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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Comey has called Donald Trump a liar 5 times today. The White House says he isn't.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/comey-hearing-trump-liar/index.html?sr=twCNN060817comey-hearing-trump-liar1217PMVODtopJames Comey has called Donald Trump a liar 5 times today. The White House says he isn't.
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN)In the first hour of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill about the nature and details of his relationship with President Donald Trump, he called the president a "liar" twice.
In his opening remarks, Comey flashed anger at Trump's characterization of him as unpopular among the rank and file of the FBI as well as the idea that the bureau was disorganized and chaotic.
"Those were lies. Plain and simple," Comey said flatly.
Then, when asked by Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) why he felt the need to document his meetings with Trump when he didn't do the same with past presidents, Comey responded: "I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting."
In the second hour of the hearings and while under questioning from Maine Sen. Angus King (I), Comey directly disputed three more claims by Trump:
That Comey had sought the Feb. 14 meeting with Trump to ask to stay on as FBI director
That Comey ever reached out to Trump via phone
That Trump's "No, no. Next question" assertion about whether he asked Comey to drop the Flynn investigation was true
Sit with that.
What you see is a former FBI director repeatedly calling the president a liar -- and acknowledging that his concerns about Trump's willingness to bend (or break) the truth led him to repeatedly document their interactions.
That's stunning stuff.
Worth noting: Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Thursday in an off-camera briefing that "I can definitely say the president is not a liar and frankly I'm insulted by that question."
This is Washington. Politicians -- and those longtime members of the political swirl like Comey -- would rather cut off a finger than call another political person a liar. And yet, Comey has now done so five(!) times.
That's a very big deal -- and speaks not just to the fractured relationship between Trump and Comey but also to the remarkable unconventionality of Trump and the ways in which the oddness of his approach to the presidency impacts others around him.
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James Comey has called Donald Trump a liar 5 times today. The White House says he isn't. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2017
OP
MFM008
(19,808 posts)1. And the day
Is not over.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)2. It is obvious to the most casual observer that
Trump lies all of the time, about everything, no matter how unimportant. Worse yet, the people around him prop up his lies.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)3. The WH response confirms it.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)4. Everyone knows he lies about e everything.
He wouldn't know the truth if it hit him on the head.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. Two possibilities:
A). Donald Trump is NOT a liar.
B). The White House IS lying.
Hmmmmm...