Admit it, James Comey: You've been lying all along

[MrScorpio]

BY LANNY J. DAVIS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/15/18 03:00 PM EDT 856 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

On Saturday night, the great Wolf Blitzer interviewed one of his panelists about James Comey’s justification for violating over a half-century of Justice Department policies in Republican and Democratic administrations when he sent his October 28 letter to Congress in 2016, which cost Hillary Clinton the presidency.

Comey has repeatedly claimed that he was “obligated” to write his speculative letter because of a promise he had made to Congress to do so if “anything new” came up after his July 5, 2016, press conference announcing a new prosecutable case could be brought against Clinton.

However, I established beyond any doubt in my book published in February 2018, “The Unmaking of the Presidency 2016,” that Comey’s claim was — and remains — false.

In fact, Comey only promised Congress in September 2016 that if anything new came up on the emails issue that might cause the FBI to reconsider its non-prosecution decision, he would “take a look” — not that he would make a public disclosure to Congress before doing so.

http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/383251-admit-it-james-comey-youve-been-lying-all-along

Look, I pretty much believe Comey's depiction of Trump, only because he has contemporaneous memos and in-time communications with his colleagues. But in spite of the fact that he has the dope on the orange fool, we all know that he did a serious hit job on Hillary Clinton, which very likely cost her the Electoral College.

It's good to see that Lanny Davis isn't letting him off the hook for that mess.

[Dream Girl]

1. That was then, this is now

[lunamagica]

19. No, it is still relevant. We must never forget

[Dream Girl]

78. I don't think it would ever be possible to forget

[djg21]

43. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

Look it up.

[Hortensis]

73. So, November 6: Okay if the FBI manipulates that election

to keep congress under Republican control? How about 2020?

This ISN'T over. We are engaged in an enormous battle for power and the future of our nation.

WHO was Comey conspiring to subvert our presidential election with? Or did he just wake up and think, "Hmmm. I think I'll betray my country today, and maybe tomorrow, the next 9 months even, and see if I can get away with it."?

[Goodheart]

2. Comey is a sanctimonious ass

who relished the attention. Obama should have fired him the moment he disparaged Clinton in that first bullshit, unnecessary press conference.

He's correct about the Orange P.O.S. in the White House, of course.... but it's quite correct to think both of them should be punished for attacking our democracy.

[lunamagica]

22. That's how I feel. They BOTH deserve to be punished.

[hlthe2b]

3. Lanny Davis has played both sides for so long, I don't trust him to tell me the correct time. n/t

He may be right on Comey, but I do NOT trust Davis.

[Kirk Lover]

4. Let's see Comey could of fucked up on Clinton's emails and also have a long respected

career. Both things can co-exist. Good job with that headline...did RUMP write it?

To paint James Comey as a liar is utterly absurd and anyone who goes down this garden path just know you are helping RUMP period.

[forgotmylogin]

44. Trump has already tried and convicted Comey.

@realDonaldTrump

The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?

Just like he did with HRClinton; "Lock Her Up" etc.

Then he pardons Libby, who was convicted of leaking the identity of an FBI agent and lying under oath.

He screams that "Attorney Client Privilege is dead..."

Meanwhile, Comey has never jumped to conclusions and has only said "Here's what happened. I took notes."

The FBI is only supposed to act when it benefits DJT, apparently.

[GetRidOfThem]

55. Agreed.

Comey was a boy scout. So was I. But that does not make us who we are now. People and circumstances change.

[Skittles]

74. Comey did not have to do anything with Hillary's emails

he broke precedent, singled her out for no good reason (the one he is telling is an outright fucking lie)

[Kirk Lover]

77. Yes I agree he broke precedent and he shouldn't of...that is the fucking reason why it's

precedent!!!!!! So yes he royally fucked up and what is most annoying is that he still thinks he did the right thing.

Unless there is more to this that we yet don't know this will be a stain on his otherwise stellar career.

Regardless I am holding most criticisms of this man until this is all over for what I think are obvious reasons.

[yallerdawg]

5. Comey is a snake.

He didn't just grow legs, fur, and start nuzzling and purring in our ears.

[politicaljunkie41910]

14. Keep on doing the GOP's job for them. They've declared war on Comey and their plan is to discredit

him. Dems here seem to want to help them along. No one here is happy the way things turned out with Hillary. If the Dotard and his minions had their way, he'd put her on trial and 'lock her up'. Stop assisting them in keeping the shit going, or the Dems will lose again because we're always fighting the last fight instead of looking forward and making sure we're prepared for the next fight. Right now, we're not; too much in house fighting over bullshit.

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. True, it is so hard NOT to attack him right now but you are right.

[yallerdawg]

21. I'm doing the same job I've been doing for a couple years now.

Sorry if I maintain my convictions.

Comey was a snake. Comey is a snake.

Comey will be a snake when our descendants read their history books 100 years from now.

[kwassa]

38. Convictions?

and how do you help the Democratic cause?

[erronis]

49. Not that I'm agreeing with yallerdawgs assertions, but truth is imperative

With "he said" "she said" assertions and lots of pundits puffing air, I don't think truth has been established. But it is within reach.

