Shattuck: Taking a stand on ex-FBI director

The Boston Herald ^ | 06-08-17 | Tom Shattuck

[calvincaspian]

James Comey just tossed a match on Washington, D.C., and the ensuing inferno will rage all summer.

The former FBI director’s statement reads like a political thriller, with secretive meetings, treacherous innuendo and hints of cold, calculated corruption.

“When the door by the grandfather clock closed, and we were alone, the President began by saying, ‘I want to talk about Mike Flynn,’ ” reads Comey’s statement.

“ ‘I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.’ ”

The Flynn scene will be the focus of the 20-person panels on CNN for the next four months. Buy stock in the terms “obstruction of justice” and “abuse of power.”

[calvincaspian]

“ ‘I have been very loyal to you, very loyal; we had that thing you know.’ I did not reply or ask him what he meant by ‘that thing.’ ”

Was “that thing” the break he cut McCabe which was to be reciprocated by Comey in laying off Team Trump?

Stay tuned for the sequel: Bob Mueller, special counsel.

[ptsal]

Dime store novel.
Read follow up at the grocery store cash register.

[djpg]

The statement that some Senator needs to make to Comey but won’t: “Regarding whether Trump was under investigation, all he was asking you to do was to tell the truth, but you refused.”

[Alberta's Child]

The whole "obstruction of justice" narrative has been pretty effectively debunked over the last 12-15 hours.

1. How can anyone possibly make the case for obstruction of justice based on a conversation between two people where the one who is reporting about the contents of the conversation -- who happened to be the FBI director at the time -- didn't believe it was any such thing?

2. When this conversation was taking place, the person who was the subject of the conversation (Mike Flynn) wasn't even the target of a criminal investigation. How can someone obstruct justice when the person in question is not involved in a legal proceeding in the first place?

[Raycpa]

How can CNN and Democrats make a mountain from a molehill?

[\/\/ayne]

With Comey's corruption history (including being on the board of HSBC drug money laundering bank) he must be a dedicated left wing operative of the highest rank and has been all along.

The pretense of of the left "blaming Comey" for Hillary Clinton defeat is ridiculous and transparent.

[Homer1]

The FBI leadership team had read the memos, report Comey, and McCabe already testified that there was “no effort to impede.” Case closed.

[Alberta's Child]

I suspect Comey is going to be back on the Democrat sh!t-list by the end of the day today.

They may try to make a mountain out of a molehill for political purposes, but I'm sure we'll start seeing talking heads on CNN calling for Trump's impeachment on the grounds that he should have fired Comey sooner.

[Chode]

so was this a loose piece of paper, in his DayTimer, computer journal, what???

there has to be some context as to the linearity of it to prove he dint just make it up last month out of whole cloth, which i'm betting there isn't and that he did

[Candor7]

Comey has made a “uge” mistake. He now believes that he is a “kingmaker.”

Soon Comey will swim with the fishes, for Washington always summarily rejects a traitor. Comey has betrayed both Democrats and Republicans, but now seeks to perpetuate the myth that President Trump is impeachable.

All of this is designed to obstruct the presidents legislative agenda.And Ryan seems to be simply treading water, a very bad thing.

[Thank You Rush]

Why are any of these hearings or investigations going forward when Mueller is on the job? Drop the charade, do the work you were sent there to do and leave this to the professionals.

McCain sure did a lulu of a job today, didn’t he? He was out in left field when the game had already concluded...