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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 12:32 AM Jun 2017

Any lawyers on here? Why are the talking heads saying Comey would be in legal trouble if

he believed the Con was guilty of Obstruction of justice when he asked him to lay off the investigation of Flynn? Does he not have the right to further investigate his opinion to feel confident in making a formal complaint?

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Any lawyers on here? Why are the talking heads saying Comey would be in legal trouble if (Original Post) napi21 Jun 2017 OP
Because they're talking 'heads.' elleng Jun 2017 #1
Good answer. They're not constitutional lawyers, either. Warpy Jun 2017 #2
Oh, it's a bullshit talking point jberryhill Jun 2017 #3
Because.. sarah FAILIN Jun 2017 #4
It seems to be the latest pro Trumpf talking point. hedda_foil Jun 2017 #5
Because the talking heads use their heads for talking and not thinking. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #6
Thank you all. That's pretty much what I thought but I questioned myself when so many of them napi21 Jun 2017 #7
Righties are claiming Comey would be guilty of a crime creeksneakers2 Jun 2017 #8
Who would Comey report the obstruct to? Jefferson Beauregard Sessions? csziggy Jun 2017 #9

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
2. Good answer. They're not constitutional lawyers, either.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 12:43 AM
Jun 2017

If they're grumbling about things like "failure to prosecute," they don't know anything about building a case with corroborating witnesses and forensic evidence.

If it's on TV, it's crap.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
3. Oh, it's a bullshit talking point
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 12:52 AM
Jun 2017

Yeah, and they arrest the bank teller for handing the cash over to an armed robber.

What nonsense.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
4. Because..
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 12:55 AM
Jun 2017

Somewhere in previous testimony he was asked something about it and he said he wasn't being coerced . No I don't have a link and I'm not wasting time looking for it, but he had worded what he said in a cagey way that will keep him from being in trouble. JMO on that last part.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
5. It seems to be the latest pro Trumpf talking point.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 01:07 AM
Jun 2017

Along the lines of "if you thought he was so bad why didn't you leave?" It's bogus nonsense that the cons on the committee Thursday will no doubt bring up ad infinitum.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
6. Because the talking heads use their heads for talking and not thinking.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 01:40 AM
Jun 2017

Comey didn't "do anything" when SCROTUS asked him to lay off the investigation *because Comey was the fucking FBI*! And he probably wanted to carefully memorialize their conversations with an eye to investigating further.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
7. Thank you all. That's pretty much what I thought but I questioned myself when so many of them
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 02:55 AM
Jun 2017

were saying the same thing. I''m not an atty. but the law has always fascinated me. Most of the time, I find if something doesn't make sense it''s wrong, as in this case.

creeksneakers2

(7,473 posts)
8. Righties are claiming Comey would be guilty of a crime
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 12:13 AM
Jun 2017

called misprision of felony is he failed to report obstruction. Its all bullshit.

'Total nonsense': Legal experts debunk 'uninformed' theory that Comey could be subject to legal jeopardy for withholding memo

http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-legal-trouble-withholding-memo-total-nonsense-2017-5

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
9. Who would Comey report the obstruct to? Jefferson Beauregard Sessions?
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 12:29 AM
Jun 2017


As the chief law enforcement officer in the country Comey's only choice was to report to the Attorney General who was and still is suspected of being a participant in the crimes Comey was investigating. Comey's "chain of command" was the AG, then the President. Both were and are involved in this Russian meddling scandal.

It is ludicrous to think that Comey would have had to report to one of the suspects.

creeksneakers2, I am not laughing at you, just at the righties who are delusional enough to think Comey had a requirement to report Trump's crime to someone else.
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