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The really scary part is that these "true believers" are petrified for the exact opposite reasons they should be. Yes, -- there may be a few of his policies that I wanted him to implement with Congress but I'm not petrified because those haven't gone through or because of his back peddling - that is minor in comparison to his lack of judgment, lack of self control, the growing reality that he is trying to hide something, the ineptness of his leadership and his white house staff, etc and etc. His back peddling and not keeping campaign promises is only a symptom of deeper character issues that he is displaying daily.

Op-ed by Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. Yes, Tribe is every liberal's favored constitutional law professor, but he is respected generally. His thoughts on impeachment here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-must-be-impeached-heres-why/2017/05/13/82ce2ea4-374d-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.08e1a6fe7c77 The time has come for Congress to launch an impeachment investigation of President Trump for obstruction of justice. The remedy of impeachment was designed to create a last-resort mechanism for preserving our constitutional system. It operates by removing executive-branch officials who have so abused power through what the framers called “high crimes and misdemeanors” that they cannot be trusted to continue in office. No American president has ever been removed for such abuses, although Andrew Johnson was impeached and came within a single vote of being convicted by the Senate and removed, and Richard Nixon resigned to avoid that fate. Now the country is faced with a president whose conduct strongly suggests that he poses a danger to our system of government. Ample reasons existed to worry about this president, and to ponder the extraordinary remedy of impeachment, even before he fired FBI Director James B. Comey and shockingly admitted on national television that the action was provoked by the FBI’s intensifying investigation into his campaign’s ties with Russia. Even without getting to the bottom of what Trump dismissed as “this Russia thing,” impeachable offenses could theoretically have been charged from the outset of this presidency. One important example is Trump’s brazen defiance of the foreign emoluments clause, which is designed to prevent foreign powers from pressuring U.S. officials to stray from undivided loyalty to the United States. Political reality made impeachment and removal on that and other grounds seem premature. No longer. To wait for the results of the multiple investigations underway is to risk tying our nation’s fate to the whims of an authoritarian leader. Comey’s summary firing will not stop the inquiry, yet it represented an obvious effort to interfere with a probe involving national security matters vastly more serious than the “third-rate burglary” that Nixon tried to cover up in Watergate. The question of Russian interference in the presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign go to the heart of our system and ability to conduct free and fair elections. Consider, too, how Trump embroiled Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, despite Sessions’s recusal from involvement in the Russia investigation, in preparing admittedly phony justifications for the firing on which Trump had already decided. Consider how Trump used the vice president and White House staff to propagate a set of blatant untruths — before giving an interview to NBC’s Lester Holt that exposed his true motivation. Trump accompanied that confession with self-serving — and manifestly false — assertions about having been assured by Comey that Trump himself was not under investigation. By Trump’s own account, he asked Comey about his investigative status even as he was conducting the equivalent of a job interview in which Comey sought to retain his position as director. Further reporting suggests that the encounter was even more sinister, with Trump insisting that Comey pledge “loyalty” to him in order to retain his job. Publicly saying he saw nothing wrong with demanding such loyalty, the president turned to Twitter with a none-too-subtle threat that Comey would regret any decision to disseminate his version of his conversations with Trump — something that Comey has every right, and indeed a civic duty, to do. To say that this does not in itself rise to the level of “obstruction of justice” is to empty that concept of all meaning. Obstruction of justice was the first count in the articles of impeachment against Nixon and, years later, a count against Bill Clinton. In Clinton’s case, the ostensible obstruction consisted solely in lying under oath about a sordid sexual affair that may have sullied the Oval Office but involved no abuse of presidential power as such. But in Nixon’s case, the list of actions that together were deemed to constitute impeachable obstruction reads like a forecast of what Trump would do decades later — making misleading statements to, or withholding material evidence from, federal investigators or other federal employees; trying to interfere with FBI or congressional investigations; trying to break through the FBI’s shield surrounding ongoing criminal investigations; dangling carrots in front of people who might otherwise pose trouble for one’s hold on power. It will require serious commitment to constitutional principle, and courageous willingness to put devotion to the national interest above self-interest and party loyalty, for a Congress of the president’s own party to initiate an impeachment inquiry. It would be a terrible shame if only the mounting prospect of being voted out of office in November 2018 would sufficiently concentrate the minds of representatives and senators today. But whether it is devotion to principle or hunger for political survival that puts the prospect of impeachment and removal on the table, the crucial thing is that the prospect now be taken seriously, that the machinery of removal be reactivated, and that the need to use it become the focus of political discourse going into 2018.

