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2017-05-10 Government
Trump finally shitcans dismisses FBI Director James Comey
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Posted by Fred 2017-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Store is sold out of popcorn. Vick's running out, being bought by people to cover the smell of Democrat progs burning rubber trying to change Comey from villain to martyr.
Posted by Jeasing Creque5352 2017-05-10 00:25||   2017-05-10 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a start.
Posted by gorb 2017-05-10 00:36||   2017-05-10 00:36|| Front Page Top

#3 FBI Deputy Andy McCabe desperately needs to find new employment as well. I worry about Comey. A blimp hanger in Mountain View couldn't contain that fellows ego. Running afoul of the Clinton's, an additional downside.

Hat tip to the Guardian. 'You are terminated.' The three letters that ended James Comey's career
Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-10 03:02||   2017-05-10 03:02|| Front Page Top

#4 It was not immediately clear exactly why Comey was ousted.

If you came from Mars.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-10 03:55||   2017-05-10 03:55|| Front Page Top

#5 This will do nothing but increase the TDS.

No public employee will ever have warm feelings for a person who ever uttered the words, "You're fired", under any circumstances. But to can someone this high up, with this amount of bulletproof income stream security? Absolute chills, because it forces them to consider that their own magic paycheck could be cleansed away, as well.

Expect doubling down on Trump hysteria.
Posted by no mo uro 2017-05-10 05:50||   2017-05-10 05:50|| Front Page Top

#6 It was not immediately clear exactly why Comey was ousted.
Don't give the boss incorrect information that leaves his posterior exposed when he uses it. Make sure the boss knows important information before the press does. For sub-execs like Comey those are key job responsibilities, and he failed in them at least twice recently.
Posted by Glenmore 2017-05-10 07:18||   2017-05-10 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Comey has always seemed a little, unprofessional, untrustworthy, kind of reminds one of a roque agent in this scene in the James Bond 007 movie Skyfall, less the cyanide of course ...

Posted by Percy McCoy7690 2017-05-10 07:19||   2017-05-10 07:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Perhaps there is more. Perhaps Rod Rosenstein also discovered a leaker.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-10 08:49||   2017-05-10 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Trump tipped over the chessboard. The dumbs only remember where they wish the pieces had been. Win-Win-Win-Win-Win...
Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-10 09:08||   2017-05-10 09:08|| Front Page Top

#10 That is what you get when you try to cover your rear expecting a Hillabitchwitch win instead doing a straight job using the law as your guide. The FBI director doesn't make decisions to shield a compromised AG.
Posted by Tyranysaurus McGurque7211 2017-05-10 09:26||   2017-05-10 09:26|| Front Page Top

#11 My long-view says sweet-sweet Machiavellian.

It appears Steve Bannon still has the ear of the President.

Good.
Posted by Spike Elmoth6259 2017-05-10 09:29||   2017-05-10 09:29|| Front Page Top

#12 I'll take 'Compromised AG's' at #10 for $600 Alex.

Mike Flynn may also 'still have the ear of POTUS'.... just say'n.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-10 09:30||   2017-05-10 09:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Sources Claim That Comey Firing Could Result In Release Of Documents, Potential New Clinton Probe

"Upon news of Comey’s removal, Julian Assange tweeted that a source within the FBI had informed him that the Bureau would begin leaking documents from the investigation. He urged the FBI to release documents in full to prevent any misrepresentations by the press. On the heels of Assange’s announcement, an additional source claimed that the Deputy Attorney General will now oversee a new Clinton probe following Comey’s dismissal, and would do so in close proximity to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe for lack of trust.

If confirmed, the reports indicate that Comey’s firing represents a renewed focus on information pertaining to the investigation into Hillary Clinton, after the previous one was criticized by both supporters and detractors of the Former Secretary of State and Senator, both of whom painted the investigation as being either politically motivated or hampered by alleged attempts to cover up evidence of wrongdoing."


