Oh. My. Fucking. God: DAG's letter about Comey's firing

[Recursion]

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-was-james-comey-fired-trump-2017-5

In a memo to Sessions, Rosenstein laid out the reasoning for firing Comey.

Rosenstein said that over the past year, "the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage" that has "affected the entire Department of Justice."

"I cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken," Rosenstein said. "Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives."

He pointed to Comey's July announcement of the FBI's view that "no charges are appropriate" in the Justice Department's investigation into then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state.

Holy shit. Buckle up, people. This is not even slightly OK.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. So they dont like Comey, allegedly, because he did NOT indict Hillary or was unfair to her?

Does this mean they are going to arrest Hillary?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. A decision in search of a rationale (Gloria Borger CNN)

Using this as an excuse.

IMHO, I think it was because he didn't indict her (and because his underlings are getting close in his case).

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Those idiots were tasked with inventing this rational for sacking comey.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Help me, are they saying he had to be fired because he was unfair to Hillary or

because comey should have arrested her?

[Abu Pepe]

5. yep. possibly the most cynical move I have seen

And I am pretty old.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. See post #4.

This is all phony (stated reason versus the real reason).

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Which implies the new FBI director will ARREST Hillary.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. They can't "arrest" anyone.

What they could do is start up a grand jury to try to get an indictment - all to distract from the Russian stuff.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Yeah, obviously I mean indict and arrest using the Justice Dept.

I was angry and doing short hand. But you are right.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. It is something strategists need to keep in mind

with an administration that is out of control and slowly getting drunk with power (bolstered by the GOP cowards in Congress).

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. Country explodes if they do anything to her. It would then be a real actual coup

I for one say no, cant allow that.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. They could try to drag this out by appointing a (weak) Special Prosecuter

and spending the rest of the year looking like they are "investigating" to calm things a bit.

[Eliot Rosewater]

20. I think their base wants Hillary in jail and they feel they can survive their treason

by giving them that.

What it will obviously do is start some sort of civil unrest that will end life as we know it.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. That's not going to happen any time soon.

But they are navigating uncharted waters (from their perspectives) and they are going to have lawyer up with REAL lawyers... not the old "trusted" business buddies from the past.

[Eliot Rosewater]

22. I say they appoint new FBI in days and he , would never be she, announces

grand jury on Clinton.

then I think the country explodes.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. They have to find someone who can pass a security clearance

Then whoever they pick will have to go through a confirmation hearing. It's going to be a process.

[Eliot Rosewater]

25. Cant the deputy AG do something now?

How does it work, they form a grand jury then indict if they say so?

Is that the ONLY way to arrest her for emails?



(of course she did nothing wrong, I am just curious what they are allowed to do)

[BumRushDaShow]

26. They really don't have enough evidence to really do it

and if they try to manufacture something, they will be destroyed in court. They have to rely on career staff to put it together.

I know you are going hyperbolic within this thread but as much as they would want to do what you are suggesting, it's not going to happen instantly.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. It's obvious they could make up their minds about what to use, so they sort of threw it all in there

it makes no logical sense.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. They might think arresting Hillary is a way to misdirect attention.

If they do that, I suspect the country explodes.

That would be OK with them if they survive, they dont care, at all, about any of us.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. It's possible. It's possible he is trying to make good on the "lock her up"

stuff. It would be totally bizarre, but anything is possible.

[Eliot Rosewater]

16. I can see them thinking this is the way to get their base to defend the treason.

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. It's so twisted that it rings true. It certainly looks that way from reading it.

[OliverQ]

10. Keep in mind the DAG is the only one who can appoint a special prosecutor

It's obvious Trump and Republicans are going to get away with treason.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Unless we take the House back and start some impeachment hearings. nt

[OliverQ]

30. This country won't survive 2 more years at this rate.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. The mid-term elections would be next year. nt

[anglesphere]

23. If it was the director's handling of the Clinton emails...

...why fire him now?

Oh, that's right, because your administration is in deep doo doo.

[KeepItReal]

27. "Almost everyone agrees".... Did Trump write this foolishness??

Learned people don't talk like that in formal documentation.

[MontanaMama]

29. Some people might say

that you are exactly right! I'm thinking dump didn't go to a school of any kind. My 6th grader thinks and speaks circles around him.

[MontanaMama]

28. Is there anybody left at DOJ

to go after Dump now?? You just know that somebody inside the FBI or DOJ has the goods on Dump and company....will someone leak the evidence and drop the dime on him - and soon??? This is a nightmare.

[Greywing]

33. I truly hope leaks to turn into a flood ... enough of this shit!

There have to be some patriots left who do not want to see the US fall.

[BSdetect]

32. Putin's behind this crap. Distract by attacking HRC again is what he advised the orange idiot .

Arrest drumph now.