kurtster wrote: 
This is somewhat tangential to your post, but I've never been wholly convinced that Comey has or had any specific agenda; sometimes it seemed like he was bumbling around recklessly.  I do prefer to wait for the dust and smoke to clear and not just 'speculate' about Comey and why he was dismissed at that specific time, and more so: the investigation.  Still, the President has many more problems than just this latest kerfuffle.  We'll have to wait and see - it's still early and just about anything seems possible anymore.

 kurtster wrote: 
FBI is DOJ

To whom it may concern ...

Just this past hour, I was made aware of the facts that lie in two US Codes that would apply directly to former FBI Director Comey that:  

He is required by law to report any attempts of or actual obstruction of justice immediately to the DOJ and that failure to do so would result in the loss of his law license as well as jail time.

The event that everyone is foaming and frothing over, the alleged Comey memo stating just that, would now get Comey in as much or more trouble than Trump if true.  He failed to report obstruction of justice and therefore becomes complicit in same.

Now if in fact Comey wrote these kinds of memos on a regular basis, then we should also see what he wrote about regarding interactions with Obama.  

If indeed Comey did find there to be obstruction of justice regarding Trump, it is still officially unreported 3 months after the event took place.

Until I see the memo, I must say that all of those who think this is the smoking gun you've been drooling over to end your nightmare, the Trump presidency, you are being played, big time.  Or Trump is the one with the least amount of problems as this stuff moves forward.

There is indeed corruption going on somewhere, but your attentions are deliberately being diverted from where it is to be found.

Sleep well.  

 kurtster wrote: 
in the post that follows that statement.  Loosely translated:  "Oh Look! A Squirrel!" 

 ScottN wrote: 
What's fascinating to me is that the Prez truly has no governor and no real concept of right or wrong. Therefore anything he does (in his mind) is right and justified based on his status as Leader of the Free World. He can't even fathom stepping outside of himself long enough to consider how an action he is contemplating could be wrong because he could never be wrong. This isn't news to anyone but these personality flaws are impossible shortcomings to have as president.

His impulsiveness, inflexibility, and inability to truly contemplate the consequences of his actions are what I believe what will ultimately lead to his undoing because the parade of horrors will simply continue.
  

 ScottN wrote: 
Amen to that brother.

 VV wrote: 
The sheriff may think differently about this unprecedented madness.  re: GOP.  Support is eroding quickly as manifest in Tuesday's statements by many GOP'ers.  Recall, please, that it was Nixon's own party which eventually did him in.  That may well happen again.

Yes, "regime change" is very tough to do, but I believe it safe to say that the social psyche has already been beaten to crap in 115 days or so by this maniac. This stress is being felt acutely in DC, by many accounts.  Unprecedented madness may lead to unprecedented steps.  Let's hope.

 haresfur wrote: 
Even worse when he makes sense.

 VV wrote: 
It's a 4 year lease with one option to renew.  Eviction is a pain in ass, and unless you can prove criminal activity the Sheriff won't be enthusiastic about it either. 

 aflanigan wrote: 
I'm not running away from Trump.  You see that where ?  

And since you bring up Obama in the same breath, how about all of the defense of Obama's initial grappling with the problems at hand by saying over and over again for at least two years that, it takes a long time to turn an ocean liner around, give him time ...   that defending the smartest man to ever be POTUS, all you defenders kept saying as well.  Why golly gee whillickers, even with a Nobel Peace Price in his pocket, he still needed time to get going.

Incompetence and corruption ?  On the incompetence, see above about turning around ocean liners and then there is that shovel ready thing of Obama's.  Solyndra ...  Can't get much more incompetent than that.  $1 Trillion worth of incompetence.  This from candidate Obama who self proclaimed that he was the "best choice to lead on the economy".  The Red Line in Syria, Daesh is the JV team (and the last two were in his second term) ...   On the corruption, show me the proof, then I'll address it.  So far there is no proof of anything.  Just stories based on anonymous sources that have yet to be backed up with any kind of evidence other than hearsay.

But what ever the case, you have all the proof you need, based only upon bylines and mastheads.  And you act on that unverified proof and base all your points on it.

Like I said, show me the proof and then we'll have something to talk about ...

May you live in interesting times....


What Is Obstruction of Justice? An Often-Murky Crime, Explained

Did Trump have lawful authority to fire Comey?

Yes. But courts have ruled that otherwise lawful acts can constitute obstruction of justice if done with corrupt intentions. In a 1998 case, for example, a federal appeals court upheld the conviction of a lawyer who had filed legal complaints and related motions against a government agent who was investigating an illegal gambling operation. The court ruled that the defendant’s “nominally litigation-related conduct” was unlawful because his real motive was “to safeguard his personal financial interests” in the corrupt enterprise.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Putting the 'O' next to OJ.

 kcar wrote: 
Under the laws of this country, this is a crime. It is called obstruction of justice. We put people in jail for this sort of thing.

#ITMFA

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting.

“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.

The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.

Mr. Comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after Mr. Flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo. The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence a continuing investigation. An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.


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 haresfur wrote: 
I know, right?

 VV wrote: 
You know things are serious when VV comes out from the TBTB forum.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 

 miamizsun wrote: 
How can that be? The Quickee mart still refuses to accept my rubles when I buy instant borscht.

 aflanigan wrote: 
for the love of the lord don't you understand?

the russians have hacked the future

forced warfare, welfare and borrowing every nickel the universe is certain

*burp*