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    Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation


    May 19, 2017

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    WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting.

    “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

    Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.”

    The conversation, during a May 10 meeting — the day after he fired Mr. Comey — reinforces the notion that the president dismissed him primarily because of the bureau’s investigation into possible collusion between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives. Mr. Trump said as much in one televised interview, but the White House has offered changing justifications for the firing.

    The comments represented an extraordinary moment in the investigation, which centers in part on the administration’s contacts with Russian officials: A day after firing the man leading that inquiry, Mr. Trump disparaged him — to Russian officials.

    The White House document that contained Mr. Trump’s comments was based on notes taken from inside the Oval Office and has been circulated as the official account of the meeting. One official read quotations to The Times, and a second official confirmed the broad outlines of the discussion.

    Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, did not dispute the account.

    In a statement, he said that Mr. Comey had behaved politically and put unnecessary pressure on the president’s ability to conduct diplomacy with Russia on matters such as Syria, Ukraine and the Islamic State.

    “By grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia’s actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia,” Mr. Spicer said. “The investigation would have always continued, and obviously, the termination of Comey would not have ended it. Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations.”

    The day after firing Mr. Comey, Mr. Trump hosted Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, in the Oval Office, along with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak. The meeting ignited controversy this week when it was revealed that Mr. Trump had disclosed intelligence from an Israeli counterterrorism operation.

    A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying that Mr. Trump, whose discursive speaking style has hindered him in office, was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the “pressure” he was under.

    The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov — on Syria, Ukraine and other issues — by saying that Russian meddling in last year’s election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.


    The president has been adamant that the meddling did not alter the outcome of the presidential race, but it has become a political cudgel for his opponents.

    Many Democrats, and some Republicans, have said that the president may have tried to obstruct justice by firing Mr. Comey. The Justice Department’s newly appointed special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was given the authority to investigate not only potential collusion, but also related allegations, which would include obstruction of justice.

    Representative Elijah E. Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and a member of the House Oversight Committee, called on Republicans to subpoena White House documents related to the meeting.

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/u...sia-comey.html
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    The F.B.I.’s investigation has bedeviled the Trump administration, and the president personally. Mr. Comey publicly confirmed the existence of the inquiry in March, telling Congress that his agents were investigating Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the presidential election and whether anyone in the Trump campaign had assisted in the Russian efforts. Mr. Trump has denied any collusion and called the case a waste of money and time. Former officials have testified that they have so far seen no evidence of collusion.

    The acting F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, has called the case “highly significant” but said there had been no effort by the White House to impede the inquiry.
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    "There is no there there," Strozk said to his FBI lover.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    "There is no there there," Strozk said to his FBI lover.
    Going back to May of 2017 is good for a laugh...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Going back to May of 2017 is good for a laugh...
    Why is that? The fact has not been challenged; When we consider the fact that 19,000 emails have recently been discovered by the Department of Justice?

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    Did not the FBI lovers have anything better to do than exchange tens of thousands of emails?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Why is that? The fact has not been challenged; When we consider the fact that 19,000 emails have recently been discovered by the Department of Justice?
    Between Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page????

    When employees leave they routinely wipe phones and give them to new employees.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Between Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page????

    When employees leave they routinely wipe phones and give them to new employees.
    Routinely, is funny. I am laughing my posterior off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Routinely, is funny. I am laughing my posterior off.
    They clean up the company phones and reuse them.

    You do know the Democrats never filed a challenge to the election, don't you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    They clean up the company phones and reuse them.

    You do know the Democrats never filed a challenge to the election, don't you?
    Yes, but that was one of the reasons they hired him. Emphasis on ONE.

    You also know that another 190,000 additional emails were recently discovered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Yes, but that was one of the reasons they hired him. Emphasis on ONE.

    You also know that another 190,000 additional emails were recently discovered.
    19,000 between the two of them.. Nothing sinister. Two people couldn't create 190,000 emails in 5 months.


    https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/doj-re...en-fbi-agents/

    The e-mails were exchanged between Peter Strzok, one of the top FBI agents assigned to the Mueller investigation, and Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer. The two were romantically involved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    19,000 between the two of them.. Nothing sinister. Two people couldn't create 190,000 emails in 5 months.


    https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/doj-re...en-fbi-agents/

    The e-mails were exchanged between Peter Strzok, one of the top FBI agents assigned to the Mueller investigation, and Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer. The two were romantically involved.
    Thanks for correcting my typo. Even 19,000 emails between two people in 5 months is ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Controlled Opposition View Post
    Thanks for correcting my typo. Even 19,000 emails between two people in 5 months is ridiculous.
    I agree.. They obviously weren't doing much work.......
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Between Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page????

    When employees leave they routinely wipe phones and give them to new employees.
    Do you think a plot requires 19,000 contacts? They are FBI agents. They would not be communicating bad emails. They were lovers and were gossipping.. There is no way they would be dumb enough to run a plot on FBI computers.

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