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Comey memos go public

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Some new things (or things not previously emphasized).

1)Trump had serious doubts about Flynn's judgment.
2)Reince Priebus asked Comey if there was a FISA on Flynn.
3)Trump obsessed about McCabe. His hatred of him did not dissipate in any way with his election win.
4)Trump brought up concern about the golden showers and how Melania would view it multiple times with Comey. Trump recollected Putin saying that Russia had the most beautiful hookers in the world.
5)Trump told Comey reporters needed to be put in jail to deter leaks.
6)Trump asked if he was being investigated multiple times, being told no every time, and asked Comey to "get that out" multiple times.
7)Trump said he lost the health care vote because of the "Russia cloud."
8)Trump obsessed over McCabe's relationship with the Clintons.
9)A sense of how Trump gained people into his trust through conspiratorial means begins to unfold, as he he already tried playing Comey against Priebus and Flynn. That people in the White House are in a never ending battle to undo each other and the reason for it become remarkably clear.

Just some quick, rough takes. Have fun.


https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4442900-Ex-FBI-Director-James-Comey-s-memos.html
 
Important context:

Trump keeps claiming Comey said he wasn’t under investigation. Comey actually said “we aren’t investigating that.” (referencing some allegations of sexual assault. It’s true the FBI isn’t investigating that)
 
10)Trump said he would be suing Christopher Steele.

All around, there isn't much that's terribly different than what's already been made public. What's more enlightening is Trump's personal fear of how Melania would take the Golden Showers story, and the lengths he was willing to go to end leaks and the Russia investigation. One month in and he's already talking about jailing reporters.
 
During this whole period...from before the inauguration to well into March...Comey knew about the FISA application operation being conducted by McCabe and others, yet Comey constantly reassured Trump that McCabe was a pro.

I'm thinking Comey ran a deliberate snowjob on Trump. He deserved to be fired.
 
Another interesting peek into Comey's brain: Comey seemed unconcerned by the immigration order. In his mind, Trump was completely within his rights, both legally and traditionally, to order the Muslim Ban, so as far as Comey was concerned that was the end of that.
 
Mycroft said:
During this whole period...from before the inauguration to well into March...Comey knew about the FISA application operation being conducted by McCabe and others, yet Comey constantly reassured Trump that McCabe was a pro.

I'm thinking Comey ran a deliberate snowjob on Trump. He deserved to be fired.
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This is a discussion on the Comey memos. This thread is not a place for you to entertain your deranged conspiracy theories and your personal, inexplicable hatred of McCabe.

In other words, start your own thread.
 
It's baffling why Congressional Republicans would demand to see these memos and leak them. They make Trump look terrible.

What were they hoping to accomplish?
 
Cardinal said:
Another interesting peek into Comey's brain: Comey seemed unconcerned by the immigration order. In his mind, Trump was completely within his rights, both legally and traditionally, to order the Muslim Ban, so as far as Comey was concerned that was the end of that.
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Well, no, it was a list Obama compiled, so, it can't be wrong.
 
Cardinal said:
This is a discussion on the Comey memos. This thread is not a place for you to entertain your deranged conspiracy theories and your personal, inexplicable hatred of McCabe.

In other words, start your own thread.
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I did speak about the Comey memo.

Don't cry when I say something you don't want to hear.
 
Cardinal said:
It's baffling why Congressional Republicans would demand to see these memos and leak them. They make Trump look terrible.

What were they hoping to accomplish?
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Press Releases
Nunes, Gowdy, Goodlatte Statement on Comey Memos
f t # e
Washington, April 19, 2018

Washington, D.C. – Today House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) issued the following statement:

"We have long argued former Director Comey's self-styled memos should be in the public domain, subject to any classification redactions. These memos are significant for both what is in them and what is not.

Former Director Comey's memos show the President made clear he wanted allegations of collusion, coordination, and conspiracy between his campaign and Russia fully investigated. The memos also made clear the ‘cloud’ President Trump wanted lifted was not the Russian interference in the 2016 election cloud, rather it was the salacious, unsubstantiated allegations related to personal conduct leveled in the dossier.

