BREAKING: Trump Shared Highly Classified Info With Russians!

[Faun]

When it was pointed out recently that Obama shared Intel with Russians, the Obama defenders declared, 'When WE / OBAMA shared Intel with Russia we / Obama had a strategic reason to do so - Trump did not.'





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'Yeah, because WE / I say so. LOL!'

Please post up the manner in which it was released, it's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings with Trump's shitshow.

Right after you do so regarding Trump's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings/ I'll be over here waiting.

So you lied. Figures.

 

[easyt65]

When it was pointed out recently that Obama shared Intel with Russians, the Obama defenders declared, 'When WE / OBAMA shared Intel with Russia we / Obama had a strategic reason to do so - Trump did not.'





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'Yeah, because WE / I say so. LOL!'

Please post up the manner in which it was released, it's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings with Trump's shitshow.

Right after you do so regarding Trump's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings/ I'll be over here waiting.

So you lied. Figures.

No...just waiting for your answer. No answer - so YOU lied? Got it...

 

[iceberg]

Mm, Comey also said four times Trump did
Nothing of the kind. McCabe said the same I believe both were under oath. As for the memo, those get sent to people so who was Comey sending memos to after and during meetings with the presidant? Then there is the guy who said Comey showed the memo to him. That person needs to be up on capital hill under oath.

“The obstruction of justice articles of impeachment counts are stacking up, it seems,” an active duty FBI agent told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. Firing Comey, the agent added, was a “big gamble. You’ve got to kill him, metaphorically. You can’t just wound him.”

IMHO, Comey appears to be a very meticulous person that documents everything so I think we will see more than just this memo. The House Over site Committee has demanded that the FBI turnover all memorandum, notes, summaries, and recordings of meetings between Trump and Comey. This will likely contain the memo.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’

great. but if he has to report obstruction of justice the minute he thinks that's what it is - isn't he just as fucked?

When did Comey claim Trump's request amounted to obstruction of justice?

not playing wordsmith games, dude. sorry.

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

 

[Hutch Starskey]

When it was pointed out recently that Obama shared Intel with Russians, the Obama defenders declared, 'When WE / OBAMA shared Intel with Russia we / Obama had a strategic reason to do so - Trump did not.'





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'Yeah, because WE / I say so. LOL!'

Please post up the manner in which it was released, it's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings with Trump's shitshow.

Right after you do so regarding Trump's stated purpose, the procedures undertaken to do so without harming sources and Intel relationships around the world and then contrast those findings/ I'll be over here waiting.

That's easy. This wasn't planned at all.
Trump, for whatever reason, let slip information that burned an asset of a foreign service without warning and without their consent. He later had to call and try to fix it.

 

[easyt65]

That's easy. This wasn't planned at all.
Trump, for whatever reason, let slip information that burned an asset of a foreign service without warning and without their consent. He later had to call and try to fix it.

Nice OPINION, snowflake. You have as much evidence to support that as snowflakes do of 'Russian-Trump Collusion'.


"Ok, d@mn, that was a good one!"

 

[Redfish]

TDS is incurable.
Everything he does is misstep the suffers of TDS.

Look around. There's a lot of concern coming from members of his own party. It's not simply TDS.

Trump is calling out all of the DC crooks, all of the establishment pukes, draining the swamp and bringing the lying media to its knees. Sure, both sides are scared, he is telling the people the truth about DC corruption, the lying media, and the lifetime politicians who are getting rich at our expense.

He is doing what needs to be done. He is exactly what the country needs to keep it from becoming a large version of failed European socialism.

Trump is calling out all of the DC crooks, all of the establishment pukes, draining the swamp and bringing the lying media to its knees.

He's done none of that.

actually he has, but don't expect the far left dem mouthpiece media to tell you about it.

Yes, the media is clearly on it's knees.

yes they are, performing oral sex on both obamas and both Clintons.

 

[Faun]

“The obstruction of justice articles of impeachment counts are stacking up, it seems,” an active duty FBI agent told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. Firing Comey, the agent added, was a “big gamble. You’ve got to kill him, metaphorically. You can’t just wound him.”

IMHO, Comey appears to be a very meticulous person that documents everything so I think we will see more than just this memo. The House Over site Committee has demanded that the FBI turnover all memorandum, notes, summaries, and recordings of meetings between Trump and Comey. This will likely contain the memo.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’

great. but if he has to report obstruction of justice the minute he thinks that's what it is - isn't he just as fucked?

