TOTALLY GEEKED!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

COMEY WAS FIRED!

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Wow!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Omg!! Finally!!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Yep, Trump and his team are being smart. They aren't getting rid of anyone until they do something wrong under Trump's watch. Sends a strong message.

Ohfour · Hooker

Absolutely. He's not stupid.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ohfour wrote:
Absolutely. He's not stupid.

Oh but gee, didn't someone comment on another thread that he isn't keeping his campaign promises? confuse

Ohfour · Hooker

Hes kept every promise within his power. Far more than any other presidents

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

LOL, the Dems are going nuts on FB. So amusing. Had Hillary been elected she would have fired him Jan 20th. Trump waits until he does something wrong under his watch to fire him and the Dems claim he is doing so because Trump is under investigation. LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Good for Trump! I think he was just being patient and getting his team in place.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Comey should have been gone a long time ago. He has done a lot of damage, period.

Yeah, the dem's are having a fit about the timing and it's ALL about the "fake" investigation. Bwahahaha

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

How someone can do everything Comey did and expect to keep their job is beyond me. Trump is his BOSS. Well, not anymore.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Good riddance. Although it should have happened sooner than this.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I keep reading the title as "Comedy was fired."

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Editorial: (USA Today)

President Trump is always transparent in his peculiar way. Even as he lies baldly, he reveals what is on the forefront of his mind. So it is in the brutal letter he had a top personal aide hand deliver to the FBI, firing director James Comey: “While I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau.”

Of course, we do not know if Trump is or is not under investigation. We certainly cannot take Trump’s word for it. We do know for a fact that the FBI is looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible involvement — links, coordination, collusion — by Trump aides and associates. By pushing Comey out the door, and doing so on the preposterous pretext that the FBI director mishandled the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server last July 5, Trump has plunged the country into nothing less than a constitutional crisis. How it is resolved will have profound implications for our future.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

The sky is falling!

Tinydancer · Guru

Editorial means it's the writers opinion so his opinion doesn't change mine. They've been searching for proof for how long now? It's pretty pathetic when they have to TRUMP up charges just to avoid answering to their own cheating of their own party.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

OMG!! A left leaning hack newmagazine says that Trump is a bad bird!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Comey's unethical relationship with the media was enough that he deserved firing. He was doing the same thing with the Russia investigation that he did with the emails. He wanted to keep himself in the spotlight. FBI investigations that are not complete are not media fodder. And continuing to "investigate" to keep yourself relevant is self-aggrandizing and not professional.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Here are a few reasons, both stated and possible, Comey may have been canned:

He hurt the FBI's reputation

A memorandum prepared by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recommending Comey's termination kicks off with the fact that "over the past year ... the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage, and it has affected the entire Department of Justice."

He mishandled the Clinton email investigation

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Rosenstein writes that Comey should not have given a news conference last July recommending that Clinton, who used a private email server while secretary of state, not face criminal charges. The deputy attorney general writes that Comey should have turned his findings over to federal prosecutors. He also takes issue with Comey's decision to send a letter just days before the November election revealing newly discovered Clinton emails. "When federal agents and prosecutors quietly open a criminal investigation, we are not concealing anything; we are simply following the longstanding policy that we refrain from publicizing non-public information," the letter states.

He broke with tradition

Rosenstein cites several attorneys general and other authorities who decried Comey's actions as a "departure from the department's widely respected, nonpartisan traditions." Rosenstein writes that "we should reject the departure and return to the traditions."

Trump doesn't like him

Simply judging from his tweets, the president and Comey have had a rocky relationship. As Axios laid out, Trump first criticized the director online in July after that fateful, aforementioned news conference. Trump used the hashtag #RiggedSystem. By October, when he was bringing attention to a new cache of Clinton emails, Trump loved him—but in November, when Comey said he hadn't actually found material that justified charges, the pendulum had swung again.

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"You can't review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can't do it, folks," Trump said at a rally. "Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it."

Trump is embarrassed by him

The president recently accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of wiretapping his phones during the campaign. Comey has shut down this allegation, explaining that Obama could not order a wiretap of anyone's phone unchecked.

"I have no information that supports those tweets, and we have looked carefully inside the FBI," Comey said in March. "The Department of Justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the Department of Justice and all its components. The department has no information that supports those tweets."

He knows something about Russia

Of course, the elephant in the room is the ongoing investigation into whether people associated with Trump's campaign had contact with Russia during the election. Comey confirmed the probe in March.

"We approach this work in an open-minded, independent way and our expert investigators will conclude that work as quickly as they can, but they will always do it well no matter how long that takes," he said, according to a transcript of his remarks. "I can promise you, we will follow the facts wherever they lead."

Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, picked up on this after news of Comey's firing Tuesday, tweeting, "Trump firing Comey shows how frightened the Admin is over Russia investigation."

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

The Russia thing is just getting ridiculous. The Russians did not decide our election, the American people did. Furthermore - we are not in the Cold War, anymore, and Russia is not an enemy. Finally, this "Russia" investigation comes out of illegal wiretapping of Trump tower.

