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The new, temporary FBI Director Andrew G. McCabe says that employees loved Comey:
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Thursday rejected assertions by the White House that FBI employees had lost faith in James Comey and that the bureau's probe into Russian election meddling was one of its most minor concerns. "I hold Director Comey in the absolute highest regard. I have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity," McCabe told members of the Senate intelligence committee. He said Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, enjoyed "broad support within the FBI and still does to this day." He added, "The majority, the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey."
Furthermore, he will inform the Senate of any interference with the Russia investigation:
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe vowed Thursday that he would tell the Senate Intelligence Committee if the White House tried to interfere with the bureau's probe of possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election — though he asserted that there had "been no effort to impede our investigation to date."
Meanwhile, President Trump has undermined the White House's messaging on Comey's firing, saying that he planned to fire "showboat" and "grandstander" James Comey regardless of any recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein. The President also insists that he is not under FBI investigation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @04:32PM (3 children)
Holy shit, dude!!! Do you actually believe that? Stop being so damned naive!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @04:43PM (1 child)
I think that is the way she meant for it to be interpreted.
President ManBaby does not have the impulse control to lie for very long.
But spin is what spokespeople do for a living. So it is unlikely that deliberate obstruction of justice was the idea she was trying to communicate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @05:21AM
DeathMonkey should know better. Weasel words in an interview are not obstruction of justice. Deliberately misleading on the stand is different, and not the context for that.
Shame. Yes, shame on you DeathMonkey! Trump & co. do enough wrong; don't propagate strawmen or cry wolf. There's real work to be done and real obstruction to bring to light.
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Friday May 12 2017, @05:29PM
You may even get tired of integrity and you'll say please, please mister president, It's too much integrity! We can't take it anymore!