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Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation

smokeymicpot

Beat EviLore at pool.
WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved ”great pressure" on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting.

”I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job," Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. ”I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off."

Mr. Trump added, ”I'm not under investigation."

Comey — reinforces the notion that Mr. Trump dismissed him primarily because of the bureau's investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and Russian operatives. Mr. Trump said as much in one televised interview, but the White House has offered changing justifications for the firing.

The White House document that contained Mr. Trump's comments was based on notes taken from inside the Oval Office and has been circulated as the official account of the meeting. One official read quotations to The Times, and a second official confirmed the broad outlines of the discussion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0


Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say



The senior White House adviser under scrutiny by investigators is someone close to the president, according to these people, who would not further identify the official.


The revelation comes as the investigation also appears to be entering a more overtly active phase, with investigators shifting from work that has remained largely hidden from the public to conducting interviews and using a grand jury to issue subpoenas. The intensity of the probe is expected to accelerate in the coming weeks, the people said.

The sources emphasized that investigators remain keenly interested in people who previously wielded influence in the Trump campaign and administration but are no longer part of it, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...9_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.667145447127
 

giga

Member
WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting.

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?
 

Sephzilla

Member
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EMT0

Banned
I wish I believed in hell right now. I really, really do. Because even a treason charge won't be as kind to him as he deserves.
 

JABEE

Member
Does he ever shut the fuck up? How has he lasted this long? He's the worst liar and cheat in history. This is worse than Tom Brady texting "the deflator."
 

Ray Wonder

Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
This probably isn't it, somehow. How can we get so many hints, and not knock the dam down.
 

mnannola

Member
“I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Could he be any more oblivious to how his actions will be received? Did he really think firing the FBI director would just make the Russian investigation go away?
 
I love that one official downplays it and says it was a negotiating tactic.

A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying Mr. Trump was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the “pressure” he was under. The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov — on Syria, Ukraine and other issues — by saying that Russian meddling in last year’s election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.
 
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