NYT: Trump Asked Comey to End Flynn Investigation

[Confused Democrat]

If this did indeed happen in february, doesn't comey have SOME dirt on his face when he said recently there was no pressure?

Absolutely.

Why would Comey have dirt on his face for not disclosing this?

Comey was, at the time, investigating the the President and his campaign along with Michael Flynn for possible Russian collusion. Wouldn't the logical thing for Comey to do be to keep quiet and document the President's attempts to obstruct justice in order to build a case against him?

If Comey notified Congress about this, it would have been leaked immediately and the President would have cut Comey off, hindering the FBI's investigation.

“There has been no effort to impede our investigation to date,” Mr. McCabe said. “Simply put, you cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing.”

It's not known that McCabe was aware of the memos at the time (I assume he would have been), but I agree that his statement raises eyebrows and demands an explanation ASAP.

[Matty]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

God bless James Comey.

have cursed him for months for not just officially indicting clinton last june but he is obviously redeeming himself to be non-partisan.


btw



#meltdown

That rhetoric is entirely irresponsible.

[Hammy]

God bless James Comey.

have cursed him for months for not just officially indicting clinton last june but he is obviously redeeming himself to be non-partisan.

Nothing says non-partisan than bringing down both party's nominees six months apart.

[The_Doctor]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

1973-1980 was all we got last time something like this happened.

[Devout Centrist]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

No it won't, and even if Democrats do very well in the next 20 years, Conservatives will still retain a lot of power.

Besides, Nixon didn't destroy the Republican Party. They got the Presidency back in four years.

[Confused Democrat]

If this did indeed happen in february, doesn't comey have SOME dirt on his face when he said recently there was no pressure?

Absolutely.

Why would Comey have dirt on his face for not disclosing this?

Comey was, at the time, investigating the the President and his campaign along with Michael Flynn for possible Russian collusion. Wouldn't the logical thing for Comey to do be to keep quiet and document the President's attempts to obstruct justice in order to build a case against him?

If Comey notified Congress about this, it would have been leaked immediately and the President would have cut Comey off, hindering the FBI's investigation.

Dianne Feinstein disagrees with you.

I often disagree with Feinstein, so that doesn't trouble me.

[Dr. Arch]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

I really don't think he is.

[JA]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

I wouldn't bet money on that. Republicans will recover from this, even if Trump ends up impeached. But the entire political movement that Trump created will essentially be destroyed and the "establishment" will work to ensure they have total control over the direction of the party.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Nothing lasts that long in American politics.

[The_Doctor]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

I really don't think he is.

Complicit or better?

[ApatheticAustrian]

well, pence is at least no danger for the nation and everything he does can be reversed by the next president.

[Technocracy Timmy]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Nothing lasts that long in American politics.

1932-1946 was the closest. Still a long time (14 years).

[The Other Castro]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

Pence is better for Republicans, but he's also safer for Americans than Trump. I think the costs of Pence's policy positions (in my opinion as a generally more liberal person) aren't as bad as the continued risk of Trump as the President.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

It's over folks....President Donald J. Trump: January 20th, 2017 - May 2017?

[Cashew]

John McCain has compared this to Watergate

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Words, I want to see action.

[Dr. Arch]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

I really don't think he is.

Complicit or better?

Both. He followed Trump like a sheep all the way through. I don't think a Pence presidency will be beneficial to the US, especially due to all the damage he did in Indiana.

[The_Doctor]

It's over folks....President Donald J. Trump: January 20th, 2017 - May 2017?

Not gone yet.

[Mehmentum]

It's over folks....President Donald J. Trump: January 20th, 2017 - May 2017?

Not gone yet.

Its not the beginning of the end.  It's the end of the beginning.

[Technocracy Timmy]

I know this sounds petty, but I am feeling prety suicidal over all this. Not because I like trump, but because I fear the next 20 years will be nothing but democrat/liberal control due to fallout.

Pence is better for us than Trump. Much better (if not complicit).

I really don't think he is.

Complicit or better?

Both. He followed Trump like a sheep all the way through. I don't think a Pence presidency will be beneficial to the US, especially due to all the damage he did in Indiana.

Did he bankrupt Indiana?

[ProudModerate2]

Dana Bash now reporting Congressional Rs debating between supporting independent prosecutor or independent commission. Major development.
https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/864638758859288576

Wow !

You do realize that there isn't supposed to be a space in between the end of the last word in a sentence and the punctuation, right?

I do, but that is so "old school."
On the internet and even professionally (at work), I usually add a space.
8-)

[Crumpets]

Meanwhile on Pennsylvania Avenue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pay-trump-bribes-here_us_591a6bcbe4b07d5f6ba584a9?dt

[GlobeSoc]

If Trump gets impeached, watch for the upland south to trend D at supersonic speeds on the presidential level.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Corey Lewandowski - aka Trump's least scandalous campaign manager - is atm in the WH

and sorry if this is getting old but since it's blowing my mind....