The memos also show former Director Comey never wrote that he felt obstructed or threatened. While former Director Comey went to great lengths to set dining room scenes, discuss height requirements, describe the multiple times he felt complimented, and myriad other extraneous facts, he never once mentioned the most relevant fact of all, which was whether he felt obstructed in his investigation.

The memos also make certain what has become increasingly clear of late: former Director Comey has at least two different standards in his interactions with others. He chose not to memorialize conversations with President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, Secretary Clinton, Andrew McCabe or others, but he immediately began to memorialize conversations with President Trump. It is significant former Director Comey made no effort to memorialize conversations with former Attorney General Lynch despite concerns apparently significant enough to warrant his unprecedented appropriation of the charging decision away from her and the Department of Justice in July of 2016.

These memos also lay bare the notion that former Director Comey is not motivated by animus. He was willing to work for someone he deemed morally unsuited for office, capable of lying, requiring of personal loyalty, worthy of impeachment, and sharing the traits of a mob boss. Former Director Comey was willing to overlook all of the aforementioned characteristics in order to keep his job. In his eyes, the real crime was his own firing.

The memos show Comey was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe. On multiple occasions he, in his own words, defended the character of McCabe after President Trump questioned McCabe.

Finally, former Director Comey leaked at least one of these memos for the stated purpose of spurring the appointment of Special Counsel, yet he took no steps to spur the appointment of Special Counsel when he had significant concerns about the objectivity of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

As we have consistently said, rather than making a criminal case for obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be Defense Exhibit A should such a charge be made."

https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=879
 
Barnacle said:
Press Releases
Nunes, Gowdy, Goodlatte Statement on Comey Memos
f t # e
Washington, April 19, 2018

Washington, D.C. – Today House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) issued the following statement:

"We have long argued former Director Comey's self-styled memos should be in the public domain, subject to any classification redactions. These memos are significant for both what is in them and what is not.

Former Director Comey's memos show the President made clear he wanted allegations of collusion, coordination, and conspiracy between his campaign and Russia fully investigated. The memos also made clear the ‘cloud’ President Trump wanted lifted was not the Russian interference in the 2016 election cloud, rather it was the salacious, unsubstantiated allegations related to personal conduct leveled in the dossier.

The memos also show former Director Comey never wrote that he felt obstructed or threatened. While former Director Comey went to great lengths to set dining room scenes, discuss height requirements, describe the multiple times he felt complimented, and myriad other extraneous facts, he never once mentioned the most relevant fact of all, which was whether he felt obstructed in his investigation.

The memos also make certain what has become increasingly clear of late: former Director Comey has at least two different standards in his interactions with others. He chose not to memorialize conversations with President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, Secretary Clinton, Andrew McCabe or others, but he immediately began to memorialize conversations with President Trump. It is significant former Director Comey made no effort to memorialize conversations with former Attorney General Lynch despite concerns apparently significant enough to warrant his unprecedented appropriation of the charging decision away from her and the Department of Justice in July of 2016.

These memos also lay bare the notion that former Director Comey is not motivated by animus. He was willing to work for someone he deemed morally unsuited for office, capable of lying, requiring of personal loyalty, worthy of impeachment, and sharing the traits of a mob boss. Former Director Comey was willing to overlook all of the aforementioned characteristics in order to keep his job. In his eyes, the real crime was his own firing.

The memos show Comey was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe. On multiple occasions he, in his own words, defended the character of McCabe after President Trump questioned McCabe.

Finally, former Director Comey leaked at least one of these memos for the stated purpose of spurring the appointment of Special Counsel, yet he took no steps to spur the appointment of Special Counsel when he had significant concerns about the objectivity of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

As we have consistently said, rather than making a criminal case for obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be Defense Exhibit A should such a charge be made."

https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=879
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Wow, those guys play it, "right down the middle", don't they?
:spin::rofl
 
Cardinal said:
...is not the topic of this thread. Thank you.
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It is when you call his agenda as being trumps Muslim ban, bra. Be honest, and I won't call you out on dishonesty.
 
