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janterry

(4,429 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:04 AM May 2017

Susan Collins nearly always disappoints me (Statement on Comey)

Here's her statement on the Comey firing:

“Today’s announcement is likely the inevitable conclusion of Director Comey’s decision last July to bypass the longstanding protocols of the Justice Department and publicly announce the reasons he had decided not to recommend an indictment of Hillary Clinton and to offer his personal views of Mrs. Clinton’s actions.

“That decision, while well-intentioned, embroiled Director Comey into political controversies that unfortunately continued to this day.

Any suggestion that today’s announcement is somehow an effort to stop the FBI's investigation of Russia’s attempt to influence the election last fall is misplaced. The President did not fire the entire FBI; he fired the director. I have every confidence that the FBI will continue to pursue its investigation. In addition, I am certain that the Senate Intelligence Committee, on which I serve, will continue its own bipartisan investigation and will follow the evidence wherever it leads.

“I hope that the next FBI Director will have the same kind of integrity, intelligence, and determination that Mr. Comey exhibited, but perhaps better judgment on when it is appropriate to comment publicly on the results of an investigation.”
https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/us-senator-susan-collins%E2%80%99-statement-director-comey

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Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
3. She is actually worse than her conservative colleagues
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:09 AM
May 2017

Collins is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The other ones don't bother hiding what they are.

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
7. yeah, the POTUS who has REPEATEDLY praised Comey for his attacks on Hillary Clinton
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:19 AM
May 2017

fired him for his attacks on Hillary Clinton ...

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
10. If anything she states or any repukes say is true, then trump would have fired Comey on day 1.
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:26 AM
May 2017

But, he didn't.

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