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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:40 AM Jun 2017

Ryan: It was 'obviously' inappropriate for Trump to ask Comey for loyalty

Source: The Hill

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Wednesday that it was "obviously" inappropriate for President Trump to ask for former FBI Director James Comey's loyalty.

"Obviously, I don't think that it is," Ryan told MSNBC's Greta Van Susteren, when asked whether he thought it was appropriate for a president to ask for an FBI director's loyalty.

Ryan's comments came hours after Comey's opening statement for his Thursday testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee was made public. In the statement, Comey recounts a one-on-one dinner with Trump at the White House in January, in which the president told him, "'I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.'"

According to his account, Comey explained why the FBI director should remain independent and not pledge his loyalty to the president, telling him that doing so could cause problems for the president down the line.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/336870-ryan-it-was-obviously-inappropriate-for-trump-to-ask-comey-for

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Ryan: It was 'obviously' inappropriate for Trump to ask Comey for loyalty (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2017 OP
"But I'm not going to do anything about it, until my puppet master says so." C Moon Jun 2017 #1
Because When Trump Asked for Ryan's Loyalty... TomCADem Jun 2017 #2
"But I'm not going to do anything about it until moonscape Jun 2017 #3
Ryan let him do it, he knew! and didn't say a damn thing until it was made public! Sunlei Jun 2017 #4
Ok, Ryan, area51 Jun 2017 #5
Yep, so it deserves a firm finger wag at Donald Kablooie Jun 2017 #6
Yes, and twenty lashes with a wet noodle if that doesn't work. yellowcanine Jun 2017 #8
It was more than "inappropriate", it was illegal. Hugin Jun 2017 #7

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
3. "But I'm not going to do anything about it until
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:51 AM
Jun 2017

I have destroyed ACA, passed an odious tax 'reform' bill, and passed a regressive budget.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
4. Ryan let him do it, he knew! and didn't say a damn thing until it was made public!
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:57 AM
Jun 2017

Pence too, TWICE both Ryan and Pence knew trump was alone with the FBI director. They probably knew trump called him several times as well.

area51

(11,912 posts)
5. Ok, Ryan,
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:07 AM
Jun 2017

you know fscking well if it'd been Obama who said that, you'd be screaming for impeachment.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
6. Yep, so it deserves a firm finger wag at Donald
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:18 AM
Jun 2017

And then they can put it behind them and get on with killing citizens for fun and profit.

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