Posted on 04/20/2018 6:21:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber
There was great indignation and much disapproval last year when it was reported that President Trump had asked then-FBI Director James Comey for "loyalty." Such a request, it was said, was more characteristic of a mob boss than a president -- "mob boss" being a phrase Comey himself would use in a book whose title (A Higher Loyalty) he took from the president's request. Now, Comey's book and the revelations it has triggered are casting new light on the "loyalty" issue -- a light that makes Trump's position look far more understandable. The short version is this: In Trump's first meeting with the FBI director, on January 6, 2017, when Trump was president-elect, Comey asked to meet alone with Trump. When the two were by themselves, face-to-face, Comey told Trump about the "golden showers" episode in the Trump dossier. Comey didn't discuss any other parts of the dossier. He just outlined the dossier's tale of Trump involved in a kinky sex show in a Moscow hotel room in 2013.
Not long after the Comey-Trump one-on-one meeting, news organizations reported that the intelligence community had briefed the president-elect on allegations of misconduct. Almost immediately after those reports, BuzzFeed published the entire dossier, "golden showers" and all.
Comey's memo of the meeting -- released in the midst of Comey's publicity tour -- does not mention that Trump asked for loyalty. In fact, it notes that Trump said a number of complimentary things about Comey. "He said he thought very highly of me and looked forward to working with me," Comey wrote. But no talk of loyalty, at least as far as Comey noted.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
What a disloyal and lying POS Comey is. He can’t even remember what he said in the past.
Didn’t Hitlery and the DNC already instruct unelected Hillary loyalists to “#Resist” Trump’s agenda and monkeywrench his administration’s policies and figures from within the government? By hook or by crook?
Gandalf said, “A treacherous weapon is ever a danger to the hand.”
Comey’s Water Cooler Memos ?
Frankly, I can’t remember when I’ve thought Byron York actually put 2 and 2 together correctly. I stopped reading his work a decade or more ago. Could it be that he’s finally getting it?
I’m tired of seeing this POS’s name all over the place.
He needs to be indicted, tried and spend some prison time. But none of that will happen.
Apparently the media talking points removed the word “extemporaneous” this time.
> In Trump’s first meeting with the FBI director, on January 6, 2017, when Trump was president-elect, Comey asked to meet alone with Trump.
Good read. Makes much sense. But on the quote above, Sean Spicer mentioned this tonight on Hannity, (but without the Sessions part).
It was Comey who first “cleared the room” to be alone with Trump. In a later meeting, Trump (perhaps thinking this was protocol) ask others to leave the room to talk to Comey, and afterwards Comey made the comment to Jeff Sessions, (paraphrasing) ‘Don’t leave me alone in the room with Trump’. Which was then promoted widely in fake news media, about him being ‘afraid’ to be alone with Trump, when it was he, who first asked to do so.
As to the ‘mob boss’ analogy, Comey mentioned Sammy the Bull, who was the rat that got John Gotti. Which is more about what Comey is attempting to do with Trump. Wrong analogy.
Jimmy the weasel is destroying himself.
Trump: Don’t stab me in the back.
Media: He’s a dictator!
chuckles - yep, boil this all down and that is what it looks like.
The left should take to heart the quote from one of their favorite son’s: sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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