Exclusive: Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says

On what basis would they decide different from the conclusions Of the only witness who at the time was the director of the FBI?

 

He will NOT say obstruction did or did not occur. Watch and see....he will refuse to give a legal opinion but maybe just say it wasn't appropriate.

 

Fired FBI Director James Comey will publicly describe conversations with Donald Trump but stop short of saying if he thinks the president sought to obstruct a federal probe of Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to a person familiar with Comey’s thinking.

He won't say yes or no

 

He'll probably say no reasonable prosecutor would argue a case for obstruction.

 

It was his job at the time to inform the DOJ if he believed a crime had been committed but glad to see you now agree it was not his job to do what he did in the email scandal for which he was fired.

 

Lol ok that was funny...but no

 

So who did he send the memo to? Names please.

 

Blues it should be but the left will continue howl like wounded buffalo. You really think they'll shut up even with their fingers caught in a slammed door? They'll cry like babies.

 

Clinton remains an impwached President. The judgement of the Senate is limited to removal from office for the impeahment it is mkt a finding of innocence, a leagal decision. A d of course Clinton DID commit perjury and obstruction of justice and paid a heavy legal cost. The Democrats said that perjury and obstruction of justice even in a federal civil rights lawsuit does not warrant removal.

 

I presume that you left off the word "no" in "there was obstruction of justice." Again, there is no indication that Comey will say that obstruction of justice did not happen.

 

"Comey has told associates he will not accuse the President of obstructing justice"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/atto...uggested-resign-amid-rising/story?id=47875090
Unless he says there was the whole matter is moot.

 

Correct

"Comey has told associates he will not accuse the President of obstructing justice"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/atto...uggested-resign-amid-rising/story?id=47875090

 

He fulfilled his job properly when he made that recommendation. The only way that he acted inappropriately, as it related to that email scandal, was to send a letter to Congress informing them about the need to investigate more emails from Anthony Weiner's labtop so close to the election. That was the basis of the recommendation that Trump supposedly used, at least initially, to fire Comey.

 

He leaked alleged information in them to unnamed sources who then leaked them without seeing them. Where was the formal notification to the DOJ and the SOTH?

 

That is not the same as saying that obstruction of justice did not occur.

If I tell you that I am unwilling to declare the killing a "murder," that is not the same as saying that a murder did not occur.

 

Not at all! It's only moot if he says there wasn't! And he's not going to say either. If he says it was definitely not obstruction then it'll be nearly impossible to make that case (as it relates to the memo)...but he won't say that.

 

He documented it in a memo, who was the memo sent to? No need to notify the speaker, where did you get that?

 

I am confident that he will say that it would be inappropriate for him to comment now that a special counsel has been appointed. He has an obligation to answer to congressional inquires but like anyone else "ordinary citizen" or former FBI Director, he can plead the 5th, or simply answer Yes or No. As far as his memos are concerned, he is obligated to turn over any information that exists but probably not in a public hearing and probably not if it is evidence in the special counsel's investigations. If he kept any confidential information after he was fired, discussing it even to the senate intel committee would be an admission of himself committing a crime. The man may not be 100% ethical but he's not stupid.

 

This changes nothing. Facts do not matter. Evidence does not matter. Criminal charges do not matter. Heck, the investigation not even being an actual criminal investigation, but rather a counter intelligence investigation, this doesn't even matter to the Mediacrat party. All that matters is those sweet sweet ratings they get when they smear Cheeto Jesus 24/7/365.

 

Yes, nice try at your distraction. As long as you mention it though, I just heard 2 1/2 hours of the Senate Intel show this morning.

Quick recap: Nothing new. Nothing incriminating Trump or his administration. Democrat Warner made a fool of himself. We learned that Republican McCain gets his intel from the Washington Post. Total witch hunt and waste of tax payer money. Tomorrow will be more of the same.

The only ones benefiting are the MSM entertainers.

 

How did Libby obstruct justice ??

 

Since the investigation didn't stop I guess he didn't lol except he was convicted of if

 

The issue is Trump and whether he obstructed justice. He enquired if Comey could let it go after Flynn was fired. Comey refused. There is no obstruction of justice here and the investigation continued.

 

CNN legal analyst on Comey testimony: ‘If that’s not obstruction of justice, I don’t know what is’

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin reacted on Wednesday to ousted FBI Director James Comey’s pre-filed testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee by saying that if this isn’t evidence of obstruction of justice, then he doesn’t know what is.

 

CNN. You expected their paid hacks to say differently? Not gonna happen.