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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:10 AM Jun 2017

Trump under investigation despite "Complete vindication" tweet

BY GRAHAM LANKTREE ON 6/9/17 AT 9:25 AM

President Donald Trump has expressed relief even after fired FBI Director James Comey testified that Trump had pressed him to drop an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

“Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” the president tweeted early Friday.

Yet the president hasn’t been as completely vindicated as he says. During his testimony former FBI Director James Comey said he is “sure” Trump is being investigated for obstruction of justice by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller, also a former FBI chief, was one of Comey’s mentors at the bureau.

Trump reportedly told his legal team “I was right,” after watching 45 minutes of Comey’s testimony with his lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday, according to The New York Times.

Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. went on the offensive with a stream of tweets calling Comey’s character into question and later appeared on Sean Hannity ’s show on Fox News to declare that his father’s legal woes were now over.

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http://www.newsweek.com/trump-under-investigation-despite-complete-vindication-tweet-623558

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Solly Mack

(90,780 posts)
3. At the time. Trump wasn't under investigation - at the time - Trump asked Comey.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:23 AM
Jun 2017

Trump wasn't under investigation - at the time - Comey was STILL FBI director.

That was May 9th. This is June 9th. Comey was fired May 9th.

Things change.

So, yeah, Mueller is now investigating Trump. Especially since Trump fired Comey and said - on TV - that he fired Comey because of the Russian investigation into his campaign and his friends.

Trump and his lawyer are posturing.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
5. Trump's reality disconnect could not be more complete.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:35 AM
Jun 2017

That is a very dangerous situation. He lives in a bubble of his own making.



And they are selling the bubble on the T-V.


 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
6. He acts like the investigations are over
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:41 AM
Jun 2017

Idiot.

I want to see what the Treasury investigation reveals.
My hunch is that this filthy family is neck deep in dirty Russian money.

procon

(15,805 posts)
7. It appears that the whole Trump bunch is a bit short on brains.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 10:47 AM
Jun 2017

Comey didn't talk about whether Trump is under investigation for any connection to Russia's meddling in the U.S. election. He testified under oath that the president tried repeatedly to interfere in that investigation and seek a carve out to protect Flynn.

So far it looks like he's only been able to get his two beetle-browed sons and his paid family lawyer to back up that assumption and publicly defend him.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
9. I am not so sure that "Comey was "sure" trump was being investigated...certainly sure Mueller would
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:21 AM
Jun 2017

come to it if appropriate.

Burr: ..."In your estimation, was General Flynn, at that time, in serious legal jeopardy? And in addition to that, do you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice, or just seek for a way for Mike Flynn to save face, given he had already been fired?"

Comey: "...I don’t think it’s for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that’s a conclusion I’m sure the special counsel will work towards, to try and understand what the intention was there, and whether that’s an offense."


MANCHIN: Do you believe this will rise to obstruction of justice?

COMEY: I don’t know. That — that’s Bob Mueller’s job to sort that out.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
11. sounds promising
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:43 AM
Jun 2017

This Mueller guys sounds promising, former FBI director. He and Comey are likely on the same page, protecting the integrity of FBI which would lead to inevitable conviction of trump, the greatest con artist of our time. The new fbi director is a suspect and may obstruct justice but this would be revealed too. All of fbi top level staff is with Comey, cant fire them all.

It seems that trump got himself cornered and see the only way out is to discredit both FBI and CIA and that is very hard if impossible to do at this point.

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