The nation has been waiting with bated breath for fired FBI Director James Comey to tell his story before the Senate Intelligence Committee and the American public. While the intelligence chiefs who testified on Wednesday did all they could to stonewall questions and protect Trump in what was clearly a coordinated effort to say a whole lot without saying anything at all, it seems that Comey is ready to sing like a canary.
ABC News is reporting that Comey confirms that yes, Trump asked him for loyalty at that now infamous January dinner and that yes, Comey held his ground and said no. The documents also confirm that Comey meticulously documented his meetings and conversations with Trump, due to feeling deeply unsettled about the man-baby “president’s” behavior. Further, Comey says that the entire point of the dinner seemed to be for Trump to try and force Comey to beg for his job – a transactional meeting of sorts, so as to create a situation where the presumption was that Comey owed Trump. Perhaps most damning of all is the fact that it is now confirmed that Trump asked Comey to go easy on disgraced former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn.
After all of these highly unethical and inappropriate requests from Trump occurred, Comey asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to help him avoid private meetings with Trump. Here are the tweets from ABC:
BREAKING: Senate Intel Committee releases former FBI Director Comey’s prepared testimony. https://t.co/8UupHPDBNs (1/2) pic.twitter.com/jMYrLQcTfa
— ABC News (@ABC) June 7, 2017
MORE: Senate Intel Committee releases former FBI Director Comey’s prepared testimony. https://t.co/8UupHPDBNs (2/2) pic.twitter.com/uZz8GDGU6R
— ABC News (@ABC) June 7, 2017
Now, remember, this is just the opening statement that Comey has prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee. This is in no way all we are going to hear from this man. He is no longer employed by the federal government, and is therefore under no obligation to try and protect Trump – and even if he were, why on earth would he do it? Clearly, Comey is a man of integrity, while Trump is not. According to those documents, Comey had nine private conversations with Trump. That means that there is much, much more here.
It has been said that James Comey is the most dangerous man in Washington to Donald Trump. Now we see why.
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