For all the unsavory details in the James Comey account of the president’s behavior, tonight the White House and some top Republicans see big vindication for Trump.
When all is said and done, Comey has now publicly gone on record with what Trump always wanted him to say but which he wouldn’t or couldn’t for the past four months -– resolving the core irritant for Trump since he’s taken office — declaring that he told Trump he’s not personally under investigation by the FBI.
In essence, Comey says the Trump encounters — nine one-on-ones over four months — were uncomfortable, but not impactful. The investigations continued unimpeded. The conversations may have been highly unusual, if not grossly inappropriate, but not necessarily illegal.
In fact, Comey even reveals for the first time that Trump encouraged him in private to continue the FBI investigation into his associates: “The president went on to say that if there were some ‘satellite’ associates of his who did something wrong, it would be good to find that out,” Comey says.
Read the rest of this analysis at ABC News
Read James Comey’s prepared statement before Thursday’s Senate hearing
The do nothing DemoRATS searching for nothing. Trump made a big mistake not firing Comey, the corrupt self serving lawyer, his first day in office. Comey is a disgrace to the integrity of the FBI.
He’s a disgrace to american’s period.
Whatever Comey says…does anyone trust him to tell the truth..? He’s just a self-serving Democrat…’nauseous about disrupting Hillary’s election.’
There must be something in the Potomac water! It turns 6 foot 7 inch tall men into weasels. Mr. Comey decided he wanted to play in the bigs and thought he had to assume the role of the Attorney General after Loretta Lynch had Bubba on her plane and later when she told him not to call the Hillary probe an “investigation”. Then this weasel decides to “out” all the wrong doings of Hillary, but says that he, like he had anything to do with it, would not charge her because she didn’t purposefully break the law. Try that with the next Highway Patrolman that stops you doing 85.
Marines, that’s an excellent point.
[Try that with the next Highway Patrolman that stops you doing 85.]
As a # of my cop friends (and 3 lawyer gaming comrades) have already attested to elsewhere, INTENT matters not in guilt. It only matters in sentencing, and which charge(s) you face.
Kill someone and didn’t intend for it to happen (like say in a bar fight), its manslaughter. Kill him with intent, then its murder..
EITHER WAY you are still punished for breaking the law..
The meetings with the President were uncomfortable for a lying weasel sack of brown stuff and maybe inappropriate without his immediate supervisor there. It wasn’t grossly inappropriate and maybe it was unusual, but a boss talking to his employees and evening asking for loyalty from that employee is not illegal. Regardless of what Demonrats and the Lame stream Media say that’s what this all boils down to “a boss talking to an employee”.
Comey has been a registered Republican for most of his life, but is now independent.
That should tell you something.
Even being a registered republican means diddly squat thee days.. just look at Graham, Mccant and company.
He should have been FIRED Without Benefits and Retirement Years Ago!! He has changed his statements way too many times! Can’t believe him on any issue at this point! The FBI has been running in circles for years just like the CIA and Homeland Security!!
NONE of them will tell US Citizens WHO obama really is or how Many NAMES he has USED, or where he was born and WHO’s the DADDY??????!!
We can only hope, for the sake of America, that someday all the dominos will fall and this
country will get on track and be all we can be.
Read This?
People should learn the entire background of Comey and then they will understand this
6-month circus the Dems and the FBI have dragged the country through. The Big
Distraction and waste of American taxpayer money. Why doesn’t all the Congressional
committees and investigations be about all the illegal, treasonist acts of the Democratic party?
When are all the facts exposed and where is the accountability of the Clintons and Obamas
folly and corruption? Why are Obama’s people not in Jail? Susan Rice, Eric Holder, and so many others have to be tried for crimes against America. This is very serious and the media sure won’t be covering the subject unless it’s to protect these criminals. We can thank the mainstream media for all the delays in our Congressional processes.
Thank the Democrat media for all these distractions and at some point, we have to ask, can the media be considered liable for subversion?
They should be liable. BUT they wil just cry ‘freedom of the press’ to get out of any charges..
When will the Federal judges appointed by Obama be held accountable for their impeding the President with protecting America from potential terrorists?
Make no mistake, We can not have a Muslim American culture setting up shop in the US.
People need to look at countries where this approach to Global cultures, open borders and
Radical Religious freedom is costing lives and encouraging terrorist to have their way without
consequence. America is already in Grave Danger and must put political correctness on the
back burner. The fact that the Muslim culture conflicts with American law is reason enough.
Hiding behind Religious Freedom has insulated this Muslim culture from assimilation into
American culture. It’s Time for Americans to realize just what is happening in this country
and take a stand to preserve the USA. The luxury of indifference to everything no longer
exists and it is this indifference that will someday be our doom if not corrected.
Those that seek to destroy all of what America is about count on American indifference.
Was anyone else besides me IRKED many of our normal afternoon programming got removed, to showcase comey on what, over a DOZEN channels??!
Now that this Leftist Witch Hunt is over do the Republicans have the courage and spine to go after Lynch, Obama, the Norma Desmond and her Rapist husband ?
Unfortunately, i don’t think they have anywhere NEAR the needed spine and intestinal fortitude to go after any of those people.. PITY. THey all need to be locked up.