Trump Fires FBI Director Comey

[Valerean]

So Trump turns on a dime as soon as the FBI request more DOJ resources for their Russia investigation, and humiliates/fires Comey.

If it looks like shit, smells like shit... you know how it goes.

That being said, and regardless of the Russia issue, Comey's been a dead man walking since the election. Federal agencies simply cannot touch the political scene like that.

He should've done the right thing for the Bureau and resigned as the new Administration came in.


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[Zmaniac17]

So Trump turns on a dime as soon as the FBI request more DOJ resources for their Russia investigation, and humiliates/fires Comey.

If it looks like shit, smells like shit... you know how it goes.

That being said, and regardless of the Russia issue, Comey's been a dead man walking since the election. Federal agencies simply cannot touch the political scene like that.

He should've done the right thing for the Bureau and resigned as the new Administration came in.

It's easy to disagree with all the things Comey has done, but lets not forget we do have an active investigation into Trumps campaign ties with Russia, in part thanks to him. The whole thing could have been shut down, had someone else been put in that position. Someone less willing to risk their career. Remember immediately following the election the public was largely uninformed about this and it would have been much easier to cover up the whole thing. I'm not sure it would have been in the public's best interest for him to resign at that point. Hindsight is 20/20 of course. His removal at this point is just scandalous, so damned if you do damned if you don't. Either way it is of paramount importance that the investigation continues and is kept out of partisan hands.

[Shadowferal]

Comey called Trump ‘crazy’ after Obama wiretapping claims: report

Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly told associates in March that President Trump was "crazy" for suggesting former President Barack Obama had wiretapped him.
Comey also called the president “outside the realm of normal,” according to a report from The New York Times on Wednesday.
The Times said that, in return, Trump was furious when Comey publicly refused to back his claims that he was wiretapped during the 2016 campaign before the House Intelligence Committee in March.
Comey said during the March 20 hearing that the FBI had “no information” supporting Trump’s allegations.
The Times report highlight lingering tensions between the president and Comey that led Trump to decide to fire the FBI chief on Tuesday, a decision that stunned Washington.
Trump reportedly became increasingly angered by Comey’s remarks in the weeks after the March hearing and began discussing his possible firing.
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[Valerean]

It's easy to disagree with all the things Comey has done, but lets not forget we do have an active investigation into Trumps campaign ties with Russia, in part thanks to him. The whole thing could have been shut down, had someone else been put in that position. Someone less willing to risk their career. Remember immediately following the election the public was largely uninformed about this and it would have been much easier to cover up the whole thing. I'm not sure it would have been in the public's best interest for him to resign at that point. Hindsight is 20/20 of course. His removal at this point is just scandalous, so damned if you do damned if you don't. Either way it is of paramount importance that the investigation continues and is kept out of partisan hands.

I think that Comey was an honest and patriotic man, who was put in an impossible position by the two most toxic Presidential candidates in modern American history.

So yeah, damned if he did, damned if he didn't.

This whole thing stinks to high heaven. Flynn sub-poena'd, FBI intensifying their investigation, WH firing Comey in retaliation. Something is rotten, and it all goes back to Russia.


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[Goradan]

He had it coming. Comey was a pussy that people on both sides hated. I get the impression from him that he tried to be a big boss and play people for fools but he ended up getting the Trump ownage. And we all know that anyone that gets fired by Trump know it to be the ultimate humiliation.

[Shadowferal]

It's starting to appear that getting fired by Trump is actually a sign of ethical behavior that isn't tolerated in the WH.

[Deleted]

He has done it. He'll do it again. He'll set his players in the cabinet, bureaus and other key places.

[rogueMatthias]

The last thing he was, was a pussy. If anything the issue is he was too outspoken

But is he speaking-out because he has something to say, or because he wants to be heard?

He does seem to find a way to get himself in the limelight regularly. Even in the UK I know far too much about him and what he's been doing. I couldn't even name you any previous FBI directors or anyone else working in those government agencies there.

[Sengiratolom]

Trump is turning into a dictator.

[Wildtree]

Comey fucked up, repeatedly. There's no question about that.

