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fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#188376: May 11th 2017 at 11:05:59 AM

[up] heh, I wonder how long he'll be acting director then.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#188377: May 11th 2017 at 11:18:34 AM

[up]Hm. Honestly, I have no idea how probable this is, but this would be amusing as hell...

ACTING FBI DIRECTOR: President Trump's actions are unconscionable. I vow to testify against him on Comey's behalf!

TRUMP: You're fired.

SECOND ACTING FBI DIRECTOR: President Trump's actions are unconscionable. I vow to testify against him on the previous Director's behalf!

TRUMP: You're fired.

THIRD ACTING FBI DIRECTOR: President Trump's actions are... {Sees Trump standing just off camera, just waiting to open his big old orange of a mouth} completely hunkey-dorey and I'm perfectly OK with them. Now, who's up for Chinese?

TRUMP: You're hired.

edited 11th May '17 11:18:57 AM by kkhohoho

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#188378: May 11th 2017 at 11:20:48 AM

How long before people resort to giving testimony via heavily censored video files where their faces are blurred and their voices distorted?

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188379: May 11th 2017 at 11:22:31 AM

I think the acting director would be more useful as a mole. If he gets fired he can't leak anything to the press. Wasn't Deepthroat the Deputy Director of the FBI or something?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#188380: May 11th 2017 at 11:24:41 AM

We actually have more than two choices...because we don't really chose the chancellor, we are choosing parties, and every vote is worth something. Even if you vote for one of the smaller parties it can make a world of difference concerning possible coalitions.

That is the main problem with the US system. The two parties are limiting the voters from the get go.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#188381: May 11th 2017 at 11:35:14 AM

this is an interesting take on the Comely issue and Trump as a whole. Apparently, trump literally doesn't care.

This is an act of insanity,” a former Trump inner-circle associate told me, “but it’s how he functions.”

“He gets an idea in his head and just says, ‘Do it,’” Res told me earlier this year. “There’s no direction. The idea isn’t built up or fleshed out. He just says, ‘Let’s do this.’”

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/10/donald-trump-fires-james-comey-215123

edited 11th May '17 12:06:54 PM by megaeliz

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188382: May 11th 2017 at 11:37:39 AM

I doubt that. Trump is clearly firing him because he views him as a threat. We saw the same thing with Bhahara and Yates. Hell, he'd probably have them executed if he thought he could get away with it. He's just a profoundly stupid man that doesn't seem to grasp the concept of consequences.

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188383: May 11th 2017 at 11:46:32 AM

@speedyboris, you forgot in the timing for the re-opening of the H Illary investigations, it was all a distraction. If it didn't reopened, then the results would have been different. Just because one proof didn't took him out doesn't mean nothing can, don't treat the whole nation as stupid.

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188385: May 11th 2017 at 11:57:13 AM

The ultimate screw you it seems.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188386: May 11th 2017 at 12:08:21 PM

So it sounds like the FBI might be getting ready to conduct a raid.

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations were in Annapolis Thursday to investigate an organization with offices in the vicinity of Main Street, a spokesperson for the bureau confirmed.

Media reports on Twitter linked the site of the activity to the address of a Republican fundraising and consulting firm. FBI officials wouldn't confirm whether their investigation was linked to the organization.

FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Ram said the investigation is being conducted through the bureau's Washington field office, which has jurisdiction in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. She said agents from the office sometimes cross over into other jurisdictions when the entity they are investigating has offices in multiple locations.

This is developing story, and will be updated as more details become available.

Evidently they're conducting some kind of search warrant on a Republican tied fundraising firm.

The FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at an office of a GOP fundraiser/consulting firm in Annapolis, the 11 News I-Team has learned.

The investigation is being run out of Washington, not locally, the I-Team has learned.

The FBI used trash bags to cover a window at the offices of Strategic Campaign Group at 191 Main St.

The firm is touted for pioneering the use of technology in political campaigns, and it represents GOP candidates nationwide.

edited 11th May '17 12:08:59 PM by Kostya

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#188387: May 11th 2017 at 12:15:14 PM

[up][up][up]...They can do that? I wonder how far they'll get.

Something seems wrong if the FBI has to circumvent the White House like that.

Do not obey in advance.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#188388: May 11th 2017 at 12:16:25 PM

So this all sounds like good news.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188389: May 11th 2017 at 12:16:41 PM

I think the FBI usually doesn't inform the White House because they don't want them meddling in investigations.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#188390: May 11th 2017 at 12:20:55 PM

Oh. I didn't know that.

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188391: May 11th 2017 at 12:31:08 PM

Could this be a case of Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! ?

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PolarPhantom Since: Jun, 2012
#188392: May 11th 2017 at 12:38:18 PM

Oh, this is getting juicy!

Pass the Popcorn, I have butter.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#188393: May 11th 2017 at 12:45:34 PM

How funny would it be that a chunk of the GOP was in bed with the Russians? [lol]

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188394: May 11th 2017 at 12:48:30 PM

You know at this point I'd believe it. It would explain why they're so skittish about taking on Trump. They know that if they do anything against him Russia could just air all their dirty laundry.

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188395: May 11th 2017 at 12:48:34 PM

Probably watching Russian porn together! [lol]

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#188396: May 11th 2017 at 12:53:24 PM

White House: Removing Comey will help bring Russia investigation to end

Straight up admitting it now.

lmfao.

Dumpster fire

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#188398: May 11th 2017 at 12:56:27 PM

[up][up] They have no idea who they're messing with...THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#188399: May 11th 2017 at 12:57:08 PM

I'm wondering if what's happening in Annapolis is related to Comey. The Acting Director might have just decided it's time to act instead of waiting to see if the case can be built up more.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#188400: May 11th 2017 at 1:00:31 PM

The FBI is one thing...the US has like sixteen intelligence agencies. What's going to happen if they feel like they're all threatened? Or hell, what if they actually all work together?

I know that's kind of unlikely, but one thing about these agencies is that they generally take pride in what they do. With a president and White House who clearly want them to rewrite their intelligence so that Trump isn't offended or something, there's going to be a backlash, a big one.


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