Host Samurai
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I'd be cool with a Ryan presidency if Bannon, Sessions, DeVos, Tillerson and the rest of the crooks gtfo with Trump and Pence.
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CNN: FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories
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BoboBrazil
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This is illegal per rules that were put back in place during George W Bush admin. Sessions could reverse these rules, but as of now he hasn't done that publicly. Easy out for Trump to fire Priebus if this gains traction tomorrow.
Muppet of a Man
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Sounds like he got conned by Trump, only to realize he actually is an idiot/monster too late.
UberTag
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Initial vibe was that he was compromised but it seems far more likely that the NYC office of the FBI was compromised and Comey was put into a no-win situation in the weeks prior to the election to screw Hillary over.
Either that or he's a mole for establishment Republicans who wanted to appropriate power through Trump with the intention of screwing him over.
I'm inclined to think it's the first scenario myself.
If you think about it though, firing the man leading an investigation into your administration is the worst thing they could do.
None, just loves the Republic.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Meaning there's a chance.
Lord_Byron28
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To be fair, the only thing McCabe supposedly denied on the story was how much info the FBI had on the contacts. Not that the entire story was bogus. Also McCabe denies discussing the investigation with Priebus but does say a conversation occurred between the two of them. This isn't even getting into the gritty details of reports of the IC keeping info from Trump. There is also the possibility that they aren't trying to alarm Trump and Co. to how much info they have, in case of Trump taking more drastic measures.
I can't fully subscribe to Kyzer's views on Comey. Comey launched an investigation into Clinton in August 2015 during the primary season. After the Inspectors General and IC handed the case over to the FBI stating clearly that they didn't feel anyone committed a crime but they are worried about a potential security breach. The whole investigation was odd for it being during an election season. The fact that it got so politicized was due to how Comey handled the situation especially with the media. Instead of calming people down, he helped fuel the flames against Clinton. He met with Clinton and agreed to do a press conference to end the investigation since this investigation had become so politicized and was drastically effecting the election. However, he felt the need to interject a lot of his own personal feelings into the matter giving conservatives their soundbites to run with. This part is all directly on him as this whole email investigation was needlessly blown out of proportion.
The matter that happened, two weeks before the election is a different matter. The New York FBI office seemed to be compromised and coordinated a political attack against Clinton. Giuliani was hinting at the reopening of the Clinton email scandal days before Comey publicly addressed Congress on the matter. This move is likely the reason that Clinton lost the election. However, Comey did approve a public reopening of the case based on evidence from the Bannon propaganda machine. It still amazes me that the FBI used Bannon's propaganda as evidence to relaunch a new public investigation. They were truly grasping for straws. Meanwhile they never said a word about Trump's ties to Russia which is a lot more concerning to national security than what Clinton was accused of doing.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
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Get him! don't let up neither.
Sooo... Comey is Snape?
TeamLeftMatch
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Yes classified information like the ties with Russia. I just want Trump to piss off the wrong people and see them ruin him.
Yabberwocky
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I must now adapt this into my everyday use.
He added too many periods. Should read "could have devastating effects on us."
ForsakenLotus
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How many laws can this administration break before they are held accountable? Seriously.
The irony is delicious.
First, he publicly said that he wanted Russia to find Hillary Clinton's emails (I don't care if he was 'kidding,' the man doesn't know how to joke) and now leaks and information being investigated is not OK?
I want to believe that this will crash on Trump, but it won't. He discredits and delegitimize his own intelligence community, then the Justice Department, then the news media, then DHS and now the FBI.
It honestly will take a military coup to get him removed at this point. Impeachment is almost off the table given our current Congress.
Sad. It's really sad when your own shit gets flown public innit Mr "el Presidente"
Sho_Nuff82
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If anyone is gunning for title of "true patriot" they'd leak Trump's tax returns to the local and foreign press.
Tal Shiar Agent
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And Hillary was Dumbledore!
paradise_circus
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How is the Trump administration still in power?
Because they're "in power" and won't harm themselves. Yea I am including all sitting republican politicians into their administration.
If they are going to sit idly by as this happens and not take the administration to task, they are apart of the problem.
Mighty Chin
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Trump is so predictable
More_Badass
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Time to make new enemies in 3...2...1
So that's the FBI, the news, the IC, our neighboring countries, and major international allies?
LMFAO he forgot to switch to his personal account.
Dubbedinenglish
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This week's scandal folks, came a bit later than the previous weeks, but the streak won't be broken!
The only reason I ever look at his Twitter now is to read all the replies trashing him. I wonder if he reads them too?
More_Badass
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If the WH says it, assume it's spin
Emperor_Uriel
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I dunno about that, the Republican party will be shaken to it's core, having elected a Russian puppet purely because he said the right things.
This could totally flip the current position of Republicans and make it impossible to ignore their total lack of moral decency.
Exactly, He may help in trumps impeachment but he got him elected in the first place.
I'm actually coming around to this line of thinking.
If Trump gets embarrassed along with the party that tacitly endorsed him, they'll be maimed as well. It could actually be the one of the best things to ever happen to the Democratic party.
Of course, if he doesn't get impeached this will all end up being background noise.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
NO U
Dead Prince
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trump - Me against the world.
BrutishMrFish
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Not necessarily. The Republicans endorsed Goldwater and they still ended up doing fine after he lost. Any gains the Democrats make will be temporary, and none of them could possibly outweigh all of the downsides to Trump's victory.
Hari Seldon
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Maybe this is some long game to expose a cabal of russian spies lol.
Emperor_Uriel
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Barry Goldwater was not a traitor to his nation, running with the goal of actively working against his country's best interests.
And let's remember, just for the record, that there's no way Comey could have known with any degree of certainty that Trump would actually win. Predicting the whims of voters isn't the FBI's job, and it was likely as much of a surprise to them as it was everyone else.
To not throw all of this work away the moment the election was decided and shout "What are you doing?! We think this guy is a traitor!" is an immense show of constraint, provided these accusations have merit.
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