Comey Damns Trump By Saying He Didnt Write Memos On Obama Because Obama Was Truthful

[babylonsister]

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/05/16/comey-damns-trump-write-memos-obama-obama-truthful.html


Comey Damns Trump By Saying He Didn’t Write Memos On Obama Because Obama Was Truthful

By Jason Easley on Tue, May 16th, 2017 at 8:36 pm



A source close to former FBI Director James Comey said that he didn’t write memos about his conversations with President Obama because the conversations were routine and Obama was truthful.

Video @ link:

CNN’s Pamela Brown reported, “Even though he liked to create paper trails through his years at the Justice Department and the FBI, it was not common practice for him to document conversations with senior officials unless he thought it was significant. Conversations that Comey had with Trump he documented. In one memo, Anderson, he included a description of the President talking to him about crowd size at the inauguration. The source I spoke to said Comey did not do this with President Obama in part because he had fewer one on one conversations with the president, and as the source said, in Comey’s view, there was no need to document the conversations with people that are truthful or situations that are routine.”

When Republicans inevitably ask, why didn’t Comey have memos about Obama? The answer is that Obama kept their conversations routine and truthful. Comey had no need to write memos about Obama because the former president was honest and professional.

It is all coming together against Trump. Former FBI Director Comey has a perfectly logical reason for keeping memos of his conversation with Trump. President Trump was behaving in a troubling manner that Comey thought needed to be documented.

The bottom line is that Comey’s memos aren’t partisan, but the do reflect the difference in honesty between Obama and Trump.

[knightmaar]

1. Wasn't there a Star Trek episode about this?

Somewhere in that "Kolvoord starburst" episode.

"The thing about the truth is that it's really easy to remember."

[VigilantG]

2. Yes!

[Orrex]

31. You are the only person in the universe who remembered that episode

I salute your geek skills.

[knightmaar]

38. Such a brilliant piece of cynicism

One of the few good lines written for poor Wesley.

[dreamland]

3. Notes to keep the lies straight?

You can't ever change the truth. You need memos to yourself and for others to remember all the lies.

[Ligyron]

6. Welcome to DU

Enjoy your stay.

[rzemanfl]

35. Are you suggesting Comey is lying? n/t

[dreamland]

53. No, Not lying about having memos.

I'm thinking that Comey may have wanted Trump to win which was why he brought out the email against Hillary but I'm also saying that once he realized what a dishonest character Trump is, he may have started taking notes in order to keep up with the Rat. Look, after their first meet, he was asked for some shady support, when someone asks for help in questionable acts, that is someone you need keep careful notes on; whether to document the illegalities or to remember what was said in the last meet, so in essence notes to keep up with the lies.

[Pathwalker]

41. .

[Iggo]

44. Lol...cute

Bye now!

[Hekate]

45. Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[Madam45for2923]

4. Makes sense! Why would any President lie to the FBI? or any CI?

[world wide wally]

16. Because, liars lie.

Just what they do.

[Madam45for2923]

17. Yes! of course. It is still a stupid thing for a President to do to lie to our CI

[itcfish]

19. Because he has lied

all his life and has lied throughout his campaign and lied since his inauguration and no one has held him accountable for it. He lies because he can.

[NewJeffCT]

24. I think Trump finds it almost impossible to tell the truth

especially if the truth does not reflect positively on him

[LiberalFighter]

32. Drumpf feels the need to occupy the conversation completely.

He has a habit of repeating his messages over and over in different ways and exaggerating.

He also has a habit of talking to himself.

[Madam45for2923]

5. NOTES to DOCUMENT the TRUTH

[texasfiddler]

7. From Comey's past memos

I think it has more to do with someone asking him to break the law. If you don't ask me to break the law (torture, obstruction of justice, etc.) I won't write a memo. This truth needs to be the answer from Comey.

[workinclasszero]

8. BURN!!!!!!

That's gotta hurt Twitler!!!

[madokie]

9. More proof of the Good we had

in President Obama. Wow what an honor to have voted for him all three times I had a chance too. I'm more proud of my votes cast for President Obama than any other person ever. Period..

[malaise]

10. Hehehehehehhe

[Baconator]

11. At least Comey seems to have his shit together...

[riversedge]

12. OUCH!

[mcar]

13. Comey is responsible for Trump getting in and will be responsible

for Trump getting kicked out. I guess there's some symmetry there.

[FakeNoose]

21. Yep

a lot of irony there.

[SunSeeker]

28. Yep. nt

[bigbrother05]

14. When you recognize a troubling act or pattern, documentation is critical

As a long time government official, Comey is quite aware of the effort required to discipline an employee or cover yourself where a superior is asking you to bend/break the rules. Following a superior's direction w/o written evidence of that order will make you responsible for the act and Comey was not going to be left holding the bag on a counterintel investigation that goes south.

