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Aristus

(70,960 posts)
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:40 PM 6 hrs ago

James Comey is being investigated even though he hasn't committed a crime. It could change the country for the worst.

I hope he appreciates the irony...

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James Comey is being investigated even though he hasn't committed a crime. It could change the country for the worst. (Original Post) Aristus 6 hrs ago OP
It hard to fathom how the entire GOP is complicit and or letting this happen. CentralMass 6 hrs ago #1
it's quite a big FAFO moment Skittles 6 hrs ago #2
Isn't it though Rebl2 6 hrs ago #3
It's too late for him to take it back. Aristus 5 hrs ago #6
the one thing he can do Skittles 5 hrs ago #9
Recommended. H2O Man 6 hrs ago #4
If Turnip contends the "Russia thing" was a hoax, can't Comey use the discovery phase to bring all the results of that eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #7
One of the H2O Man 5 hrs ago #12
PATRICK FITZGERALD?? The one who brought the indictments for the Plame leaks? SSJVegeta 5 hrs ago #8
They are close friends. H2O Man 5 hrs ago #10
Birds of a feather SSJVegeta 5 hrs ago #11
Right. H2O Man 5 hrs ago #13
"Honorable"? mr715 4 hrs ago #15
You certainly H2O Man 4 hrs ago #16
I have to agree with Mr715 Dave says 4 hrs ago #17
That's fine. H2O Man 4 hrs ago #18
So if a football team ... Dave says 4 hrs ago #19
Ha! H2O Man 4 hrs ago #20
Look on the bright side: at least he'll get his day in court. W_HAMILTON 6 hrs ago #5
yes Skittles 5 hrs ago #14

Skittles

(167,707 posts)
2. it's quite a big FAFO moment
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:42 PM
6 hrs ago

him getting fucked by the same tyrant he helped to install into the White House

Skittles

(167,707 posts)
9. the one thing he can do
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:47 PM
5 hrs ago

is come clean with the American people regarding what he knows about Donald Fucking Trump - the stuff he withheld while dishing crap about Hillary

H2O Man

(77,979 posts)
4. Recommended.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:50 PM
6 hrs ago

It will actually be a good thing for us. First, the judge is very likely to toss it at the first pre-trial hearing on motions. It is that weak. Second, if pre-trial continues, Mr. Comey's legal team -- reportedly led by Patrick Fitzgerald -- can do depositions with a number of people that the administration does not want deposed. More, they do not want Mr. Comey to testify in a case that is as weak as any federal case could be. Mr. Comey is an honorable man.

eppur_se_muova

(40,108 posts)
7. If Turnip contends the "Russia thing" was a hoax, can't Comey use the discovery phase to bring all the results of that
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:11 PM
5 hrs ago

investigation -- including the unredacted Mueller Report (weren't there *two* volumes?) into the arena of public discourse again ?

Now, THAT would be an interesting development.

H2O Man

(77,979 posts)
12. One of the
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:57 PM
5 hrs ago

things that I think is important is "the Russian thing" was an investigation of three people associated in the felon's campaign. The felon was not investigated until the day after th felon fired Mr. Comey. This, of course, is why Mr. Comey hadn't mentioned that the felon was being investigated during the campaign. Lots of people assume that he somehow had, as the felon hints, or that he should have announced an investigation that wasn't happening.

There are a number of doors that could be opened here. And the admini9stration cannot afford even what appears to be a small door, because small doors often lead to large rooms.

SSJVegeta

(1,586 posts)
8. PATRICK FITZGERALD?? The one who brought the indictments for the Plame leaks?
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:32 PM
5 hrs ago

This is... very interesting!

SSJVegeta

(1,586 posts)
11. Birds of a feather
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:54 PM
5 hrs ago

Like you said. Comey is a man of honor. This fact alone -that Fitzgerald is his attorney, is probably a big reason folks like Bondi are trying distance themselves as much as possible (only as much as would allow her to keep her job, of course)

H2O Man

(77,979 posts)
13. Right.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:02 PM
5 hrs ago

I know that Patrick has been aware of and following the felon's attacks on Jim Comey since May of 2016. That alone provides Fitzgerald with enough to convince the judge -- who is an honorable man -- to toss the case. (I think back to when Nixon said that Manson was guilty, and the problems that could have caused. But the felon is not a student of even recent history.)

mr715

(1,998 posts)
15. "Honorable"?
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:17 PM
4 hrs ago

He isn't an honorable man. He is a man that writes his own PR.

He is honorable in the same way as Liz Cheney is honorable.

I would describe him, at best, as a conflicted man.

Dave says

(5,254 posts)
17. I have to agree with Mr715
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:30 PM
4 hrs ago

At best, Comey is a conflicted man. He brought this scourge upon us (Trump), at least as much as anyone else (beside Trump himself).

H2O Man

(77,979 posts)
18. That's fine.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:37 PM
4 hrs ago

I know that many here blame him for the felon's 2016 win. I do not. Just like the winning candidate and their campaign own the victory, the losing candidate and their campaign owns the loss. And just as in sports, it is only the losing side who needs excuses and points the finger of blame elsewhere.

Dave says

(5,254 posts)
19. So if a football team ...
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:40 PM
4 hrs ago

… refused to surrender the ball if they failed to pass the 10 yard mark at 4th down, it would be the fault of the defending team for failing to stop them? One plays within the boundaries of norms, the other does not. And unexpectedly at that point (2016 campaign).

H2O Man

(77,979 posts)
20. Ha!
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:52 PM
4 hrs ago

Funny.

If you want a good example, you have to turn to the Great Sport -- the one that all of life imitates. Almost without exception, the "experts" including sports writers predicted that heavyweight champion Charles "Sonny" Liston would easily flatten challenger Cassius Clay in less than two rounds. Most said in one. Of course, Clay -- who was actually Cassius X before stepping into the ring, but would not announce that until the following day -- beat Liston in a great fight. Thus, all of the said experts had to start making excuses -- it was "fixed," or Sonny was 90 years old.

W_HAMILTON

(9,559 posts)
5. Look on the bright side: at least he'll get his day in court.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:52 PM
6 hrs ago

Whereas that fucker Comey verbally indicted Hillary by chastising her in a press conference to announce that there was no grounds to charge her -- one of the MULTIPLE times he broke DOJ/FBI precedent to go out of his way to hurt her.

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