Comey's dilemma

[Henry Hawk]

A point of view from a friend of mine....


If, as former FBI Director Comey now claims, President Trump obstructed justice by asking Comey to end the probe of Mike Flynn, then Comey himself also obstructed justice by not immediately reporting the crime to the Department of Justice. And yes, it is a crime, even if you are President, to obstruct justice and yes, it is also a crime to fail to report it to the proper authorities immediately.


If, on the other hand, it was not a request at all and no attempt was made to obstruct justice, then Comey was not obligated to report it and committed no crime. But that in turn also means that the latest flap has no merit and that Comey is a sore loser and a fraud.

[Locutus]

Hank, do you remember what happened as a direct result of Nixon trying to screw around with the FBI?

[Henry Hawk]

Hank, do you remember what happened as a direct result of Nixon trying to screw around with the FBI?

And let's break this down.........according to the "memo" Trump allegedly said "I hope you can let this go,"...that doesn't sound like a direct order or even a order of any magnitude.  It sounds like he is HOPING. 

Let's just slow down a tad a let these FACTS roll in.  YOU guys are so blatantly obvious with your bias....it is kind of embarrassing.

you want so badly for SOMETHING to stick....and the media is so pissed and outraged at this POTUS.....it is kind of sad for our Nation.

btw, have you noticed the stock market tanking....merely because of the slightest implication that our media is projecting such hatred that our investors are not liking this at all.

Leave the man alone, let him do his job that he was elected to do and good things will happen.  Keep it up and bad things will follow.

[Locutus]

You never answered my question.

Do you remember Richard Nixon's 'gift' for screwing around with the FBI in the exact same manner that Trump appears to have done?

You're more adamant in your defense than some republicans in Congress are. 

[Henry Hawk]

You never answered my question.

Do you remember Richard Nixon's 'gift' for screwing around with the FBI in the exact same manner that Trump appears to have done?

You're more adamant in your defense than some republicans in Congress are. 

Let me ask you something, do you know the facts?  I'll answer for you.......NO.

Let's wait and see.....then let's discuss.

[Locutus]

LOL!

Of course I don't know any other facts than you do. 

Now what was Nixon's gift for screwing around with the FBI?

Do you remember what happened?

[me]

Hum, remember this?


https://www.youtube.com/v/pLQrM30z4s8

[Exterminator]

Hum, remember this?

That's not what we're talking about, stupid.

[Locutus]

That's not what we're talking about, stupid.

No, it's not, and I'm still waiting on Hank's answer. 

[Henry Hawk]

No, it's not, and I'm still waiting on Hank's answer. 

Wait all you want.. ...I'm not playing your game.  I'm also not even going down the road of this BS (trying to compare this to wagergate  ) .....because that is all this is...BS.  The dems are imploding and they will completely disintegrate when they don't get their way on this fiasco. 

[Locutus]

Wait all you want.. ...I'm not playing your game.  I'm also not even going down the road of this BS (trying to compare this to wagergate  ) .....because that is all this is...BS.  The dems are imploding and they will completely disintegrate when they don't get their way on this fiasco. 

I'm not trying to compare this to Watergate at all.  I'm just asking you what was introduced to that whole Watergate situation as a direct result of Nixon trying to mess around with the FBI.

Do you remember what it is or do you want me to tell you?

[me]

That's not what we're talking about, stupid.

But that's part of it since this all started over Trump firing Comey and whether he had a right to then they had to move on to find something else to nail him with since he did have a right to fire him.

[Locutus]

But that's part of it since this all started over Trump firing Comey and whether he had a right to then they had to move on to find something else to nail him with since he did have a right to fire him.

Can't you follow a discussion?  Nowhere has anyone said that it wasn't within Trump's purview to fire the FBI director.  It most certainly wasn't a sensible thing to do, especially now that he's going to have a special counsel crawl up his ass with a microscope, but it was certainly was within his power as president to do it. 

Since Hank won't answer, do you know what a direct result was when Richard Nixon started trying to mess around with the FBI?

[Henry Hawk]

I'm not trying to compare this to Watergate at all.  I'm just asking you what was introduced to that whole Watergate situation as a direct result of Nixon trying to mess around with the FBI.

Do you remember what it is or do you want me to tell you?

I'm sure you are going for "obstruction of justice"

[Locutus]

I'm sure you are going for "obstruction of justice"

Nope.   Not at all.

The answer I was looking for is one of the biggest leakers of all time.

Deep Throat.

Deep Throat was a direct result of Nixon's attempts to rein in an FBI investigation, and it eventually brought him down.  Deep Throat was, after all, the number two man st the FBI at the time.

There are plenty of people in the FBI who aren't happy with what Trump has done, and they can fuck with him pretty good if they choose to do so.