Think about it: Comey was the top law enforcement officer in the nation before he was fired on May 9. Had he felt a special counsel was necessary to investigate possible Russian influence in the 2016 election, he could have requested one from Congress at any time. If he felt his conversations with President Trump warranted additional attention, he could have approached Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about it.
But instead he decided to do nothing. Comey apparently didn't think there was need for a special counsel until the Monday after he was fired, according to his testimony. In a clear act of retaliation, Comey went outside the system and shared secret information with the media via a college professor-friend, in a calculated attempt to inflict pain on the Trump Administration. Further, he said he turned all his memos about his conversations over to the special counsel upon his termination - so Mueller's investigators already had all they needed to make their own decisions.
Yet this is the same person who on Thursday, under oath, exonerated Trump on the Russia question. Collins asked Comey two very direct, simple questions. She asked, "whether there was any kind of investigation about the President underway" and "was the President under investigation at the time of [Comey's] dismissal on May 9?"
For both questions - under oath - Comey answered "no."
This kind of petty vindictiveness is so unbelievable, I wouldn't even write this type of stuff in one of my novels. The truth is, Comey behaved exactly like a bitter employee who had just been fired. He said nasty things about everyone from President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who served the Obama administration. The common thread in his testimony was that his firing was everyone's fault but his own.
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But instead he decided to do nothing. Comey apparently didn't think there was need for a special counsel until the Monday after he was fired, according to his testimony. In a clear act of retaliation, Comey went outside the system and shared secret information with the media via a college professor-friend, in a calculated attempt to inflict pain on the Trump Administration. Further, he said he turned all his memos about his conversations over to the special counsel upon his termination - so Mueller's investigators already had all they needed to make their own decisions.
Yet this is the same person who on Thursday, under oath, exonerated Trump on the Russia question. Collins asked Comey two very direct, simple questions. She asked, "whether there was any kind of investigation about the President underway" and "was the President under investigation at the time of [Comey's] dismissal on May 9?"
For both questions - under oath - Comey answered "no."
This kind of petty vindictiveness is so unbelievable, I wouldn't even write this type of stuff in one of my novels. The truth is, Comey behaved exactly like a bitter employee who had just been fired. He said nasty things about everyone from President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who served the Obama administration. The common thread in his testimony was that his firing was everyone's fault but his own.
Read more: Family Security Matters http://www.familysecuritymatters.or...mey-invalidates-special-counsel#ixzz4jtF4ZqyI
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