Now some of Trump's staunchest supporters are having their doubts. When Ann Coulter is almost ready to say that the Never Trumpers maybe right, you know Trump is in deep do-do. Matt Drudge, is also 'nervous'. The Drudge report was a non-stop campaign ad for Trump during the primaries and GE. http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/14/ann-coulter-is-worried-the-trump-haters-were-right/ So there’s no wall, and Obama’s amnesties look like they are here to stay. Do you still trust Trump? Uhhhh. I’m not very happy with what has happened so far. I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But this isn’t North Korea, and if he doesn’t keep his promises I’m out. This is why we voted for him. I think everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque, it was the issues. I hate to say it, but I agree with every line in my friend Frank Bruni’s op-ed in The New York Times today. Where is the great negotiation? Where is the bull in the china shop we wanted? That budget the Republicans pushed through was like a practical joke… Did we win anything? And this is the great negotiator? This Op Ed was referred to by Coulter in the quote above. I copied it in full because it is spot on and insightful. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-a-la-mode.html?_r=0 Frank Bruni You heard it here first: James Comey was fired because during his White House dinner with Donald Trump, when dessert arrived, he noticed that the president had two scoops of ice cream to his one, and dared to remark on it. Don’t believe me? O.K., I did make it up. But it’s as credible a claim as most of what came from White House officials, going all the way up to Vice President Mike Pence, in the hours after Trump canned Comey last week. Pretty much every reason they gave was utterly dismantled, if not by F.B.I. agents, who rejected the contention that they had turned on Comey, then by enterprising reporters or by the president himself in his interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. Seldom has an administration operated in such a transparently dishonest, determinedly self-destructive and spectacularly inept fashion. That ineptness may be the scariest takeaway of all. I began with ice cream because it really is central to understanding this. Bear with me. Two days after Comey’s ouster, Time magazine published a cover story that revolved around a recent evening that a few of its journalists spent with Trump at the White House. Dinner was served. Trump got a different, more colorful salad dressing than theirs. His chicken had extra sauce on the side. With his pie came a double helping of vanilla. With theirs, a single. By the magazine’s account, there was no explanation. None was needed. He’s the president and you’re not. One scoop of imperiousness. Another of insecurity. Top generously with impulsiveness. That’s Trump’s sweet spot, the real driver of his decisions. Comey’s dismissal was the definitive confirmation. It satisfied the president’s emotional appetite, at least at that moment. It undermined all else. And it put the lie to the stubborn hope that there’s a core of shrewdness beneath his antics and a method to his madness. Mostly, there’s a raging, pouting child. For all of the negative news coverage that he receives, there has also been a strand of analysis that insisted on, or at least sought, a silver lining to the golden-haired huckster. It reflected all the rationalizations that I heard from Americans who had voted for Trump or were willing themselves to see some upside to his election: The tweets weren’t merely splenetic. They were strategic, providing distractions when he needed them most. He was amoral, sure, but that was part and parcel of his craftiness, which could do the country some good. He was a liar, yes, but the best deals and the bent truth often went hand in hand — and he was a deal maker above all. He flouted norms, but that might be precisely the purgative our politics needed. Commentators strained to spot and savor any flicker of something more dignified. Remember the accolades for his address to a joint session of Congress? All he’d done was the commander in chief equivalent of chewing with his mouth closed. But no sugarcoating can survive the developments of the past few weeks. Congress approved a budget agreement at stark odds with Trump’s wish list, revealing that he’s no ace negotiator after all. It could have been titled “The Artlessness of the Deal.” The House passed health care legislation that blatantly contradicted his incessant promises of terrific, inexpensive coverage and betrayed the hard-luck Americans whose champion he purported to be. The Senate made clear that it was going nowhere anyway. He’s not coming to anyone’s rescue, just giving the Trump-Kushner clan a loftier status and more leverage for enriching themselves. He’s not draining the swamp. He’s globalizing it. And to top it all off: the Comey fiasco, which will be remembered as a case study in misjudging a situation, mismanaging the easily foreseeable fallout and achieving the exact opposite of one’s aims. If this is private-sector savvy, give me a bloated government bureaucracy any day. Trump reportedly thought that Democrats, so sour on Comey themselves, wouldn’t balk at his exile. No way. Trump’s aides tried to use a hastily composed memo by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as cover. Big oops. With no media plan in place, they tripped over their own inventions and exaggerations. And Trump bumbled into a horrendously timed photograph of an all-smiles meeting of him in the Oval Office with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister. Please show me the shrewdness in any of that, or in a tweet on Friday that ratcheted up his battle with Comey — who, mind you, has seen any and all evidence of Russian meddling in the election and left behind many loyalists in the bureau. For a president paranoid about the leakiness of his ship, this was like making a beeline for the nearest iceberg. Please show me the strategic wisdom in threatening to cancel White House press briefings because Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders can’t be expected to achieve “perfect accuracy” at the rostrum. None of us are asking for “perfect accuracy.” Mere plausibility would wow us at this point. And the farther away the media is kept, the more we’re convinced that something is being hidden from us, and the harder we dig. Trump wanted to move past all the insinuations of collusion between his campaign and Moscow, but the attention to that has only intensified, as have the accusations of a cover-up. We already knew that the president had no shame. Now we also know that he has no game. He handed Democrats yet another cudgel. He tightened the bind that Republicans are in (though their sustained indulgence of him remains a thing of absolute wonder). He lengthened the odds against getting much in the way of meaningful legislation done. He looked defensive, not decisive. He shrank, just when it didn’t seem possible for him to get any smaller. Write A Comment He’s 70, but if we’re talking about deeds and not digits, psychological maturity instead of epidermal sag, he’s our youngest president ever, with the frailest ego. Aides feed him his information in easily digested bites: pictures, charts. They whisper sweet grandiosities in his ear. They devise strategies to shield him from upset and work around his ever-shifting moods. They cross their fingers and they tremble. So do I. And when I picture him at that Time magazine dinner, with a portion bigger than anybody else’s, I don’t see him on a throne. I see him in a highchair, keeping his audience guessing about just how much ice cream he’ll fling against the wall.

