Spicer: Comey was putting ‘unnecessary pressure’ on Trump’s relationship to Russia

[GennGreymane]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/sean...hip-to-russia/

Addressing a report that President Donald Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office that, by firing FBI Director James Comey, pressure was taken off of him in his dealings with Russia, Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended his boss.

“By grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia’s actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia,” Spicer said in a statement to the press. “The investigation would have always continued, and obviously, the termination of Comey would not have ended it. Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations.”

In the bombshell reported by the New York Times, Trump reportedly said, “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job… I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

[Wyrt]

Um, testifying in front of congress is now grandstanding and politicizing the investigation? Didn't congress ask Comey to come testify?

[Edge-]

So the White House isn't even bothering with their initial rounds of denials, they're just skipping straight to the bullshit excuses?

Well, baby steps, I guess.

[Templar 331]

"Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations.”

Sure, lets blame the symptom and not the sickness shall we? If a team doesn't trust it's leader it's not the team's fault, it's the leader's fault.

[Moralgy]

Don't do shady shit and there wouldn't be anything juicy to leek. Trump is supposed to work for us, and we have the right to know what he is up to as president.

[mvaliz]

Don't do shady shit and there wouldn't be anything juicy to leek. Trump is supposed to work for us, and we have the right to know what he is up to as president.

Honestly, I think that's the biggest Hang-up with Dumbass Dump. He wanted to run the country like a business, ie. he's the Boss (king) and everybody does his beckon will.

He didn't realize (perhaps willfuly so) that government officials are to SERVE THE PUBLIC, not the other way around.

[PACOX]

They had no problem with Comey when he was in Clinton's shit, and they were the ones pressuring him to keep going deeper and drag the shit on or face his own shit show.

Now the forefront of the GOP stinks and they want try to sweep Comey under the rug? When Comey played cops and robbers as a kid he always played the cop. Comey was the type of kid that took hall monitoring seriously, like the school had him on payroll. There is no getting rid of Comey until the investigation is over. And don't try to bribe him, he'll take the money, ask for a receipt, and then turn it into the commission.

They might have to drag Donnie off the plane when he gets back.

[Mormolyce]

Wow. Things there are worse than I thought. That's full blind panic mode talk.

[Breccia]

The narrative that Trump and his team had nothing to do with Russia, and that the whole thing is fake news, continues to be the only card they can play, even in the face of what we know about Flynn, Page, Manafort, Tillerson, and Trump's business dealings.

Can they admit wrongdoing? No. What they're being accused of is a nasty mix of criminal and unAmerican. Rank and file GOP voters and leaders despise Russia.

Can they admit they did it, but it wasn't that bad? Well, we've seen them try that. It didn't sell. They've backed away from that approach.

So they have no other choice. And they know their rabid fanbase will believe them. Even now, they simply choose not to believe what they hear, no matter what evidence is brought up. Analogies such as "wanting Trump to fail is like wanting the pilot of the plane you're in to crash" which is a stupid fucking metaphor to anyone who remembers there were four planes on 9/11.

The good news is, the House, Senate, and FBI plus Mueller are not filled with people jamming fingers in their ears and yelling LALALALA FAKE NEWS. Some are people willing to follow evidence. Some are concerned by trends such as Trump's team intentionally lying to the press (or Trump is, they contradict each other so they can't both be right). Some are wondering why Trump would personally interfere with an investigation he claims will come up empty. And some are looking out for their own best interest, which with not just sagging but actually melting poll numbers, might no longer include Trump. Remember that time they voted on the Wall budget? Neither does anyone else. It was yanked from the budget till at least September.

Spicer, Conway, Hucakbee-Sanders and the like might genuinely believe Trump and their team is innocent, and they might not. Either way, flat-out denial is the only option they have left with any chance of working on the American people.