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posted by martyb on Friday May 12 2017, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Will-he-be-fired,-too?-- dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday May 12 2017, @05:33PM (11 children)

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 12 2017, @05:33PM (#508748) Journal

    But is the current Vice-President any better? It's not clear that he's as impeachable, and even for Trump that's going to be a major effort, with Republicans in charge of both the House and the Senate.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by bob_super on Friday May 12 2017, @05:54PM (4 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 12 2017, @05:54PM (#508757)

    The Republicans are waiting for the perfect mistake from Trump to impeach him.
    They love that he brought the WH and Congress to them, but can't stand him. Pence/Sessions is their predictable hardline wet dream.
    But he is too popular with his base, and could be a major threat to the party as an independent (himself, or one of his family members, supported by a new news network with all the fired Fox guys).

    They need him to do something so crazy even his supporters will turn against him, so they can pounce, present Pence as the One True Conservative Savior, and keep all those people under the R brand.
    Should only take a few more months at this rate, but it has to be early enough to not be used by the D guys in the next election.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:56PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:56PM (#508850)

      I think the Pence/Ryan combo of morality and economics is exactly what the people wanted when they voted for Trump /sarc

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @10:52PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @10:52PM (#508890)

      > or one of his family members,

      I fully expect ivanka to try to pull a marine le pen if she get's an opportunity.
      And because she is a hottie the republicans will absolutely love her, 10x more than they loved palin.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @05:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @05:33AM (#509018)

        > And because she is a hottie

        Wow, those goggles. I could really use a few pairs of those, for the next party I go to.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @03:51PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13 2017, @03:51PM (#509186)

        Kushner could then finally get a real job as First Husband rather than all the trivial bullshit he has now. Are there any more family members available for hire?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 12 2017, @06:13PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 12 2017, @06:13PM (#508771) Journal

    The VP is probably more stable than the current president. But, few of us are going to like his politics. The liberal left will DAMN SURE not like any of it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:59PM (#508851)

      Not sure the pussy-grabbin' right will like it much either.

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Saturday May 13 2017, @12:25AM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Saturday May 13 2017, @12:25AM (#508915) Journal

      The liberal left will DAMN SURE not like any of it.

      I'm pretty hardcore but just about anything would be preferable to the shitshow we're in right now...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @06:30PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @06:30PM (#508781)

    But is the current Vice-President any better?

    Did I say anything about better? I specifically predicted quite a bit of "churn" and I'm standing by that prediction.

    It's not clear that he's as impeachable, and even for Trump that's going to be a major effort, with Republicans in charge of both the House and the Senate.

    At some point Trump will make such an egregious fuck up that even the Republicans will decide that they like their odds better by cutting him loose. I would have thought that we had hit that milestone at least a few times now but we are apparently not there yet.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday May 13 2017, @01:42AM (1 child)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday May 13 2017, @01:42AM (#508943) Journal

      At some point Trump will make such an egregious fuck up that even the Republicans will decide that they like their odds better by cutting him loose.

      I think it would have to be a very special set of circumstances for that move to be anything but Pyrrhic. Americans truly hate Congress. Its approval ratings have been in the single digits for a long time--if they crack into the teens they're doing great. So the only thing that keeps the whole system from flying apart is the Presidency. There was once a country that was greater than the Presidency, that would reckon such a thing to be a reaffirmation of the primacy of democracy over men, but America is not that country anymore.

      Consider the Clinton impeachment. Even though they had him dead to rights, it was a long, drawn-out affair because you don't just press a switch, and presto! the President's gone. The process did a lot of damage to the Republicans and backfired on them politically.

      Impeachment is also not a question of law or violating the Constitution, as it ought to be, because both W. Bush and Obama deserved impeachment for their actions.

      Trump would have to do something irredeemable in front of God, the universe, and everyone in broad daylight like killing and eating a baby. Else, the Republican party would shatter in a million pieces as it alienated its base by impeaching him.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @05:50PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @05:50PM (#510144)

        Trump would have to do something irredeemable in front of God, the universe, and everyone in broad daylight like killing and eating a baby. Else, the Republican party would shatter in a million pieces as it alienated its base by impeaching him.

        Well, I seriously doubt even that action would destroy his support. He would still be the Republican leader, the Democrats would still be an evil worth opposing by any means necessary, Congressional Republicans would still be too fragmented to do anything without him, and at the end of the day, the authoritarian followers will remain loyal to him for as long as he keeps making excuses. There's a reason the non-denial denial is a thing, after all. And besides, that baby-eating thing was fake news anyway.

        The only way to beat Trump is actually another Trump-like figure. It doesn't have to be the same set of politics, but it does have to be fear-based. And the fear needs to be targeted at Trump. The only way to take Trump's support away is to yell and scream and raise fear of what he will do until the authoritarian followers see you as the only person that can fix everything. Once that base of support switches to the new alpha dog, the Republican politicians will have to choose (again) to support the guy that is messiah to 50% of their own voters.

        I think anti-semites could actually do it; I don't believe in the so-called New World Order of Jewish domination through our financial systems, but Trump's business dealings and connections sure as hell look like it. It would have to be a gifted speaker, though. Somebody who knows no fear.

        Basically, the only way to get rid of Trump is cloning Hitler. God help us all.