NYT: Trump Asked Comey to End Flynn Investigation

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At least there's some good news on this subject: http://www.clickhole.com/article/huge-relief-russian-officials-cant-figure-out-whic-6084

[ApatheticAustrian]

Rep. James Comer, a member of the Oversight Committee, says Trump may well have been joking to Comey. "It looks different on paper."
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/864839380611026944

[I Won - Get Over It]

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/333786-top-dem-cautions-it-is-too-early-to-start-impeachment-talks
Top Dem warns against rushing into impeachment talk

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So the one who is involved in the investigation and seen all the 'smoking guns' is asking Dems to calm down? Smoke and fire? Or only smoke? 

[The_Doctor]

He isn't ruling out impeachment… he wants a full investigation first. Seems
logical.

Now I wonder which party did NOT want that? It's funny how all of a sudden now that Trump is crashing into the 30s the House GOP is now open to a special prosecutor or independent commission.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Rep. Gary Palmer says if what Comey says is true, he should have been fired immediately for not telling congress.
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/864841637431832576


Here's why Comey couldn't just quit in February
http://www.businessinsider.de/why-james-comey-didnt-quit-earlier-2017-5?r=US&IR=T

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“We need the facts” says @SpeakerRyan pointing out that there are people “trying to harm the president”
https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/864846150163210241

[I Won - Get Over It]

He isn't ruling out impeachment… he wants a full investigation first. Seems
logical.

Now I wonder which party did NOT want that? It's funny how all of a sudden now that Trump is crashing into the 30s the House GOP is now open to a special prosecutor or independent commission.

It can mean that he still has not seen any real evidence or similar. Probably, nothing but smoke.
But whatever, you've already solved the RussiaGate.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Speaker Ryan is asked if he still has confidence in Trump. "I do," he says as he leaves press conference
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/864847489769373696

[Sir Mohamed]

Speaker Ryan is asked if he still has confidence in Trump. "I do," he says as he leaves press conference
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/864847489769373696

I guess he is just not ready yet.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Horrible if true. But I don’t understand, if true, why Trump is that dumb. He should have known that such a request is illegal and has the potential to throw him out of office. I mean, almost every user on here wouldn’t make such a mistake in the president’s position.

I think at this point Trump genuinely thinks he's above the law and that he can strong-arm people into doing what he wants without consequences. He's had so many controversies that resulted in literally nothing happening so far (since day one of his campaign) that he probably thinks this is just another of them.

Plus with GOP in control of Congress, he may as well be above the law at the moment anyway.

I'm not so sure that Trump think's he is above the law, or able to dictate results, so much as that he just doesn't think. He is doomed as President, and I'm just hoping for the smallest damage to the nation possible.

For escaping controversies, I've read how something similar both encouraged Hitler and doomed Germany. He had so many terrible idea that kept working: Austria, Czechoslovakia, and so on - even invading Poland went well at the time - that when it came to the big ones like invading France and then Russia he was impossible to discourage, because "he'd been right" the other times.

[Illiniwek]

Speaker Ryan is asked if he still has confidence in Trump. "I do," he says as he leaves press conference
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/864847489769373696

He's intent on tying his legacy to trump. History will not be kind to him.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Every generation needs their Earl Landgrebes.

[EnglishPete]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2017/live-updates/trump-white-house/trump-comey-and-russia-how-key-washington-players-are-reacting/speaker-paul-ryan-some-people-want-to-harm-trump/

[ApatheticAustrian]

going out on a limb but i think,  this house is never going to impeach this prez.

just wonder how much they even hurt themselves.

[Yank2133]

History is not going to be kind to Paul Ryan.

[KingSweden]

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/333786-top-dem-cautions-it-is-too-early-to-start-impeachment-talks
Top Dem warns against rushing into impeachment talk

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So the one who is involved in the investigation and seen all the 'smoking guns' is asking Dems to calm down? Smoke and fire? Or only smoke? 

Adam Schiff isn't wrong here. The 24 hour news cycle isn't designed for deep dive investigations, to say the least

[Gass3268]

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[The Other Castro]

Justin Amash says that if the memo is true, it's grounds for impeachment.

[Technocracy Timmy]

History is not going to be kind to Paul Ryan.

He's the most hated man on twitter.

[Middle-aged Europe]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2017/live-updates/trump-white-house/trump-comey-and-russia-how-key-washington-players-are-reacting/senate-intelligence-asks-comey-to-testify/?utm_term=.4a3a5411f6af

[Reaganfan]

The meltdown among libs is insane. Remember the access hollywood tape? That stupid judge? Khan? The muslim ban? Everything he does that is "controversial" to the establishment is blown out of proportions.

[Illiniwek]

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What an alpha male. What a leader. What an inspiration.

To think that there are people out there and on Atlas who are proud of our petulant crybaby-in-chief.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

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What an alpha male. What a leader. What an inspiration.

To think that there are people out there and on Atlas who are proud of our petulant crybaby-in-chief.

It sounds like he's sick of winning.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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[Virginiá]

Horrible if true. But I don’t understand, if true, why Trump is that dumb. He should have known that such a request is illegal and has the potential to throw him out of office. I mean, almost every user on here wouldn’t make such a mistake in the president’s position.

He was expressing the hope. It was not a request (technically). And I doubt that it would be illegal even if he made such a request.

However it is highly improper if the description is correct. Trump is and have been playing with fire while testing the boundaries. So far he has managed to NOT get burned.

What exactly do you think it was? Put aside what it technically says, as in, what a robot might think it was with absolutely no idea of the way people really communicate and the way power dynamics work in situations like this.  You also don't ask everyone to leave the room just to "express hope." Trump was asking Comey to end it, and taking the Breitbart-style approach and dissecting the words individually as if the entire world is stupid, is, well, kind of stupid in itself.

[EnglishPete]

Senate Judiciary Committee asking for all Comey memos that relate to interactions he had with President Trump, President Obama, AG Sessions, AG Lynch, Deputy AG Rosenstein, Deputy AG Yates and Deputy AG Boente.