- Wed May 10, 2017 8:48 pm
#87175
More evidence Trump fired Comey over Russia probe and not job performance as he claims.
Trump claimed that this was initiated by the Assistant AG and Trump simply agreed with the Assistant AGs evaluation and fired Comey. Now we know that is a lie.
The Washington Post was told by a White House official:
"The president already had decided to fire Comey, according to this person. But in the meeting, several White House officials said Trump gave Sessions and Rosenstein a directive: to explain in writing the case against Comey.
The pair quickly fulfilled the boss’s orders, and the next day Trump fired Comey — a breathtaking move that thrust a White House already accustomed to chaos into a new level of tumult, one that has legal as well as political consequences.
Rosenstein threatened to resign after the narrative emerging from the White House on Tuesday evening cast him as a prime mover of the decision to fire Comey and that the president acted only on his recommendation, said the person close to the White House, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter."-Washington Post May 10, 2017
"But the private accounts of more than 30 officials at the White House, the Justice Department, the FBI and on Capitol Hill, as well as Trump confidants and other senior Republicans, paint a conflicting narrative centered on the president’s brewing personal animus toward Comey. Many of those interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to candidly discuss internal deliberations.
Trump was angry that Comey would not support his baseless claim that President Barack Obama had his campaign offices wiretapped."-Wa Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... 7571769b90
Read the entire article. It's frightening and should concern every American.
30 supporting sources. Criminy.
Trump claimed that this was initiated by the Assistant AG and Trump simply agreed with the Assistant AGs evaluation and fired Comey. Now we know that is a lie.
The Washington Post was told by a White House official:
"The president already had decided to fire Comey, according to this person. But in the meeting, several White House officials said Trump gave Sessions and Rosenstein a directive: to explain in writing the case against Comey.
The pair quickly fulfilled the boss’s orders, and the next day Trump fired Comey — a breathtaking move that thrust a White House already accustomed to chaos into a new level of tumult, one that has legal as well as political consequences.
Rosenstein threatened to resign after the narrative emerging from the White House on Tuesday evening cast him as a prime mover of the decision to fire Comey and that the president acted only on his recommendation, said the person close to the White House, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter."-Washington Post May 10, 2017
"But the private accounts of more than 30 officials at the White House, the Justice Department, the FBI and on Capitol Hill, as well as Trump confidants and other senior Republicans, paint a conflicting narrative centered on the president’s brewing personal animus toward Comey. Many of those interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to candidly discuss internal deliberations.
Trump was angry that Comey would not support his baseless claim that President Barack Obama had his campaign offices wiretapped."-Wa Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... 7571769b90
Read the entire article. It's frightening and should concern every American.
30 supporting sources. Criminy.
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