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Sally Yates! (Original Post) janx Dec 2017 OP
Yaaaas shenmue Dec 2017 #1
Go ahead Trump, keep pissing off the F.B.I. nt oasis Dec 2017 #2
Worse yet, he is violating his oath of office. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #15
Yes maam! DangerousUrNot Dec 2017 #3
My thoughts exactly! janx Dec 2017 #4
K&R... spanone Dec 2017 #5
I'm with Madame Yates leanforward Dec 2017 #6
Right on! Sally! burrowowl Dec 2017 #7
Trump really.... SergeStorms Dec 2017 #8
Yates 2020 DesertRat Dec 2017 #9
I'd like to see her as VP in 2020 Merlot Dec 2017 #12
Amen! SWBTATTReg Dec 2017 #25
Damn Skippy FirstLight Dec 2017 #10
Wonder how the NY FBI outfit is feeling right about now... Proud of themselves? Tatiana Dec 2017 #11
If he keeps crapping on the FBI we won't even have to suggest they do this: catbyte Dec 2017 #13
Love it!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Dec 2017 #18
Oh hell yeah! maranadem Dec 2017 #27
There is a sub-text: L. Coyote Dec 2017 #14
Hmmmmmmmm................... MyOwnPeace Dec 2017 #19
LOL. In a solid gold frame! LOL. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #20
I like Sally Yates but let's not over-glorify the FBI. They have done some bad things. StevieM Dec 2017 #16
We must not fall into the same trap and confuse individuals with "the FBI" itself. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #21
James Comey was the head of the FBI. He deliberately torpedoed the Democratic candidate StevieM Dec 2017 #22
Comey isn't the one who released the secret memo to the Congressional Comm. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #23
Comey had no right to send the letter. I blame both him and Chaffetz. StevieM Dec 2017 #24
"Everyday I believe more in karma." ChiTownDenny Dec 2017 #28
Welcome to DU, ChiTownDenny! calimary Dec 2017 #30
Hi calimary! ChiTownDenny Dec 2017 #33
Thank you, Ms. Yates Achilleaze Dec 2017 #17
Madame Yates, saidsimplesimon Dec 2017 #26
I don't like the FBI generally. alarimer Dec 2017 #29
Sally Yates for the first woman FBI Director, if she doesn't run for the Senate first. marble falls Dec 2017 #31
i hope she runs for office. we need strong voices of integrity like hers in office! Takket Dec 2017 #32

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. Worse yet, he is violating his oath of office.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 02:47 AM
Dec 2017

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

leanforward

(1,077 posts)
6. I'm with Madame Yates
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 12:32 AM
Dec 2017

Ma'am, how would you like your coffee or tea?

What the current administration has done to get into office is treason.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
8. Trump really....
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:11 AM
Dec 2017

stepped on his dick with that stupid tweet. What am I saying! Trump hasn't seen his dick in decades, except in a mirror.....maybe. Donnie's little mushroom cap is hiding under all that "stored energy" from his McDonald's pig-outs. I swear, the guy has put on 20 lbs. since his "most attended inauguration in history".

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
12. I'd like to see her as VP in 2020
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:47 AM
Dec 2017

Only because she hasn't held elected office before (as far as I know).

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
11. Wonder how the NY FBI outfit is feeling right about now... Proud of themselves?
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:36 AM
Dec 2017

And where's Giuliani? He all but disappeared after failing to land a plum cabinet post. Let's not forget that Comey was looking into the leaks to Giuliani before he was fired...

“Did I hear about it? You’re darn right I heard about it,” said Giuliani, a prominent Trump surrogate and former New York City mayor. He added that he had expected the news to come out weeks before.

Comey said he didn’t yet know whether anyone in the FBI had leaked information about the investigation to Giuliani or others, but it was a matter that he was “very very interested in.”

“If I find out that people were leaking information about our investigations, whether to reporters or to private parties, there will be severe consequences,” he told Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

“But you are looking into it?” Leahy asked.

“Correct,” Comey replied. He said he would let the committee know the findings of this investigation, although he might not release them publicly.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-rudy-giuliani-leaks_us_5909f5a8e4b02655f84300fc

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
16. I like Sally Yates but let's not over-glorify the FBI. They have done some bad things.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 03:01 AM
Dec 2017

Especially in the last election.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
21. We must not fall into the same trap and confuse individuals with "the FBI" itself.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 12:17 PM
Dec 2017

There are actions individuals take and there are official acts of government. Some people abusing their positions is very different than the FBI abusing its authority. Trump is attacking the institution for political reasons and that is simply wrong. Don't do the same thing and criticize him in the same breath.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
22. James Comey was the head of the FBI. He deliberately torpedoed the Democratic candidate
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:11 PM
Dec 2017

in order to get a Republican elected.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
23. Comey isn't the one who released the secret memo to the Congressional Comm.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:22 PM
Dec 2017

Place the blame where it belongs.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
24. Comey had no right to send the letter. I blame both him and Chaffetz.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:36 PM
Dec 2017

And he absolutely knew it would be leaked. There was no other plausible outcome to his actions.

The sending of the letter was unnecessary and illegitimate.

 

ChiTownDenny

(747 posts)
28. "Everyday I believe more in karma."
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 02:18 PM
Dec 2017

Hillary Clinton's recent words couldn't be more apropos. Personally, I'm enjoying watching the FBI and Trump duke it out in public.

calimary

(81,514 posts)
30. Welcome to DU, ChiTownDenny!
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 08:12 PM
Dec 2017

Wasn't that a great quote?! Epic! Who's having the last laugh now, donald?

One other thing I feel compelled to point out: consider how adult her response has been. How measured, and thoughtful it is. Even presidential. She's been a genuine class act through all of this and hasn't stooped down to the mud-wrestling level that has long been trump's default position. I keep finding myself thinking - "gee, who's the grown-up here?!"

 

ChiTownDenny

(747 posts)
33. Hi calimary!
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:42 PM
Dec 2017

Thanks for the welcome. I've lurked, then posted, then boycotted, then lurked, and am now posting again. The primary wars were just disgusting...here and everywhere...thus the boycott. I don't know why Democrats need to eat their own in order to nominate a presidential candidate. (And then don't vote because their candidate didn't win the nomination!)
And yup, Hillary is certainly a thoughtful grown-up.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
26. Madame Yates,
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 02:02 PM
Dec 2017

this tune is for you. Sorry, not your genre

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