Comey needed to be fired b/c instead of doing his damn job, he was obsessed with issues over the election- emails and Russia. And if Russia had anything to do with anything - that's the CIA's purview, not Comey's.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Do whatever you want flan. Get all worked up into a lather over firing Comey. Carry on if it floats your boat.

Lindley · Guru

He deserved to be fired, I also believe if the Russians were going to rig our election it would have been to help hillary.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Of course, they ignored the ballots found in the trunk of Al Franken's car! LMAO!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Do whatever you want flan. Get all worked up into a lather over firing Comey. Carry on if it floats your boat.

No lather...just providing an opposing viewpoint.

Can you deal with it?

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I deal with it fine. I just don't want you to hurt yourself writhing around.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Melodramatic much?

flan

Forever Sunshine · Guru

Insult much? Oh yes, you do it all the time. hahaha

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

The TRUTH is that I am neither "writhing" nor working myself into "a lather."

I am merely commenting.

hahahahahahaha

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Oh good. Then we are all having a great time!

Lenni · Member

I knew this was coming the day Trump was elected. I don't know why the media is playing it up as such a big shock.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lenni wrote:
I knew this was coming the day Trump was elected. I don't know why the media is playing it up as such a big shock.

Even Hillary would have fired him. In fact pelosi called for him to be fired.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan

Trump was Comey's boss and Comey was not an elected official.

You are not Trump's boss, and Trump was elected.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Comey deserved to be fired the day the man stood up and enumerated all the illegal wrongdoing of Hillary related to her emails and then said they were not recommending prosecution.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

And seriously, the Dems have been calling for his head, and the minute he's actually fired, they lose it! Just goes to show you - it doesn't matter whether something is right or wrong, if Trump does it, they will hate it.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan
Trump was Comey's boss and Comey was not an elected official.

You are not Trump's boss, and Trump was elected.

I thought the POTUS worked for the people.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Clinton fired FBI director William Sessions.

Lindley · Guru

Flan, Hillary most likely would have fired him too, Trump's job is to do what's best for the country even if that includes firing someone who is incompetent for the job which he clearly was.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan

You can certainly tell him he is fired. Your question is so ridiculous.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan
Trump was Comey's boss and Comey was not an elected official.

You are not Trump's boss, and Trump was elected.
I thought the POTUS worked for the people.
flan

Ok - this is dumb, and you know it. Do you get to fire police officers, teachers, etc? There is a system - he was elected, and he can only be removed by impeachment and a guilty finding by Congress. Last I checked, you are not a member of Congress, let alone a majority of them.

Forever Sunshine · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan
Trump was Comey's boss and Comey was not an elected official.

You are not Trump's boss, and Trump was elected.
I thought the POTUS worked for the people.
flan
Ok - this is dumb, and you know it. Do you get to fire police officers, teachers, etc? There is a system - he was elected, and he can only be removed by impeachment and a guilty finding by Congress. Last I checked, you are not a member of Congress, let alone a majority of them.

LOL Why do you bother, LL?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

The Russia investigation has been going on for months with no findings of wrongdoing. Comey told Trump there is nothing there and he is not under investigation, and yet leaks come out saying they are still investigating. So, either the FBI is lying to Trump or lying to the media - and either way, that deserves firing.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

There is no there there. Just a lot of phony innuendo as usual.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
flan327 wrote:
"Trump doesn't like him..."

I don't like Trump. Can I fire him?

flan
You can certainly tell him he is fired. Your question is so ridiculous.

Yeah really. Trump can fire and hire his own people. I know that only applies to Dems, like Clinton firing Sessions and Obama putting his own people in, but carry on with your dog and pony show as it is highly entertaining.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
Comey deserved to be fired the day the man stood up and enumerated all the illegal wrongdoing of Hillary related to her emails and then said they were not recommending prosecution.

THIS! Completely agree.

cadiver · Senior Member

Lawyerlady wrote:
The Russia investigation has been going on for months with no findings of wrongdoing. Comey told Trump there is nothing there and he is not under investigation, and yet leaks come out saying they are still investigating. So, either the FBI is lying to Trump or lying to the media - and either way, that deserves firing.

Comey's testimony was the investigation is still ongoing. He would not comment on any individual though.

What have you seen about Comney telling Trump?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I forgot that many Conservatives lack a sense of humor...

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

When you display some, let us know!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

cadiver wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
The Russia investigation has been going on for months with no findings of wrongdoing. Comey told Trump there is nothing there and he is not under investigation, and yet leaks come out saying they are still investigating. So, either the FBI is lying to Trump or lying to the media - and either way, that deserves firing.
Comey's testimony was the investigation is still ongoing. He would not comment on any individual though.
What have you seen about Comney telling Trump?

Well, I admit I am taking at face value the letter Trump sent to him firing him b/c knowing it would become public, I can't imagine him including a bald faced lie.

However, there is support for that in the fact that the entire wiretapping of Trump Tower was supposed to be directed at foreign individuals and not American citizens, and they have not been stupid enough to state that Trump is under investigation outright (let's not count "leaks") - only his associates.

This Russia thing is absolutely ridiculous and an absolute time of taxpayer money and government resources.