James Comey testimony: Date, time and how to watch Trump hearing on TV and online

[Flarelaine]

I'm baffled by McCain. Everyone knows he has serious personal beef with Trump and need not worry about reelection ever again. And then he goes after... her emails?

[Deleted]

But Russia!

Putin would be proud about your ongoing effort, friend.

[Flarelaine]

And now they meet in secret?

Will that ever be published?

Not directly, but whatever dirt they have on Trump will come to light when the special counsel finds a way to make it stick.

[Blade Wolf]

Now we wait for Trump to praise McCain on Twitter and call him a hero.

[Shalcker]

Watching now but wondering something

What's wrong with McCain? Is he demented because he sounds confused and his questions doesn't make any sense.

Here is something from twitter that made sense to me:

(((Megan McArdle)))‏ @ asymmetricinfo
I know people are confused by McCain's Qs, but it's a big meme among Trump supporters that Comey was slow-walking Russian investigation.
I'm sure that he's hearing that from a lot of voters. Because I know I'm hearing it from a lot of readers.

[cubby]

Can anyone give me a quick rundown, early word is democrats are unhappy

Comey testimony is even more than people thought it would be. Putting into Congressional Record evidence of Obstruction of Justice on two separate occasions and subjects, along with impugning several other people with regards to cannot discuss classified info and Special Investigator references.

People looking for bombshells are disappointed, mainly because they don't understand how investigations and testimony work. Conservatives are crying that there is no collusion, when in fact Comey has testified that there are on going investigations into just such behavior.

So no bombshells, no Trump-being-arrested-tomorrow-, but those people who are reading/watching the entire testimony are seeing enormous negative implications for Trump and his people - both administration and family.

[Deleted]

Now we wait for Trump to praise McCain on Twitter and call him a hero.

Today is #NationalBestFriendsDay, so someone will suffer his love.

[schwarzkopf]

Literally nobody was saying the investigation was leaving Clinton out. .

Well, to be fair - much of the media was giving Clinton a free pass, when in actual fact she only has a free pass on the one issue.

[cubby]

I'm baffled. Trump has walked all over McCain and the guy is still lawyering for him.

It's quite possible McCain actually is suffering from dementia, but not enough be entirely obvious all the time. It is extremely odd that he's lawyering for him now, but has criticized/condemned in the past - and recently.

[KrazyK923]

Well, to be fair - much of the media was giving Clinton a free pass, when in actual fact she only has a free pass on the one issue.

Free pass in terms of not talking about her regarding the issue, since there's no ties to suggest there was cooperation.

That's like saying why aren't they looking into me in this investigation, I was actually involved you know, since I voted and made phone calls.

[cubby]

McCain: Why haven't you concluded your investigation?

He didn't seriously ask that, did he?

(still catching up on testimony)

[draynay]

McCain might have gotten a question or two out in the midst of his incoherent rambling, but it was nothing worthwhile.

[schwarzkopf]

Free pass in terms of not talking about her regarding the issue,

The point is - Clinton EMails were a core part of the Russia hacks, and the Russia hacks were a part of the Russian manipluation.

Therefore - it makes sense that Clinton&Co are still in scope, just like Trump&Co are.

[Video Games]

But they probably wouldn't vote for him, eh?

(side note - definitely agree that they would find him interesting, but that's not the same as liking him - especially knowing what we know now)

I dunno. I can't ever attest to what other people think and feel because I don't know everybody. If somebody donated food and blood and gave to charity and helped troubled kids and volunteered at soup kitchens and a bunch of other things you'd generally think a nice person does, but then wanted to kill all jews - well that is one weird person, but I won't get mad at them.

[cubby]

People seemed to have missed this statement by Comey earlier. It's implications are insane:

Would closing Flynn investigation have impeded overall Russia investigation?

No—unlikely. There's always a possibility that if you flip someone in a criminal case, they give you other info. I saw two as touching each other but separate.

[Bodakane]

Here is something from twitter that made sense to me:

(((Megan McArdle)))‏ @ asymmetricinfo
I know people are confused by McCain's Qs, but it's a big meme among Trump supporters that Comey was slow-walking Russian investigation.
I'm sure that he's hearing that from a lot of voters. Because I know I'm hearing it from a lot of readers.

It doesn't make sense at all what McCain was doing nor what he's heariung form constituents.

Not all investigations take the same amount of time. With the emails, there wasn;t much to invetsigate cause you know, you had the emails. The Russian intereference is much bigger and more complex.

Anyone clamoring for these two comepletely separate and different investigations to be wrapped up in a similar amount fo time is frankly, a moron.

[TZucchini]

Let's be honest. This is a horrific day for President Trump.

The former FBI director just called him a liar on several different occasions, under oath.

The former FBI director just claimed he was fired because of the Russia investigation, under oath.

The former FBI director just claimed that he felt Trump directed him to drop the investigation into Flynn, under oath.


The sitting President is perhaps the most unethical, unqualified, most dishonest individual to ever inhabit the White House.

[Skroe]

Busy day so I can't type much till later.

I do want to say that today was an even bigger catastrophe for Trump than predicted. We knew Comey would go far. He went way further than expected. Comey went thermonuclear. And for good measure he wiped out almost all Trumpkin talking points.

Put aside the truth of Trump-Russia collusion for a moment, Trump has essentially lost any legitimacy as President purely on the basis of his behavior with regards to the existence of an investigation.

[Bodakane]

The point is - Clinton EMails were a core part of the Russia hacks, and the Russia hacks were a part of the Russian manipluation.

Therefore - it makes sense that Clinton&Co are still in scope, just like Trump&Co are.

You don't understand words.

[Rukh]

Was McCain having a stroke? I'm a little worried.