Comey Revelation Changes Everything, Senate Should Postpone Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination Hearing

[jc456]

The Senate Judiciary Committee has begun the confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, popular vote loser Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. But they should stop early and postpone the process because of today’s revelation from FBI Director James Comey that there is an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and—critically—"the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts."

Moments before Comey's opening statement Monday morning, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley confidently tweeted:


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After Comey briefing + doc review I can say @POTUS and Clapper R both right about this No evidence of Trump collusion w Russia

10:08 AM - 20 Mar 2017

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Clearly, Grassley wasn't listening during the briefing or reading those documents correctly. Because the FBI is clearly still investigating that possibility.

And with that big, black cloud hanging over the Trump regime, the last thing the Senate should be doing is considering a lifetime nomination to the Supreme Court. The legitimacy of this presidential regime is now in serious question, and this nomination should be, too.

Comey revelation changes everything, Senate should postpone Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination hearing

You left out Grassleys other important tweet:


[ChuckGrassley‏Verified account @ChuckGrassley 2h2 hours ago FBI Dir Comey needs to be transparent + tell the public what he told me about whether he is or is not investigating @POTUS 162 replies 680 retweets 709 likes]

Comey needs to be fired.
Comey continues to state that Russia’s actions were to injure Clinton’s campaign and advantage Trump. Yet he offers no evidence.

ask him if he or the FBI looked at the democrats server?

 

[jc456]

The Senate Judiciary Committee has begun the confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, popular vote loser Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. But they should stop early and postpone the process because of today’s revelation from FBI Director James Comey that there is an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and—critically—"the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts."

Moments before Comey's opening statement Monday morning, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley confidently tweeted:


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✔@ChuckGrassley
After Comey briefing + doc review I can say @POTUS and Clapper R both right about this No evidence of Trump collusion w Russia

10:08 AM - 20 Mar 2017

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Clearly, Grassley wasn't listening during the briefing or reading those documents correctly. Because the FBI is clearly still investigating that possibility.

And with that big, black cloud hanging over the Trump regime, the last thing the Senate should be doing is considering a lifetime nomination to the Supreme Court. The legitimacy of this presidential regime is now in serious question, and this nomination should be, too.

Comey revelation changes everything, Senate should postpone Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination hearing

Mr. comey, after seven months you have nothing? hmmmm why not if it is so? Did you or your team look at the democrat servers? You didn't, why not?

 

[Onyx]

Comey needs to be removed, he's using his position to carry out a political agenda. Fire his ass.

The only political move he made was releasing Hillary Clinton's emails.

What do you guys want? For him to lie under oath about an ongoing investigation?

 

[jc456]

Comey needs to be removed, he's using his position to carry out a political agenda. Fire his ass.

The only political move he made was releasing Hillary Clinton's emails.

What do you guys want? For him to lie under oath about an ongoing investigation?

so he contributed to hitlery's loss vs russia? exactly.

 

[easyt65]

WTF? How do you spell 'desperation'?

'S N O W F L A K E'!


NO evidence of collusion found!
NO Russian 'hacking of the election' proven!

And snowflakes want to delay the USSC nominee hearings because of THAT?!

 

[The Original Tree]

Comey needs to be removed, he's using his position to carry out a political agenda. Fire his ass.

He managed Millions of dollars for The Clinton Foundation when he worked for HSBC. Why do you think he refused to prosecute Clinton, when he had her dead in the water on multiple violations of The Espionage Act? Instead he phucking swept up her mess for her, like he did for Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, and Lois Lerner.

 

[hadit]

WTF? How do you spell 'desperation'?

'S N O W F L A K E'!


NO evidence of collusion found!
NO Russian 'hacking of the election' proven!

And snowflakes want to delay the USSC nominee hearings because of THAT?!

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That's a two parter. First, they want to delay the hearings, period. Second, they need an excuse to do that, and this is the excuse. Flimsy, I know.

 

[S.J.]

Not going to happen......

Let's say the Russians interferred and it could be proven.

Trump stays president.

It has been proven.
The only questions left are concerning the nature of the relationships between Trump's people and the Russians.

No, it hasn't been "proven", it's been "concluded". It's also been concluded that OTHER countries hacked us. They only focus on Russia to bolster the partisan claim that Trump colluded with them. Did he "collude" with China too, or Israel? Why isn't that charge being made?

 

[The Original Tree]

A key Republican lawmaker pressed hard Monday against the FBI director to name the chief suspects in the leaks of classified intelligence, but the G-man did not budge.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., grilled FBI boss James Comey in a dogged bid to determine specifically who could have told the press former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn turned up on surveillance audio, a development that led to his firing.

