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Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations

 

Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.

 

Final details are still being worked out and no official date for his testimony has been set. Comey is expected to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year's presidential election.

 

Comey has spoken privately with Special Counsel Robert Mueller III to work out the parameters for his testimony to ensure there are no legal entanglements as a result of his public account, a source said. Comey will likely sit down with Mueller, a longtime colleague at the Justice Department, for a formal interview only after his public testimony.

 

When he testifies, Comey is unlikely to be willing to discuss in any detail the FBI's investigation into the charges of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign -- the centerpiece of the probe, this source said. But he appears eager to discuss his tense interactions with Trump before his firing, which have now spurred allegations that the president may have tried to obstruct the investigation. If it happens, Comey's public testimony promises to be a dramatic chapter in the months-long controversy, and it will likely bring even more intense scrutiny to an investigation that Trump has repeatedly denounced as a "witch hunt."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As they always say - the 'cover-up' is often worse than the actual 'crime'. Of course at this point we don't know what if any the actual crime is. But tampering and obstruction are criminal.

 

I don't know. Colluding with our country's greatest foreign adversary to subvert democracy seems like a pretty bad crime.

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The charitable interpretation of all this is that the Trump administration was just full of naivete and didn't know any better than to stumble blindly into the Russians' hands.

 

 

Accidentally committing treason is on par with accidentally robbing a bank.

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The charitable interpretation of all this is that the Trump administration was just full of naivete and didn't know any better than to stumble blindly into the Russians' hands.

 

 

Accidentally committing treason is on par with accidentally robbing a bank.

 

Eh....some people might not know you can't walk into a bank with a mask and gun and ask for money.

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As they always say - the 'cover-up' is often worse than the actual 'crime'. Of course at this point we don't know what if any the actual crime is. But tampering and obstruction are criminal.

 

I don't know. Colluding with our country's greatest foreign adversary to subvert democracy seems like a pretty bad crime.

 

It will be if the facts take us their. There seems to be plenty of smoke - the fire will eventually be found.

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The charitable interpretation of all this is that the Trump administration was just full of naivete and didn't know any better than to stumble blindly into the Russians' hands.

First the Trump admin is full of naivete. They have proven it. However, on this subject, it seems highly doubtful - esp for the worlds best deal maker. Russia you help me get elected and I'll help you later.

Now that the heat is on, Trump has shown less love towards Russia and Putin than what he did during the election. If he survives this investigation, look for him to warm up to Putin again.

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Here is where Trump is so damn dumb because it makes him look so guilty.

 

A logical thought process would be that a sitting President would WELCOME an investigation into if someone around him was colluding with the Russians if there is some hint of problems.

 

By him working behind the scenes to stifle the investigation, he looks so damn guilty.

 

If he is so innocent, then, what's the problem with looking into it?

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Here is where Trump is so damn dumb because it makes him look so guilty.

 

A logical thought process would be that a sitting President would WELCOME an investigation into if someone around him was colluding with the Russians if there is some hint of problems.

 

By him working behind the scenes to stifle the investigation, he looks so damn guilty.

 

If he is so innocent, then, what's the problem with looking into it?

Exactly right. However, Trump was a fan of Flynn, his son-in-law appears to have done some things that makes the collaboration wt Russia more likely - So Trump has skin in the game - trying to keep a friend and a son-in-law who happens to be a SR advisor from being soiled by the investigation. And if Flynn and Jared were involved, you can bet that Trump is the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain directing their steps.

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I continue to think that if Mueller digs deep enough, he's going to find progressively worse skeletons in Trump's closet... not just regarding Russia, either. He's got a very shady past financially, and let's not forget he's still guarding those tax returns very tightly.

 

It all depends on the scope Mueller sets in this investigation. Of course, when you set the other financial stuff aside, Trump was also dumb enough to do his investigators a huge solid by apparently attempting to stifle this investigation at multiple points along the way.

 

I am left to ponder what offense they will assign to him calling Devin Nunes to the White House and trying to feed him hand-picked information regarding leaks to try to throw people off his scent and allow him to play the victim. I don't know if that's considered tampering or obstruction of justice, but it's certainly something... he clearly had his finger on the scale.

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