Former FBI Director James Comey indicted after Trump called for charges
www.cnbc.com
President Donald Trump gloated about the filing of criminal charges against James Comey, whom he fired as FBI director in 2017, in his first White House term.
  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 days ago

    I’m a little bit surprised that a grand jury indicted him on such flimsy evidence, but at the same time, fuck all these MAGA enablers. Comey was instrumental in getting Trump elected in 2016 and he deserves Trump’s wrath.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
    64·
    8 days ago

    Remember when he got trump elected by dumping a bunch of Hillary’s emails right before the election? Yea it’s almost like he created the monster that will destroy us all….enjoy your bed

      • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
        6·
        8 days ago

        Hey. Our dog sleeps in bed with us and we dont have fleas.

        Don’t besmirch dogs like that. Phrase should be

        “Lie down with dead, flea infested rats, wake up with fleas”.

        Although I guess that is also unkind to dead flea-infested rats

        • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
          5·
          7 days ago

          Also, do fleas infest dead rats? I would think they’d leave an animal once it died. Can’t harvest healthy blood from a dead animal.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    64·
    8 days ago

    on charges of making a false statement

    Trump had made no less than 50,000 false statements, so what’s this double-standard?

    More importantly, it seems that Trump, as president, is quite literally going after anyone he doesn’t like. From comedians to former FBI directors.

    Why is this OK?

    • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
      49·
      8 days ago

      I’m not OK with it.

      I want a refund for the time I WASTED in school learning about all our checks and balances.

  • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    8 days ago

    This is practically textbook malicious prosecution. The social media post by Trump and the statute of limitations being only days away at the time of indictment make me expect any non-MAGA federal judge to toss this case immediately. The defendant has such a good affirmative defense that this going to trial would be an embarrassment to the court.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        8 days ago

        Our courts don’t work that quickly, but probably the initial hearings will be the defense asking for dismissal with prejudice and the prosecutor having to explain why this isn’t actually exactly what everyone knows it is.

        Unless it goes to Cannon’s court, in which case Comey will get the death penalty.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    61·
    8 days ago

    Trump: “They’re illegally using the Justice Department to go after me!”

    Also Trump: “Hey guys, I want you to go after my enemies!”

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    22·
    8 days ago

    At the very end of the article, the author finally explains the specific charge against Comey.

    Comey, in his September 2020 testimony, told Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that he stood by prior testimony that he did not, as FBI director, authorize a leak of information to The Wall Street Journal for an October 2016 article that detailed a Justice Department probe of then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email use.

    Cruz told the Justice Department in a letter three months later that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted knowing about and authorizing the leak.

    McCabe insisted that Comey was aware of his decision to authorize the disclosure, while Comey “has denied this claim,” Cruz wrote.

    “Mr. Comey and Mr. McCabe’s statements are irreconcilably contradictory,” Cruz wrote. “Mr. McCabe says that he told Mr. Comey of the leak and that Mr. Comey approved — effectively authorizing the leak after the fact. Mr. Comey, on the other hand, has said that he neither authorized the leak nor knew of Mr. McCabe’s involvement.”

    “One of them is lying under oath — a federal crime,” Cruz wrote.

    Righty-o then. So prove it.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      8 days ago

      Actually taking those statements as they are, they are NOT actually contradictory.

      Comey, in his September 2020 testimony, told Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that he stood by prior testimony that he did not, as FBI director, authorize a leak of information to The Wall Street Journal for an October 2016 article that detailed a Justice Department probe of then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email use.

      So Comey did not authorize a leak.

      Cruz told the Justice Department in a letter three months later that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted knowing about and authorizing the leak.

      So McCabe knew about and authorized the leak.

      McCabe insisted that Comey was aware of his decision to authorize the disclosure, while Comey “has denied this claim,” Cruz wrote.

      So Comey was aware that McCabe authorized the leak, not himself.

      That doesn’t prove at all that either Comey or McCabe lied, in fact it proves the exact opposite. McCabe admitted he authorized the leak, Comey knew about it but did not authorize it. Which is exactly what both of them said, there’s no lie there.

      That assumes those are the actual facts of course. But if that’s the basis of the charges, there’s nothing there without even needing to get into any minutiae.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
    15·
    7 days ago

    Oh boy I’m sure this will be what fixes the economy and lowers the price of groceries, gas, and housing. Sooooo much winning everywhere America!

  • Vandals_handle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    Partisan hack worked to influence the election with announcement on reopening the buttery males probe just before the election. I will be eating popcorn (sans butter) while I watch the leopards attempt to eat his face.

  • Serinus@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    I’d love to know how this Grand Jury was picked. And I’d love to see what was presented to them. (I don’t need to hear their actual deliberations.)