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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @08:03PM (#508830)

    On the evening before the biggest state primary (California), the DNC announced that HRC had "won",

    No they did not.

    The AP ran a story [apnews.com] by reporters who interviewed all the superdelegates and compiled their public, on the record endorsements.

    The AP, not the DNC.

    Conspiracy theory logic: The AP is controlled by the DNC so its the same thing.
    Critical thinking logic: The AP reported on public information that made for a sensational story because that's what sells clicks.

  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday May 13 2017, @01:38AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Saturday May 13 2017, @01:38AM (#508940) Journal

    > The AP ran a story [...]

    Yes. I'm trying to post the calendar for June 2016, when the story ran. It's not displaying properly in the preview, but 1 June was a Wednesday:

    June 2016
    Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                        1 2 3 4
      5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    26 27 28 29 30

    At your link, the story is dated 7 June, which was a Tuesday on which several primary elections were held. However, it actually ran a day earlier, as you can read in the secondary reporting about it at Slate:

    On Monday night, the Associated Press announced that, due to some new superdelegate commitments, Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination.

    -- http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/06/clinton_clinches_democratic_nomination_associated_press_reports.html [slate.com]

    Note that the date on the AP page linked by Slate also says 7 June. A possible explanation is that the AP uses a different time zone.

    Note that NBC News ran a similar story, dated 6 June, supposedly based on NBC's own research:

    By NBC's count, Clinton now has 1812 pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates, while Sanders has 1520 pledged and 46 superdelegates.

    -- http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-hits-magic-number-delegates-clinch-nomination-n586181 [nbcnews.com]

    That doesn't prove there was any intrigue, but it's intriguing.