Posted on 07/20/2017 9:39:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In a wide ranging interview with The New York Times, Trump threw his Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions under the bus for deciding to recuse himself from the Russia probe. A decision Trump called “very unfair” to the president.
But, maybe even more shocking, he claims that FBI Director James Comey tried to hold the salacious dossier over his head, in order to gain “leverage” over him. It had previously been reported that when administration officials briefed the president at Trump Tower in January, Comey pulled him aside and told him about the details of the now infamous dossier which included unverified reports of Trump’s sexual encounters while in Russia.
Why did Comey bring this up? Trump has a new theory.
From The New York Times report:
In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believes Mr. Comey told him about the dossier to implicitly make clear he had something to hold over the president. “In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there,” Mr. Trump said. As leverage? “Yeah, I think so,’’ Mr. Trump said. “In retrospect.”
The president dismissed the assertions in the dossier: “When he brought it to me, I said this is really, made-up junk. I didn’t think about any of it. I just thought about man, this is such a phony deal.”
The 35 page document, first published by Buzzfeed, was full of uncorroborated allegations that were comprising for the president was reportedly written by former British spy Christopher Steele .
During congressional testimony in June, Comey said he alerted President Trump to the dossier for the following reasons (very different from what Trump contends):
The IC leadership thought it important, for a variety of reasons, to alert the incoming President to the existence of this material, even though it was salacious and unverified. Among those reasons were: (1) we knew the media was about to publicly report the material and we believed the IC should not keep knowledge of the material and its imminent release from the President-Elect; and (2) to the extent there was some effort to compromise an incoming President, we could blunt any such effort with a defensive briefing
Comey was asked by a Senator Richard Burr whether the FBI was able to confirm any criminal allegations contained in the document. Comey told the senators that he couldn’t answer the question in the public forum because it might go into some details of the ongoing public investigation.
Comey tried to finger Trump as “pressuring” him. Trump has just fingered Comey and raised him. Double or nothing.
Imagined “pressure” is trumped by imagined “blackmail”.
LOL, they said the FBI would threaten him and to not fool with the FBI, instead Trump fired his ars.
No surprise here, in fact it’s what I expected.
It’s hard to believe this is not a common occurrence in DC.
That’s one hell of a Swamp.
In spite of his flaws, I have tremendous respect for DJT. I would be some mornings he just doesn’t feel like getting out of bed.
Looks like Comey was engaging in obstruction.
The media always gets something they didn’t bargain for with Trump. I love it!
Why is it that the TRUTH in Wash DC is called a "bombshell?"
Never mind.. I'm only talking to myself and it's just a rhetorical question.
More like a chess move, Mueller is moving to destroy Trumps family. NYT is being played like a fiddle. There is nothing in Trumps tax returns that are damaging. Only ignorant people think a billionaire has all their finances in their personal tax filings.
Is Comey under investigation for his role in the Clinton email debacle and/or his purposeful misleading investigation?? He should be.
Is Comey under investigation for his role in the Clinton email debacle and/or his purposeful misleading investigation?? He should be.
Is Comey under investigation for his role in the Clinton email debacle and/or his purposeful misleading investigation?? He should be.
Yep, I sense a huge match of Brer Rabbit is ongoing, mixed with a heapin’ helpin’ of rope-a-dope. I just hope our senior admin officials are aware of and know how to play and WIN this round.
“Then came the (karmic) tumor.”
I guess it’s true — that karma can be a bitch. When it comes to paybacks Juan should’ve been walking on eggshells for years knowing the people he’d screwed over.
“don’t understand why he would waste his time giving the NYT an interview.”
Possibly because it puts him before a liberal audience.
You make an very interesting point. Mueller is riddled with numerous, very serious conflicts of interests. This may not be illegal, but it is highly unethical and therefore detrimental to impartiality and credibility of any proceedings. Sessions should dismiss Mueller on this basis.
Yes, most definitely. Unfortunately, there are still way too many people out there who are susceptible to the media narrative. I had a conversation with someone today who thinks Maxine Waters is a patriot..
...In a wide ranging interview with The New York Times...
Donald! You know their history.
OR
3) We could find out if he looked scared, and hold it over his head like we always do...
When the assault on the left actually begins, it is going to be devastating. They all know it
Clutch the pearls and twist the panties, high drama
One hundred percent pure swamp man.
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