I agree with someone I heard on TV this morning. He said that while nothing has been proven...yet...that he has committed a crime, he sure is acting like someone who is guilty. Exactly, and even if he is innocent he's acting like someone who is mentally unstable and unfit for the position he is in. Exactly. I hope N Korea doesn't do anything stupid right now - Trump is liable to nuke the h... out of them.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333031-trumps-comey-firing-sets-off-new-round-of-leaks Leaks galore. This admin is failing from within - sounds like a mutiny. There is little loyalty to this man because he is all about himself. Those who connected to him in hopes of using him to promote their agenda will soon be cutting bait and looking for another dock to hitch to. At a moment of crisis, the White House looks surrounded on the outside and divided on the inside. “It’s total chaos,” said one former transition team official with close ties to the administration. “It’s image-making on the inside and people trying to protect themselves. There is a deep streak of paranoia among staff. The communications team sh#t the bed on the Comey firing and now the war with the FBI has them all scared and throwing each other under the bus. "Thank God I don’t work there. If I did, I’d be dialing up my attorney.”At a moment of crisis, the White House looks surrounded on the outside and divided on the inside. “It’s total chaos,” said one former transition team official with close ties to the administration. “It’s image-making on the inside and people trying to protect themselves. There is a deep streak of paranoia among staff. The communications team sh#t the bed on the Comey firing and now the war with the FBI has them all scared and throwing each other under the bus. "Thank God I don’t work there. If I did, I’d be dialing up my attorney.”

This has a very "Peter denies Jesus in the courtyard" feel, doesn't it? Peter is asked three times if he was one of Jesus' disciples and he denies it three times, making Jesus' prediction come true. I can see how Trump could consider himself another leader in the mold of Jesus. He's nutso that way. Regarding your question, where is it a point of contention? I don't think Comey denied this, or responded to it in any way. The only person pushing this narrative is Mister Twitter, far as I know. LOL...I actually had thought of the Peter/Jesus story too. I don't think Comey has responded because it's came out after he was fired...(I believe). McCabe was asked about it yesterday in the intelligence hearing. He emphatically stated that no member of the FBI would ever tell someone if they were or weren't under investigation. I think someone else from the intelligence community said the same thing yesterday. Then, Trump sends this tweet out about the conversation possibly being "taped". It just seems like for some reason Trump is pushing this narrative and everyone else involved is denying it and Trump becomes more and more belligerent about it. It just doesn't make sense to me. He is going to explode into a mental basket case. Time to look at the 25th Amendment Section 4 So, what’s Article 4 to the 25th Amendment? In the abstract, the amendment itself is about presidential succession, and includes language about the power of the office when a president is incapacitated. But Digby recently highlighted the specific text of growing relevance: “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.” And what does that mean exactly? Well, it means Congress isn’t the only institution that can remove a president from office between elections. Under the 25th Amendment, a sitting vice president and a majority of the executive branch’s cabinet could, on their own, agree to transfer power out of the hands of a sitting president. At that point, those officials would notify Congress, and the vice president would assume the office as the acting president. And what if the challenged president wasn’t on board with the plan to remove him/her from the office? As Vox recently explained, “If the president wants to dispute this move, he can, but then it would be up to Congress to settle the matter with a vote. A two-thirds majority in both houses would be necessary to keep the vice president in charge. If that threshold isn’t reached, the president would regain his powers.” http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-the-25th-amendment-suddenly-getting-so-much-attention

