Hi all,
I am at a disadvantage when commenting on Comey's firing. I get my
TV information from MSNBC and CNN. I don't get the Fox News
perspective. In any event, here's my take.
Comey may be competent, but he is deeply flawed regarding his
public statements. Everything Rosenstein wrote in his letter to
Sessions is true. Nevertheless, the firing is nothing more than a
blatant attempt at covering up all investigations into Trump. The
Russian connection stinks. So does Trump's enrichment of himself and
his family by reason of his presidency. I have said for a long time
that investigations into Trump look very much like Watergate. I said
about Watergate that it was like peeling an onion. It takes time, but
eventually you get to the stinking core.
To recap a little history, Rod Rosenstein was recently confirmed
by the Senate as assistant attorney general after Sally Yates was
fired. In his position, Rosenstein is in charge of investigations into
Trump Russian connections. Mr. Rosenstein had broad bipartisan
support. He promised to run an independent investigation. Now he has
sent a letter to Sessions which led to Trump firing Comey. How is it
that Rosenstein came to investigate Comey? He certainly had lots of
other things on his plate (e.g. the Trump investigations). There can
be only one answer. He was tasked to do it by Sessions. Why would
Sessions want Comey to do this? There can be only one answer, Trump
wanted him gone. Why did Trump want him gone? We know that answer.
The firing did not start with Rosenstein. It started with Trump.
This stinks on so many levels. I won't bore you with my endless
analysis. Let me make just two points that jump out at me. First, Jeff
Sessions. As Mark Twain said,"If you tell the truth you don't have to
remember anything." Sessions has a problem with the truth. He
testified under oath that he would recuse himself from anything touching
an investigation into the Russian connection. Firing Comey was all
about Russia. Don't take my word. In his letter to Comey, Trump
explicitly referred to the Russian investigation. The irony of the
firing is that the Rosenstein letter said he should be fired because
Comey treated Hillary unfairly.
The second thing that smacks me in the face is the difference
between the handling of Flynn and the handling of Comey. Trump was told
that Flynn was a danger to our country. Trump did nothing about that
and perhaps never would have, if the Washington Post had not written
that Flynn had lied to Pence. And the lie had little to do with Sally
Yates' warning. Nevertheless, it took 17 days after the warning to fire
Flynn. In the Comey case, There was a letter recommending firing on
one day and he was fired within 24 hours. This despite the fact that
there was already an ongoing investigation into Comey by the inspector
general of the justice department. There was only one reason for the
abrupt action taken by Trump and Sessions, they wanted to end all
investigations into Trump. I remain confident that more layers of the
onion will be peeled back. Unless Trump somehow becomes a dictator of
our democracy, his day of reckoning is coming. There is a hint that some
Republicans are jumping ship. It's not a question of if, only when.
One more thing: Trump is a chickenshit bully. He didn't have
the guts to call Comey personally to tell him about the decision. He
called others, but not Comey. Instead he sent his personal bodyguard
(thug) to deliver the letter to Comey. The thug is currently being sued
for assaulting a protester at a Trump rally. Trump's letter to Comey
could not have been more ugly. Not a surprise considering the source.
Thanks for listening.
--
Richard
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