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Apparently Comey's briefing on the Hill this morning was a total shite show
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:28 pm
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A number of House Democrats left Friday's confidential briefing on Russian hacking fuming over the actions of FBI Director James Comey and convinced he's unfit to lead the agency.
"I was nonjudgmental until the last 15 minutes. I no longer have that confidence in him," Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said as he left the meeting in the Capitol.
"Some of the things that were revealed in this classified briefing — my confidence has been shook."
Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, delivered a similar condemnation.
"I'm extremely concerned — extremely," he said.
"I'll just — I'm very angry," echoed Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.).
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Republicans have largely defended Comey, and many left Friday's briefing with their minds unchanged.
"The FBI director is a good man who was placed in a very difficult position," said Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.). "His boss [U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch] made life very difficult for him in the last year when she met with Bill Clinton on the tarmac.".
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"I want to [have faith in Comey]," said a visibly annoyed Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.). "I have concerns. Stay tuned."
Yet there's also a powerful sense among the Democrats that, while their faith in Comey has plummeted, they'd rather have him atop the FBI than roll the dice to see who Trump would tap as a replacement.
"Do I have confidence in him? Not really. But I think he's probably going to be better than the guy they'd put in," said one Democrat, who spoke only anonymously to discuss a sensitive topic. "It's like a rock and a hard place, but I think that's pretty much where a lot of people are."
Walz, for one, is not in that place.
"I'm disappointed, outraged — many of us are right now," Walz said. "I'll wait to pass full judgment, but the exchange that just happened in the final 15 minutes gives me no reason to have confidence."
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Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:30 pm to Sentrius
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Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:32 pm to Sentrius
What happened in the last 15 minutes?
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:33 pm to Sentrius
Comey must be pretty good then.
If people like Cummings and Crist are so upset then he must be doing some things right.
If people like Cummings and Crist are so upset then he must be doing some things right.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:33 pm to Sentrius
So they are saying this because Comey didn't say that Crooked Hillary dindunuffin?
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:36 pm to Sentrius
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Do I have confidence in him? Not really. But I think he's probably going to be better than the guy they'd put in," said one Democrat, who spoke only anonymously to discuss a sensitive topic. "It's like a rock and a hard place, but I think that's pretty much where a lot of people are."
This is either a fake quote or this congressman is the world's biggest pussy. They couldn't say that on the record?
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:37 pm to Sentrius
I don't see how anybody on any side of the spectrum could have confidence in this clown but if y'all want to keep him, frick it. Keep him.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:41 pm to Sentrius
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House Democrats
I found the problem
Posted on 1/13/17 at 12:45 pm to Sentrius
Between letting Hillary off the hook and then his eleventh hour letter to Congress, Comey managed to piss off everyone on both sides of the aisle. The guy just seems incompetent. Dump him and let Trump pick someone better.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:02 pm to Sentrius
well hopefully they leak what he said. Cause, it sure does seem like the republicans love to leak shite. 
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:05 pm to Sentrius
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"I'll just — I'm very angry," echoed Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.).
Must have been something pretty awesome.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:32 pm to Sentrius
I'm surprised none of the Dem reps were LITERALLY SHAKING
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:33 pm to Sentrius
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"Some of the things that were revealed in this classified briefing — my confidence has been shook."
I'm shaken at the thought that this powerful nation's leadership is in the hands of people who don't understand basic English.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:35 pm to Sentrius
Charlie Crist can eat another bag of dicks.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:38 pm to Sentrius
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Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.).
One of the worst of the worst.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 2:25 pm to Sentrius
Ironic considering they were singing Comey's praise when he opted not to recommend charges on that witch. Now he's the boogeyman? 
Posted on 1/13/17 at 2:36 pm to Sentrius
If the whole meeting was about Russian hacking, then he probably made the mistake of telling them that the hacking wasn't a deciding factor in the election results. That is probably enough for the Dems to lose their minds.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 2:44 pm to Sentrius
Everyday it's a new outrage; a new catastrophe.
The Dems are like a bunch of 13 year old girls.
The Dems are like a bunch of 13 year old girls.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 2:51 pm to Sentrius
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Friday's briefing, featuring Comey and the heads of the other top intelligence agencies, was classified, restricting the freedom of lawmakers to reveal details.
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Shortly after the meeting, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — a sharp critic of Comey's actions leading up to the elections — spoke broadly about the FBI without weighing in on Comey specifically. She suggested she's waiting for the results of the DOJ's IG report to pass a judgement on the FBI director.
"No, I haven't lost confidence in the agency," she told reporters in the Capitol.
"My concern about the FBI is the timing and their not signing [the broader intelligence document on Russian hacking]. And that was the judgment of Director Comey, unless it goes deeper, and that's what the investigation will find out," she added. "Let's find out how they thought this was a good idea to make the judgments they did, and understanding — weighing full well — that the Russians were actively engaged in disrupting our election."
I'm putting the pieces of the puzzle together like this:
Other IC heads were presenting briefs in this meeting.
Perhaps Comey's turn came last -the last 15 minutes.
Reading between the line on Pelosi's quote, it sounds as if Comey did/will not verify that the Rooskies were involved. (If I remember the July presser he gave, he was pretty non-committal on being specific about hacking intel at that time...).
Posted on 1/13/17 at 3:54 pm to Sentrius
None of this would matter if Lynch hadn't put Comey in an untenable position by agreeing to meeting Clinton on the tarmac.
Comey has his reputation to think about. Would you want to be tainted with Clinton corruption?
Comey has his reputation to think about. Would you want to be tainted with Clinton corruption?
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