Posted by Spike Elmoth6259 2017-05-10 10:00||   2017-05-10 10:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Drive them forth with rods!
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-10 10:34||   2017-05-10 10:34|| Front Page Top

#15 I nominate Sheriff Joe to be the new FBI Director!

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-05-10 10:57||   2017-05-10 10:57|| Front Page Top

#16 Sheriff Joe or Sheriff Clark, or police chief Kelley, or G man,
Posted by bman 2017-05-10 12:14||   2017-05-10 12:14|| Front Page Top

#17 I understand Shaq is available.
Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-10 12:29||   2017-05-10 12:29|| Front Page Top

#18 I imagine Loretta Lynch, the Clintons (all three of them), Valerie Jarret and Obama and several others are soiling their tighty whities (or whatever they wear) about this time.
Posted by JohnQC 2017-05-10 18:00||   2017-05-10 18:00|| Front Page Top

#19 Perhaps Rod Rosenstein also discovered a leaker.

That, and timing. It's a bit long -- sorry:

Byron York: To fire Comey, Trump team waited for Rosenstein

The structure was this: The FBI director reported to the deputy attorney general, who reported to the attorney general, who reported to the president. When Trump fired Comey Tuesday afternoon, that chain of command had been in place for all of 14 days.

Here's what I have been able to glean so far about the decision to fire FBI Director James Comey:

During the transition, there were members of the Trump team involved with justice and law enforcement issues who felt Comey should be fired. They believed Comey had badly screwed up the Hillary Clinton investigation — first to Trump's detriment, on July 5, when he essentially laid out an indictment of Clinton but concluded by saying no charges would be brought, and later to Trump's benefit, on Oct. 28, just 11 days before the election, when he re-opened the Clinton investigation. And then, on the Sunday before election day, Comey meekly said "never mind," as if he had not just intervened in a presidential election.

It's not that the Trump team members who had experience in law enforcement issues were angry that Comey had at times hurt or helped Trump's chances. Looking ahead, the issue was that Comey seemed inconsistent and a weak leader. "All over the map," said one person involved in the transition. "A mess all the way through," said a lawmaker who supports Trump.

But those same Trump team members who believed Comey should go also believed there should be a process involved in doing it. Truth be told, not all of them — some wanted to see Trump fire everybody on Jan. 21: U.S. attorneys, ambassadors, Obama holdovers, everybody. But the more institutionally-minded members of the Trump team wanted to see a process observed. In the case of removing Comey, that involved going through the chain of command.

The structure was this: The FBI director reported to the deputy attorney general, who reported to the attorney general, who reported to the president. When Trump fired Comey Tuesday afternoon, that chain of command had been in place for all of 14 days.

First, it took a long time to get an attorney general in office. Facing Democratic opposition, Jeff Sessions, one of the president's first nominees, was not confirmed by the Senate until Feb. 8. Then, it took a long time to get a deputy attorney general in place. Rod Rosenstein, the deputy — and the man who wrote the rationale for axing Comey — faced similar Democratic delays and was not sworn in until April 26.

Only after Rosenstein was in place did the Trump team move ahead. That was true not only for chain-of-command reasons but also — probably more importantly — because Rosenstein had the bipartisan street cred to be able to be the point man in firing Comey. Even though his confirmation was delayed, Rosenstein was eventually confirmed by the Senate by a 94 to 6 vote, meaning that the vast majority of Democratic senators voted for him along with all of the Republicans.

How important was the arrival of Rosenstein to the bid to fire Comey? This, from a source in a Senate office Wednesday morning: "Many who are suggesting that there's something nefarious about the timing of the Comey firing are likely missing the fact that DAG Rosenstein was sworn in two weeks ago (April 26), and that the FBI Director reports to the DAG on the DOJ org chart. It seems completely normal that the DAG would review their top reports within the first couple weeks of starting."
Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-10 20:23||   2017-05-10 20:23|| Front Page Top

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