When did Comey claim Trump's request amounted to obstruction of justice?

not playing wordsmith games, dude. sorry.

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

 

[easyt65]

Look around. There's a lot of concern coming from members of his own party. It's not simply TDS.

Trump is calling out all of the DC crooks, all of the establishment pukes, draining the swamp and bringing the lying media to its knees. Sure, both sides are scared, he is telling the people the truth about DC corruption, the lying media, and the lifetime politicians who are getting rich at our expense.

He is doing what needs to be done. He is exactly what the country needs to keep it from becoming a large version of failed European socialism.

Trump is calling out all of the DC crooks, all of the establishment pukes, draining the swamp and bringing the lying media to its knees.

He's done none of that.

actually he has, but don't expect the far left dem mouthpiece media to tell you about it.

Yes, the media is clearly on it's knees.

yes they are, performing oral sex on both obamas and both Clintons.

Please...I just threw up in my mouth...

 

[Redfish]

total horseshit. Nothing he has done has caused any damage to US security. However, when Hillary violated national security laws regarding classified material she did real damage to US security. Then lied repeatedly about it, then the AG and Bubba made a deal on an airport tarmac, then the FBI director covered her fat ass saying that she was too stupid to know what she was doing.

you libs need to get the fuck over it, YOU LOST. TRUMP IS PRESIDENT, HILLARY IS A CRIMINAL..

continuing to post your bullshit talking points only destroys what little credibility the dem party and the lying media have left.

Keep chanting "trump won!" over and over and maybe his troubles will simply disappear.

every time you clowns scream "troubles for Trump" he shuts you fools up with the truth. Best president since Reagan and could end up being the best ever.

^Alt-reality.

wrong, the alt reality was what this country experienced for the 8 years of the reign of the Kenyan messiah. The worst president in history, but that's OK right, because he was half black?

LOL

Funny how "the worst president in history" left office with a 59% job approval rating; while his predecessor, for whom you voted at least once, crawled out of office with a 34% JAR.

polls taken by the same lying pollsters who said hilly would win in a landslide and that Trump had no path to 270 EC votes.

POLLSTERS LIE, POLLS ARE BULLSHIT. POLLS ARE DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION, NOT TO REPORT ON IT. WAKE THE FUCK UP.

 

[iceberg]

great. but if he has to report obstruction of justice the minute he thinks that's what it is - isn't he just as fucked?

When did Comey claim Trump's request amounted to obstruction of justice?

not playing wordsmith games, dude. sorry.

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

 

[hunarcy]

Mm, Comey also said four times Trump did
Nothing of the kind. McCabe said the same I believe both were under oath. As for the memo, those get sent to people so who was Comey sending memos to after and during meetings with the presidant? Then there is the guy who said Comey showed the memo to him. That person needs to be up on capital hill under oath.

“The obstruction of justice articles of impeachment counts are stacking up, it seems,” an active duty FBI agent told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. Firing Comey, the agent added, was a “big gamble. You’ve got to kill him, metaphorically. You can’t just wound him.”

IMHO, Comey appears to be a very meticulous person that documents everything so I think we will see more than just this memo. The House Over site Committee has demanded that the FBI turnover all memorandum, notes, summaries, and recordings of meetings between Trump and Comey. This will likely contain the memo.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’

Guess what skippy, if Comey truly thought Trump was trying to obstruct justice and didn't report it, he is fucked. He has a duty to report. On the other hand if Comey thought it was innocent conversation, then this is much a do about nothing.

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If Comey didn't do his duty as director, what's Trump going to do, fire him.
Apparently he did report it in his memo. It will be interesting to see who got copies of it.

Actually he could face obstruction charges himself, and possible perjury charges since he testified under oath that no one has tried to interfere with the investigation.

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How could he face obstruction charges if he documented the incident and saw to it that others in the bureau got the information. He probably acted by the book because it was in his interest to do so. What we're doing is just speculating.

If he felt Trump was trying to influence his investigation, he was obligated to report it to the DOJ and/or a Judge.

 

[Faun]

When did Comey claim Trump's request amounted to obstruction of justice?

not playing wordsmith games, dude. sorry.

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

Since there's no evidence to support either of your conjectures, I see no reason to even consider them.

 

[iceberg]

not playing wordsmith games, dude. sorry.

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

Since there's no evidence to support either of your conjectures, I see no reason to even consider them.

great. since you have no evidence to support your claim either - just how you *feel* - then you shouldn't consider your own feelings then. if you're being objective and all.

