James Comey Says Locking Up Trump Is Doable
Former FBI Director James Comey explained how easily doable it would be to lock up Donald Trump if he were sentenced to jail time.
Former FBI Director James Comey explained how easily doable it would be to lock up Donald Trump if he were sentenced to jail time.
In an unhinged rant on Fox News, Trump claimed that the FBI had been plotting against him while he was president and planned to get him out of office with ‘fake’ charges.
Former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump’s, described the Capitol insurrection as the Republican Party’s “very own Chernobyl” in a new interview with The Guardian. Comey lambasted the GOP as a party “built on lies and racism and know-nothingism.” “Something is shifting and I’m hoping it’s the fault breaking apart, a…
From 2016 through 2017, FBI Director James Comey played a massive role in American politics. Just weeks before the election, he sent a letter about Hillary Clinton’s emails to Congress. This may have cost her the election. After Trump was elected, he demanded loyalty from Comey and fired him after the he declined. Over the…
Donald Trump offered to make John Kelly director of the FBI the day after he fired Director James Comey but the President was clear he wanted Kelly to be loyal only to him. The extraordinary account is revealed in the new book Donald Trump v. The United States by the New York Times Michael Schmidt. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist…
Writing in a Washington Post op-ed, former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have “damaged” the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), leaving a “legacy of damage to a vital American institution.” “Trump’s presidency represents a continuing frontal assault on the truth — on the very idea that ‘truth’…
Donald Trump lashed out at former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Thursday following her testimony before the Senate. The President has already falsely accused of her committing a crime . Yates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about the Justice Department’s investigations of election interference in 2016 and then FBI Director James…
James Comey said that he was booked to appear on Fox News tonight, but his interview was canceled after the IG report was bad for Trump.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) defended Trump comparing impeachment to lynching and blamed James Comey for Trump’s “frustration.”
Former FBI Director James Comey knows better than most people the existential threat that Donald Trump poses to democracy in America. On Sunday night, speaking to a well-healed audience on New York City’s Upper East Side, he said that American voters must end Donald Trump’s presidency with a “landslide victory for his opponent” in 2020….
President Trump attacked former FBI Director James Comey early Sunday, accusing him of lying during his testimony to House lawmakers about the investigation into Russia‘s election interference. “Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!” the president tweeted. “This…
Donald Trump had one of his longest and most angry Twitter meltdowns ever this morning. He appears to be completely freaking out as he waits for special counsel Robert Mueller’s next move. The targets of the president’s attacks today include: Robert Mueller, James Comey, “The woman in charge of prosecuting Jerome Corsi,” Andrew Weissman, The…
Rep. Adam Schiff saw through Trump’s threat to take away national security clearance from several former national security officials to call it what it really is, a presidential enemies list.
A former senior national security official told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace that people need to act if Trump moves to strip security clearances away from former officials who criticize him.
Former FBI Director, and Republican, James Comey issued a plea to Democrats to avoid rushing to the far left because the middle wants sensible and balanced leadership.
Former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday said “history has its eyes on us” and encouraged Americans to vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. Comey posted a tweet urging Americans to turn away from Republican candidates this November. “James @Comey urges voters to choose Democrats, warns that ‘history has its eyes on us’…
While Trump is playing golf and making Putin’s dreams come true, James Comey, who Trump thinks is a criminal, is reading the Declaration Of Independence with his family on this 4th of July.
Former FBI Director, and gun owner, James Comey ripped the NRA for selling fear and lying to the American people about gun rights.
In a highly unusual move Donald Trump took almost a 24 hour break from Twitter yesterday. Today, however, he was back on his favorite social media platform bragging and taking credit, which is his usual style. Concerning the World Cup, he wants everyone to know that it is coming to the United States because…
Rudy Giuliani took his warped and inaccurate definition of presidential power to a whole new level on Sunday when he claimed that Trump could shoot James Comey and not be indicted.
President Donald Trump has often said over the past year that he fired former FBI Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation, but in a tweet today he now claims that is not true. Seemingly out of the blue Trump tweeted: “Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia!…
On Meet The Press, James Comey destroyed the foundation of Trump’s Russia scandal defense in just 18 seconds.
Several rumors continue circulating that Mr. Trump wants to fire the Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, Rod Rosenstein, or Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, with reports by major media outlets such as The Washington Post and The New York Times, confirming such speculation. And despite these speculations, Republicans seem content to march…
President Trump better find more distractions to keep the public’s minds off his many scandals. A one-time bombing of Syria won’t be enough, and after today’s Sunday talk shows are over it will be “old news.” On the other hand, a story that’s not going away for quite a while is James Comey’s book “A…
The political process of consolidating power occurs when an individual in power disbands legislative, judicial and executive authorities while placing that authority in one or two offices or office holders. For a historical example of this consolidation and what it looks like to the casual observer, one need only look to the October Revolution of…
Sadly, this near-constitutional crisis the country finds itself in was largely caused by Comey’s own actions as FBI director during the 2016 election
The case for obstruction of justice against this president continues to grow, and it may have just reached a point of no return.
