It won't make a difference what the memo says unless it can be backed up. However it and the many other allegations do make a huge difference to the masses when they read the "wordsmiths" versions we see on an almost daily basis.
If Comey thought Trump was obstructing
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Comey's memos have been used in the past. And also, he DID get fired and Trump DID say on television that the Russia thing played a part.
Plus, Trump taped him, so there should be corroboration!
I have friends who can testify to the fact that the FBI takes very good notes! lol.
Comey cannot have it both ways, if he thought he was obstructed he is supposed to go to justice and report it. By not going, he is saying that there was no obstruction. Comey has really screwed himself with the email invest, and how he has handled things the last 10 months.
By not doing it, he is in trouble, if he thinks he was obstructed. By not doing it, he is saying that there was no obstruction. You can't ahve it both ways, unlike what he tried to do with Hilliary's emial investigation. He indicted her in the court of public opinion and then let her go. He has brought a lot of the problems on himself.
Apparently he does as he's offering a transcript. Show us your 'tapes' Donald.
Moscow (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to provide a transcript of a controversial Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, raising the stakes in an affair that has sent the White House into a tailspin.
Speaking at a press conference in Sochi, Russia, Putin dismissed allegations that Trump had shared top-secret security intelligence with Russian diplomats as "political schizophrenia."
"If the US administration finds it necessary, we are ready to provide the record of the conversation between Trump and Lavrov to the Senate and Congress," Putin said.
The intervention by Putin could turn up the pressure on the White House to provide its own transcript of the meeting. The Senate intelligence committee has already demanded a briefing on what was said at the meeting from members of the Trump administration who were present.
I don't think he said that. I think he said something like Comey better hope there are no tapes of what was said. Big difference than saying "he might have" Perfect example of the term I have recently used as to what the media is doing to Trump info....Wordsmithing. I don't like it when people try to force their narrative on me....I figured that out when I used to watch Dan Rather when he would give his ananlysis of any Republicans convention speech or State of the Union address.
Legally required to do so and subject to prosecution if he does not alert DOJ. Clearly, he must not have thought Trump attempted to coerce him to drop the investigation.
You think he just, in general, hoped there were no tapes of their meetings with his tweet? Agree to disagree my friend. You can call that wordsmithing, I call it common sense. Cheers
Coming from Trump yes. I do think it may have been an attempt by Trump to intimidate. My reference to wordsmithing is a description of what the media is doing when dealing with Trump info.
Well you are limited by characters with Twitter so he probably left out some words. :sunglasses:
None of us know (yet) what is in the Comey Memo, or if even if the Comey Memo exists. Comey has not made any comment or produced anything, yet. Comey has not claimed to have such a Memo. Both sides are speculating. If there is such a Memo, why did he not report it immediately to the DOJ? First of all, we don't know if he did or not. Second, who is the Attorney General? A close friend of Trump, the person allegedly discussed in the possible Memo. Third, if the Memo exists, it is part of an investigation that is ongoing. This is not a crime (if it occurred) where there is an imminent threat to someone's life or physical safety, where the suspect needs to be apprehended immediately to prevent a murder or injury. This is what the FBI does. It investigates and builds a case with piece after piece of evidence. They don't take the first scintilla of evidence, run to the DOJ, and stop their work. They continue to build a case, or if there is not sufficient evidence, drop it.
As to Putin's offer re the transcript of the private Oval Office meeting, are we at the point where we are willing to take the word of Russia on such a matter? Has Russia achieved such favored and trusted status with America that we look to Russia as the bringer of truth? Trump's tapes are what need to be produced to compare to the Comey Memo.
As to Putin's offer re the transcript of the private Oval Office meeting, are we at the point where we are willing to take the word of Russia on such a matter? Has Russia achieved such favored and trusted status with America that we look to Russia as the bringer of truth? Trump's tapes are what need to be produced to compare to the Comey Memo.
Legally he is required to do just that. This is why it is funny when you tell someone they know nothing about the justice system because you are phucking clueless.
This is why you score eyechart readings and leave the real work to professionals.
And yet still no evidence of collusion despite the good notes. Maybe the FBI just takes better notes when interveiwing you friends? #blm #stoptheprofiling
Coop you should read Pax's post on this with Andrew McCartney. It's long but it explains why you really can't do that in a criminal investigation, and why you shouldn't do that in a Foreign intelligence investigation.
It's a well explained piece that separates the two types of investigations and how evidence gathered under each is treated differently and why. Highly recommended.
http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...d-trump-associates-intelligence-investigation
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I'm waiting to watch Colbert tonight. He will lay out it all so all of us average citizens can understand what is going on.
They should not blab it to everyone but they absolutely report it all along the way so any other leads or parallel investigations have access to the best information.