 

[Faun]

LOL

No one is asking you to. You claim that he's compelled to report obstruction of justice and that he didn't. That requires him to believe, at that time, it constituted obstruction of justice. You running away from answering that answered for you. Obviously, he never said it did.

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

Since there's no evidence to support either of your conjectures, I see no reason to even consider them.

great. since you have no evidence to support your claim either - just how you *feel* - then you shouldn't consider your own feelings then. if you're being objective and all.

No evidence??

Comey didn't report Trump's request as potential obstruction of justice. That's evidence he didn't believe it was. So your suggestion that he he's fucked if he did is baseless.

There are now two attempts to obstruct the FBI's investigation, Trump asking Comey to drop it and now Trump firing Comey after he didn't. Either one of those by themselves do not necessarily implicate Trump obstructing the investigation, but the two together makes the appearance of a pattern and turning this into a very big deal; rendering your other suggestion it's not a big deal also baseless.

 

[iceberg]

well this is going to be comeys problem. if he felt it was obstruction then he's legally in shit because he didn't report it. if he didn't feel it was obstruction, then this is all pointless isn't it?

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

Since there's no evidence to support either of your conjectures, I see no reason to even consider them.

great. since you have no evidence to support your claim either - just how you *feel* - then you shouldn't consider your own feelings then. if you're being objective and all.

No evidence??

Comey didn't report Trump's request as potential obstruction of justice. That's evidence he didn't believe it was. So your suggestion that he he's fucked if he did is baseless.

There are now two attempts to obstruct the FBI's investigation, Trump asking Comey to drop it and now Trump firing Comey after he didn't. Either one of those by themselves do not necessarily implicate Trump obstructing the investigation, but the two together makes the appearance of a pattern and turning this into a very big deal; rendering your other suggestion it's not a big deal also baseless.

dude - you have zero fucking clue as to why comey did what he did. you're just twisting shit your way cause that's what you do.

later on - got no time for bullshit and not gonna humor the stupid anymore.

 

[Faun]

I like how you frame it to omit the very plausible scenario that he didn't think it was obstruction of justice at the time because it was an isolated incident but perhaps now he does because being fired makes it no longer an isolated incident and establishes a pattern.

i like it how you find any *potential* way this all in your favor and ignore every other possibility.

there' we both like things about each other. and they said this could never be done.

Since there's no evidence to support either of your conjectures, I see no reason to even consider them.

great. since you have no evidence to support your claim either - just how you *feel* - then you shouldn't consider your own feelings then. if you're being objective and all.

No evidence??

Comey didn't report Trump's request as potential obstruction of justice. That's evidence he didn't believe it was. So your suggestion that he he's fucked if he did is baseless.

There are now two attempts to obstruct the FBI's investigation, Trump asking Comey to drop it and now Trump firing Comey after he didn't. Either one of those by themselves do not necessarily implicate Trump obstructing the investigation, but the two together makes the appearance of a pattern and turning this into a very big deal; rendering your other suggestion it's not a big deal also baseless.

dude - you have zero fucking clue as to why comey did what he did. you're just twisting shit your way cause that's what you do.

Nice projection there. That's actually what you did when you ridiculously postulated Comey was either fucked for not reporting obstruction of justice in February or it's no big deal now.

later on - got no time for bullshit and not gonna humor the stupid anymore.

Ciao.

 

[Lakhota]

Reuters is reporting that the Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians.

Trump Campaign Had At Least 18 Undisclosed Contacts With Russians, Sources Say

 

[Flopper]

“The obstruction of justice articles of impeachment counts are stacking up, it seems,” an active duty FBI agent told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. Firing Comey, the agent added, was a “big gamble. You’ve got to kill him, metaphorically. You can’t just wound him.”

IMHO, Comey appears to be a very meticulous person that documents everything so I think we will see more than just this memo. The House Over site Committee has demanded that the FBI turnover all memorandum, notes, summaries, and recordings of meetings between Trump and Comey. This will likely contain the memo.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’

Guess what skippy, if Comey truly thought Trump was trying to obstruct justice and didn't report it, he is fucked. He has a duty to report. On the other hand if Comey thought it was innocent conversation, then this is much a do about nothing.

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Not necessarily. He could have thought Trump asking him to drop his investigation, in itself, was perhaps not obstruction of justice. But now we add Obama firing him, now there's a pattern and it certainly does create the appearance of obstruction of justice.

