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brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:53 AM Apr 2018

ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss

Source: Axios

A source present at the taping says James Comey's interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, airing Sunday at 10 p.m. as a "20/20" special, is "going to shock the president and his team."

The source said Comey's comments, in his first interview since being fired by President Trump last May, will generate headlines and "certainly add more meat to the charges swirling around Trump."

In an ABC promo, Stephanopoulos says Comey compared Trump to a mob boss.

According to the source:
- The Comey interview left people in the room stunned — he told George things that he’s never said before.
- Some described the experience as surreal. The question will be how to fit it all into a one-hour show.
- Comey answered every question.
- If anyone wonders if Comey will go there, he goes there.



Read more: https://www.axios.com/preview-of-exclusive-abc-interview-with-james-comey-1523413777-c6002b59-9545-4329-9734-92ffcc70cfef.html

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ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2018 OP
Damn! jpak Apr 2018 #1
Trump is becoming inceasingly desperate, consequectly increasingly more dangerous. olegramps Apr 2018 #36
Setting the DVR now! SunSeeker Apr 2018 #2
So am I, but please remind True Blue American Apr 2018 #15
Awesome! laserhaas Apr 2018 #3
Yikes (5 exclamation points) - Must See TeeVee. lamp_shade Apr 2018 #4
Great! Maxheader Apr 2018 #5
We've long known he was a Mobster Civic Justice Apr 2018 #6
Makes you wonder if this Trainwreck is almost over.. RightiswrongTn Apr 2018 #7
No it's not over oswaldactedalone Apr 2018 #25
I'm guessing Cha Apr 2018 #52
No. WHY did FBI Director Comey do it? This is huge. Hortensis Apr 2018 #53
Trump is a mob boss. dalton99a Apr 2018 #8
Yeah but his crew is pretty small PJMcK Apr 2018 #14
He would be the worst mob boss IronLionZion Apr 2018 #33
So this is all about ratings. Tune in to ABC. Freethinker65 Apr 2018 #9
20/20 vs 60 Minutes BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #16
And both full of pretty damn good journalism Blue_playwright Apr 2018 #28
Nothing wrong with ratings Roy Rolling Apr 2018 #30
Stupidfuckodous BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #35
Yep! mountain grammy Apr 2018 #27
Absolutely! llmart Apr 2018 #31
Comey can rail against Trump but he made Trump possible. gordianot Apr 2018 #10
Mueller has to Act Now... with a resounding Charge, that prohibits Trump from... Civic Justice Apr 2018 #11
It's just too bad that Comey didn't "go there" in October 2016. catbyte Apr 2018 #12
+1. No Comey memo, no President Trump. dalton99a Apr 2018 #18
+ a million lunamagica Apr 2018 #20
Comey completely destroyed Clinton's campaign, between getting the FBI involved in what should have StevieM Apr 2018 #45
not to mention....why did it take trump becoming pres to get questionseverything Apr 2018 #48
It is no surprise Timmygoat Apr 2018 #13
That is pretty bad when you get kicked True Blue American Apr 2018 #17
Brothel? True Blue American Apr 2018 #19
How did Bloomberg get the last name wrong - Drumph not Trump. marble falls Apr 2018 #22
Those articles gained NO traction in 2016, and no visibility bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #26
2 Generations True Blue American Apr 2018 #39
The whole mess is starting to come down. I'm calling him Don cheetolini from now on.... marble falls Apr 2018 #21
I kind of wish he wouldnt do that right now. tavernier Apr 2018 #23
I wouldnt be surprised if its coordinated... Blue_playwright Apr 2018 #29
I'm assuming cannabis_flower Apr 2018 #24
OK now I am going to have to watch the interview. nt avebury Apr 2018 #32
We're inviting some pro-Trumper friends to a TV watching party Sunday night.... marble falls Apr 2018 #34
Hide the breakables first. True Blue American Apr 2018 #38
I've thought about a valium in their scotch. marble falls Apr 2018 #40
Vicodin True Blue American Apr 2018 #41
Just happen to have two left from my old prescription.... marble falls Apr 2018 #42
One knocked me flat. True Blue American Apr 2018 #43
The steroids I got made me gain weight just looking at pictures of iceberg lettuce... marble falls Apr 2018 #44
Oh, yeah! True Blue American Apr 2018 #46
I'll make a report Monday. I expect a scene like the old EST marathons... marble falls Apr 2018 #47
I'm very much looking forward to seeing this. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #37
About time someone in the position of influence said it. honest.abe Apr 2018 #49
Kick Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #50
Too bad Crutchez_CuiBono Apr 2018 #51
Trump isn't a mob boss. He's a wannabe mob boss. WhoWoodaKnew Apr 2018 #54
Comey is really insulting mob bosses with this comparison. Julian Englis Apr 2018 #55

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
36. Trump is becoming inceasingly desperate, consequectly increasingly more dangerous.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:55 AM
Apr 2018

His attempts to deflect over the entirety of his term in office has created a chaotic maelstrom. The danger is that he has increasingly appointed people to positions who are inapt as their boss. The generals who could have a measure of control over this loose cannon have left creating a void of reason and restraint. My hope is that the Joint Chefs of Staff disregard any attempt by this madman to bring about a catastrophic war. This man must be removed from power for the sake of all humanity.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
5. Great!
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:10 AM
Apr 2018

Things liberals always expected and will strengthen our resolve to get rid of it and its cohorts.
For the righthand jobs that love cheetoz...it will all be lies...

