.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Trends
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Hekate
(90,755 posts)She spotted him for what he is last year
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)He over estimates his importance.