Trump says he should be 'given our stolen time back' after release of Comey report
Source: Washington Post
Politics
Trump says he should be 'given our stolen time back' after release of Comey report
By John Wagner
August 30 at 9:32 AM
President Trump suggested Friday that he and his supporters should be "given our stolen time back" in light of a Justice Department report that found former FBI director James B. Comey violated FBI policies regarding memos that helped spark the special counsel investigation.
It was not immediately clear what Trump meant, but in May he shared a tweet by a supporter that said he should have two years added to his term as compensation for having endured the investigation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III III into possible coordination between Trump's campaign and Russia.
"The disastrous IG Report on James B. Comey shows, in the strongest of terms, how unfairly I, and tens of millions of great people who support me, were treated," Trump said in a tweet, referring to the Justice Department's inspector general. "Our rights and liberties were illegally stripped away by this dishonest fool. We should be given our stolen time back?"
[Comey violated FBI policy in handling of memos detailing interactions with Trump, inspector general finds]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/comey-violated-fbi-policy-in-handling-of-memos-detailing-interactions-with-trump-inspector-general-finds/2019/08/29/1bf04af4-ca68-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what the president meant.
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John Wagner is a national reporter who leads The Post's new breaking political news team. He previously covered the Trump White House. During the 2016 presidential election, he focused on the Democratic campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley. He also chronicled Maryland government for more than a decade. Follow https://twitter.com/WPJohnWagner
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Trump says he should be "given our stolen time back" after release of Comey report
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The disastrous IG Report on James Comey shows, in the strongest of terms, how unfairly I, and tens of millions of great people who support me, were treated. Our rights and liberties were illegally stripped away by this dishonest fool. We should be given our stolen time back?
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R Merm
(405 posts)all the years tRump falsely and knowingly accused him of being born outside of the US.
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)that Mitch McConnell blocked everything Obama tried to do. Guess that's not how democracy works, but no one told Trump.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)And all the beneficial legislation and health and business regulation he gleefully shredded with his greasy cheeseburger hands. Let's just wind the political clock back to 2016 and pretend "president" Trump never even happened.
SharonAnn
(13,767 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)He could have fired Comey on the day he took office........the only person who wasted Trump's time was him.
Still scratching my head on how his mishandling makes anything in the reports less true.
dhill926
(16,234 posts)he's laying the groundwork for not leaving....
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)I don't think dem leadership does.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)...in Gitmo.
madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)on the crimes he can be prosecuted for after he leaves office.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Didnt the inspector general report find fault on leaking information. Non confidential information. And the doj has declined prosecution.
Maybe the doj needs to clarify the proper steps that employees are supposed to take when the president is obstructing justice.
They cannot arrest the president because they have a policy that they wont indict a sitting president. Apparently going public isnt allowed.
And brain dead pundits dont and wont talk about that absurdity. They wont even challenge the unstated premise that talking about the president committing criminal acts is worse than the president being a criminal.
StevieM
(10,499 posts)If you eliminate Comey's illegitimate actions, Hillary would have destroyed Trump.
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)and then give back the 108 plus million in golf Bullshit that you currently have spent on the taxpayers dime.........................
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He is the one who stole time.
Resign, thief.
Javaman
(62,442 posts)mark my words.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)He'll use the same excuse to avoid any debates with his Democratic challenger.
Javaman
(62,442 posts)he knows that the Dems know his bullshit now and won't stand for it and will probably confront him.
he always backs down when confronted.
just a cowardly bully.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)I don't give Comey credibility for anything anymore.
He has walked both sides of the fence way too much.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)Marthe48
(16,692 posts)also, I want Judge Garland on SCOTUS. I want other judges Presidents Obama or HRC would have picked. I want the kids in cages to have a redo on their lives. I want Puerto Rico to get the help it needed and deserved. I want the protected lands back. I want the big game that has been killed back. I want environmental protections back. I want a free flow of goods back. I want Heather Heyer back. I want civil rights and human rights brought back. I want the money back that dump has spent on golf or the rest of the worthless bunch has pocketed. SO F off you turd and anyone who thinks you are owed any time whatsoever.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)His actual impeachment trial in the Senate took about, what: a month? Prior to that he was SERIOUSLY hounded from midway into his first term until midway through the second. Yeah, he was a womanizer, but an amateur by Trump standards. Remember when Trump paraded Bill's accusers in front of Hillary during one debate? Now THERE'S a suggestion for his 2020 Democratic opponent! So many of Trump's victims are actually suing him, it shouldn't be hard to round up a whole bunch of them for the first debate.
Marthe48
(16,692 posts)The r.w. has demonized Democratic politician since nixon ran against McGovern. I wasn't old enough to vote for McGovern, but I followed the campaign and each one since then is the same. If dump has the guts to join a debate, yes, let's have as many of his accusers in the audience, and also Judge Garland, comey, McCabe, the Clintons, the Obamas, and every other person dump hates. He'll fill his toilet with tweets.
riversedge
(69,728 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,678 posts)This is a recurring subject with him. Democratic leadership, prepare your legal strategy now.
bigbadR
(49 posts)Oh God, just **** this moron.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)Bill Clinton would still be president.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)kacekwl
(6,994 posts)out of your hundreds of vacation days Bozo.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)Or, since Trump is the master of the deal, maybe he'll trade one more year for the two justices he appointed to the SCOTUS, plus the guarantee that RBG can choose her successor.