Trump Responds To Comey Testimony

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Jun 7, 2017.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Funny on so many levels. First, that - as completely and totally expected - there is nothing on Trump at all. Big whiff for the left. Oops. Second, that this article is from Zerohedge, which folks like Piezoe hate so much. Of course, don't bother with the content, just the source. That's much easier to go after!
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    Trump Responds To Comey Testimony


    Earlier today we noted that CNN, and its anonymous sources, seemingly made a 'mistake' by reporting that Comey would offer testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee tomorrow refuting Trump's prior claims that he had been told on three separate occasions by the former FBI Director that he was not personally under investigation. Unfortunately, at least for CNN, Comey's opening comments released earlier today confirmed that Trump's original statements were, in fact, perfectly accurate (see "Looks Like CNN's Anonymous Sources Got This One Wrong").

    Marc Kasowitz, the lawyer representing President Trump in the Russia probe, has now released Trump's thoughts on Comey's opening statements saying he feels "completely and totally vindicated."

    "The president is pleased that Mr. Comey has finally publicly confirmed his private reports that the President was not under investigation in any Russia probe. The President feels completely and totally vindicated. He is eager to continue to move forward with his agenda."


    Meanwhile, the RNC has also weighed in:

    "President Trump was right. Director Comey's statement reconfirmed what the president has been saying all along - he was never under investigation."


    Of course, while we now know that Trump was never under investigation for colluding with the Russians, we're sure the MSM will turn their attention to whether or not he's officially under investigation for "obstructing justice." If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

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    And, for those who missed it, here are the three instances, directly from Comey's testimony, in which he personally told President Trump he was not under investigation:

    1. January 6th Meeting at Trump Tower:

    "In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President Elect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance."

    2. January 27th Dinner at White House:

    "During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn’t happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren’t, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it."

    3. March 30 Phone Call:

    "I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that."
     
  2. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Is it Thursday yet? hey Tsao, can you tell me how the nasdaq did tomorrow?

    I'll agree that a bunch of articles were passing off speculation as fact, and this reads no different.
     
  3. jem

    jem

    I find this hard to believe.
    Trump was right and all these crazy paid lefty troll were wrong? Trump was not under investigation?

    did comey really confirm what trump said?
     
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  4. jem

    jem

    the washington post confirms...
    trump was not under investigation.
    wow...

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-under-investigation/?utm_term=.39204364dc5f

    From those remarks, we get the first real confirmation that Comey had indeed, on multiple occasions, told Trump that he wasn’t under investigation. But critically, we also learn why Comey didn’t make that public.

    In his testimony, Comey describes having told the president-elect during their first meeting at Trump Tower on Jan. 6 that the FBI “did not have an open counter-intelligence case on” Trump. The decision that it was acceptable to convey that to Trump was made in discussion with the FBI’s leadership team, and Comey revealed it without being asked.
     
  5. Tom B

    Tom B

    [​IMG]
     
  6. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    He wasn't under investigation but he may be now.
     
  7. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    http://www.dailywire.com/news/17270/democrat-narrative-destroyed-comey-opening-ben-shapiro#

    Democrat Narrative DESTROYED: Comey Opening Statement Says Trump Isn't Under Personal Investigation, Didn't Pressure Comey To Kill Russian Campaign Collusion Investigation

    "It contains a number of statements likely to be seized upon by reporters and Democrats in order to maintain that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice by firing Comey, purportedly in an attempt to kill the Trump-Russia investigation. But the testimony shows precisely the opposite: Trump didn't fire Comey to cover anything up, but out of anger that Comey wouldn't clear him; Trump was assured by Comey repeatedly that he was not under investigation by the FBI; Trump wasn't attempting to shut down the campaign collusion investigation."
     
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  8. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    apologies for the cheap shot; didn't realize there were official statements out already.
     
  9. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    LOL, people here pretending that 'Trump not under investigation' was the main crux here when it was all about firing the guy for not LETTING GO of Flynn investigation. That was the obstruction of justice part.
     
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    No worries, man. I wish I could tell you what the NASDAQ was closing at today.
     
    #10     Jun 8, 2017