Ok, I couldn't get the video to play and that is my Senator Langsford on the screen. What did it say in a nutshell? Thanks

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?_r=0 This is very revealing. Per Comey, Trump invited him to dinner shortly after he was sworn in as President. He then presses Comey for loyalty. Comey responds that he will be honest with Trump, but cannot be loyal in the 'political' sense. Trump presses again later in the dinner. Trump says it was Comey who asked for the meeting and the conversation didn't go that way. Who do you believe? I find it pretty Nixon like that at this stage in the administration we have to re-phrase Nixon's words "I'm not a Crook" with "I'm not a liar" from Trump and we have to question who do we believe. I believe without question that Comey's view of the dinner is much more plausible than Trump's denials. So, what does that say about this president's ability to lead this nation and our willingness to trust him to do the right thing? When this admin started, my hope was that he would 'grow up' and grow into the role. Outside of his State of the Union speech, he has not. He has digressed since then. I always new he was not a conservative and really not a republican but an opportunist who took the easy route through the repub party. He has no loyalty to anyone but himself and his brand. I do not see his time in the WH ending well. When he needs the loyalty of others when dark days come ahead, he will find none because he gave none. Anything good that will be accomplished by this admin in the mean time, will be accomplished by others and he will claim the credit.

I guess this applies Always want to hear the opposite side and new perspectives but this guy is over the top Troll.

Seems pretty republican to me and more than a little law enforcement experience. From Wiki: James Brien "Jim" Comey Jr. (born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who served as the seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from September 2013 until May 2017.[2] Comey has been a registered Republican during most of his adult life, although he disclosed in 2016 that he is no longer registered in any party. Comey was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from January 2002 to December 2003, and subsequently the United States Deputy Attorney General from December 2003 to August 2005. Comey appointed Patrick Fitzgerald to be the Special Counsel to head the CIA Leak Grand Jury Investigation also known as the "Plame affair", after Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself. In August 2005, Comey left the DOJ and became General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Lockheed Martin, based in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2010, he became General Counsel at Bridgewater Associates, based in Westport, Connecticut. In early 2013, he left Bridgewater to become a Senior Research Scholar and a Hertog Fellow on National Security Law at Columbia Law School. He served on the Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings until July 2013.[3] In September 2013, Comey was appointed Director of the FBI by President Barack Obama

In firing Comey he may have just signed his epitaph as President.

After the botched round 1 of the ACA repeal and replace and the unfavorable rollout of round 2 - I'm wondering about how well these repubs will actually govern. It should be easy wt both house, senate and WH. But they are stumbling all over themselves. Me think that if push come to shove, they'd prefer one of them, Pence, as President. So it evidence shows they need to do something drastic, hopefully they will grow a couple and get the job done.

I'm in your same boat brother - but still a registered repub.

Why is there no collaboration of their story also? Redundant Question - excuse me. Because it was a false story. Oh and wouldn't that be ........ false news

^^^^^ So if The Donald is watching it and everyone knows he is watching it and he is such a trend setter so we watch it so that all of our friends know we watch it and think we are cool because Donald is soooo cool also and we all know "Everyone wants to be like Donald"(or was that Mike?) Our facebook world comes to the White House.

The WH story is full of holes and falling apart. I'm surprised that I'm quoting this guy, but he makes sense here: “This is actually worse than the Saturday night massacre,” Tom Perez, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said at the rally organized by MoveOn.org. Perez was referencing former President Nixon’s infamous order in 1973 to fire an independent special prosecutor investigating Watergate. Other Democratic leaders have called Trump’s action “Nixonian” and a “cover-up.” After the rally, Perez told reporters that it was clear to him that former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, forced to resign in February after he was caught lying about his communication with a top Russian official, will be prosecuted. That will be only the beginning, the DNC chair said. “When you follow the facts to where the facts lead you, I think it’s going to be clear that there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to affect the results of this election,” Perez said. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why Comey got fired.” Asked whether he was declining to support impeachment, Perez demurred. “I’d like to know what the facts are,” he said. “And the best way to know the facts is to have an independent investigation.” http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article149758184.html

