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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-intelligence-official-told-associates-trump-asked-him-if-he-could-intervene-with-comey-to-get-fbi-to-back-off-flynn/2017/06/06/cc879f14-4ace-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.673247bc443f

>The nation’s top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe, according to officials.

>On March 22, less than a week after being confirmed by the Senate, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats attended a briefing at the White House together with officials from several government agencies. As the briefing was wrapping up, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

>The president then started complaining about the FBI investigation and Comey’s handling of it, said officials familiar with the account Coats gave to associates. Two days earlier, Comey had confirmed in a congressional hearing that the bureau was probing whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 race.

>After the encounter, Coats discussed the conversation with other officials and decided that intervening with Comey as Trump had suggested would be inappropriate, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters.
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>>147501

It just keeps coming.
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>>147501
How is this obstruction of justice? Asking a question and nothing happening?

Comey himself is going in front of congress on Thursday to basically say trump didn't commit obstruction.
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>>147533
I don't know that it's obstruction of justice; but it is disgusting. The irony of Trump is just how shitty he is. If his only crime was something impeachable like having sex with a coworker he would be orders of magnitude more worthy of being president than not doing anything criminal under the law but just being an openly malevolent, incompetent douchebag.
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>>147501
Coats just debunked this hard.
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>>147540
Cool opinion.
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>>147540
How is he malevolent or incompetent? He doesn't strike me as either
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>>147501
>>147503
>Comey already going to state Trump didn't commit struction
>Every piece of testimony has led to the implosion of one phony narrative after another
>BTFO by Coats

It just keeps coming. Unraveled.
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>>147649

That's not what he is purported to say at all, retard. No one was expecting to outright say he obstructed justice, typical Trumptard revisionist history. He made it pretty clear he's going to give his version of the story and leave it up to legal experts (of which many consider it obstruction) to decide.

Fuckin idiot.
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>>147634

>refusing to answer the questions

Welcome to the cover-up, Coats!
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>>147658
>That's not what he is purported to say at all, retard.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336560-comey-wont-say-trump-obstructed-justice-in-testimony-report
"Comey won't say Trump obstructed justice in testimony"

>No one was expecting to outright say he obstructed justice, typical Trumptard revisionist history.
"Did President Trump Obstruct Justice?"
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/trump-comey-obstruction-justice/526953/
"'It's Falling Out Of The Trees,' Former Prosecutor Says Of Obstruction Evidence"
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528776862/its-falling-out-of-the-trees-former-prosecutor-says-of-obstruction-evidence
"Maxine Walters: Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice over Comey firing"
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/333067-dem-rep-trump-could-possibly-be-charged-with-obstruction-of-justice

>He made it pretty clear he's going to give his version of the story and leave it up to legal experts (of which many consider it obstruction) to decide.
"Section 1510 of Title 18 of the United States Code addresses obstruction of criminal investigations. It is a narrow statute, criminalizing only willful acts “by means of bribery” that have the effect of obstructing the communication of information about crimes to federal investigators. Even assuming Mr. Comey’s memo is accurate, there is no indication that President Trump willfully attempted to bribe the F.B.I. director."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/opinion/trumps-fbi-comey-statements-are-not-an-obstruction-of-justice.html
"Alan Dershowitz: Trump did not obstruct justice in firing James Comey"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/alan-dershowitz-trump-did-not-obstruct-justice-in-firing-james-comey/article/2622875
"‘Pressure’ Is Not Obstruction"
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448209/james-comey-president-trump-obstruction-justice-didnt-happen

Keep your head up your ass anon, maybe you'll find evidence of collusion up there.
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>>147659
Specifics plz, you disingenuous propagandist you.
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>>147540
Having sex with a co-worker is not impeachable. The reason clinton was impeached was because he LIED about it while under oath.

Obstruction of justice is a fine line. It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks.
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That's it. I'm officially a one-issue voter, much as I loathe to become one. The issue? Defeating the Dems and their Russia hysteria.
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>>147713
The Democrats are going to lose in 2018. All parties to the left of Republicans and/or Trump supporters are split. The Left is split while conservatives rally around the alternative right. Once Republicans have enough control to pass a constitutional convention/redistrict the country, the Democrats will be unable to run for the next 50 years.
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>>147720
Why would you even be a democrat?

A Democrat is an animal with long funny ears
that kicks up at everything it hears.

His back is brawny but his brain his weak
he's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak.
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>>147720
great, can't wait to wipe out that pesky first amendment once and for all
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>>147721
Bring out the banners, beat the drums, we'll take Ike to Washington.
We've got to get where we are going, travel day and night.
Let Adlai go the other way; We'll all go with Ike!
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>>147713
>>147720
>>147721
>>147754

This reeks of anxiety fueled desperation.
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Telling everyone that he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation. contradicting everything everyone had said, wasn't just a retarded mistake by a senile guy. Trump has done a good job playing up that angle.

Trump is afraid of something Flynn may know, and Trump was willing to go that far to let Flynn know he still had his back.
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>>147783
Democrats / Globalists are going down son
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>>147639
Make sure you stretch well before you do mental gymnastics like that.
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>>147801
You didn't even respond to the question...
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>>147720
>while conservatives rally around the alternative right.
you really need to stop getting 100% of your news from pol, the donald, breitbart et al. the alt-right is a fringe laughingstock among the vast majority of the population.
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>>147811
You shouldn't believe everything you read from the mainstream news or altnews.

You should research the source material yourself and make your own judgements and opinions as well as you can, free from the left or right slants.
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>>147824

Some of us WORK and raise a FAMILY and don't have time to do that ;)
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Has anyone considered the possibility that corruption knows no party lines? What if Comey's testimony is damning for both parties? What then?
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>>147840
If you can go on 4chan, you can Google shit
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>>147842

>posting a shitpost on 4chan is the same amount of time to read multiple articles from different viewpoints
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https://youtu.be/VgRQRWrhfYs
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>>147841
largely, any damage done to the democrats would be specifically to Hillary's junta within the party. This would be a best-case scenario for the party since the Clintons don't know what the fuck they're doing. It'll just up the timetable for the Obama or Bernie camps to take the reins, both of which are more competent and have a better rapport with the american people.
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>>147840
Your wife's son doesn't even appreciate it.
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>>147902
the Obama camps? Lol cut back on the koolaids fam.
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i think trump doesnt really get how influential his words are.
he says a lot of shit without too much thought,
and depending on whether you think hes literally hitler or not it gets treated as treason, or just something said without much thought.
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>>147713
Are you really going to play identity politics because people want to make sure that a foreign nation didn't try to affect the outcome of an election? Is that not a worthy task? Forget the lies, slander and bullshit the media has put out during the investigation, this is an important thing to do and well worth the pain we have to go through to make sure that it did/didn't happen.
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