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 hes 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
jpak
(41,758 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)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.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Others.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Cancelling Sunday plans.
Anxiously awaiting...
lamp_shade
(14,834 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)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)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)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)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.
Cha
(297,240 posts)No. Lots more to come.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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?"
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)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.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)who nobody fears and everyone laughs at
Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)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.
BumRushDaShow
(128,988 posts)Competitors for the past 40 years.
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)Its 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)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.
BumRushDaShow
(128,988 posts)makes me long for Ted Koppel again (and I wasn't really a big fan of him either).
mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)llmart
(15,539 posts)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)I hope Comey shares in sleepless nights followed by the relief of another day of survival.
Civic Justice
(870 posts)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)He was a chief architect of this clusterfuck we're living with now.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)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)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)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)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.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Why am I not surprised?
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-trump-family-fortune/
marble falls
(57,083 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,162 posts)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.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)From Brothel to Porn Stars.
Folks, you really can not make this stuff up.
marble falls
(57,083 posts)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)Trump called him a showboat, and Im 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)Trump is so dumb he doesnt know hes dumb - he could easily blow his top and Tweet something that amounts to a confession. I wonder sometimes if these interviews arent coordinated to elicit a response from the orange shartcannon.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)It is 10pm, 9 Central as usual.
avebury
(10,952 posts)marble falls
(57,083 posts)it will be fun.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)marble falls
(57,083 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Would be better!
marble falls
(57,083 posts)they'll be like this:
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)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)good info on the Vicodin. I'll be sure we have some coffee first.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Maybe a couple of Vodka shots first!
That should make the evening memorable.
marble falls
(57,083 posts)where people would soil themselves and breakdown.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I'm not sure I completely understand the reasons or motivation for the backhanded comments about ABC that I've read here (and elsewhere).
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)And it's very accurate.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)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)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)tRump is nothing but a spoiled heir and grifter, propped up by the Mercers, Putin, and a few other oligarchs.