Trump Admits He’s Not Sure James Comey Was Trying to Kill Him: The confession undermines the Justice Department’s entire indictment against the former FBI director.
Source: Silent-Resort-3076
Trump Admits He’s Not Sure James Comey Was Trying to Kill Him: The confession undermines the Justice Department’s entire indictment against the former FBI director.
Source: Silent-Resort-3076
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>President Donald Trump’s indictments against his perceived political enemies are getting so flimsy, even he’s not sure he believes in them.
>On Wednesday, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about the Department of Justice’s most recent target: former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump already tried and failed to throw in jail last year. (That case was thrown out after the courts discovered Trump’s prosecutor had been illegally appointed. Brilliant move, Mr. President.)
>This recent indictment is built on a photo Comey posted on Instagram last year, in which seashells on a beach were arranged to write out “86 47.” The term “86” is often used in the restaurant industry to get rid of or cancel a dish, so the DOJ is jumping to the very reasonable conclusion that this constituted a threat to Trump’s life.
>Collins asked Trump whether he actually thought Comey was threatening his life with the post.
>“Well if anybody knows anything about crime, they know ‘86,’” Trump said. “It’s a mob term for ‘kill ’em.’ You ever see the movies? … I think of it as a mob term. I don’t know.”
* Trump then began talking about mobsters before Collins wisely cut him off: *“Do you really think your life was in danger?”*
* **“Probably, I don’t know,” Trump replied.** “People like Comey have created tremendous danger, I think, for politicians and others. You know, Comey is a dirty cop. He’s a very dirty cop. He cheated on the elections.”
* Entertaining as Trump’s rambling monologues are, “Probably, I don’t know,” isn’t going to hold up in court. Comey can very easily defend himself by arguing his seashell art just meant he wanted to be rid of the president.
“Entrance of the Gladiators” by Julius Fučík
So some vague suspicion is good enough for indictment.
I read these sorts of takes and it’s like “You…actually…think…undermining…is the point here?”
The whole reason Trump and Republicans and their operatives do ridiculous bad-faith stuff like this is because they know it’ll throw us liberals into a fact-check tizzy amongst ourselves-and-only-ourselves while the rest of our free-willed society continues either actively cheering the bullshit or refusing to give the slightest shit about any of it.
This is a lose-lose for the orange menace.
If he admits he feels threatened by a photo of seashells on the beach, he reinforces the widely held perception that he’s a coward.
If he admits that he never felt threatened by a photo of seashells on the beach, he tanks the prosecution’s case.
Well, as the lawyer joke goes, you can indict a ham sandwich. They know it won’t go anywhere and it’s all performative anyway. Fox News will just stick to lies and rile up the base in the meantime.
Conservatives proffer themselves as the rugged masculine side, but they just indicted a man over a sea shell arrangement and that’s some of the softest pu**sy-ass bitch shit I’ve ever seen.
The Justice Department indictment of Comey fully undermines itself, without any help from Trump. The evidences against Comey is extremely thin, and requires huge assumptions even if you want it to be true. Comey’s speech is protected by 1st Amendment. A desire to evict or defeat an elected official is not a death threat. The lawyers are going to have a field day with this nonsense.
Has it even been established if Comey found the shells in that configuration or if he admitted that he put the shells in that innocuous configuration?
So, some errant thought in a severely addled brain, means the former FBI director is an assassin? What drugs is this asshat on? Democrats better do something if they win the midterms. How can any one human being be this absolutely stupid?
This is going to go the way of the guy indicted for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in DC.
He just can’t help running his mouth. I’m no fan of Comey but he doesn’t deserve this bullshit.
This is the DOJ .. what a disgrace
The funny part is that Trump would most likely have lost the 2016 election if not for Comey’s last minute press conference about Hillary Clinton. Trump should be thanking him.
Great.
I’d love for them to subpoena him and put him under oath at the Motion to Dismiss hearing.
That is hilarious. Ops he did it again. Not only did he likely have fits of rage instructions to go after Comey, he just threw Blanche, or what’s his name, under the bus to take the downfall.
It is classic Trump, only in the old days he would have done the wink and nod tactic that his old lawyer said he did. You know what’s his name.
Notice this about how this entire cult of personality works. His inner circle are all true believers and will do as he says. He sets them up to be the excuse.
If you go back to Margarine or what’s her name, you know blondy, and look at how she left the cult. Initially she blamed the advisers to Trump about suppressing the Epstein files like they they controlled him. It took all the death threats to really get her away far enough from the cult to finally realize he is the key problem.
It is nutso
lol everyday is a new pathetic bungling.
When will we see indictments of people wearing 86 46 tee shirts? Most corrupt Justice Department in history
I want to see them drag out all of things Trump has posted that are much worse.
He ain’t afraid of no sea shells
“It would be inappropriate for me to comment except to say that Mr Comey is presumed innocent and that we should let the justice system play out as opposed to trying this case in the court of public opinion.”
~ DJT, ^(never.)
If you are of a certain age, you have probably used the term “86” and it didn’t mean to kill anyone. Really, this is the first I have ever heard of this being a mob term.
I mean, should what the President thinks have any sway over whether the DOJ tries to prosecute somebody?
Blanche already passed the test by indicating Comey. It proved he’s willing to weaponize the DOJ against anyone Trump aims him at.
Who knew everytime I yelled “86 the dinner special” from the back of the house i was issuing a death warrant!!
Kash Patel setting the precedent for former FBI directors being indicted seems like a short or cross sighted idea.
So the DOJ is in the business of protecting pedophiles and frivolous lawsuits. Cool.
Kill him with what, fucking witchcraft?