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were also asked to stay in the room by Don the Con after meeting to shut down Flynn investigation.
Obstruction of justice
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)evidence mounting
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Impeach the mother fucker.
mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)but I'll take it.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)but, you know....
still_one
(92,213 posts)allowed to go to completion, to see everyone involved
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I want long prison sentences for working with our enemy to overthrow our democracy. I want Mueller to get proof that trumpstain is taking orders from putin.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)The nations top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe, according to officials.
On March 22, less than a week after being confirmed by the Senate, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats attended a briefing at the White House together with officials from several government agencies. As the briefing was wrapping up, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
The president then started complaining about the FBI investigation and Comeys handling of it, said officials familiar with the account Coats gave to associates. Two days earlier, Comey had confirmed in a congressional hearing that the bureau was probing whether Trumps campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 race.
After the encounter, Coats discussed the conversation with other officials and decided that intervening with Comey as Trump had suggested would be inappropriate, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters.
malaise
(269,026 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)perhaps is emerging as a conservative willing to put country above party. We shall see.
SDJay
(1,089 posts)the super-genius plan that Nixon discussed with Dean - to have the CIA intervene and throw a monkey wrench into an ongoing investigation? You know, the thing that ultimately brought him down?
and yes