 

Civic Justice

(870 posts)
6. We've long known he was a Mobster
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:10 AM
Apr 2018
http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/2848189-no-way-madness-can-continue.html


Evil knows no bound, it will seek by any means to infect and destroy anything, and bring ruins to the American people, by any means it can.

This level of madness.... is being supported by a Rabid Right Wing Congress, who's vile is without limits, as if they are a force of evil out to attack the very heart of what is America.

What's more, The nature of Trump and the collusive Treasonous Gang Trump has assembled, have brought out and exposed the bias, bigotry and those who cling to historical racism, as well as those who play upon religion to push their agenda of bias, bigotry and racism as has been done by the Right Wing Evangelicals for centuries in this nation. It's like the march of the "Anti Christ Like Conduct" that is setting up for the worlds greatest calamities known to the human existence.
But, what it shows to the world, is the vile that has always been within the American Right Wing Mentality.

We can expect that "The World of Nations", will not sit idle and allow the mad man and his gang of fools bring ruin to the entire world of nations. "No Way This Madness Can Continue"

Nation after nation and the links of Allies Around the Globe, are looking with total disbelief that America could sink so low so fast.
 

RightiswrongTn

(92 posts)
7. Makes you wonder if this Trainwreck is almost over..
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:17 AM
Apr 2018

Let's hope so..weary of if all. At least Mueller has shown through his actions that it will go on. With or without him. Seems he has paved the way back to good. Repugs don't act on evidence, they will be gone, then whoever is left will get rid of Dunce. They do the right thing and can Trumpf, they and Shitler will be shown the door. After all, look at how they have covered up his mess. Bad part is, first thing Democrats need to do is cancel tax cuts, then it's back on us. Faux will have a field day with this. We didn't create it, but we will be blamed for the pain caused by cleaning it up. I

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)
25. No it's not over
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:34 AM
Apr 2018

nor will it ever be. With the right-wing control of all aspects of our media, as soon as this problem is solved, the attacks on the left will resume. Someone on the left needs to fund a series of left wing media outlets with some staying power or this thing will never end.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
53. No. WHY did FBI Director Comey do it? This is huge.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:30 AM
Apr 2018

WHY did FBI Director Comey put his career at severe risk to influence the 2016 election?

WHO did Comey conspire with to subvert our democracy? Or did this Director of the FBI just wake up one morning and think, "Hey, I think I'll betray my country today and see if I get away with it?"

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
14. Yeah but his crew is pretty small
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:43 AM
Apr 2018

His "mob" is made up of his kids and a few close associates followed by lawyers.

His consiglieri has been effectively neutered. His criminal legal team has lost its leader. His bullying techniques aren't working in D.C. Little by little, Trump is discovering that he really isn't the master of the universe.

Trump has always been a wannabe. It will be delicious to watch as he is taken down.

Freethinker65

(10,021 posts)
9. So this is all about ratings. Tune in to ABC.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:20 AM
Apr 2018

Honestly part of me really hopes Trump is taken down, in part by, media manipulation (Trump was able to manipulate the media to his advantage during his campaign).
The other part is sickened by the appearance that the media is more concerned about hype and ratings than helping save this country. If this interview was so relevant and groundbreaking, ABC would/should have already aired it.

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
28. And both full of pretty damn good journalism
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:19 AM
Apr 2018

It’s a quality get for the show. I hope Stephanopolis does it well. He seems smarmy to me much of the time.

Roy Rolling

(6,917 posts)
30. Nothing wrong with ratings
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:36 AM
Apr 2018

The dark side of ratings brought 24/7 (free) coverage of Trump and 2016 election as POTUS. The other side of ratings will feature Trump's nemesis.

I applaud the drive for ratings by providing balance. I also advocate for the Fairness Doctrine again.

llmart

(15,539 posts)
31. Absolutely!
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:38 AM
Apr 2018

Let's not forget their part in installing this idiot in the White House, ABC being the one major outlet that did his bidding the most. If you tune in lately to Good Morning America, you'll seeing them trying to shove the Roseanne show down people's throats. No thank you.

Having said that, I am all on board with anything and anybody that will blow this thing wide open causing the Trump crime family to be penniless and irrelevant.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
10. Comey can rail against Trump but he made Trump possible.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:22 AM
Apr 2018

I hope Comey shares in sleepless nights followed by the relief of another day of survival.

