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When I was appointed FBI director in 2013, I understood that I served at the pleasure of the president. Even though I was appointed to a 10 year term, which Congress created in order to underscore the importance of the FBI being outside of politics and independent, I understood that I could be fired by a president for any reason, or for no reason at all.
BURR: Director, when the president requested that you, and I quote, “let Flynn go,” General Flynn had an unreported contact with the Russians, which is an offense. And if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his FBI testimony.
In your estimation, was General Flynn, at that time, in serious legal jeopardy? And in addition to that, do you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice, or just seek for a way for Mike Flynn to save face, given he had already been fired?
COMEY: General Flynn, at that point in time, was in legal jeopardy. There was an open FBI criminal investigation of his statements in connection with the Russian contacts and the contacts themselves. And so that was my assessment at the time.
I don’t think it’s for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that’s a conclusion I’m sure the special counsel will work towards, to try and understand what the intention was there, and whether that’s an offense.
originally posted by: DAVID64
The Left has absolutely nothing to try to pin on Trump now, so they are desperately trying to spin Comey's testimony into something they can use to keep the ignorant riled up. Anything they can do to obstruct Trump's plans will be used, so watch for the Liberal MSM to keep throwing sh** at the wall. They got nothing to stick the first time and even less chance of getting something now.
That doesn't mean they won't try to like Hell.
originally posted by: iTruthSeeker
Hopefully they do not get too desperate to the point that they carry out a huge "event" in the near future...
originally posted by: lordcomac
originally posted by: iTruthSeeker
Hopefully they do not get too desperate to the point that they carry out a huge "event" in the near future...
Wouldn't surprise me if they do. They've got at least two of the three big agencies compromised...
I gave up MSM many years ago, but if OP is an accurate description of what is happening right now, they saw a completely different testimony than what was covered today. All I heard was the MSM being completely delegitimized, and the DNC being made more suspicious... And the FBI being ousted as the Clinton's bitches they've been my whole life.
Oh, right, and even after all the work they've all put in, not a shred of evidence for the narrative they're pushing.
The DNC tends to deflect their own sins, I wonder if they put in an effort to work with the Russians and got shut down? No way would Putin want Clinton in the big chair, as that would mean war between us.... But he's not exactly an ally if the USA either. Most countries would be better off if we collapsed, so he has no reason to oust DNC collusion if it were there.
What a fine mess we have. Part of me is glad the whole government is working together to impeach the president- not because I want him impeached, but because it gets their focus off their ever tightening grip on our freedoms. Maybe while this plays out we can have a little bit of what life is supposed to be before our failed bankster overlords allow the Fiat debt to come due, triggering the nearly global financial collapse.
You know, it occurs to me... What countries will be left able to feed their population, let alone run an army, once that happens?
Russia, China, North Korea, for sure.
What a curious game.
That doesn't look good on Trump no matter how you spin it.
originally posted by: TruMcCarthy
As usual, everything Democrats assert is wrong.
originally posted by: DAVID64
The Left has absolutely nothing to try to pin on Trump now, so they are desperately trying to spin Comey's testimony into something they can use to keep the ignorant riled up. Anything they can do to obstruct Trump's plans will be used, so watch for the Liberal MSM to keep throwing sh** at the wall. They got nothing to stick the first time and even less chance of getting something now.
That doesn't mean they won't try to like Hell.
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: Stevemagegod
North Korea and Russia two countries that regularly have food shortages. The reality is very few countries produce more food than they need. The USA happen's to be one of those countries. Russia is hurting bad and with sanctions won't make it another two years.