tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134423595393382451.post4208115183728202991..comments2023-05-10T04:47:28.373-07:00Comments on How to Select an American President: Combative Bully TrumpJames Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390672305277920091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134423595393382451.post-36638438682357662912017-06-09T10:41:45.939-07:002017-06-09T10:41:45.939-07:00 Comey made it clear, without using the words “obs... Comey made it clear, without using the words “obstruction of justice,” that he personally believes it occurred. He said he felt Trump was ordering him to drop investigations, not merely expressing a “hope,” and that he was fired because of the Russia inquiry. When Senator John Cornyn asked Comey why he didn’t seek a special counsel for the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server, Comey said he “decided that would be an unfair thing to do because I knew there was no case there…. Calling for the appointment of special counsel would be brutally unfair because it would send the message there’s something here.” Given that Comey had just proclaimed he wanted a special counsel to look into his interactions with Trump, you don’t need a legal-math whiz to put two and two together.<br />https://www.thenation.com/article/all-eyes-are-now-on-robert-mueller/James Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390672305277920091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134423595393382451.post-37752454315282028992017-06-09T06:16:41.001-07:002017-06-09T06:16:41.001-07:00The Trump House is corrupted along with his execut...The Trump House is corrupted along with his executive branch and appointees.<br /><br />Comey’s opening statement for his testimony tomorrow he writes that he told Sessions “to prevent any future direct communication between the President and me” and he didn’t reply.<br /><br />After the meeting in the Oval, during which Trump asked Comey to drop the Flynn investigation, Comey discussed his notes with Senior FBI leadership, and he notes, “We also concluded that, given that it was a one -on-one conversation, there was nothing available to corroborate my account. We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia.”<br /><br />Comey will say (my bold), “Shortly afterwards, I spoke with Attorney General Sessions in person to pass along the President’s concerns about leaks. I took the opportunity to implore the Attorney General to prevent any future direct communication between the President and me.”<br /><br />“I told the AG that what had just happened – him being asked to leave while the FBI Director, who reports to the AG, remained behind – was inappropriate and should never happen. He did not reply. For the reasons discussed above, I did not mention that the President broached the FBI’s potential investigation of General Flynn.”<br /><br />Add senior FBI leadership to the roster of Comey witnesses and if government were operating as it is supposed to, Jeff Sessions should be under investigation.<br /><br />While Sessions eventually recused himself from the investigation, he is at the very least a witness to the President demanding to see the FBI Director alone, and when the FBI Director told Sessions that this was inappropriate (which Sessions already knows), Sessions said nothing.<br /><br />Politicus USAJames Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390672305277920091noreply@blogger.com