New York Times editorial: Comey fired because of 'investigation that could bring down a president'

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Good for the NYTimes---you know==that failing news paper via Trumpy



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New York Times editorial: Comey fired because of 'investigation that could bring down a president'
By Rebecca Savransky - 05/10/17 07:46 AM EDT



New York Times editorial: Comey fired because of 'investigation that could bring down a president'
© Greg Nash

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The editorial board said that by firing Comey, President Trump has "cast grave doubt on the viability of any further investigation into what could be one of the biggest political scandals in the country's history."

The editor's dismissed the president's explanation for the firing and pointed to his past praise of the former FBI Director.

"Of course, if Mr. Trump truly believed, as he said in his letter of dismissal, that Mr. Comey had undermined 'public trust and confidence' in the agency, he could just as well have fired him on his first day in office," the editorial said.

"Mr. Comey was fired because he was leading an active investigation that could bring down a president. Though compromised by his own poor judgment, Mr. Comey’s agency has been pursuing ties between the Russian government and Mr. Trump and his associates, with potentially ruinous consequences for the administration."
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Now, the need for a special prosecutor is "plainer than ever," the editorial board said.

The president has "decisively crippled the F.B.I.’s ability to carry out an investigation of him and his associates," the editorial board said................................................

[Cha]

1. KnR.. thanks rivers

[riversedge]

4. It is all about the trump-Russia probe now as much as Repugs, fox and WH try to

change the subject.

[DK504]

2. So Comey is a hero when he throws an election....

when he does his job correctly, he gets fired. upside down is right side up again.

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3. K&R

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5. And we must NOT forget this very basic premise

Comey was fired because he was asking for more money to further the investigation. You don't ask for more resources for an investigation that isn't going somewhere.

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6. Investigation that WILL take down a President

Though, to be honest, not much of a President.