Vince Green Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) The FBI are investigating Trump's links with Russia so Trump sacks the head of the FBI James Comey.This is so obviously an abuse of office that I predict it will be his downfall eventually.Not least because it is a pretty clear admission of guilt I would imagine http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/james-comey-fired-donald-trump-fbi-director-russian-investigation-latest-news-updates-a7727236.html Edited May 10, 2017 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 It appears that the Head of the FBI had told President Trump that he was not under investigation 3 times and Trump would not accept this and fired him. Interesting times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzenjammer Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) It's all because someone said to Trump that you can't have a Commie heading up the FBI! The President has a precedent - Clinton was the first and ONLY other President to sack a head of the FBI. Edited May 10, 2017 by shaun4860 You know why!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 As I see it Trump was voted in and if he wants to sack the guy that is up to him and if anyone does not like it all that they have to do is vote there person in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) trump intends to get things done, its why he was voted in, he started the repeal of Obamacare last week, I bet he goes down as a good president, he will put someone in charge who he prefers I suppose, like big company management would do. Not sure why this would be his downfall. People are clutching at straws if they think he is guilty of some big crimes, he just wants a break with the past. He needs to be left to run the country without constant sniping. Edited May 10, 2017 by wandringstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 twenty six members of Trump's team or family have already been identified as having links with Russia. As the net starts to tighten Trump sacks the head of the FBI, that's very suspicious to me. The Washington Post is probably one of the most respected newspapers in the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/trump-russia/?utm_term=.d5174612d365 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 It's a fascinating time as in the modern era it is unprecedented to have a president who has not been part of the political institution. As a leader of a global business it is not surprising that there are significant ties to Russia, like there will be with most other countries too. You could take the CEO of damn near any global enterprise of the magnitude of Trump's business and they would all have similar relationships. He has appointed a number of other big business figures from outside the traditional political spectrum too, Rex Tillerson being the most significant, and it is no surprise that they also have relationships within Russia. Russia is a G7 economy after all. As there is obviously big wealth at play then big players on the global stage all have a finger in the pie somewhere so it makes it easy to draw in lines of connection and possible influence. It is a political/economic journalists wet dream as the scope of opportunity is so big and an absolute nightmare for the like of the FBI who have to try and unravel inconsequential links from those that have the real potential of menace and abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Didn't Comey get a lot of criticism for making statements about Hilary Clintons emails prior to the election which were proved incorrect and he had to withdraw them ? Many believe it was his interjections that helped lose her the election. He was also seen as very much Obama's man. I think whoever got elected he was toast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Didn't Comey get a lot of criticism for making statements about Hilary Clintons emails prior to the election which were proved incorrect and he had to withdraw them ? Many believe it was his interjections that helped lose her the election. He was also seen as very much Obama's man. I think whoever got elected he was toast. That was him. He was quoted in the last week or two saying something along of the lines of that he would be devastated if his opening of an investigation into Clinton during the campaign had inadvertently led to Trump being president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 'links with russia' well that's thousands of people and organisations, they are a sovereign nation, I cant see anything here, other than people trying to find a 'watergate' which was the biggest hype in the last 50 years. Trump is many things, but I think he is a clean bloke, he has been in the public eye for so long that we would know if he was bad. 4 months on, the world is still turning, I am hearing people saying nice things about him. Judge him after his 4 or 8 years. He will never be conventional, don't expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 The fact is the American arms industry needs Russia if there was not a bad guy they would have to make one up it does not really matter who if they did not have a bad guy to give them a good reason to spend billions on new arms they would have to spend the money on a proper health service and some good schools but what the heck killing people is fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 'links with russia' well that's thousands of people and organisations, they are a sovereign nation, I cant see anything here, other than people trying to find a 'watergate' which was the biggest hype in the last 50 years. Trump is many things, but I think he is a clean bloke, he has been in the public eye for so long that we would know if he was bad. 4 months on, the world is still turning, I am hearing people saying nice things about him. Judge him after his 4 or 8 years. He will never be conventional, don't expect it. Trump is a clean bloke? His old man made his fortune laundering dirty money into real estate for the mob. That's never been a secret, what ever he is he is not clean but then neither were the Kennedys and look how they are revered now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Since when was Donald his father, and where is the evidence of his fathers misdemeanours anyway? My dad was a compulsive liar, gambler and drinker, I am none of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 What had me chuckling was how the poor fellow found out he'd been sacked . . . it came up as a newsflash whilst he was watching tv. Not funny for him I'll grant you but still . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 He puts in a funding request to congress for a budget approval to extend the investigation into Trump and within three hours he is sacked. It seems pretty obvious to me that the two events are not unconnected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 He puts in a funding request to congress for a budget approval to extend the investigation into Trump and within three hours he is sacked. It seems pretty obvious to me that the two events are not unconnected. Whilst it may not be unconnected per se, sacking the head of the investigation ,does not stop the investigation. Trump will have been advised of this, and also of the possible consequences of sacking Comey at this time. The media, including both ITV and the beeb , have virtually said its to stop the investigation, but like has been said time and again, if there were solid proof, given the ferocity of the democrats desire to find it ,or fabricate it, it would have been found wouldnt it? Trump does have connections to Russia, as a global businessman, and now, as head of state. To make believe he is some kind of Russian puppet is quite frankly, a bit silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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