Yet, the firing is still more than questionable.
Firing the very person that investigates you, that's rich right there.
But I'm confident the Trump crowd finds an excuse or justification for that too. Alternative facts are pretty effective I've heard.
Meanwhile, that very portion of the government and it's supporters doesn't realize how the US loses every last bit of credibility globally.
The country slips into isolationism through the backdoor without realizing it.

[Mormolyce]

I wonder if anyone has run that in porn by now. It would probably be unnerving but hey I am sure it's someone's fetish

As far as I can tell, Donald Trump is the only thing on earth that is no-one's fetish.

Even among people who are into fat old guys.

[Exeris]

Comey fucked up, repeatedly. There's no question about that.

Yet, the firing is still more than questionable.
Firing the very person that investigates you, that's rich right there.
But I'm confident the Trump crowd finds an excuse or justification for that too. Alternative facts are pretty effective I've heard.
Meanwhile, that very portion of the government and it's supporters doesn't realize how the US loses every last bit of credibility globally.
The country slips into isolationism through the backdoor without realizing it.

Does that really change anything, there is a team doing the investigation I imagine and they won't stop because of this?

[Adolecent]

Trump is turning into a dictator.

The signs were obvious months/years ago.

[karumayu]

So the official reason for the firing Trump gav Comey was how he handled Hilary's investigation during the elections. Are his voters so out of touch that they do not see any problem with the logic here? The guy who resort to namecalling Hillary for crooked Hillary and applauded the investigation and the last minute reports by the very same FBI director to fire him for the exact same reasons, conveniently when he himself is under investigation by the same director?

[Mormolyce]

Lost in all of this is that Sessions is on record declaring Comey had an "absolute duty" to do what he did regarding the email issue. So, months later, we're supposed to believe Sessions is now f the mind that what doing your duty is a fireable offense.

Fucking insane.

Is it just me or is Sessions the most despicable of all of these assholes?

[alexw]

Does that really change anything, there is a team doing the investigation I imagine and they won't stop because of this?

And what happens if/when Trump puts someone loyal to him in the position of FBI director? Does the investigation continue?

Not to mention the chilling effect the firing has. Now lots of people in the FBI who are involved in the Kremlingate investigation are going to fear for their jobs. That Trump will find ways of going after them too.

[Adolecent]

So the official reason for the firing Trump gav Comey was how he handled Hilary's investigation during the elections. Are his voters so out of touch that they do not see any problem with the logic here? The guy who resort to namecalling Hillary for crooked Hillary and applauded the investigation and the last minute reports by the very same FBI director to fire him for the exact same reasons, conveniently when he himself is under investigation by the same director?

And Trump hasn't stopped bashing "lying crooked Hillary" since the elections, eventhough it's more then obvious the Trump campaign together with the Russians and the US-Nazi's fabricated the lies about Hillary Clinton.

Sick shit going on in "the land of the brave".

[Exeris]

And what happens if/when Trump puts someone loyal to him in the position of FBI director? Does the investigation continue?

Not to mention the chilling effect the firing has. Now lots of people in the FBI who are involved in the Kremlingate investigation are going to fear for their jobs. That Trump will find ways of going after them too.

I don't know how your country works, if the investigation stops after a loyal leader was chosen shouldn't there be an investigation as to why that suddenly happened?

Will the Democrats just accept?

[Wildtree]

Does that really change anything, there is a team doing the investigation I imagine and they won't stop because of this?

No, they will not.
But.. a different, handpicked, head of the operation could very much act as a filter and bury crucial details.
Comey wasn't just the director of the FBI, he also headed the very investigation of Trump/Trump campaign.


Additionally in that regard.. Sessions, that corrupt prick, he violated the rules too.
He recused himself from the whole ordeal amid congressional pressure, and still now interfered directly.

[Wildtree]

I don't know how your country works, if the investigation stops after a loyal leader was chosen shouldn't there be an investigation as to why that suddenly happened?

Will the Democrats just accept?

The country works democratic..
No, the congressional Democrats do not accept it. But, they aren't strong enough in numbers to force the other side into action..
It's entirely on the Republicans to act.