I watched the entire 4 hours of the May 3rd testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and read Comey's March 20th testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, and did not find any point in which Comey said no one tried to stop the FBI investigation. The closest to this came toward the end of May 3rd testimony in which he was asked if the White House had asked for immunity for anyone. Comey replied he could not comment on that.Which supports my point. Trump was an idiot to ask the Director of the FBI, to give Flynn a pass. That may have worked for him in his business, asking a personal favor of someone on the planning board or intimidating a building inspector but this is not business in Trump Tower. This is politics and this is government, something Trump has never understood. I'm sure politicians in Congress were asking how could this guy be so dumb? First he tries to get the Director of the FBI to give a friend a free pass in an investigation, then he fires the Director, and then he tries to intimidate him by claiming he may have tapes of their conversation.
Maybe Trump should pull an maobama and exert executive privilege. There ain't enough duct tape in the world to stop all the heads exploding. LOL But I just saw a tape of a Comey testimony where he said he has seen no one try to stop an FBI investigation for political reasons, in his experience. That was under oath before congress BTW, if he's changing is story now, he's in as much trouble as anyone.
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I am not aware of any other hearing before congress after Comey's meeting with Trump.
Full transcript: FBI Director James Comey testifies on Russian interference in 2016 election
Comey: Higher-ups never asked for halt to FBI investigations
First, Hirono askedComey: “So if the attorney general or senior officials at the Department of Justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that FBI investigation?
And Comey’s response: “In theory, yes.”
Hirono: “Has it happened?”
Comey: “Not in my experience. Because it would be a big deal to tell the FBI to stop doing something that — without an appropriate purpose. I mean where oftentimes they give us opinions that we don’t see a case there, and so you ought to stop investing resources in it. But I’m talking about a situation where we were told to stop something for a political reason, that would be a very big deal. It’s not happened in my experience.”
James Comey: Higher-ups never asked for halt to FBI investigations
Do you seriously think if the president had asked he wouldn't have mentioned it?
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Comey is being asked a hypothetically question about the JD not Trump, "So if the attorney general or senior officials at the Department of Justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that FBI investigation?"
Comey's reply is "Not in my experience" and gives the reasons why.
I doubt very seriously, that Comey would have answered, if asked specifically about Trump. I think he would have said he could not comment on it.
I think the question that Comey claimed he was asked by Trump is not clearly obstruction of justice. It was not a demand. However, if combined with other actions Trump took, such as the Comey firing, threat to silence Comey, etc.. it might be enough plus there may be more documentation in the memo or accompanying it.
Damn, you have a vivid imagination. There was no threat to silence Comey, he was put on notice not to embellish and keep statements accurate. That is not an attempt to silence him.
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Trump warned Comey that there may be tapes of their conversation that he could use if Comey leaked their conversation. This was just a friendly gesture toward the man that could well end his presidency, that he just fired for cause in a most grievous manner. No, this was a threat and it will be seen as such.