In a tense exchange, Gowdy, himself a former federal prosecutor, ticked off what sounded like his own short list of suspects. He asked which of former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch and ex-White House adviser Ben Rhodes could have known Flynn was caught on tape conferring with the Russian ambassador.

Comey acknowledged all but Rhodes were privy to the information, the disclosing of which is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Comey said he did not know if Rhodes had access to such information.

Gowdy said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is in place to protect national security and allows spying on certain foreign agents. Rules state that if an American with Constitutional protections is collaterally caught in such surveillance, his or her identity must be protected.

The fact the Flynn was caught on tape was reported by the Washington Post last year, citing "senior administration officials." But Comey would not say if the FBI is investigating the apparent leak.

“I can’t say because I don’t want to confirm that that was classified information,” said Comey, who had earlier confirmed that the bureau is investigating the claim that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.

"But you confirmed the investigation into the Trump camp Russia ties," Gowdy pressed. "And aren’t these leaks a matter of life and death?"

Comey replied, "Leaks are terrible and taken very seriously," before adding that “there’s a whole lot of wrong information” in newspapers," and saying he did not want to "compound the offense that’s committed."

Gowdy presses Comey to unmask the unmasker

TREE:

Like I said, Comey is a "SWEEPER' an insider who's function is to act like he represents and defends The Rule of Law, but all he does is conceal the violations of The Deep State Establishment and makes it all go away.

I knew this guy should have been fired when he let Clinton Bleach Bit her Server despite it being under two Preservation Orders, and then gave her entire staff immunity, and then sealed all of their testimonies.

 

[easyt65]

"It seems likely, given former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s statement on March 5 that there is no evidence of any collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia, that Comey will make a similar statement. If he does and also confirms the Obama administration sought FISA warrants to surveil Trump campaign staff, the hearing could take a very bad turn for the Democrats.

It has been reported but not officially confirmed that two FISA warrants were requested in 2016 – last spring and in October – to use U.S. intelligence to investigate Trump campaign staff interactions with Russian officials. The spring ’16 FISA warrant reportedly was denied.

FISA warrants to employ U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on Americans are only issued to address dire national security threats.

The standard to issue such warrants against staff members of a presidential campaign from an opposing political party should have been even higher."

It did go higher - all the way to Barry. Of course you could choose to believe Mr. 'You can keep your plan if you like your plan', Mr. 'It was a protest over a video', Mr. 'I did not pay a ransom', Mr. 'I found out about Hillary's e-mail through the media'...




What Democrats don't want FBI Director James Comey to talk about

 

[OKTexas]

The Senate Judiciary Committee has begun the confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, popular vote loser Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. But they should stop early and postpone the process because of today’s revelation from FBI Director James Comey that there is an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and—critically—"the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts."

Moments before Comey's opening statement Monday morning, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley confidently tweeted:


Follow
ChuckGrassley

✔@ChuckGrassley
After Comey briefing + doc review I can say @POTUS and Clapper R both right about this No evidence of Trump collusion w Russia

10:08 AM - 20 Mar 2017

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Clearly, Grassley wasn't listening during the briefing or reading those documents correctly. Because the FBI is clearly still investigating that possibility.

And with that big, black cloud hanging over the Trump regime, the last thing the Senate should be doing is considering a lifetime nomination to the Supreme Court. The legitimacy of this presidential regime is now in serious question, and this nomination should be, too.

Comey revelation changes everything, Senate should postpone Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination hearing

In your ignorance Trump collusion and Russia interference can't possibly be to separate and distinct topics. LMAO And nothing Comey had to say has any bearing on the Gorsuch confirmation.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Hacking the DNC is not influencing the election.

Unless telling the truth is also a crime.

Sorry folks.

Trump won.

Suck on it.

 

[easyt65]

"In light of Clapper’s statement that no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians was found and the (ILLEGAL) rash of anti-Trump intelligence leaks after the election, there are serious questions as to whether these warrants were sought by Obama officials to conduct fishing expeditions to find information to hurt Trump’s presidential bid.

There also is the question of the leaking of NSA reports of Russian communications that “incidentally” mentioned Trump campaign officials, including retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and possibly then-Sen. Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general. Is the FBI investigating these leaks? Were they part of a broad effort by the Obama administration to cull though NSA reports on Russian officials to find references to Trump campaign staff that they could leak to the news media?

A related question: when NSA intercepts of foreign persons incidentally mention U.S. citizens, the names of the U.S. citizens are “minimized” with anonymous references. However, senior U.S. officials are permitted to ask NSA to reveal the names of Americans minimized in NSA reporting.

On March 15, 2017, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and ranking member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., requested the names of Obama officials who sought the identities of Americans mentioned in intelligence reporting be “de-minimized” during the last seven months of the Obama administration. Will Comey tell the committee Monday which Obama officials requested that the names of Trump campaign aides mentioned in NSA reports be “de-minimized?”

