NYT: Trump Asked Comey to End Flynn Investigation

[ApatheticAustrian]

Trump told Comey he should put reporters in prison for reporting on leaks
https://twitter.com/reidepstein/status/864595604961460225


WH - in statement on background says "the President has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation,"
https://twitter.com/BretBaier/status/864595705301749760

Burr says the "burden is on the New York Times" to produce the memos, not on Comey. Says there may be an effort to undermine the president.
https://twitter.com/Sam_Frizell/status/864597389474222081

[ApatheticAustrian]

I'm more concerned about the leaks. Very disturbing.

sounds like even you are a little bit shocked.

[ApatheticAustrian]

once again:

why is trump so stupid/ignorant?

the average user here would have been able to fulfill trump's petty demands without trump's scandals.

[ApatheticAustrian]

The NYT confirms they don't have the memo, but they've "seen it" lol.

Guess I'll have to wait and see if another media outlet confirms this story.

nbc has confirmed it.

[ApatheticAustrian]

the effing FINANCIAL TIMES confirms the comey story.


The FT confirms: Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to halt the Michael Flynn investigation
https://twitter.com/FT/status/864599449825415170

[ApatheticAustrian]

WH published this anonymously;


https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/864599753727909889

[ApatheticAustrian]

ofc this is kind of a "conspiracy" by media and IC.

for the good of the nation....none of this stuff was somehow falsified, trump is just incapable to lead.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Lawmakers call for Comey to testify about Flynn request
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/congress-reactions-trump-michael-flynn-memo/

[ApatheticAustrian]

The Post's version: Comey’s written account of the meeting with Trump is two pages long and highly detailed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/notes-made-by-former-fbi-director-comey-say-trump-pressured-him-to-end-flynn-probe/2017/05/16/52351a38-3a80-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.617dd7757cec

[ApatheticAustrian]

apatheticaustrian, I have a question: how are you able to find out news so quickly? Lol. I feel like mere minutes after a twitter account posts something big news-wise, you are posting it here.

got 4 open twitter feeds if something breaks and am kind of news-addicted.... and atm there is nearly daily a bombshell in the US. xD

[ApatheticAustrian]

There's no friggin way Trump will stay on as president for four years.

i am a little bit "afraid" congress will just sit it out, give trump a slap on the wrist and ignore it otherwise, while pushing through their agenda without...distractions like impeachment or hearings.

if this doesn't happen now, it may happen never.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Wouldn't they prefer Pence to Trump though?

they would but i am not sure if the trump coalition would follow them in midterms or 2020.

[ApatheticAustrian]

More from @jaketapper source: Trump asked Sessions and Pence to leave before saying this
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/864606587482255360

[ApatheticAustrian]

FoxNews reporting on the air now that they can't get a Republican member on the air right now to defend Trump
https://twitter.com/sarahcwestwood/status/864611207545843713

[ApatheticAustrian]

I think the thing that is always striking me about these reports is they always seem so coordinated and timed in an engineered manner.

1) At around 5:15 ET is when they are released.

2) other news sites confirm what the previous one had reported, as if one site was "given" the right to release it first.

as i said, this IS a conspiracy, but trump has only himself to blame.

as we know now, the DOJ was informed about this and ignored the intel.

[ApatheticAustrian]

btw.....if the leaks are coming from obama holdouts....

.....then this happens cause trump has not switched key positions on a record level.

[ApatheticAustrian]

[ApatheticAustrian]

I attempted to ask @SpeakerRyan about the New York Times story in the Capitol. He tapped me on the arm and said hi, and kept walking.
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/864612137829888001

[ApatheticAustrian]

just remember:

trump has bungled all this stuff in a spectacular way and did many many mistakes a clever autocrat wouldn't do and killed all "talk-away"-strategies himself and still has a good chance to get away.

it is nearly impossible these days to get impeached, imho.

[ApatheticAustrian]

i may be wrong but pence is making himself quite...invisible the last weeks, eh?

[ApatheticAustrian]

breitbart got the best take, as usual



https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/864624592538783744

[ApatheticAustrian]

#SMH

you need decades to reach mitch mcconnell's level of "don't-give-a-f-ness".

[ApatheticAustrian]

Source close to Comey on why he didn't report to Congress about that convo w/Trump in which he asked him to stop the Flynn investigation:

“Because it wasn’t a very successful effort and he thought he’d pushed back on it. ..

"He was very sensitive to how difficult this was going to be to work with this president; he also thought he could do it.”


https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/864621886491197440

[ApatheticAustrian]

Senior WH officials seemingly state that "Trump is completely effed"
https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/864627775306706944

[ApatheticAustrian]

Agree or disagree with his views, Shapiro is a smart dude

decent guy, yeah, harmless troll and smart.

and his predictions are usually correct.

btw conservative media


The Comey Memo: The Allegation Is Serious, and There Is No Good Outcome

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/447696/comey-memo-allegation-serious-and-there-no-good-outcome