[mountain grammy]

15. Hey, Comey's a good guy..

remember how he felt "mildly nauseaus" about handing the election to trump? And that was before he really knew the Liar in Chief.

Personally, I don't care if Cormey melts into a huge pile of goo, as long as he takes this administration with him.. This is what happens after a rigged election and the installation of a dictator not elected by the majority of the population.

[FakeNoose]

23. Don't forget - Comey knew about the Russia connection last summer

I don't give this guy a pass.

He knew about Flynn and Manafort ( & probably others) messing with the Russians as early as last summer. He had documents proving their treason/disloyalty, also he had proof of Trump's casinos laundering money for the Russian mobsters. He sat on all this stuff and kept quiet until after the election.

Why did he do that? This guy is a Republican, and he sinks with all the others.

He can posture all he wants about Trump winning the election, but it's after the fact. He had no qualms while it was happening.

Just sayin'

[uponit7771]

50. +1

[Alice11111]

51. !!!

[Stuart G]

18. This is an exceptional post...."people that are truthful..." says it all........nt

[TrishaJ]

20. Remember that there were FBI investigations involving

Trump's campaign team. There were no FBI investigations of Obama.

Perhaps this is a reason Comey kept notes of his meetings with Trump and not Obama?

[Blue_Roses]

22. Oh, this is really gonna make Trump livid

[SunSeeker]

25. BOOM!

[underpants]

26. Says another law enforcement official about Trump

[underthematrix]

27. Now that's some nth level shade. Dayamn

[LonePirate]

29. Please tell me I am not the only one who finds this hilarious. Honest Obama vs. Lying 45.

[yodermon]

30. Tweet from Ezra Klein:

It will be very strange if James Comey ends up taking down Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Link to tweet

Comey may be the one who bring balance to the Force.

[newblewtoo]

39. Um, what he

may be responsible for is making Pence the president. Was that the game all along? tRump is no where near the richt winger Pence is.

[bucolic_frolic]

33. Because Obama wasn't inviting Russia to hack our assets

Comey made notes when he met Trump? No wonder. Any law enforcement
office should when they deal with potential suspects.

[Blue_Tires]

34. Comey has been about 10 moves ahead of Trump the whole time

Trump thought he could fire Comey, prevent him from testifying, and banish him to obscurity...

And all Comey had to do was SAY the word "memo" and he's not only right back in the spotlight, Congress' hand is forced into inviting him to testify...

[Doreen]

36. Of course Obama is truthful. He wants to help the country and it's people.

Comey had info on both Hillary and trump. Hillary's info turned out to not be damaging to our security, yes maybe not the greatest idea but not damaging. Trumps was damaging to our country and safety and Comey knew it but he hides it until trump is president. What an asshole. Maybe he will get trump in trouble or impeached but I will still not respect him or like him. Basically if Comey gets trump in trouble or impeached the only thing he is doing is correcting his mistake/fuck up/lying/treason/tampering.

[Demtexan]

43. He should have released both or neither.

His republican side shows.

[murielm99]

37. I've done that.

I used to work with someone on our Democratic Central Committee who lied to me all the time. I kept a detailed and dated record of our conversations. She liked to argue with people and then lie about it. Too bad she was supposed to be on our side!

[BigmanPigman]

40. When I became a teacher a fellow teacher with many years of experience told me to document

everything the same way Comey had to do with the Donald. It took a few HOURS a day sometimes but it saved my ass often. I had to document conversations with parents since it is normal for them to tell you something and then go to the administration and lie to further their own agenda.

[NoMoreRepugs]

42. Con men con, it's what they do - truth and facts aren't in the team photo.

[PdxSean]

46. Sounds familiar. Remember this?

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/trumps-own-bankruptcy-lawyers-say-he-lies-so-much-they-could-only-meet-with-him-in-pairs/amp/

Donald Trump’s own bankruptcy lawyers testified that they had a policy of not meeting with the real estate mogul alone because he had a “problem” of constantly lying.

[KT2000]

47. Trump's ex-lawyers

said they always had more than one lawyer at all meetings because he lied so much.

[SergeStorms]

48. The next Democratic President.....

M-U-S-T remove any vestige of Trump's "presidency" from the government. The bastards are trying to do that with Obama, who was a damned fine President. TRUMP? We can't leave a TRACE of him ever being President. Such an abject failure needs to be removed from the pages of history, EXCEPT as a cautionary tale to U.S. citizens about what happens when you allow people who are dumber than gravel to vote!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

49. Hannity is going off that Comey didn't report crime, then he becomes complicit.

Only it was very specific and he put the language on the screen. Still sounded like gibberish since Comey was just adding evidence to his collection while investigating RUSSIA and tRUMP.

[DUgosh]

52. I'm thinking maybe he did report to the DOJ

Who is to say he didn't notify the DOJ of the area of concern? That should be the answer to any RWNJ that whines about this.