Posted on 06/08/2017 8:14:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former FBI chief James Comey said Thursday the Trump administration "chose to defame me," told "lies, plain and simple" and that he was "confused" by President Donald Trump saying he was fired due to the Russia probe.
"The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying the organization was in disarray ... those were lies," Comey said.
He told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that the "shifting explanations" from the White House for why Trump fired him last month "confused" and increasingly concerned him.
Comey said he took particular exception to White House claims that the FBI was in disarray and that it was poorly led and had lost confidence in his leadership. "Those were lies, plain and simple, and I am so sorry that the FBI workforce had to hear them, and I am so sorry that the American people were told them," Comey said.
Comey seized center stage in a compelling national political drama as he testified that as soon as he met the President-elect during the transition, he decided to create a written record of their meetings.
"I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting," Comey said.
Comey said that he knew that one day he might need a written record of their conversations to defend himself and the FBI. Comey also referred to the President's tweet that he ought to hope that there were no White House tapes of their conversations, implying that he would welcome corroboration of his testimony.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
"What the President whispered in my ear was, 'I really look forward to working with you.'"
I’m at work so not watching... sounds kinda bad though.
DEFAME you???
YOU laid out a ton of Hillarys criminal activity... - and then LET HER GO SCOT FREE!!!
YOU are corrupt and YOU displayed that to the American public ALL BY YOURSELF, miss whiny pants.
Comey is a nose picker and Trump hates nose pickers.
That’s why you were fired, Mr. Comey.
I think not. Comey has no credibility.
Eyes of the beholder! Eyes of the beholder!
Looks like he’s already perjured himself.
Mr. Comey can’t find his own ass with both hands...He’s all over the place!
As he said:
“IF you have one person that is not loyal to you or the company, it ruins the company and the people working for you”
This is what LOYALTY means to Our President...Comey has not idea what loyalty is because he has never had it...
The liberals first kicked him to the curb and then propped him up when they thought they could use him to get Trump. Won’t be long before they throw him under the bus again. What a dog and pony show!
Breaking News: Comey testified No Russia Collusion
All he is doing is creating sound bites for everyone.
What a whiny punk bitch.
Particularly if there are any threats to the process.
A REAL president would have known that.
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EXCLUSIVE: Then-Pres Obama Never Warned State Election Officials Of Russian Election ‘Hacking’
DCNF ^ | June 7, 2017 | Richard Pollock / FR Posted by upchuck
Neither former President Barack Obama nor any member of his cabinet warned state election officials of any Russian effort to hack or interfere with the country’s electoral systems, according to the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State. “We did ask,” Denise Merrill, Connecticut secretary of state and the association’s top official, told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group Wednesday.
“And over-and-over again, they did say there was no credible threat that they had found. And they said that right through the election, and the next administration reiterated that. Over and over again when we asked, we were told there was no actual threat that they knew of,” Merrill said.
Asked if there were any private briefings for state election officials on possible Russian interference prior to the November 2016 voting, Merrill said, “No. We were not briefed on any of that. We were not told in advance.” Merrill also claimed the Obama administration failed to take state officials aside about a potential or real Russian threat to election machinery.
“That’s right, because I don’t really think there was one,” she said.
“The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI...”
Has anyone else noticed that this disgraceful POS is always trying to wrap himself in the reputation of the FBI?
What a lying sack of spit
The FBI was in disarray with this traitorous coward in charge
“The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying the organization was in disarray ... those were lies,”
“lies” = Opinions that make you look bad.
No It’s CNN take. Comey is making an ass of himself
Constitutional expert and famed Harvard law Professor, Alan Dershowitz, took on Jeffrey Toobin to discuss the ongoing Trump-Comey saga, saying in no uncertain terms that “this is not obstruction of justice.”
He explains, “That is his constitutional power. He has the right to say, ‘You will not investigate Flynn.’ The best proof of that is he could have simply said to Comey, ‘Stop the investigation, I’ve just pardoned Flynn.’”
To back up his assertions, Dershowitz reminded viewers of when Bush I pardoned Casper Weinberger the night before trial. After doing so, no one cried ‘obstruction’ because it was within the rights of the President of the United States to do so.
“That’s what President Bush did,” Dershowitz said, citing the case of Caspar Weinberger. “You cannot have obstruction of justice when the president exercises his constitutional authority to pardon, his constitutional authority to fire the director of the FBI, or his constitutional authority to tell the director of the FBI who to prosecute and who not to prosecute.”
Dershowitz made the point that impeachment and obstruction are two entirely different things, which reduced Jeffrey Toobin to look like an 11th grade history student learning the constitution for the first time. The President can be impeached for all manners of things, but not for firing Comey and/or asking him to stop investigating Flynn — because it is his right to do so.
“You can impeach him if you don’t like what he did,” he said. “But you cannot say it’s a crime. It’s simply not a crime for the president to exercise his constitutional authority to pardon or to direct the FBI.” (snip) (Excerpt) Read more at ibankcoin.com ...
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