FBI Director James Comey fired

Elki

The WH's brief statement on it.





I'll more to the OP as any information becomes available.

Melkster

I've heard that he (Comey) lied to the Senate. I'm having trouble finding out more about that, could someone shed details?

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Couscous

Here is the Dep AG's recommendation. It is amazing and you should read it.

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400

Edit: Already posted.

Aegis

So according to the Rosenstein letter, he's being fired in May of 2017, for the Clinton investigation stuff back in July 2016?

Boy that sure is some turnaround time there.

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Jubal77

Melkster wrote: »

I've heard that he (Comey) lied to the Senate. I'm having trouble finding out more about that, could someone shed details?

He stated that there were hundreds to thousands of Hillary emails on Abedin’s laptop and that many were classified at the time.

Ceno

I'd like to hope that this is Watergate 2.0, ahead of schedule, but I don't trust the GOP to do anything bipartisan.

Knight

The range of emotions this is putting me through is dizzying.

The tragicomedy rolls on.

Styrofoam Sammich

No chance of meaningful investigation in any way until 2018 now.

Absalon

Ceno wrote: »

I'd like to hope that this is Watergate 2.0, ahead of schedule, but I don't trust the GOP to do anything bipartisan.

Every single one of them would have burned the Watergate tapes. From every department down to every mayoral office. Every current-day republican.

Bet you're feeling more than nauseous now, you amazingly stupid... Something that would get me banned.

Milski

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

No chance of meaningful investigation in any way until 2018 now.

Comey wasn't going to do anything to hurt Trump anyway, it would have had to come from the CIA or the Senate investigation

Hakkekage

I'm still in complete shock. What the fuck does this mean?

My reaction right now is coalescing around "Sessions is weaponizing the DOJ in service of Trump, Trump's corruption, and his oppressive racist ass agenda"

Styrofoam Sammich

milski wrote: »

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

No chance of meaningful investigation in any way until 2018 now.

Comey wasn't going to do anything to hurt Trump anyway, it would have had to come from the CIA or the Senate investigation

I see no reason to think this is the case.

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Couscous

How can Trump use their letters as justification when their stated reasoning is that he poorly handled the emails investigation in a way unfavorable to Clinton while Trump was running on "lock her up" and claiming Comey's decision was wrong because he didn't decide to prosecute?

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Arch

What. THE. FUCK?!?!?!

ArcTangent

Couscous wrote: »

How can Trump use their letters as justification when their stated reasoning is that he poorly handled the emails investigation in a way unfavorable to Clinton while Trump was running on "lock her up" and claiming Comey's decision was wrong because he didn't decide to prosecute?

Maybe it's a preface to "If Comey hadn't said that no sane prosecutor would pursue this, we'd have her in jail already!"

Kana

Some people seem to be excited about this as some sort of comeuppance to Comey and that seems like a fucking insane response

The FBI has multiple ongoing investigations into Russia and Trump camp corruption, and they just fired the FBI director.

That Trump just fired him is the strongest possible argument in favor of Comey actually running a real investigation, and you know that whoever Trump nominates is going to be compromised as fuck.

Milski

So It Goes wrote: »

milski wrote: »

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

No chance of meaningful investigation in any way until 2018 now.

Comey wasn't going to do anything to hurt Trump anyway, it would have had to come from the CIA or the Senate investigation

Hm I kind of disagree. I think he would have followed through in some form on the Russia stuff.

Which of course is out the window now. Whoever takes over the FBI will close that case up nicely, nothing to see here.

Nah, he would have cut his own throat before accusing Trump of anything substantial. CIA or special prosecutor could maybe be trusted.

Hakkekage

Ridiculous. I hate that this is the answer to everything, but this is the point where your Senators need to get flooded with calls and emails and agitators demanding a special prosecutor.

Goumindong

Kana wrote: »

Some people seem to be excited about this as some sort of comeuppance to Comey and that seems like a fucking insane response

The FBI has multiple ongoing investigations into Russia and Trump camp corruption, and they just fired the FBI director.

That Trump just fired him is the strongest possible argument in favor of Comey actually running a real investigation, and you know that whoever Trump nominates is going to be compromised as fuck.

