Posted on May 16, 2017
White House disputes explosive report that Trump asked Comey to end Flynn probe
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Looking for perspective on this one. Would it be damaging at all to Trump if he asked Comey to end an investigation?
White House disputes explosive report that Trump asked Comey to end Flynn probe
Posted from foxnews.com
Office of the President (POTUS)
FBI
Donald Trump
Posted 7 y ago
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If he asked him to do it........and then terminated him when he didn't........that smacks of a quid pro quo situation.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
The memo was allegedly written shortly after the election. The investigation continued, nothing was found, Trump deemed him unable to properly do his job as it dragged on.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - The investiggation into Flyn which is what he was trying to shut down , that investigation is still ongoing and has now spread to multiple agencies from Justice, then to DOD and now Treasury. I doubnt they are all wasting thier time if nothing was found, in fact enough hasd been found and annouced to put flynn behind p bars with not pension payments. He took money from the Russian government and did not have the Permissions he needed to do so he acted as an Agent for a foreign government and only register doing so after he was caught and never got permission to do that either.
So why do you say nothing was found?
So why do you say nothing was found?
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The memo doesn't say he asked to have the investigation ended. The press is interpreting it that way because that's the lens they use when looking at any Republican President. If this had been a Democrat President, it would be simply the President was HOPING (as the direct quote really is), rather than directing, that when the investigation was completed that no formal charges would be filed, just like in the "30K email bleach-bit State Department email server in the bathroom" incident that Comey also oversaw.
And food for thought - if Comey believed this was truly obstruction, he would have been required by law to report it which would have resulted in yet another investigation that would already be splashed on the front pages of every big-city rag. Since we don't have that, there are 3 options: 1) Comey committed a crime by not reporting obstruction, or 2) Comey did not believe this was obstruction and will therefore have to exonerate Trump when he is called to testify or 3) the reported memo either does not exist or is simply another Dan Rather-style "fake but accurate" invention of a hostile press.
And food for thought - if Comey believed this was truly obstruction, he would have been required by law to report it which would have resulted in yet another investigation that would already be splashed on the front pages of every big-city rag. Since we don't have that, there are 3 options: 1) Comey committed a crime by not reporting obstruction, or 2) Comey did not believe this was obstruction and will therefore have to exonerate Trump when he is called to testify or 3) the reported memo either does not exist or is simply another Dan Rather-style "fake but accurate" invention of a hostile press.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC Stephen B. - Thew investigators and the head of the FBI are not persons of authority? It WAS reported to law enforcement.
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LTC Stephen B.
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - From the NYT article: "Mr. Comey and his aides perceived Mr. Trump’s comments as an effort to influence the investigation, but they decided that they would try to keep the conversation secret"
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC Stephen B. - Law enforcement is allowed to do so, and you helped prove my point that it was reported by mentioning his aides.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Your take is right to the degree you stated it. However, the unauthorized release of that material is illegal. And, I would bet some type of markings were there. Someone in the FBI leaked it, further hurting the claim of impartiality by them.
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If true it is damaging on the impeachment level since it would be a felony.Obstruction of justice is the one y charge that the impeachment proceedings for Clinton and Nixon had in common.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
LTC Stephen B. - misprision of a felony won't fly, based on the facts that are public so far. You have to have a prima facie case that the president committed an offense, and you don't have that. Second, as head of the FBI, a memorandum of record serves to document any misdoing on Trumps's part, i.e., meets the reporting requirement.
I'm sorry, but this is much worse for Trump than Comey.
I'm sorry, but this is much worse for Trump than Comey.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC Stephen B. - He get to investigate and build a case first since he is an LEO. Nice try though.
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LTC Stephen B.
The law states he is to report as soon as possible after he has knowledge of a crime. If he considered Trump's actions as obstruction, he would be required to report "as soon as possible" after which an investigation would take place. "Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony". Since that has not happened, from what we know, Comey must not have believed Trump's actions to be criminal in nature, which makes this more of the same media blowing smoke to generate sales. Memorandum of record does not constitute "make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority".
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC Stephen B. - He did report it to the FBI, I do not think anything more would be required. the Memo appears to have been accessible to the folks investigating Flynn and the head of the FBI himself is the kind of authority that the law refers to.
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