Trump picked a bad time for a melt down. I think he is consumed with news about himself. His mental state has to be questioned and therefore his ability to serve. Trump's anger is directly from his very low self esteem, which is covered up by his boastful talk and the away he verbally attacks others. If there is anything at all in the Russian investigation that comes out, this could go bad really quick as I don't think Trump has many truly loyal friends to fight with him. He isn't a true republican or conservative - they have no long term loyalty to him. One report said there were 30 leaks after the firing of Comey from within the administration. Yes, as President, Trump had the right to fire Comey and could have come out with logical reasons for the firing. But the firing was not logical at this time - maybe after the Russian investigation was done or as soon as the President took office (He should have done it then as Comey botched the Clinton investigation big time - both pro and con from the perspective of both parties). But for Trump to do it now shows 2 things in my opinion, He is consumed by his anger (reason enough for possible impeachment if proven it inhibits his ability to execute the duties of the office faithfully) and he may have something to hide (If illegal activities are revealed - he'll be impeached. The repubs won't want to tie their 2018 election prospects to a sinking ship). https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/how-trump-decided-to-fire-james-comey.html?_r=0 http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/332882-comey-called-trump-crazy-report Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly told associates in March that President Trump was "crazy" for suggesting former President had wiretapped him. Comey also called the president “outside the realm of normal,” according to a report from The New York Times on Wednesday. The Times said that, in return, Trump was furious when Comey publicly refused to back his claims that he was wiretapped during the 2016 campaign before the House Intelligence Committee in March.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-trumps-anger-and-impatience-prompted-him-to-fire-the-fbi-director/2017/05/10/d9642334-359c-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html?utm_term=.652c723a7560 According to this link the Assistant AG threatened to resigned. This article also notes Trump's anger at Comey for not 'being loyal' to him. Pardon me but Comey's loyalty is to be towards the constitution and the laws of land that he is sworn to protect and enforce. Regarding appointees - Trump would do well to get this behind him by hiring a person acceptable to both parties. I've heard the name Tom Ridge thrown out -a moderate Republican, 1st leader of Home Land security and former governor. He may be acceptable and already has big agency law enforcement experience.

^^^ Get a few more backbones and we may get to the bottom of this. I posted this in the comey thread also http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/russia-probe-senate-requests-documents-from-money-laundering-watchdog-agency.html Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money launderingThe Senate Intelligence Committee has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department. The agency, known as FinCEN, imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws. The Senate panel has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department that imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws. The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to see any information relevant to its Russia investigation the Treasury agency has gathered, including evidence that might include possible money laundering, according to a committee aide who spoke on condition of anonymity. Also at issue: to what extent, if at all, people close to Vladimir Putin have invested in Trump's real estate empire. The request, made in recent weeks, comes as part of the Senate's investigation into whether Trump associates colluded with Russian meddling in the U.S. election. The FBI is also investigating that issue, but that probe is now under a cloud after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/russia-probe-senate-requests-documents-from-money-laundering-watchdog-agency.html Maybe Comey was getting hot on this: Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money launderingThe Senate Intelligence Committee has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department. The agency, known as FinCEN, imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws. The Senate panel has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department that imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws. The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to see any information relevant to its Russia investigation the Treasury agency has gathered, including evidence that might include possible money laundering, according to a committee aide who spoke on condition of anonymity. Also at issue: to what extent, if at all, people close to Vladimir Putin have invested in Trump's real estate empire. The request, made in recent weeks, comes as part of the Senate's investigation into whether Trump associates colluded with Russian meddling in the U.S. election. The FBI is also investigating that issue, but that probe is now under a cloud after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

Knapp - I'll add to the bizarre- land with this comment/question: Can we have Pres Obama back? (ok or at least a redo of the nomination process and get a Kasich/Rubio ticket)

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Embassy-Jerusalem/2017/05/10/id/789279/ Another broken promise - not moving the Embassy -- He did a good job in

This should be interesting - Sit down and get out the popcorn. We may soon be saying President Pence. Who knows were this will all lead.

CAN SOMEONE SAY SPECIAL PROSECUTER ??? This smells badly. My senior Senator here is Okla is backing the firing. He is getting too old to think straight I think. As a member of the Repub party still myself, the Repub party will hurt themselves badly if they walk lockstep with Trump on this. We'll see if any of them have a backbone. I decided to listen to some political talk just to see how Hannity and Rush are handling it. Both point back to Comey's decision not to prosecute Hillary in July. Hannity esp has built his show around supporting Trump since Trump won the nomination. -- so no surprise by either. If this was Obama - they would be crying for an impeachment hearing. At this point - I can only use one famous phrase regarding Comey's July decision - "What difference does it make?" What makes a difference is what was going on currently. Was the FBI as messed up as the admin want you to think - I don't think so - I believed Trump praised Comey not too long ago. This will be Trump's Little Big Horn in time.