 

Civic Justice

(870 posts)
11. Mueller has to Act Now... with a resounding Charge, that prohibits Trump from...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:25 AM
Apr 2018

trying to remove him. Put something "heavy" on the table and do it now!!!
When Special Prosecutor Charges are Leveled Against Trump ... then he can't fire Mueller.. !!!!

Even if Mueller, has Federal State Courts in the multiple States he has committed his corruption and malice, will prohibit Trump from any further thought of firing Mueller.

Get the Charges On The Table !!!!

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
12. It's just too bad that Comey didn't "go there" in October 2016.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:40 AM
Apr 2018

He was a chief architect of this clusterfuck we're living with now.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
45. Comey completely destroyed Clinton's campaign, between getting the FBI involved in what should have
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 11:23 AM
Apr 2018

been a State Department matter, his ridiculous July press conference and his bogus October intervention based on nonsense.

2016 was Comey's election from beginning to end.

questionseverything

(9,654 posts)
48. not to mention....why did it take trump becoming pres to get
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 11:45 AM
Apr 2018

the law to look at him?

from everything they are finding now, he has been dirty forever...why was he running loose?

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
13. It is no surprise
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:42 AM
Apr 2018

If anyone takes the time to go online and research Trump's father and grandfather they will see he comes from a mob family. There
is racketeering, prostitution and many other things, his grandfather was kicked out of his homeland, none of them came over here legally. The protection racket was a big part of the history.
Do a search - Trump's father, pimp and tax evader. Or the begging letter his grandfather wrote asking not to get deported from the region of Gertmany/Bavaria they came from.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
17. That is pretty bad when you get kicked
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:07 AM
Apr 2018

Out of the Germany of long ago.

My Paternal Grandparents cane from Hanover,2 Spellings, Hannover to get away from the Kaiser..


Later he was a Pretty prosperous Farmer and House builder.

bucolic_frolic

(43,162 posts)
26. Those articles gained NO traction in 2016, and no visibility
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:35 AM
Apr 2018

2 generations is not very far back. Most of us remember our grandparents and internalized some of their ideas, emotions, personality traits. They told us to work hard, save pennies or string, set our sights high. We have memories of them.

Odd this issue of sex runs through this saga. So much public laundering (Stormy, #MeToo) at the same time as FOSTA, SESTA are enacted and Craigslist/Backpage closed or seized. Guess it's just widespread but unconnected issues, modern real time digital communications make it seem widespread but maybe it isn't.

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
21. The whole mess is starting to come down. I'm calling him Don cheetolini from now on....
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:28 AM
Apr 2018

maybe we can get Edie Falco to play Melania in the movie. Didn't Tony Soprano have a thing for Russian women?

Who's the mobster most like Don cheetolini? I think its little Nicky Scarfo. Coincidentally, Don cheetolini also calls his penis "little Nicky".

tavernier

(12,388 posts)
23. I kind of wish he wouldnt do that right now.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:32 AM
Apr 2018

Trump called him a showboat, and I’m sure his followers will double down on this. I wish he would let Mueller do his work without rocking his boat.

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
29. I wouldnt be surprised if its coordinated...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:24 AM
Apr 2018

Trump is so dumb he doesn’t know he’s dumb - he could easily blow his top and Tweet something that amounts to a confession. I wonder sometimes if these interviews aren’t coordinated to elicit a response from the orange shartcannon.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
43. One knocked me flat.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 11:16 AM
Apr 2018


A steroid shot made me clean the house, the garage, the car, the gardening shed.

Then I mowed the lawn!

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
44. The steroids I got made me gain weight just looking at pictures of iceberg lettuce...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 11:20 AM
Apr 2018

good info on the Vicodin. I'll be sure we have some coffee first.

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
47. I'll make a report Monday. I expect a scene like the old EST marathons...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 11:29 AM
Apr 2018

where people would soil themselves and breakdown.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
37. I'm very much looking forward to seeing this.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 10:52 AM
Apr 2018

I'm not sure I completely understand the reasons or motivation for the backhanded comments about ABC that I've read here (and elsewhere).

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
51. Too bad
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:56 PM
Apr 2018

he gave the interview to that little rat Stephanopoulos. Never forget the Clinton years. He was nothing, and a beleaguered but beloved President Clinton gave him a job. George proceeded to bite the hand that fed him. I'll never forget that.
SO not cool George.

WhoWoodaKnew

(847 posts)
54. Trump isn't a mob boss. He's a wannabe mob boss.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:58 AM
Apr 2018

He's like some idiot who has watched too many mafia movies.

He certainly may be involved in a whole lot of illegal stuff though. And he can push around the little guy, or more accurately have one of his employees push them around.


He's just scum who will do anything to make a buck.

Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
55. Comey is really insulting mob bosses with this comparison.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 07:30 AM
Apr 2018

tRump is nothing but a spoiled heir and grifter, propped up by the Mercers, Putin, and a few other oligarchs.

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