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Breaking: James Comey reports to his new job. (Original Post) Cha Oct 2016 OP
Glad to see others thought this Cha Oct 2016 #1
Comey is getting slammed on Twitter. Coyotl Oct 2016 #2
Wow, thank you for those stunning tweets, Coyotl! Cha Oct 2016 #11
Right on & perfect! Kath1 Oct 2016 #3
A little levity.. Cha Oct 2016 #4
We need a little levity! Kath1 Oct 2016 #5
Former DOJ spokesman blasts Comey after email letter Cha Oct 2016 #7
This says it all... Kath1 Oct 2016 #8
Exactly. SunSeeker Oct 2016 #9
Yes. As always, party before country... TrishaJ Oct 2016 #25
Yes we do. Kath1 Oct 2016 #27
And we need a Senate who helps her.... TrishaJ Oct 2016 #29
You said it. Kath1 Oct 2016 #31
KNR Lucinda Oct 2016 #6
Thank you, Lincinda! Al Giordano Cha Oct 2016 #14
:D C Moon Oct 2016 #10
Gracias, C Moon! Cha Oct 2016 #18
Love it! BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #12
"Oh the Power of that woman!" I googled "the power of Hillary" and.. Cha Oct 2016 #17
We're busy, but BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #20
That seems like an ultra dumb thing for drumpf's DIL to Cha Oct 2016 #21
Here's the story: BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #22
Right on. Kath1 Oct 2016 #28
Incompetence rewarded. ffr Oct 2016 #13
Kevin James is better! Cha Oct 2016 #19
Just wait 'til he finds out Trump won't actually pay him if he didn't go a good enough job. Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #15
There's a good chance he won't get paid either way Cha Oct 2016 #24
At Trump's brand spanking new Wash. D.C. hotel. Ironically, oasis Oct 2016 #16
very unfair comparison, i now feel as though i must defend this man Tom Rivers Oct 2016 #23
Bullcrap... SOUTHERNYANKEE75 Oct 2016 #26
James Comey = GOP mole, saboteur, backstabber extraordinaire. dalton99 Oct 2016 #30
Comeygate! Cha Oct 2016 #39
LOL! He could actually go to prison too! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #32
Really? Cha Oct 2016 #33
James Comey for prison: FBI Director’s election tampering is more egregious than Watergate Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #34
Whoa, thank you so much for that, Madam. Cha Oct 2016 #35
If only! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #37
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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
2. Comey is getting slammed on Twitter.
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:37 AM
Oct 2016

I was surprised by the degree of criticism, given how Trump bots troll everything. Top News:

Time for FBI chief Comey to resign

... The old, sensible FBI rule book apparently has been thrown on the trash heap this year. While undoubtedly attempting to be open and "transparent," to protect the reputation of the FBI, the FBI director has tossed a Molotov cocktail into the presidential race. .....


Paul Krugman ‏@paulkrugman 12 hours ago
If we don't hear more from Comey, we just have to conclude that he was trying to swing election. And *that* should be the story.


Mark Harris ‏@MarkHarrisNYC 3 hours ago Manhattan, NY
James Comey tried to use influence and implication to upend an election today, with no evidence. He should not have his job.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
11. Wow, thank you for those stunning tweets, Coyotl!
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 02:20 AM
Oct 2016

Paul Krugman ‏@paulkrugman 12 hours ago
If we don't hear more from Comey, we just have to conclude that he was trying to swing election. And *that* should be the story.

And, the link! I'm kind of surprised and really happy @ all this, too!

Cha

(297,187 posts)
7. Former DOJ spokesman blasts Comey after email letter
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:57 AM
Oct 2016

Yes, he is, Kath.. history is not going to be kind to him.. he's ruining what legacy he every had.

snip//

A former director of the Justice Department’s office of public affairs said Friday that FBI Director James Comey’s letter to Congress announcing the review of more evidence in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server constituted “such an inappropriate disclosure.”

Matthew Miller, who served at the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder, blasted Comey's move in a 14-post spree on Twitter Friday afternoon, ripping the FBI director for his practices throughout the entire Clinton investigation. Miller said Comey “flagrantly violated DOJ rules” by holding a press conference in July to announce that he was recommending against charges for the former secretary of state, a decision the FBI director said at the time that he made in the interest of transparency.

But today's disclosure might be worst abuse yet," Miller tweeted, adding that in his experience, the Justice Department “goes out of its way to avoid publicly discussing investigations” when elections are close.

Miller said those precautions are not just limited to public statements, writing that the department often avoids sending subpoenas or taking other steps that might become public until an election is over.

MOre..
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/ex-doj-spokesman-blast-james-comey-230459


Kath1

(4,309 posts)
8. This says it all...
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 02:02 AM
Oct 2016

“Comey refused to even tell Congress if FBI was investigating Trump camp for Russia hack, but regular updates on Clinton are apparently A-ok,”

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
25. Yes. As always, party before country...
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:01 AM
Oct 2016

we need a Democratic President who is willing to turn the table on these clowns and kick some serious BUTT.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
29. And we need a Senate who helps her....
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:08 AM
Oct 2016

FIRST order of business is to invoke the nuclear option and seat a Supreme Court Justice. The declaration of intent from GOP that they will not seat Clinton appointees is enough in itself to trigger it.

