John McCain on Comey firing: 'There will be more shoes to drop'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post


By Josh Rogin May 10 at 8:50 AM

President Trump’s sudden firing of FBI Director James B. Comey is bad for the country and will not be the end of the Trump-Russia affair, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told a group of foreign diplomats and experts Tuesday night.

Although McCain did not directly accuse the White House of firing Comey to thwart the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible Russia ties, he did say that if that was the intention, it would fail.

“This scandal is going to go on. I’ve seen it before,” McCain told a meeting of the Munich Security Conference core group. “This is a centipede. I guarantee you there will be more shoes to drop, I can just guarantee it. There’s just too much information that we don’t have that will be coming out.” He called Trump’s actions against Comey “unprecedented” and said the position of FBI director has held special meaning in American public life dating back decades.

“I remember the Saturday Night Massacre,” McCain told the mostly European and American guests, referring to the 1973 incident when President Nixon fired the special prosecutor looking into the Watergate break-in, Archibald Cox.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/05/10/john-mccain-on-comey-firing-there-will-be-more-shoes-to-drop

[Ligyron]

1. Didn't Gramps say that before about this?

[hibbing]

2. Zzz...... keep being all mavericky there senator

[C Moon]

3. That's so funny: someone on a DU post yesterday, said McCain would make a statement like this

but never do anything about it.

[Hamlette]

4. a voice of reason on the right n/t

[Scarsdale]

5. As soon as

Mrs. McCain gets her government job, he will step out of the spotlight. There is talk of her being appointed to something. McCain can not be trusted. Remember the hug from Dubya after spreading rumors about his daughter? He is gop through and through, which is to say he has no ethics, no courage, no core beliefs. $$$ is their GOD.

[Victor_c3]

11. absolutely right

I'm sure you also don't forget the tough talk he had in regard to trump during the republican primaries. As soon as he got the nomination he bent over backwards to felate trump with the rest of the republican party.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. an empty voice. don't fall for the bullshit.

[Freethinker65]

6. Sick of the posturing. Time for someone maverick-y in the GOP to do the honorable thing

McCain has a pattern of posturing, then folding

[cstanleytech]

17. Aye, McCain is truly an origami master at folding. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. If McCain, Graham, Collins or Burr say anything promising, ignore it. Party before decency.

In a way, these jokers are even worse than those who are publicly loathsome.

[japple]

9. Which side is he on today? eom

[LenaBaby61]

14. Which side is he on today?

EXACTLY

[SHRED]

10. The maverick with no juevos.

[Bradical79]

12. Glad he's saying it

But it would be mich more helpful if he'd take action rather than pretend he's some armchair analyst in the peanut gallery.

[Hekate]

13. That centipede sure has a lot of shoes...

C'mon, Senator, your country is calling you. What more do you need to hear?

[L. Coyote]

15. Wasn't McCain the person who conveyed the Steele Dossier to the FBI?

Life is complex, but the comments here are anything but nuanced.

Link to tweet

[lark]

16. McCain can talk a good game, but he rarely acts on those good things.

When it comes time to vote, he's all Repug all the time.

[Honeycombe8]

21. So often true. Then again, that's why his opinion carries so much weight.

He's viewed as a loyal Republican and ethical at the same time (hard to pull off). He tries to sway opinions beforehand, but if unsuccessful, he will usu. follow the leadership in his vote.

[mr_lebowski]

18. McCain, do the honorable thing here and SWITCH PARTIES, and Bring Burr with you ...

Not that I really WANT Burr as a Dem, but we NEED your two votes in the Senate to have ANY chance of protecting our Nation from the traitor in the WH.

C'mon, you're both retiring anyway, right? You'll get to be super-important, and this is the Super-Maverick-y move.

[japple]

19. The more honorable thing would be to insist that this stinking mess needs an

independent special prosecutor and make sure it happens. Put your country above your party and your personal ambition.

[mr_lebowski]

22. Two (R) Senators switch parties and we'd become the Majority Party ...

With all that entails. That would mean FAR FAR more in the longer term than just getting a special prosecutor. Esp. if a SCOTUS opening comes up.

On top of that, it's also the means to ensure that we'd actually get an SP ... these are not mutually exclusive, in fact it's quite the opposite.

[Honeycombe8]

20. I think McCain's opinion carries weight in the Senate. So this is good.

He's an even keeled person, not prone to exaggeration or emotional responses. So I find his response mild mannered, but the words themselves have a great deal of meaning for McCain to say them. I think his opinion is reflective of others in the Senate.