Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html

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WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting.

“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.

The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.

Mr. Comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after Mr. Flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo. The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence a continuing investigation. An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.

Ok, let's review the timeline for the next 13 hours:

30 minutes from now: statement from the White House, saying it never happened.

2 hours, someone will be in front of a camera, saying it didn't happen.

2.5-6 hours, various talking heads on every channel but FOX saying we have more problems

3-9 hours, FOX covering for Trump

13 hours, Trump tweets that he did it.

 

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Trump asked Pence and Sessions to leave the oval office.

He knew what he was about to say was improper and to create undue intimidation of a federal law officer. Wow!

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2 minutes ago, AUUSN said:

 

Man, congressional republicans are salty today. 

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/graham-comey-firing-senate-238463

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has invited former FBI Director James Comey to testify publicly at a Senate hearing, the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday.

Comey previously declined a request to testify on Tuesday in closed session before the Senate Intelligence Committee, but The New York Times reported Comey would be willing to testify in an open session.

About time, Senator Graham. 

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The competition between the NYTimes and the Washington Post to take Trump down is the best thing to happen in a while.

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My conspiracy mind now says Comey was fired while he was in LA in an effort to clear out his office.

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2 minutes ago, AUUSN said:

My conspiracy mind now says Comey was fired while he was in LA in an effort to clear out his office.

Futile. Comey was smart enough to disseminate the memos. Guy covered his bases by the sound of it. 

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Here we go:

 

 

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5 minutes ago, AUUSN said:

 

Dear Lord someone in the House is acting like an adult.

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God Bless America! This too shall pass

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17 minutes ago, TitanTiger said:

 

He's equal opportunity 

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Ouch.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/16/trump-officials-on-comey-memo-dont-see-how-trump-isnt-completely-fcked

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14 minutes ago, Bigbens42 said:

He's equal opportunity 

Kinda deflates the "Trump hater" narrative. 

 

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It’s pretty lame that the Times ran this story not having seen the memo, but only having had it read to them over the phone. But that’s the blood-in-the-water atmosphere in Washington now. Seriously, do you doubt for a minute that this Comey memo exists? It came from a Comey associate. Comey is known for keeping meticulous records of these conversations. There will be more memos to come — so say sources close to Come, according to the Washington Post, which confirms the Times story, adding that Trump asked Comey to focus instead on journalists who print stories leaked to them.

If Comey is telling the truth, then it’s another piece of evidence that Trump tried to obstruct a criminal investigation. Recall that had he not resigned, Richard Nixon would have been impeached for obstruction of justice and abuse of power.  Congressional Republicans have their back against a wall now.

Three and a half more years of this.

How could Trump be so stupid as to fire Comey knowing that he had asked him to do this? True, Comey could be lying, but we already know that Trump fired Comey in part because of the Russia investigation, because Trump said so himself in the NBC interview. Do you trust Jim Comey’s account, or Donald Trump’s? Did Trump not know what he asked of Comey was seriously wrong? Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t, but as with the intel story from yesterday, Trump is ignorant of the norms and practices of the presidency, and thinks he can trample them.

Hubris makes you stupid. Trump came to Washington knowing that the Deep State would have it out for him. They hardly have to lift a finger — he’s taking himself down. Who — and what — will he take down with him?

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/comey-trump-memo-obstruction-of-justice/

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This aged well...

 

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2 hours ago, Bigbens42 said:

The competition between the NYTimes and the Washington Post to take Trump down is the best thing to happen in a while.

Appears to be a well coordinated attack BB. Makes one scratch his head 

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4 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Appears to be a well coordinated attack BB. Makes one scratch his head 

They're competing, not coordinating. Trying to one up each other for subscribers.