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe confirmed James Comey’s explosive testimony that Trump demanded his loyalty.
Donald Trump is now claiming that James Comey is the real liar and that he never asked Comey to fire Mike Flynn.
Protesters at Howard University chanted and booed on Friday through James Comey’s first public address since he testified to Congress about his firing by U.S. President Donald Trump, challenging the former FBI director with a taste of the “real world” he was trying to describe to them.
In a ham-handed and amateur effort to smear the witness, Donald Trump is trying to discredit potential obstruction of justice charges against him by attacking former FBI Director James Comey.
During his testimony before the Senate Intel Committee, Jeff Sessions confirmed that Comey did not want to be left alone with Trump.
Jeff Sessions is in big trouble, no matter what he tells the Senate Intelligence Committee.
George W. Bush’s ethics lawyer is warning that Trump’s threat to legally come after James Comey could result in new charges, including obstruction of justice against the President.
Trump is desperately spewing nonsense because he knows he has no credibility – and because, with each passing day, the obstruction of justice case against him builds a little bit more.
During a joint press conference with the president of Romania, Donald Trump accidentally admitted that he asked for Comey’s loyalty as he denied making the request of the former FBI Director.
The Trump administration is in for a rude awakening if they think the American public will believe the president over James Comey.
Murphy didn’t explicitly call for the impeachment of the president, but his comments suggest that Democrats are becoming more comfortable heading down that road.
Former FBI Director, James Comey came away from his public testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee with his integrity intact.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the one thing that should terrify Trump after Comey’s testimony. Schiff said that Comey’s testimony provided evidence that Trump intended to interfere with or obstruct the Russia investigation.
James Comey didn’t want to opine of whether or not Trump obstructed justice, but he made it clear that special counsel is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho tried to get Comey to say that Trump never ordered him to end the Russia investigation. Instead, Comey explained how he took Trump’s words to be an order to end the Russia investigation.
Former FBI Director James Comey destroyed Trump’s credibility in less than a minute while explaining why he didn’t document meeting with George W. Bush and Barack Obama
While testifying before the Senate, former FBI Director James Comey called President Trump a liar while discussing the reasons the White House gave for his firing.
America is waiting to hear what Former FBI Director James Comey will say during in Congressional testimony.
The poll also found that a staggering 60 percent of Americans believe the president’s relationship with Moscow is either “illegal” or “unethical.”
If anything, Comey’s statement raises more concerns and questions about Trump’s inappropriate conduct.
Former FBI Director James Comey’s opening statement for Senate Intel tomorrow includes President Trump demanding, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.”
Trump wished Comey luck before the former FBI Director’s Senate testimony, but it isn’t James Comey who needs luck. It’s Donald Trump.
Comey is going to do something worse for Trump than accusing him of obstruction of justice. The former FBI Director is going to refute Trump’s claims and share his concerns about the President.
As the anxious president self-destructs via social media, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox networks are all planning live coverage of James Comey’s congressional testimony.
The White House has announced that Trump won’t assert executive privilege and block James Comey from testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
A troubling new report says that James Comey may have intervened in the 2016 presidential election because he was misled by fake Russian document about an agreement between the Clinton campaign and the Department of Justice on whether or not Hillary Clinton revealed classified information with her use of e
“I’m convinced that he’s nuts. I thought he belonged in an institution. He was crazy before he became president. Now he’s really crazy.”
Holding the president accountable for trying to block an investigation – a criminal act – doesn’t jive well with Trump’s supporters.
James Comey will testify that Donald Trump intended to interfere with the Russia investigation. His testimony will blow up the main defense that Republicans have been using that the President wasn’t trying to interfere with the investigation when he met with former FBI Director.
James Comey almost took desperate measures to avoid being noticed by Donald Trump.
Donald Trump knows that the longer this investigation goes on, the more likely it is that he will be forced out of office.
Democratic House Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi made a move to tie Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to the Russia scandal by requesting that Ryan insists that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein brief the House on the Comey firing.
After being personally attacked and smeared by the Trump administration, former FBI Director James Comey says that he will testify, but only if the hearing is in public.
Anyone who pays attention knew a Friday morning twitter tantrum was imminent. For while Trump prides himself for his ability to use the element of surprise, there are two things for which he is so predictable it must sting his fragile ego.
Trump will obsess over media coverage of him and when the coverage isn’t favorable he’ll tweet that it’s fake news. In Trumpland, the emperor decides what is true and what isn’t. Anything that makes Trump look good is “true” anything that shows him how he really is, is not.
The Trump lies are falling fast as former DNI James Clapper debunked Trump’s story of dinner with James Comey. According to Clapper, it was Trump who asked Comey to dinner, and Comey was reluctant to go, and this is important because it suggests that Trump’s true motive for the dinner was obstruction of justice.
