Report: Trump to keep Comey in charge of FBI
What a shock. Not.
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, told his top agents from around the country that he had been asked by President Trump to stay on the job running the federal government’s top law enforcement agency, according to people familiar with the matter.
A decision to retain Mr. Comey would spare the president another potentially bruising confirmation battle. It also would keep Mr. Comey at the center of the F.B.I.’s investigation into several Trump associates and their potential ties with the Russian government.
Retaining Mr. Comey could also help calm the bureau’s work force, which has been rattled after a tumultuous few months in which the F.B.I. and the director himself were sharply criticized for moves that many felt influenced the outcome of the presidential election.
The newspaper of record waits for paragraph 13 to mention:
Mrs. Clinton and many Democrats blame Mr. Comey for her defeat, and it is not clear whether she would have kept him on had she won.
In July, Mr. Comey held a news conference to announce that the bureau was recommending to the Justice Department that Mrs. Clinton or her aides not be charged in connection with the mishandling of classified information on her personal email server. At the news conference, Mr. Comey took the unusual step of criticizing how Mrs. Clinton and her aides handled classified information, saying it was “extremely careles
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* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
24 responses to Report: Trump to keep Comey in charge of FBI
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Suzanne McFly January 24th, 2017 at 18:35
He will fit right in with the other deplorable’s.
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:37
he’s the crooked bastard that was arming the white racist terrorist with illegal US Military hardware and with the republican controlled media trying to terrorize US by forcing the red white and blue to run away in dazed confusion.
gigs up, and all the dots are connecting now….and some folks were thinking that the Chinese Infiltration into some areas was a bad thing?
Like I’ve said before, won’t be the first time Americans allied with the Communist to throw worthless anti human Nazis off the planet.
Suzanne McFly January 25th, 2017 at 10:05
Amazing the “friends” you make when creating treason.
nola878 January 24th, 2017 at 19:18
Why would he want im gone? He proved his worth to the regime even before their coup succeeded…
StoneyCurtisll January 24th, 2017 at 19:54
Bingo~!
Gina Bousquet January 24th, 2017 at 21:29
He was part of the bloodless right-wing coup the US suffered, along with the Russian ties he is investigating…
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:32
E X A C T L Y !
and the republican controlled media loves to try to lead people along that his BETRAYAL of The Republic will drizzle away, and “stability” will become the norm for the government of trump also.
you’d think that eventually they’d figure out that the majority of US are still Americans – the people who have a record of ousting Nazi bastards from power and throwing their worthless anti human asses off the planet?
amersham1046 January 24th, 2017 at 19:23
He has a file on Trump , but who has the file on Comey
StoneyCurtisll January 24th, 2017 at 19:53
I bet his first initial is, Vladimir Putin.
Obewon January 24th, 2017 at 20:05
Future FBI Director Kellyanne Conway has a copy of Comey’s file.
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:28
probably full of LYING BS that the FBI is now known without any doubt whatsoever to fabricate on order’s of any of their republican bosses.
labman57 January 24th, 2017 at 20:25
Quid pro quo
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 24th, 2017 at 20:59
Does Comey have to keep the kneepads ready for Putin?
allison1050 January 24th, 2017 at 21:16
Yes or at least have a kneeling bench.
allison1050 January 24th, 2017 at 21:15
Now color me surprised.
crc3 January 24th, 2017 at 23:28
Comey also must give frequent blow jobs to Rump as payback…
robert January 24th, 2017 at 23:57
The only shock will come to those who think this won’t get worse
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:26
well, at least it’s not at the point that the white house is surrounded by peaceful protesters chanting “where’s your c*nt” (to use KOWARD KOMMANDER Ponme’s exact wording of utmost respect for the female gender) – or : “when is the 1st c*nt coming back”?
when it gets to that point, it’s pretty much a given that there ain’t a whole lot of respect left for the urine colored leader of the trump government or other officials in trumpland.
robert January 25th, 2017 at 00:35
I don’t think there is such a group as peaceful protesters anymore
. Your either in a group armed with spray paint cans and awkward swastika stencils or its babe Ruth reincarnated on your limo
Dare I say who is politically right ?
Not a f***ing chance !
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:20
well, at least the people know that everything with FBI attached is nothing more than a lie fabricated for use as a republican campaign device.
AND!
these two LYING POS of the trump government DESERVE each other.
TRUST -and everything associated with it are no more for this crooked LYING organization. A total and complete waste of taxpayers dollars.
Angelo_Frank January 25th, 2017 at 03:10
The gift for Comey’s statement regarding the possible reopening of the email investigation of HRC nine days prior to the election based upon some hogwash on a laptop her assistant shared with the estranged husband Anthony Wiener. This really stinks. In any other country this election would have been voided and a do-over would have been ordered.
Carla Akins January 25th, 2017 at 03:56
Does he also kiss him with that mouth?
bpollen January 25th, 2017 at 06:02
The French have a word for that. I think it’s “Oui!” Or maybe “merde!”
William January 25th, 2017 at 14:48
Comrade Comey gets to stay on. No surprise. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/06548bae6f39538a0cfc20f8cf4fedb3ca42e92367843fc3a2bed353d562f897.jpg