NYT: Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

TheLover said:
When do we collectively get to stop being this guy?

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You actually wait more than a couple months. Like a year or two.
 
“While the president has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn,” the statement said. “The president has the utmost respect for our law enforcement agencies, and all investigations. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr. Comey.”
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You really want to do this motherfuckers? You really want to see how far this can go?
 
Mr. Comey created similar memos — including some that are classified — about every phone call and meeting he had with the president, the two people said. It is unclear whether Mr. Comey told the Justice Department about the conversation or his memos.
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Ruh Roh
 
Wasn't there something about Comey keeping pretty detailed records of interactions. Don't know if it was specifically trump but in general. He obviously knew something was up so I can't wait to see what comes it of those if this is a sign of what's to come.
 
On one hand, I'm pissed that the American people voted this dumbass into office.

On the other, I'm glad that he's so damn stupid that he probably won't be in office much longer.
 
The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence an ongoing investigation. An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.
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Holy shit
 
Every day proves that electing Trump was a HUGE. FUCKING. MISTAKE. for many, many, terrible reasons. This should have never happened. We need to seriously reconsider how we hold our elections. Be it getting rid of the electoral college, or implementing a way for everyone to vote without jumping through hoops or requiring an ID. Something fundamental about our democracy needs to be fixed so this shit never happens again. Yeah, we got a bunch of stupid people in our country. But more people voted for Clinton - and even more would have voted if we could streamline the process somehow and ensure that foreign states don't intervene. Social media platforms need to take responsibility too in the war against fake news.
 
The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president's improper efforts to influence an ongoing investigation. An F.B.I. agent's contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.
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From article for those who want some hot quotes.

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo that Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting.

“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.

The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.

Mr. Comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after Mr. Flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo. The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence an ongoing investigation. An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.

Mr. Comey shared the existence of the memo with senior F.B.I. officials and close associates. The New York Times has not viewed a copy of the memo, which is unclassified, but one of Mr. Comey’s associates read parts of the memo to a Times reporter.

“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. “He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”

Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey that Mr. Flynn had done nothing wrong, according to the memo.

Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”

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Mr. Comey created similar memos — including some that are classified — about every phone call and meeting he had with the president, the two people said. It is unclear whether Mr. Comey told the Justice Department about the conversation or his memos.

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Alone in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump began the discussion by condemning leaks to the news media, saying that Mr. Comey should consider putting reporters in prison for publishing classified information, according to one of Mr. Comey’s associates.
 
It was so obvious. Even more mounting evidence that they guy wants to bury the investigation.

Good on Comey for documenting a paper trail
 
kaskade said:
Wasn't there something about Comey keeping pretty detailed records of interactions. Don't know if it was specifically trump but in general. He obviously knew something was up so I can't wait to see what comes it of those if this is a sign of what's to come.
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The article goes into that. He writes memos about conversations he expects could be called into question later.

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Mr. Comey was known among his closest advisers to document conversations that he believed would later be called into question, according to two former confidants, who said Mr. Comey was uncomfortable at times with his relationship with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Comey’s recollection has been bolstered in the past by F.B.I. notes. In 2007, he told Congress about a now-famous showdown with senior White House officials over the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The White House disputed Mr. Comey’s account, but the F.B.I. director at the time, Robert S. Mueller III, kept notes that backed up Mr. Comey’s story.
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Doesn't matter that NYT didn't see the memo. If it exists, then it exists and can be used in court or any legal proceedings if need be.
 
Mr. Comey created similar memos — including some that are classified — about every phone call and meeting he had with the president, the two people said. It is unclear whether Mr. Comey told the Justice Department about the conversation or his memos.
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Damn, damn, dammmmnnn.
 
jmood88 said:
Ruh Roh
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Mr. Comey created similar memos — including some that are classified — about every phone call and meeting he had with the president, the two people said. It is unclear whether Mr. Comey told the Justice Department about the conversation or his memos.
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This is basically Comey joining the heel faction to then turn face and destroy it from the inside.
 
I don't see Trump resigning, so stuff like this has to happen every day until mid terms where hopefully Democratic voters (and even Repub voters) change the make up of the house and senate.
 
TRUMP: You had better HOPE I don't have TAPES!!!

COMEY: You have tapes? Fuck yeah! Bring it on.


Comey probably saw Trump's "threat" as an easy way to backup all his records.
 
I'm now more apt to believe the whole Claude Taylor stuff.
 
Not surprised most of the squad is leaving with Trump on his international trip.

It's going to be bombshell leaks from here on out.
 
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