The firing appears to be the first step in Trump’s long-term goal of turning the FBI into an extension of his own political operation.
“We’re fiddling while Rome is burning. This president needs to be impeached. I believe that.”
During an interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, Trump admitted that the reasoning his own White House gave for the firing of James Comey was a lie.
“This is what I call a Paul Revere moment. … The Russians are attacking our country and they will come again.”
If Republicans can’t put democracy first, they must step aside and let an independent commission do what they’re too cowardly to do.
The bipartisan move by the Senate Intelligence Committee to force Flynn to hand over all records related to Russia suggests that they are unfazed by Trump’s firing of James Comey.
Republicans are openly worried that when Trump fired James Comey, he also blew up the Republican agenda for the rest of the year.
It is being reported that Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because he refused to pledge his loyalty to Trump and he accelerated the Russia investigation. If Trump fired Comey for investigating the Russia scandal, the president has committed an impeachable offense.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is trying to dodge the crisis that Trump created by refusing to answer questions about the firing of James Comey.
“While investigations typically continue after a FBI director steps down, a director who is sympathetic or friendly to Trump could easily drag out the FBI probe.”
“There’s nobody left in America who believes that Donald Trump fired James Comey … because James Comey was mean to Hillary Clinton.”
The calls are getting louder in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey for Democrats to block Trump’s nominee to be the next FBI Director until a special prosecutor is appointed to investigate Trump and Russia.
“This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this White House and as far away as possible from anyone that President Trump has appointed.”
In his statement on the firing of James Comey, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made the argument no Trump picked FBI Director can be trusted to objectively carry out the Russia Investigation.
Why is Sessions involved in this decision if he has supposedly recused himself from all things related to Russia?
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is warning that US democracy is in danger and calling for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to appoint a bipartisan commission to investigate Trump and Russia after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
The firing of James Comey by two of the central figures in the Russia investigation smells rotten at every level as the White House may have taken desperate measures to stop the FBI investigation.
It is being reported that FBI Director James Comey made inaccurate statements to Congress last week as he falsely stated the number and frequency of Clinton emails that were forwarded to Anthony Weiner.
Ranking House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tore apart James Comey’s reasoning for talking about the Clinton email investigation while not discussing the Trump/Russia investigation and exposed the dubious reasoning and false rationale behind Comey’s statements.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) hammered FBI Director James Comey for talking about the Clinton email investigation during the campaign, but never publicly mentioning the Trump/Russia investigation. It was clear that Leahy was pointing out that Comey’s biased behavior influenced the election for Trump.
“The phony…” began Trump, finishing 16-minutes later with, “…Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election.”
It’s not clear why Comey didn’t seek other avenues of making this information available to the public before they chose the next president.
FBI Director James Comey destroyed President Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped him by saying that the FBI has no evidence that Obama wiretapped him, and that presidents can’t order surveillance, which raises the question, was Trump’s lie an impeachable offense?
The top-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) began by asking the question that must be answered. Was Trump’s collusion with Russia a coincidence?
According to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), FBI Director James Comey is withholding information from Congress about the investigations into Donald Trump and Russia.
Fast forward 15 years and Comey’s behavior during the presidential campaign starts to make a little more sense.
The Justice Department has announced that they will review the FBI’s actions on Hillary Clinton’s emails ahead of Election Day.
“I would never comment on investigations … in an open forum,” the FBI director said, straight face intact.
A new inside look at the chaos between the FBI and the Justice Department reveals that Hillary Clinton was correct. FBI Director Comey’s letter to Congress 12 days before the election was a bombshell whose impact was underestimated by both the FBI and the Justice Department.
“I am appalled,” one lawyer told USA TODAY of the FBI’s pre-election actions.
Former President Bill Clinton has lashed out and his blaming FBI Director James Comey for Donald Trump winning the presidential election.
The growing consensus is that Putin’s espionage and FBI-created “October surprise” gave Russia and FBI rogues what they wanted; a Trump White House.
The latest outrage, one that should alarm every American alive, is a call from a Trump acolyte in a Trump-related newspaper. The call to action was a summons for FBI Director James Comey, to use the authority of the Bureau to act as “official state police” to repress Americans exercising their First Amendment right to assemble.
“I think [Comey] should be investigated by the Senate, he should be investigated by other agencies of the government, including the security agencies.”
If only this were a movie and not a metastasizing reality threatening the deepest values of our democracy, the welfare of every citizen, and our standing in a globalized world.
Democrats are prepared to stand up to the huge threat that a Trump presidency represents.
“Russia has perfected political warfare using cyber assets and apparently decided to apply these tactics so American democracy itself was hacked.”
“You have to take all of this incredibly seriously. We are the oldest political party and we are under constant attack from Russia and/or maybe others.”