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Not going to happen......

Let's say the Russians interferred and it could be proven.

Trump stays president.

It has been proven.
The only questions left are concerning the nature of the relationships between Trump's people and the Russians.

No, it hasn't been "proven", it's been "concluded". It's also been concluded that OTHER countries hacked us. They only focus on Russia to bolster the partisan claim that Trump colluded with them. Did he "collude" with China too, or Israel? Why isn't that charge being made?

Yes, dope. They concluded that the Russians did indeed hack political organizations and used WL to release it in a way that was meant to influence our electoral process.

Everyone in that hearing room is operating under that fact.

I don't know what you are trying to say about "proof", but it is accepted as fact.

The fact that they all agree is as much proof you will ever get.

 

[easyt65]

"House Intelligence Committee Democrats will try to use Comey’s appearance before the committee to focus exclusively on the accuracy of President Trump’s charge that President Obama ordered the bugging of Trump Tower.

This issue is a distraction. All members of the committee realize that if Comey states there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and if he confirms that FISA warrants were requested, it’s a whole new ball game.

Such statements by Comey could turn the focus of congressional investigations of possible Russian interference in the 2016 election to whether the Obama administration tried to interfere in the election by spying on the Trump campaign and whether Obama officials tried to hurt the Trump presidency by leaking classified information to the news media after the election.

Democrats thus desperately hope Comey will not repeat Clapper’s statement about no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign and will not comment on possible FISA warrants..."

 

[Rob37]

The Dems are busy jacking it, I see.

 

[S.J.]

Not going to happen......

Let's say the Russians interferred and it could be proven.

Trump stays president.

It has been proven.
The only questions left are concerning the nature of the relationships between Trump's people and the Russians.

No, it hasn't been "proven", it's been "concluded". It's also been concluded that OTHER countries hacked us. They only focus on Russia to bolster the partisan claim that Trump colluded with them. Did he "collude" with China too, or Israel? Why isn't that charge being made?

Yes, dope. They concluded that the Russians did indeed hack political organizations and used WL to release it in a way that was meant to influence our electoral process.

Everyone in that hearing room is operating under that fact.

I don't know what you are trying to say about "proof", but it is accepted as fact.

The fact that they all agree is as much proof you will ever get.

Gee, I'm sorry you don't know the difference between fact and opinion. Get your parents to explain it to you.

 

[easyt65]

A key Republican lawmaker pressed hard Monday against the FBI director to name the chief suspects in the leaks of classified intelligence, but the G-man did not budge.

So Comey is GUILTY of protecting criminals who illegally leaked information. There ya go - charge Comey with aiding and abetting, send his ass to jail.

 

[The Original Tree]

"It seems likely, given former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s statement on March 5 that there is no evidence of any collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia, that Comey will make a similar statement. If he does and also confirms the Obama administration sought FISA warrants to surveil Trump campaign staff, the hearing could take a very bad turn for the Democrats.

It has been reported but not officially confirmed that two FISA warrants were requested in 2016 – last spring and in October – to use U.S. intelligence to investigate Trump campaign staff interactions with Russian officials. The spring ’16 FISA warrant reportedly was denied.

FISA warrants to employ U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on Americans are only issued to address dire national security threats.

The standard to issue such warrants against staff members of a presidential campaign from an opposing political party should have been even higher."

It did go higher - all the way to Barry. Of course you could choose to believe Mr. 'You can keep your plan if you like your plan', Mr. 'It was a protest over a video', Mr. 'I did not pay a ransom', Mr. 'I found out about Hillary's e-mail through the media'...




What Democrats don't want FBI Director James Comey to talk about

Comey will avoid answering any of these questions. He will do what he has always done, and that is to sweep up the mess and charge no one, and find nothing out, unless he is cornered, and he will then find a way to excuse it all away and let the "violators" off of the hook.

He did the same for Clinton in Benghazi, Lois Lerner in The IRS Targeting Scandal, Eric Holder in Fast & Furious, Loretta Lynch in TarmacGate, and Hillary Clinton again in BleachBitGate. And guarantee, NO LEAKERS will ever be found. He never even Subpoened the DNC server, and not one intelligence agency has even looked at it's logs, NOTHING!

He used transcripts of The Flynn Wire Tap, and after exonerating Flynn with those transcripts denied there was a Wire Tap.....

Comey's function is one thing, and one thing only, to keep his friends in The Establishment out of Jail.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

James B. Comey complicated the life of every Republican elected official today


Joe Scarborough: Today has been ‘the worst day of Donald Trump’s presidency’
President Donald Trump had a very eventful day on Monday, as FBI Director James Comey confirmed that the FBI is conducting an investigation into whether members of Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with members of the Russian government.