White House circulates negative stories about Comey after firing

[babylonsister]

There is no limit to how low they will go. So very unprofessional, nevermind unpresidential. #notmyprez

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-circulates-negative-stories-about-comey-after-firing/ar-BBAXm8M?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp


White House circulates negative stories about Comey after firing
Jordan Fabian
1 hr ago


The one-page sheet circulated by the White House contained four stories, most of them about Democrats criticizing Comey's decision to disclose developments in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

One of the clips was a Wall Street Journal editorial calling for Comey's resignation because "he has lost the trust of nearly everyone in Washington, along with every American who believes the FBI must maintain its reputation as a politically impartial federal agency."

The story selection, and the release itself, added confusion to the circumstances surrounding his firing, given that President Trump frequently cheered Clinton's email woes when he ran against her in 2016.

Trump said in late October "it took a lot of guts" for Comey to inform Congress he was looking into new emails related to the Clinton probe.

Comey's firing comes as the FBI investigates whether any Trump associates coordinated with Russia in its effort to meddle in last year's election.

"While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to lead the bureau," Trump wrote in a letter to Comey dated Tuesday.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. The White House wants us to believe he was fired for being too hard on Hillary. . . nt

[blueinredohio]

2. They're all full of shit.

[uponit7771]

3. +1,... and it looks like by Finny's account that some of those came from the Clinton campaign itself

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Of course. They have to disguise their real motive by trashing and defame Comey

far beyond what might be warranted by his mishandling of the Clinton emails matter.

[babylonsister]

5. They don't give a shit about those e-mails.

They're just pointing fingers away from themselves, ass-covering.

So what if they defile a man who worked for this country for decades, whether you like him or not.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Quite the opposite. Trump was tickled pink when Comey

went public about the emails and praised him for his "courage" in doing so. Pretty hard to walk that back.

[babylonsister]

8. No.

It was their means to an end, yes. It got him the job; maybe one day we'll know the effect Comey had.

He just fired him. They care about no one but it sounds like they are in way over their asinine heads.

[Princess Turandot]

6. Someone at Newsweek also put out an odd article, on Comey's finances of all things..

It was titled 'Comey's Unemployed but Likely Still Rich'. Who gives a shit about that at the moment?

The article's in GD from earlier: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029037532