https://apnews.com/article/comey-indicted-trump-justice-department-0765600411c46882dccde70c3354e382President Donald Trump appears to be prodding his administration to seek criminal charges against more targets after a grand jury returned an indictment against foe and former FBI Director James Comey.“It’s not a list, but I think there’ll be others,” Trump told reporters on Friday as he departed the White House.He added: “It’s about justice. It’s not revenge.”Comey is accused of making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of a congressional proceeding back in 2020. He declared his innocence Thursday and said, “Let’s have a trial.”“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,” Comey said in a video posted to Substack.Comey, who was FBI director from 2013 to 2017, was fired by Trump during the Republican president’s first term amid the government’s probe into allegations of ties between Russian officials and Trump’s 2016 campaign.John Bolton, who was national security adviser during Trump’s first term before being fired in 2019, is being investigated for his handling of certain documents after leaving government. His lawyer has denied wrongdoing. Like Comey, Bolton wrote a book that portrayed Trump in very unflattering ways.
What was the Russia probe?Prosecutors led by special counsel Robert Mueller did not establish that Trump or his associates criminally colluded with Russia in 2016, but they found that Trump’s campaign had welcomed Moscow’s assistance.Trump and his supporters have called the investigation a “hoax” despite multiple government reviews showing Moscow interfered on behalf of the campaign.The indictment against Comey, however, doesn’t center on the Russia investigation. It accuses Comey of lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he said he had not authorized anyone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about a particular investigation.It appears from the context to refer to an FBI inquiry related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a Democrat who ran for president against Trump in 2016.Trump, who has repeatedly called Comey a “bad person,” celebrated the indictment.“He has been so bad for our Country, for so long, and is now at the beginning of being held responsible for his crimes against our Nation,” the president said on his social media platform.Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, leader of House Democrats, said the indictment is a “disgraceful attack on the rule of law.”Comey scorched Trump in bookComey’s disgust for Trump was laid out in his 2018 memoir, “A Higher Loyalty.”“This president is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values,” Comey wrote. “His leadership is transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty.”He recalled a private meeting with Trump early in his first presidency in which Trump demanded allegiance. Comey likened it to a mafia induction.Earlier this year, the Trump administration said it was investigating a social media post by Comey that Trump and his allies interpreted as a call for violence against the president.
In an Instagram post, Comey wrote “cool shell formation on my beach walk” under a picture of seashells that appeared to form the shapes for “86 47.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary says 86 is slang meaning “to throw out,” “get rid of” or “refuse service to,” and Trump is the 47th president.Comey deleted the post and said he didn’t know “some folks associate those numbers with violence.”Family tiesComey’s daughter was a federal prosecutor for 10 years until she was fired in July by the Justice Department. Maurene Comey is suing to get her job back, saying her dismissal was unconstitutional and connected to Trump’s hostility toward her father.“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain,” Maurene Comey said in a note to her colleagues. “Do not let that happen. Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought.”The White House said the decision came from Justice Department officials.Separately, James Comey’s son-in-law, Troy Edwards, resigned as a federal prosecutor minutes after the former FBI director was indicted.___
>>1442438Now do the same with Democrats and Ukraine
>>1442459That was a made up conspiracy theory.
>>1442460The current war with Russia that Democrats started begs to differ
>>1442462LOL. all your good shills must be face down in the rasputitsa huh russia shill
>>1442438What we know about the indictment filed against ex-FBI chief James Comey?>1) He told congress, under oath, that he did not leak to the press>2) Documents declassified by Gabbard show that he leaked to the press >3) 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2): makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully... make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation" in matters within federal jurisdiction.>4) He has been indicted by a jury of his peers Roger Stone, Elliott Abrams, Clair George, Alan Fiers, Scooter Libby and George Santos have all been charged and convicted for the same crime.
>>1442464No they got methanol poisoninghttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/tainted-alcohol-deaths-russia-arrests/
>>1442438It’s politically motivated spite and has almost no chance of success. Or would have no chance of success if we were still a real country, rather.
>>1442465>Trump isn't going to slam his penis in a door THIS time>Its totally different due to X-Y-Z>Trump slams his penis in the door>He meant to do that! It was 19823D chess!See: Everything shills have ever claimed was going to happen when Trump is in office
>>1442482I understand that you're upset but thats not really an argument. >>1442480Why not? He lied to congress. Evidence is good. Jury of his peers indicted him. Its kind of a big deal because his leaks to the press destabilized a Presidential Administration.
>>1442486As long as you don't whine when this doesn't go anywhere, just like most things with Trump go nowhere
>>1442488Again, not really an argument about the indictment. Just you being mad and hoping to make me as mad as you are.
>>1442489>Just you being madthis projection is delicious every timeComer is jumping right in and not afraid because he knows he's innocent. Unlike Trump, who knew he was fucking guilty and delayed his court cases for 4 yearsJust don't whine when this doesn't go anywhere, its all I'm saying
>>1442490>this projection is delicious every timeThere is no projection. All the posts you've made thus far are just you malding about Trump and hoping to goad me into malding as well.
Trump is a convicted criminal, James Comey will never be convicted
