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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 04:33 PM Sep 2017

WH Pushes Back On Bannon, Says Trump 'Was Right In Firing' Comey As FBI Head

Source: Talking Points Memo




By ESME CRIBB Published SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 3:27 PM

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday pushed back on ousted White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s claim that President Donald Trump’s decision to fire James Comey as director of the FBI was the biggest mistake in “modern political history.”

“I think that we’ve been pretty clear what our position is, and certainly I think that that has been shown in the days that followed, that the President was right in firing Director Comey,” Sanders said during her daily briefing.

She claimed that since Trump terminated Comey, the White House has “learned new information about his conduct that only provided further justification for that firing.”

Sanders claimed those justifications included “giving false testimony” and “leaking privileged information to journalists.” When pressed, she declined to provide further details: “I’m not an attorney.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-sanders-bannon-trump-firing-comey

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WH Pushes Back On Bannon, Says Trump 'Was Right In Firing' Comey As FBI Head (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Sep 2017 #1
The WH should have more important things to do then get in a public pissing match with Bannon Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #2
Comey didn't leak "classified" or "privileged" information. It was HIS memo, and he intentionally Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #3
Fools. MontanaMama Sep 2017 #4
gawd I hope they get in a pissing match rurallib Sep 2017 #5
Baghdad Barbie ... NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #6
She claimed Comey gave false testimony. He should sue her. nt pnwmom Sep 2017 #7
Severely disappointed that CBS gave that racist pig a stage mdbl Sep 2017 #8
To answer your first question -- yes JonLP24 Sep 2017 #9
Same Here ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #11
If she's accusing Comey leftynyc Sep 2017 #10
LOL - putting this here, just because OKNancy Sep 2017 #12

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Freethinker65

(10,048 posts)
2. The WH should have more important things to do then get in a public pissing match with Bannon
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 04:44 PM
Sep 2017

SHS just opened herself and the WH to a mess of questions that could have easily been avoided. She now personally claimed to have evidence against Comey.....where did she get that evidence? (if she did not just pull it out of her ass or some alt-right bullshit site) where is her proof? (Sounds a bit like Trump and his Obama wiretapping claims)

If no evidence exists, she should lawyer up.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. Comey didn't leak "classified" or "privileged" information. It was HIS memo, and he intentionally
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:01 PM
Sep 2017

wrote it so that it wouldn't be classified, was the testimony. Smart man.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
4. Fools.
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:06 PM
Sep 2017

Why dispute what an ex-coworker is saying. Makes them look weak and stupid. In other news, isn't it ironic that SHS is critical of Bannon's "giving false testimony"? Project much, Sarah?

rurallib

(62,448 posts)
5. gawd I hope they get in a pissing match
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:15 PM
Sep 2017

and somebody says something indictable or that leads to new avenues of investigation.

NanceGreggs

(27,817 posts)
6. Baghdad Barbie ...
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:22 PM
Sep 2017

... is just confused.

It wasn't Comey who leaked privileged information to journalists - it was Trump who handed over classified information to the Russians.

Details, details.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
8. Severely disappointed that CBS gave that racist pig a stage
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 07:05 PM
Sep 2017

Last edited Tue Sep 12, 2017, 07:10 AM - Edit history (1)

Then i saw on CBS news this morning Gayle King all giddy about the Charlie Rose interview. Is she a complete moron? Does she know he is the biggest racist to sit in our white house? Won't watch CBS anymore.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
9. To answer your first question -- yes
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:03 PM
Sep 2017

John Oliver often shows clips of her saying ridiculous things.

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
11. Same Here
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:13 AM
Sep 2017

And, since he's not an insider(officially) and got fired (no matter what they claim) and he's now a member of the news media (so to speak), why would he even be interviewed?

CBS going for expanding their viewership into the radical right who already doesn't believe they tell the truth?

Stupid decision

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
10. If she's accusing Comey
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 07:40 AM
Sep 2017

of giving false testimony, why hasn't be been charged with a crime? That's the FIRST question that should be asked today. Comey should sue her pathetic ass for defamation.

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