As predicted------------the Comey hearing is a total bust for democrats

I don't know what's worse - knowing that the person sitting in the Oval Office is a disreputable, insane, prolific liar, or the fact that he's managed to dupe millions of fools into defending his dishonesty and making excuses for it.

 

Actually trump kept asking him if he wanted to keep his job after Comey said he did.

In fact Trump said "Many people want your job"...

Ummm are ya kidding?

 

And then totally disobeyed the law and refused to report it.

Sure.

Let's all just call bullsht right now, ok?

 

Careful about whom you're claiming idiocy; there is exactly as much evidence of "Russian interference" in our election as there is of our interference in the last Israeli election.

Countries "interfere" with elections all the time.

Deny it.

 

That's crazy talk, Comey said he didn't know the president well enough to interpret his words, billy and the boss both know the talker and the intent.

 

So it alright for other nations to interfere with our elections?

wat a patriot y'r

 

Nice double standards.

 

You leftists love to construct an argument that you imagine someone made and then defeat it, don't you?

No, it's not alright, and it's not the point of mentioning it.

 

Clinton was never....POTUS. That's the harmful part.

 

No. If Trump KEPT asking him if he wanted to keep his job, it was an implied threat.

 

Democrats never learn.

 

Lol...Your dishonest spin smacks of desperation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/comey-hearing-trump-russia.html?_r=0

 

Evidence doesn't exist because you haven't seen any? Do you show your opponent your hand in a poker game? I'm sure you would agree that wouldn't be a prudent strategy.

 

The evidence that has been leaked to date is unequivocal that the Russians were actively hacking the campaign to the advantage of Trump. There is further evidence that a number of members of the Trump campaign were in contact with the Russians during this period. The most damning evidence is that Flynn and Kushner tried to set up a covert means of communication with the Russians using their Spy Apparatus to circumvent the Laws of the Land.

What has yet to be uncovered is Trump's involvement, if any. However by firing Comey he has exposed himself to potential obstruction of justice charges that might be brought by the Special Counsel. Given what is known to date that is unlikely to occur unless there are other crimes on which to indict Trump. We just have to wait and see what transpires but I am not expecting that to occur myself. Other people close to Trump are probably going to be indicted based on the evidence to date.

 

There was no law to disobey in that regards. Comey himself said there was no legal obligation to report those memos officially with the investigation or any other department within the DOJ. He did say there was probably an ethical obligation in that kind of situation. But I don't think Comey had enough evidence at that point to prove one way or another that Trump was absolutely trying to obstruct justice. But rather that the president's behavior was indicative that it may be the case. And so he wrote those memos and kept it to himself a and a few others because he was gathering evidence. He never shared it with the FBI investigation because he was afraid the optics of the president possibly ordering an investigation loosely related to him to be shut down would unfairly taint those efforts. Comey was simply building a case by keeping detailed notes of his interactions with the president in case they ever became relevant enough to the investigation, or god forbid, he should find himself in front of a Senate committee hearing and asked to answer to those meetings with the president.

I'm seeing a lot of Trump supporters do some olympic level mental gymnastics here. You guys are omitting so much from yesterday's testimony. I think Eric Cartman would pale in comparison to so many of you.

 

Comey - Director of the FBI - not reporting a crime he felt so uncomfortable about that he documented it. And then, he testified in front of both the House and Senate intelligence committees, and he did not say to anyone that there was interference from the WH in investigating Flynn.

But he was soooo concerned.

Right. WTF is the point of the FBI if it doesn't report if they believe a crime was committed?

Sure, sure. And he acted exactly the same way when the Clintons came a'callin'.

Right.

I'm seeing a lot of anti-Trumpers using whatever rationale they need to in order to insulate their position from culpability, and ignoring the key admissions about yesterday's testimony. Austin Powers would pale in comparison to so many of you.

 

He never said it was a crime what the president did. Only people saying that are pundit hacks like Sean Hannity and the lemmings who watch that garbage. Comey withheld quite a bit from yesterday's testimony because Mueller's investigation is still ongoing. But that lack of testimony by no means signifies that there is nothing there. Comey did give his opinion that it appeared to him that the president might have been taking action to shut down that investigation. Because of the proximity the president has/had with so many of the individuals who are the focus of that investigation, Comey was worried that asking him to let Flynn go could be a red flag that might relate to the ongoing FBI investigation into Russia's meddling with the election. If he thought those memos were smoking gun evidence of some criminal wrongdoing he would have come forward with them much sooner. But he was fired a month ago and he never got to finish following up on his suspicions. He was simply gathering evidence and documenting what he saw/heard in case it might be relevant one day.

 

Evidence doesn't exist in the public sphere. With all of the leaks going on, one would assume that such evidence, if it did exist currently, would be made public. High level intelligence officials have spoken in recent days that they personally have not seen such evidence. With that being said, you can speculate as to its existence, but do not fool yourself, it is pure speculation.

 

We'll have to wait and see then, won't we? This investigation has a long, long way to go yet. How long did Watergate take? I suspect 'no evidence' was the clarion call over that little fiasco as well-until there was.
I don't know any more than anyone one else on this issue, but I'm not going to start denying complicity just because of partisan loyalty, like Trump's fanboys are doing.

 

You are free to speculate all that you like. Just don't confuse speculation for actual evidence. Many people on the left seem to have blurred the line of delineation between those two concepts.

 

I'm still chuckling about the incredible smirk on Comey's face about the fake leaked news the press put out.
Priceless.

 

This pretty much explains the whole Comey appearance.

 

I am gonna be laughing on the ground when the indictments start

 

The only people it was devastating for was several democrats and the New York Times.