Politics Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation

Not clear what you mean. Are you claiming the crime happened at the hotel rather than the office building? Even if that were true, which it isn't, how would that be relevant?

barfo

 

Now you're getting it. It's not relevant. That's why the analogy was better than yours.

 

He he. Yep, nothing to see here, possibly due to a huge amount of completely harmless black smoke. And the heat, that surely isn't from flames (or from global warming).

Everything is just fine.

If only the media would leave poor Mr. Trump alone, he could make America great again. Mean old media.

barfo

 

Any smoke is a figment of fevered imaginations.

I don't suggest the media leave Trump alone or even treat him nicely. I do suggest they do their jobs ethically.

 

Go on, keep pushing that rock uphill. I'll wait.

barfo

 

Trump will sell the state of New York to the Russians. Problem solved.

barfo

 

Triggered!

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/31/fbi-comey-clinton-email-242213?lo=ap_e1

GOP senators: Comey drafted statement clearing Clinton before her interview
Grassley, Graham say evidence suggests decision not to file charges was 'prejudged'.

Former FBI Director James Comey began drafting a statement rejecting the idea of criminal charges against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her private email account about two months or more before Clinton was interviewed in the FBI probe, according to partial transcripts of interviews released Thursday by two Republican senators.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham said they obtained the transcripts from the Office of Special Counsel, a government watchdog agency that launched an investigation into whether Comey's actions violated a federal law against government employees engaging in political activity while on duty.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Comey's successor, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Grassley and Graham said Comey's move to start preparing the statement sometime in April or early May reflected a premature conclusion that Clinton shouldn't be charged.

"Conclusion first, fact-gathering second—that’s no way to run an investigation. The FBI should be held to a higher standard than that, especially in a matter of such great public interest and controversy," Grassley and Graham wrote as they demanded all FBI records of the drafts Comey prepared as well as other materials related to the OSC probe.

 

Comey's integrity is in question. It makes Trump firing him even more justified.

That isn't a biased opinion on my part. These are things that will be considered by Mueller. Or at least they should. If any trials occur, the defense will (or should) raise these things.

 

WaPost hasn't purged all of it's center right leaning op ed writers yet. Some bits of this opinion piece are objective Truths.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...ce-of-collusion-fades/?utm_term=.6595b4338eef

The Trump-Russia story survives, even as evidence of collusion fades

The media have too much invested in the Russia collusion conspiracy to just pack up and leave. So, they are eager to report on Paul Manafort’s work for Ukraine between 2012 and 2014 and the raid of his house earlier this year — as if either has something to do with Trump. They herald the subpoenas issued to former national security adviser Michael Flynn and anything even remotely concerning Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian attorney at Trump Tower. And now, they are flogging a story about a Trump Organization executive trying to get some relief on a stalled project in Russia. But, as reports show, the executive didn’t even get the courtesy of a reply. The fact that the Kremlin completely stiff-armed this friendly overture suggests Trump and Russia were anything but colluding co-conspirators. Right?

 

He fired Comey within days of Comey's own testimony which showed Comey to operate outside the law. Not just that he admitted to leaking government documents that he had no right to, but deciding on the right of the Atty General to exercise her duties.

 

Those things are outside the mandate of Mueller's investigation.