It's a conflicted response is what it is.

Also do we call this one "Mid-Week Madness" because that is what it seems like

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durandal4532

I had zero faith in his desire to do anything but cover his ass and lecture us about how he was actually very good not bad but uh

yeah I don't know what the fuck

... I mean the next director has to be worse, right? That's a given.

Hakkekage

So It Goes wrote: »

Hakkekage wrote: »

I'm still in complete shock. What the fuck does this mean?

My reaction right now is coalescing around "Sessions is weaponizing the DOJ in service of Trump, Trump's corruption, and his oppressive racist ass agenda"

The letter clearly shows they think the AG should decide whether HRC should be charged.

If they actually go there it's going to mean very bad things for this country.

Sessions really is the most venomous snake in this pile of adders

zepherin

Aegis wrote: »

So according to the Rosenstein letter, he's being fired in May of 2017, for the Clinton investigation stuff back in July 2016?

Boy that sure is some turnaround time there.

It was on his to do list.
*Fuck up the executive branch budgets ✔
*Engage in twitter filled rampage ✔
*Fuck up health care -On hold
*Executive order to fuck muslims ✔
*Fire scientists ✔
*Fire Comey ✔

Viskod

Trump fired him because he was heading the Russia investigation.

Comey tripping up over Abedin the other day just gave him some semblance of a cover story that I imagine he'd been waiting for.

Pellaeon

Oghulk wrote: »

There's absolutely no way there can't be an individual commission/special prosecutor. Absolutely no reason

I can think of 248 reasons. Or 53. (Not sure which side appoints the special prosecutor but the GOP has both so neener neener)

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Styrofoam Sammich

milski wrote: »

So It Goes wrote: »

milski wrote: »

Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »

No chance of meaningful investigation in any way until 2018 now.

Comey wasn't going to do anything to hurt Trump anyway, it would have had to come from the CIA or the Senate investigation

Hm I kind of disagree. I think he would have followed through in some form on the Russia stuff.

Which of course is out the window now. Whoever takes over the FBI will close that case up nicely, nothing to see here.

Nah, he would have cut his own throat before accusing Trump of anything substantial. CIA or special prosecutor could maybe be trusted.

You keep saying shit like this but there's really no reason to think so.

Elki

The attorney general memo is shocking in its audacity.

Henroid

Doesn't this fast track making a case against the Trump administration for covering up / interfering with an investigation?

Aegis

According to NBC & Tom Winter (NBC's investigations reporter):

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/862062929725845505

This does not seem like a carefully considered, planned decision, regardless of the letters.

Couscous

NBC reporter:

https://twitter.com/alivitali/status/862066460839084032

This administration likes to do things with no warning so I guess this isn't a huge surprise.

Goumindong

So It Goes wrote: »

Hakkekage wrote: »

I'm still in complete shock. What the fuck does this mean?

My reaction right now is coalescing around "Sessions is weaponizing the DOJ in service of Trump, Trump's corruption, and his oppressive racist ass agenda"

The letter clearly shows they think the AG should decide whether HRC should be charged.

If they actually go there it's going to mean very bad things for this country.

I mean, that part is actualy true. The AG should be the one who decides. But the idea that the AG was going to come to another decison was dumb. And he FBI can make reccomendations (which is what Comey was doing). And the actual scandal was the fact that it was said publicly not that it was recommended.

The admin is trying to paint Comey as a Hillary partisan and they're selectively taking the liberal criticism out of context to do so while pushing the idea that sessions might actually charge.

Couscous

Elki wrote: »

The attorney general memo is shocking in its audacity.

Nobody can possibly believe that is why Trump is firing Comey, and I am going to get angry at GOP shills arguing that was the reason.

Burnage

I have absolutely no idea what this means for the next few weeks, but it sure as hell doesn't give me a good feeling.

Hakkekage

Elki wrote: »

The attorney general memo is shocking in its audacity.

I can barely get through it, every line is making me

pardon my language

mildly nauseous

Kruite

Father and company are jubilant about this. They want Giuliani as the new director.

Absalon

I am absolutely certain the media can find the Clinton angle on this to focus on.