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
12. Love it!
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 02:24 AM
Oct 2016

Spot on as usual, Cha!

The reek of misogyny everywhere! Not only is it Hillary's "fault" that Bill strayed; she is now also being blamed for Weiner's perversions. Comey should be laughed out of office - along with all the GOPers and their M$M sycophants who raise this as a new HRC-related scandal.

Oh, the power of that woman!



Cha

(297,187 posts)
17. "Oh the Power of that woman!" I googled "the power of Hillary" and..
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 03:41 AM
Oct 2016
The Power of Hillary Clinton’s Throwback Photos


Hillary Clinton in 1999.Credit Edward Keating/The New York Times Photo


Hillary Clinton
✔ ‎@HillaryClinton
Let's do this. #DebateNight
2:51 PM - 26 Sep 2016
24,275 24,275 Retweets 80,582 80,582 likes

With her dark glasses, her sweater draped over her shoulder and her eyes on the horizon, Mrs. Clinton looks relaxed, happy and confident — exactly as she appeared in her best moments during the debate. Her tweet set the tone for the evening and made a promise about Mrs. Clinton’s performance that she was able to keep, despite Donald Trump’s incoherent hectoring.

Before the first debate!

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/the-power-of-hillary-clintons-throwback-photos/?_r=0

Sarah Reese Jones ‎@PoliticusSarah
The Democrats got rid of Anthony Weiner; Republicans ran theirs for president. And that sums 2016 up in a nutshell, so to speak.
11:52 AM - 28 Oct 2016 · Indiana, PA, United States
1,500 1,500 Retweets 2,169 2,169 likes

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Mahalo, BlueMT! How goes over there yonder?

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
20. We're busy, but
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:21 AM
Oct 2016

happy - and quite confident, even though we still get VERY irked about trumped-up "scandals" like this. And if it is true that Trump "pressured" Comey as one DIL says, then this faux scandal was indeed "Trumped-up."

This year Republicans Overseas whom I know are primarily voting for the Democratic candidate, so Hillary has truly brought people together already. The problem for the US Republican party is that the majority of sane Republicans seem to live overseas. If anything, they are fleeing the Republican "label" as fast as they can.

There certainly do not seem to be any sane GOPers running for - or in - office in the US.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
21. That seems like an ultra dumb thing for drumpf's DIL to
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:31 AM
Oct 2016

boast about.

Just more proof that it's political and draws even more Fiery Blowback on Comey.. 'course her being a trump of sorts she'd be too vacant to know that or care 'cause it's his problem.

oasis

(49,380 posts)
16. At Trump's brand spanking new Wash. D.C. hotel. Ironically,
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 03:00 AM
Oct 2016

no chance of a minimum wage increase with Trump as Prez. No union and no OSHA to protect his stupid ass from a hazardous job environment. Trump hates those pesky federal regulations.

Tom Rivers

(459 posts)
23. very unfair comparison, i now feel as though i must defend this man
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 05:46 AM
Oct 2016

paul blart was an honest man who stood up for what was right, defended those he loved, and proved to be a hero of the film.

i've seen no such characteristics from james comey.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
33. Really?
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:15 AM
Oct 2016

I would love it if there were actually a law he broke and he was held accountable.

Mahalo, Madam45!

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
34. James Comey for prison: FBI Director’s election tampering is more egregious than Watergate
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:18 AM
Oct 2016
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/james-comey-for-prison-fbi-directors-election-tampering-is-more-egregious-than-watergate/26424/

When the Democrats take the majority in the Senate in January, it seems a given that the Senate Oversight Committee’s first action will be to investigate why and how FBI Director James Comey tried to illegally sabotage a Presidential election from within, and to appoint a special prosecutor her his violation of the Hatch Amendment. Considering that this is far more egregious than anything Richard Nixon did during Watergate, and that he had to be pardoned to avoid going to prison for it, the relevant question is now whether Comey ends up in prison – or whether President Hillary Clinton pardons him so he’ll simply go away.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
35. Whoa, thank you so much for that, Madam.
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:32 AM
Oct 2016

That is chock full of good information and I absolutely trust the Daily Bin.

"Considering that this is far more egregious than anything Richard Nixon did during Watergate, and that he had to be pardoned to avoid going to prison for it, the relevant question is now whether Comey ends up in prison – or whether President Hillary Clinton pardons him so he’ll simply go away."

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/james-comey-for-prison-fbi-directors-election-tampering-is-more-egregious-than-watergate/26424/

I was so pissed this morning when I read on here that after Hillary's Presser Erin Burnett said "she looked angry".. well I would have been pissed anyway but I saw it and she looked serious and she even laughed @ one point but not angry. That's the US media for ya.. trying to drive the narrative..

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