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Trump Fires James Comey
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This. I just laughed my ass off despite this being so old. Never gonna get old, I imagine. It's just fucking perfect.
Having the neuroidiot in there is perfect
The hits keep coming apparently the Deputy AG threatened to quit after being cast as the reason for Comey being fired.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.5f43449bb65f
The hits (leaks) keep coming. I love it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.5f43449bb65f
The hits (leaks) keep coming. I love it.
This is the best thing I've seen in a while.
StopMakingSense
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Maybe Trump's plan was to bankrupt the press via all the overtime they are gonna have to pay.
For all the Republicans saying he was fired because of Rosenstein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...pid=hp_no-name_no-name:page/breaking-news-bar
Holy shit, this is unreal.
Holy shit, this is unreal.
Magnet_Man
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where can we go to tell him to do it?
i mean nothing is better than a disgruntled employee ranting about their former boss.
Quick reminder of what RICO is please.
you mean right around the time Chaffetz withdrew his run for governor in the 2018 race out of no where?
Perhaps he made a deal..
I also wasnt aware FINCEN was assisting the FBI and CI in their investigation until now....
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/russia-probe-senate-requests-documents-from-money-laundering-watchdog-agency.html
PantherLotus
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CNN just said WaPo is reporting -- i haven't seen it -- that Rosenstein threatened to resign since this thing came out pinning the reasoning on him yesterday.
C'mon Deputy AG. Let everyone know why Comey was fired.
I don't think Trump's in the dark, but I do think he wasn't aware of the scope of how bad what he did is as well as likely thinking it's normal behavior for politicians and heads of business.
DangerMouse
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Holy shit, that's probably why the weird timeline that came out today seemed to differ from what they were saying yesterday. Yesterday Trump was just acting because the AG and DAG had said Comey was bad. Today they wrote things up stating that Trump was the impetus and had called them. Guess they realized after the chaos that the DAG resigning would be way too awful.
StopMakingSense
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Racketeering statutes that allow broader protection of criminal conspiracies
PantherLotus
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/862507406693212160
Read: https://t.co/fOy25nZpyq
this is going down.
You really can't write this stuff.
Bit late for Rosenstein to suddenly develop integrity, even if that is true.
He should quit. Flat out. He's basically Trump's only out at this point.
BoogieWoogie
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Do the GOP really fucking think they're going to weather this storm for Trump? Really?
It's not even about integrity, it's self preservation.
It's not even about integrity, it's self preservation.
Tranqueris
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Do it damn you, resign.
Come on self preservation!
Come on self preservation!
Fantastical
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It hasn't even been four fucking months yet. This presidency has been a trainwreck in a way I never anticipated.
PantherLotus
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no no, this is a good thing. he's the one that can prove this is obstruction of justice, which is where impeachment starts.
TheTylerDurden
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This is pretty huge. The case for Trump being impeached for obstruction of justice can be made if it was all his idea. Of course that won't happen without a seismic shift in republican support for impeachment.
And what's interesting about that is, Dems now have an actual campaign issue for the 2018 mids. They can be the body that effectively brings impeachment against Trump, and can run their entire pitch on this.
This alone could motivate Republicans to jump ship and push for impeachment if they want to keep their jobs in 2018.
The squeeze might very well be ready to start.
Wouldn't Jeff Sessions just appoint a far worse deputy?
KernelPanic
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Yeah "threatened to quit" lmao.
People resigned during Watergate rather than obey Nixon to fire the prosecutor.
A little late to save his reputation now methinks.
OriginofHysteria
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Rosenstein has had a good reputation throughout his career. I think he is someone that would resign over this to uphold his reputation.
TheCochese
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I feel it's premature to label him one way or another. He could be a good dude trying to stick it out and keep a reasonable person in charge of the FBI. Or maybe he's a shot heel who doesn't want the bad press. I have no inkling either way.
lol, it just gets better and better.
Fantastical
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I think it makes it look worse if one of their own resigns.
The Cleveland Browns of Presidencies
Wyndstryker
Member
This trainwreck is still going too.
Small potatoes in comparison to the shockwave that his willful resignation would leave.
Tranqueris
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I think another deputy would have to be confirmed by the Senate. Also I just want him to resign for the sake of escalating the fuck out of this even more. Without Rosenstein, Sessions has to take the heat.
BlastProcessing
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It feels like Comey pulled a:
Trojita
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It's a repost from the original thread about that video.
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Meant to deal with Organized Crime etc.
Under the law, the meaning of racketeering activity is set out at 18 U.S.C. § 1961. As currently amended it includes:
- Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act);
- Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and many other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18);
- Embezzlement of union funds;
- Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud;
- Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute;
- Criminal copyright infringement;
- Money laundering and related offenses;
- Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain);
- Acts of terrorism.
Optics.
Plus that basically shows it was all Trump making the call to fire Comey, which paired with these reports really doesn't look good at all.
It adds up with everything everyone has said about the guy, him being a non-partisan official and isn't some Republican lackey. Shit keeps getting better and better (or worse and worse as the case may be).
God I hope he resigns. The email pile will go up in flames around the WH.
Prior to Trump: "Man what kind of political thriller is this book? That garbage House of Cards is more realistic than this. Throw this next to the bin of Tom Clancy trash."
After Trump: "Well really who is to say if the maid didn't fuck him up the ass using a strap on in order to blackmail him for intel on China."
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