Of course we must ignore the fact that Comey wan't actually doing the investigation, he had a lead agent and a team that was doing that, and Comeys firring didn't alter the investigation in any way. Kind of shoots a hole in your theory.

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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 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.

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

 

[Flopper]

“The obstruction of justice articles of impeachment counts are stacking up, it seems,” an active duty FBI agent told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. Firing Comey, the agent added, was a “big gamble. You’ve got to kill him, metaphorically. You can’t just wound him.”

IMHO, Comey appears to be a very meticulous person that documents everything so I think we will see more than just this memo. The House Over site Committee has demanded that the FBI turnover all memorandum, notes, summaries, and recordings of meetings between Trump and Comey. This will likely contain the memo.

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: ‘Don’t See How Trump Isn’t Completely F*cked’

Guess what skippy, if Comey truly thought Trump was trying to obstruct justice and didn't report it, he is fucked. He has a duty to report. On the other hand if Comey thought it was innocent conversation, then this is much a do about nothing.

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Not necessarily. He could have thought Trump asking him to drop his investigation, in itself, was perhaps not obstruction of justice. But now we add Obama firing him, now there's a pattern and it certainly does create the appearance of obstruction of justice.

Of course we must ignore the fact that Comey wan't actually doing the investigation, he had a lead agent and a team that was doing that, and Comeys firring didn't alter the investigation in any way. Kind of shoots a hole in your theory.

.

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.

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.

Lol...government is a business, except the people don't benefit
politicians do, because politics are bought and sold

Its the same shit, different fly's

I'm sure politicians in Congress were asking how could this guy be so dumb?

Lol...like when AG Loretta Lynch met with Bill,
on a plane, sitting on the tarmac, for 45 minutes,
discussing the grandkids, while his wife was the subject
of an ongoing investigation to determine whether or not
she would face criminal charges of any kind.

He wasn't dumb for asking,
he was dumb if he thought Comey would oblige...
which, I don't think he thought Comey would

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.

ROFLMMFAO... Don't hate the player, hate the game!

He didn't do anything those other mother fuckers don't do!
The establishment politicians, with weight to throw around,
have been doing just that for yearrrrrrs now!

That's why everything is so fucked up...
the movers and shakers have used their power and influence
to turn the government into their own private enterprise

He announced his candidacy in June, 2015,
and, were we hearing about Russia...no
Sexual harassment and pussy grabbing

They've been saying since before O shithead left,
they have proof, yet, we're still waiting

Shit or get off the pot!

If you want to hold public office and accomplish anything, you have to know how to play the game and that game is called politics. You can't change the system without being a part of the system because you need the power brokers who are never interested in major change on your side. Real change occurs slowly in democratic forms of government resulting from the work of many people with common goals. Only in highly authoritarian governments can major changes be made rapidly.

 

[Faun]

Guess what skippy, if Comey truly thought Trump was trying to obstruct justice and didn't report it, he is fucked. He has a duty to report. On the other hand if Comey thought it was innocent conversation, then this is much a do about nothing.

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Not necessarily. He could have thought Trump asking him to drop his investigation, in itself, was perhaps not obstruction of justice. But now we add Obama firing him, now there's a pattern and it certainly does create the appearance of obstruction of justice.

Of course we must ignore the fact that Comey wan't actually doing the investigation, he had a lead agent and a team that was doing that, and Comeys firring didn't alter the investigation in any way. Kind of shoots a hole in your theory.

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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 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.

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

Here's what they're moaning about. It's where Comey says the FBI works with Department of Justice and that he's not aware of anyone from the DoJ ever asking the FBI to halt an investigation. To the brain-dead right, the Department of Justice means Trump.

HIRONO: Yes. And so speaking of the independence of not just the judiciary but I'd like you to clarify the FBI's independence from the DOJ apparatus. Can the FBI conduct an investigation independent from the department of Justice. Or does the FBI have to disclose all it's investigations to the DOJ? And does it have to get the Attorney General's consent?

COMEY: Well we work with the Department of Justice, whether that's main justice or U.S. attorney's offices on all of our investigations. And so we work with them and so in a legal sense we're not independent of the department of justice. We are spiritually, culturally pretty independent group and that's the way you would want tit. But yes, we work with the Department of Justice on all of our investigations.

HIRONO: So if the Attorney General or senior officials at the Department of Justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that FBI investigation?

COMEY: 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.​