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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat point on Comey:
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Michael Isikoff ✔ @Isikoff
Worth noting Comey said he got approval from DOJ to publicly say FBI is investigating possible links between trump campaign and Russia
10:48 AM - 20 Mar 2017
Worth noting Comey said he got approval from DOJ to publicly say FBI is investigating possible links between trump campaign and Russia
10:48 AM - 20 Mar 2017
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Brian Fallon ✔ @brianefallon
[b style="color:red; font-size:16pt"]An approval he did not care to obtain in Clinton's case.
10:49 AM - 20 Mar 2017
[b style="color:red; font-size:16pt"]An approval he did not care to obtain in Clinton's case.
10:49 AM - 20 Mar 2017
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Great point on Comey: (Original Post)
yodermon
Mar 2017
OP
Comey is poised to come out of this as the most hated man in modern American history
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#1
Yes, he did, but only because he was forced to. That is easily evidenced by the fact that
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2017
#7
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)1. Comey is poised to come out of this as the most hated man in modern American history
Sinking both candidates
unblock
(52,205 posts)10. i remain very skeptical about comey being involved in this investigation
i won't cheer until donnie gets the boot.
it's entirely possible that comey deliberately screws up the investigation.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)2. Only possible, though, because Sessions was forced to recuse himself from
the Russian investigation, so he was not in a position to deny that permission.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)4. Did he ACTUALLY recuse himself?
I wouldn't put it past this administration for him to lie and Comey still asked Sessions for permission.
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)7. Yes, he did, but only because he was forced to. That is easily evidenced by the fact that
Comey acknowledged there is an investigation, with the DOJ's blessing. Session most certainly, absolutely, would have denied such a blessing.
No need to go into tinfoil territory when Occam's Razor can handle the task just fine.
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)3. K&R to infinity
JHan
(10,173 posts)5. good call, thanks. That difference is every damn thing.
yodermon
(6,143 posts)6. I just started watching his testimony from the beginning, and his "out" is that the "other"
investigation was "completed", and this one is ongoing.
Still.
Gothmog
(145,153 posts)8. Comey is pond scum and lacks any professional or other ethics
world wide wally
(21,741 posts)9. Comey is doing everything he "can" to protect Trump
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)11. So TRUE !!! WOW !!!