Cardinal said:
This is a discussion on the Comey memos. This thread is not a place for you to entertain your deranged conspiracy theories and your personal, inexplicable hatred of McCabe. ....
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McCabe is part of Comey's memos ... ha ha ha ... see press release ... :lol:
 
Cardinal said:
This is a discussion on the Comey memos. This thread is not a place for you to entertain your deranged conspiracy theories and your personal, inexplicable hatred of McCabe.

In other words, start your own thread.
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Um, you mentioned McCabe in your original post, Mr. cardinal.
 
Barnacle said:
Press Releases
Nunes, Gowdy, Goodlatte Statement on Comey Memos
f t # e
Washington, April 19, 2018

Washington, D.C. – Today House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) issued the following statement:

"We have long argued former Director Comey's self-styled memos should be in the public domain, subject to any classification redactions. These memos are significant for both what is in them and what is not.

Former Director Comey's memos show the President made clear he wanted allegations of collusion, coordination, and conspiracy between his campaign and Russia fully investigated. The memos also made clear the ‘cloud’ President Trump wanted lifted was not the Russian interference in the 2016 election cloud, rather it was the salacious, unsubstantiated allegations related to personal conduct leveled in the dossier.

The memos also show former Director Comey never wrote that he felt obstructed or threatened. While former Director Comey went to great lengths to set dining room scenes, discuss height requirements, describe the multiple times he felt complimented, and myriad other extraneous facts, he never once mentioned the most relevant fact of all, which was whether he felt obstructed in his investigation.

The memos also make certain what has become increasingly clear of late: former Director Comey has at least two different standards in his interactions with others. He chose not to memorialize conversations with President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, Secretary Clinton, Andrew McCabe or others, but he immediately began to memorialize conversations with President Trump. It is significant former Director Comey made no effort to memorialize conversations with former Attorney General Lynch despite concerns apparently significant enough to warrant his unprecedented appropriation of the charging decision away from her and the Department of Justice in July of 2016.

These memos also lay bare the notion that former Director Comey is not motivated by animus. He was willing to work for someone he deemed morally unsuited for office, capable of lying, requiring of personal loyalty, worthy of impeachment, and sharing the traits of a mob boss. Former Director Comey was willing to overlook all of the aforementioned characteristics in order to keep his job. In his eyes, the real crime was his own firing.

The memos show Comey was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe. On multiple occasions he, in his own words, defended the character of McCabe after President Trump questioned McCabe.

Finally, former Director Comey leaked at least one of these memos for the stated purpose of spurring the appointment of Special Counsel, yet he took no steps to spur the appointment of Special Counsel when he had significant concerns about the objectivity of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

As we have consistently said, rather than making a criminal case for obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be Defense Exhibit A should such a charge be made."

https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=879
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More #winning for the WH today.
 
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The release is just an attempt by the House Intel Com. to change the conversation away from 45 onto Comey and not the corruption of the 45 administration. If anything it will only result in more questions for POTUS and his crime family.
 
Barnacle said:
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That picture portrays their relationship when Comey wrote those memos. Today...I don't think that's how they feel about each other.
 
Parrish said:
The release is just an attempt by the House Intel Com. to change the conversation away from 45 onto Comey and not the corruption of the 45 administration. If anything it will only result in more questions for POTUS and his crime family.
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Oh...I'm sure the Trump haters are wracking their brains trying to figure out a way to spin this stuff.

It's going to be hard, but they'll come up with something.
 
Mycroft said:
Oh...I'm sure the Trump haters are wracking their brains trying to figure out a way to spin this stuff.

It's going to be hard, but they'll come up with something.
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Yeah, but we, the Trump "comrades", will be here to decimate their :spin:
 
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