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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#187826: May 9th 2017 at 3:21:52 PM

Maybe he was fired because of the Blatant Lie he told Congress this week (IE, the "Hundreds of Emails Huma Abedeen sent" that she didn't actually send, and Comey had to say that)?

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187827: May 9th 2017 at 3:27:22 PM

@Dingo That's not the excuse they're giving.

The only thing in Trump's way to near-complete government power are the courts.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#187828: May 9th 2017 at 3:28:19 PM

Probably not, as Trump/Republicans would obviously approve of that lie.

But there is an amusing element of Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves, in that gratuitously engaging in some further lying about Clinton didn't save him from being fired.

But greater than amusement is my sense of dread over who is going to be appointed to fill Comey's place (David Clarke?)

edited 9th May '17 3:31:52 PM by Hodor2

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187829: May 9th 2017 at 3:28:54 PM

[up] Could be Rudy Guiliani too.

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#187830: May 9th 2017 at 3:28:54 PM

[up][up][up] The rest of the FBI aren't happy that he fired Comey.

edited 9th May '17 3:29:15 PM by FireCrawler2002

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#187831: May 9th 2017 at 3:31:51 PM

Honestly, it's possible that whoever Trump puts in charge might appear to be loyal to Trump only to try and and stab him the back, both as revenge against Comey and as part of his own bid to power.

It could happen.tongue

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#187832: May 9th 2017 at 3:32:14 PM

If the FBI actually does have classified Intel that implicates Trump it might be time to just dump everything on the internet.

edit: Seriously, fuck official channels at this point. If Trump is guilty we need to know now. The Republicans need to be forced into action.

edited 9th May '17 3:34:50 PM by Kostya

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#187833: May 9th 2017 at 3:32:16 PM

[up][up][up]Well, why would they be?

edited 9th May '17 3:32:47 PM by HextarVigar

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CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#187834: May 9th 2017 at 3:32:47 PM

A link, mostly tying up what is already known here into one article: FBI Director James Comey 'terminated' by Trump

And yeah...not celebrating, not that my ImagineSpots about his eventual fate aren't far worse than being publicly fired in a poetic biting the hand that feeds/Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves end.
But Sessions and Trump agreed on purging the head of the federal agency currently conducting an (albeit compromised) investigation into their administration, and replacing him with a firm loyalist at best.

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#187835: May 9th 2017 at 3:33:17 PM

@Firecrawler But he can't be impeached without the Senate and House willing to do it.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#187836: May 9th 2017 at 3:33:52 PM

How ironic. The reason he revealed those DAMN EMAILS was to save his job.

Fuck it, the FBI better reveal everything they have.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#187837: May 9th 2017 at 3:34:56 PM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
Inter arma enim silent leges
FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#187838: May 9th 2017 at 3:35:39 PM

[up][up][up] The FBI could dig up some juicy info on them and blackmail them into impeaching Trump.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#187839: May 9th 2017 at 3:37:17 PM

How ironic. The reason he revealed those DAMN EMAILS was to save his job.

Fuck it, the FBI better reveal everything they have.

My first thought on hearing Trump fired him was "how ungrateful"

edited 9th May '17 3:37:50 PM by sgamer82

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#187840: May 9th 2017 at 3:38:46 PM

[up]x4 And then what? Get themselves fired so Trump can replace the whole department with his cronies? Because in the event that whatever the FBI unveils isn't enough to take Trump down, (which is very well likely given what Trump's withstood so far,) that's what he's gonna do.

edited 9th May '17 3:39:13 PM by kkhohoho

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#187841: May 9th 2017 at 3:41:55 PM

[up] I'd say "that puts everything in the open" bit, then again, Trump hasn't exactly been subtle

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#187842: May 9th 2017 at 3:44:52 PM

@sgamer; That was my thought as well. "Damn Donald, the man is the reason you got the job in the first place."

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#187843: May 9th 2017 at 3:48:08 PM

So now what? Do we just have to pray the FBI and everyone else starts dumping shit online? There's no reason not to at this point. The investigation is dead unless they do something right now.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#187844: May 9th 2017 at 3:52:15 PM

I will be darkly amused if we get a repeat of the Saturday Night Massacre over this.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#187846: May 9th 2017 at 3:53:19 PM

Yeah...my first reaction—after "sure, that's going to be edited in a second"—was pure schadenfreude, especially reading that letter—then came the implications. (The lack of gratitude wasn't really a surprise—I just assumed Trump had no reason to go after Comey).

[up]I suppose instead of dump it all online, the IC can chuck it all to France and Germany.

edited 9th May '17 3:54:59 PM by CenturyEye

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#187847: May 9th 2017 at 3:56:55 PM

I think that a Good Counterpart of Wikileaks might be needed. Like a Manning who isn't Chaotic Stupid, or Assange who isn't Neutral Evil.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#187848: May 9th 2017 at 3:57:35 PM

[up][up][up] Technically, Sessions has recused himself, so he wouldn't actually know...

... However, I wouldn't be surprised if he's desperately trying to find someone to replace Comey who will. Considering how American Law works, however, Congress might bypass the FBI and continue the investigation. Knowing the Republicans in Congress, though...

If the FBI does drop the case, though, I think the Democrats in 2018 (because it's looking more and more certain that they are gonna retake the House) are going to press Impeachment charges against Trump, no matter what.

edited 9th May '17 3:58:00 PM by DingoWalley1

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#187849: May 9th 2017 at 3:58:40 PM

And then dare Republican Senators to acquit an increasingly tainted Trump.

Not a bad idea.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#187850: May 9th 2017 at 3:59:31 PM

McCain on Comey firing: regretful, but within the powers of the president.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

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