Posted on 12/14/2018 6:36:32 PM PST by John Semmens
Fired FBI Director James Comey followed up his amnesiac performance in his testimony before House Judiciary and Oversight committees with a bit of self-congratulatory boasting about his cleverness.
"While I couldn't remember the answers to most of the questions the dim-witted Republicans were asking me, I do recall some of the high points of my covert efforts to save the nation from the misrule of Donald Trump," Comey said. "Publicly exonerating Secretary Clinton in July 2016 was probably the hardest punch I threw. By clearing her of all charges I neutralized a lot of the criticisms Trump and the Republicans tried to make against her. In a sane world that should have been enough to elect her, but as we saw, somehow the most unqualified person to ever seek the presidency defeated the most qualified."
"However, patriot that I am, I didn't let the unfortunate election outcome thwart my campaign to save the country," Comey continued. "I saw a way to undermine a Trump Administration by embroiling it in concocted scandals. We used the FISA process to get court permission to spy on the Trump campaign. Republicans are now complaining that this was an inappropriate use of a law intended to protect America from hostile foreign powers. What they neglect to tell everyone is that 85% of the FISA cases are unwarranted and abusive. Since we were basically following standard procedure I don't think the GOP will get anywhere with their complaints."
"Then, starting with Gen. Flynn we set up a series of Trump associates for charges of obstruction," Comey bragged. "A long time ago the Courts decided it was legal for law-enforcement personnel to lie to persons they are trying to nail for some sort of criminal offense. We told Flynn that a couple of FBI agents were going to chat with him and that he didn't need a lawyer. He fell for it and opened himself up to a charge of lying to investigators when his remarks didn't exactly match those we overheard using the FISA-approved phone intercepts."
Comey concluded his remarks with a plea for voters to oust Trump in the 2020 election. "If we don't get rid of him all the work I and others like Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Andrew McCabe, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, and others could be undone. The ability of the FBI and its sister agencies to protect the country from intruders like Trump could be seriously damaged and the country left in the unsteady hands of a poorly informed electorate."
Of course, Comey isn't the only one to have gone above and beyond the law for the good of the country. Special Counsel Robert Mueller had the foresight to wipe clean the cell phones of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page before turning them over to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. And today, Mueller refused to handover documents requested by Judge Emmet Sullivan who is responsible for meting out a sentence on Gen. Flynn who plead guilty to lying to the FBI. As Mueller explained, "our ability to carry out our mission must be immunized from interference from those harboring incompatible objectives. Law enforcement's efforts to neutralize threats to the nation must remain free from interference from any source. That includes Congress, the Courts, and the Administration we are battling against."
In related news, Letitia James, who will become attorney general of the State of New York in January, has pledged to use her office as a weapon against everyone associated with President Trump. "We know the names, all we have to do is come up with crimes we can plausibly pin on each of them," she asserted. "We cannot sit idly by and expect heroes like Comey and Mueller to do all the dirty work. As New York's chief prosecutor I have wide powers that can be used to hound these people out of office and into jail."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/253031-2018-12-14-semi-news-semi-satire-december-16-2018-edition.htm
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Matt Gaetz on Hannity (Jason Chaffetz standing in for Sean) said they don’t want Comey again on Monday, they want Rosenstein. says leadership is letting them down. Rosenstein is the man they want to question.
Comey basically admitted he set up General Flynn. I pray the judge throws the case out. This would put a mar on the entire investigation.
Comey basically admitted he set up General Flynn. I pray the judge throws the case out. This would put a mar on the entire investigation.
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As usual, based on the circus playing out in front of us, I'm starting to think this statement isn't really satire.
This statement is true: “85% of the FISA cases are unwarranted and abusive.” The “satire” is that Comey would never publicly admit this. He’d probably “I don’t remember.”
I wish this were satire.
When is someone going to be punished for illegal spying on innocent American citizens, violating their constitutional rights?
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