Isn't the Democratic cause to be able to show just cause? Not just toe lines?

[kwassa]

52. I don't know that yallerdawgs convictions are the truth.

many have convictions based on few facts, and on little critical thinking skills. Conviction it itself means nothing.

[Ferrets are Cool]

56. To take your analogy to a "downhome" level that I can understand...

If a snake bites a friend of mine I will not like the snake. Then if that same snake bites a despicable enemy of mine, I will look differently at the snake. It will not change the fact that the snake is a snake, but I will have a different viewpoint when thinking of it. In fact, I might even dislike the snake less after it bites my enemy. I will not, however, turn my back on the snake.

I believe that we can use Comey in order to help rid us of a enemy of our United States of America. If that can be done, then why not use that tool?

[Skittles]

72. I agree

I am sick of these sheep who act like we just *HAVE* to worship fuckers like Comey because he decided to do the right thing ONLY WHEN HE WAS FIRED

*FUCK HIM*

[Thekaspervote]

26. Agree ....enemy of my enemy my friend

[fallout87]

29. So Comey pretty much handed the election to Trump,

And you are angry about criticism of him? This has nothing to do with the GOP, it has everything to do with the fact that Comey is not our friend. Regardless of his stance in tRump.

[forgotmylogin]

50. It's possible to have two emotions at the same time.

In my opinion, that's one of the tenets of liberalism: People can make mistakes, but people also deserve to change their mind, and deserve a chance at redemption. Conservatives like to paint things in one color because it's easier for them to wrap their head around "THIS PERSON IS GOOD, AND THIS PERSON IS BAD, AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE."

Your anger at Comey is completely valid. But Comey's recollection as it relates to the President is also valid, and I certainly want to hear it.

I believe we are allowed line-item criticism. It's okay if you don't feel that way.

[GetRidOfThem]

60. Like your attitude!!!

Comey I think is learning too in this process...

[Cary]

79. It's always possible to rationalize and make excuses for poor discipline

I would rather win elections than indulge arm chair quarterbacks and second guessers.

[Cary]

45. There are a number of people here who get some kind of perverse thrill from proliferating GOP smears

Thank you for.calling it out.

[Demsrule86]

63. Indeed. There is nothing to gain in attacking Comey. Who was fired because he refused to go along

with Trump and shut down the Russian investigation. Some should consider that before joining with and helping Trump to discredit Comey. Their actions could very well help Trump escape justice. Is this what these folks want? It is hard to understand their point...if they have one.

[orangecrush]

47. THIS!!!

[Kirk Lover]

57. Thank you for pointing this out. It's really quite sickening. nt

[lunamagica]

23. Good description

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Comey, the arrogance to think he could play with our democracy, our country, the future of the

human race the way he did.

Fuck him all to hell

AT THE SAME TIME, we need him now to tell the truth.

[enough]

9. Absolutely. The arrogance hiding behind the Boy Scout image is infuriating. NT

[lunamagica]

25. RIGTH! and it can be done without all the undeserved praise he is getting here.

[bettyellen]

7. Agree. He enjoyed putting his thumb on the scales much he did it 3X. He watched

The polls and made a calculation. That was wrong. That he admits as miscalculation is all you need to know- he thought about, and chose to move the needle. So did most of the press.

[saidsimplesimon]

8. We agree, Comey deserves the dustbin of infamy

for influencing the outcome of the election with selective announcements of ongoing investigations. For that, I will never forget and never forgive.

btw: The meeting on the tarmac in Phoenix did not help Former First Lady Clinton.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Agree 1,000,000,000,000,000%!!!!!!

[Loki Liesmith]

10. This is some silliness

[Doodley]

11. How many more threads to bash one of Trump's highest profile critics?

[Adrahil]

12. This narrative, raised now, serves ONE purpose.

That is to boost the ornage asshole.

If that’s not your purpose, secure this shit right fucking now.

[rzemanfl]

13. +1. The enemy of my enemy....n/t

[Squinch]

36. We should learn now how to hold two thoughts in our heads: Comey IS

a sanctimonious ass who cost Hillary the White House.

Comey IS ALSO our best witness for obstruction, and his version of events is well corroborated, therefore very likely to be true and to hold up in court or in hearings.

"The enemy of my enemy" thing is facile and dangerous. I keep pointing this out, because I am an Irish person. In WWII, some Irish people made an unforgivable mistake when they applied that philosophy. Their enemy was Britain. Some Irish acted in support of Nazis because the Nazis were the "enemy of the enemy." We don't need to make the same kind of mistake.

[rzemanfl]

39. You're right of course. The enemy of my enemy thing is facile shorthand.

My position on Comey is, I will support him against Drumpf, but if he should ever catch fire I would not urinate on him to put it out because of a vow I made after the 2000 election. He is a Republican.

[Squinch]

41. On the nose, that's mine too!

[erronis]

53. We're all conflicted. If there is a purist amongst us

Let her cast the first stone.

Every situation in life that I've encountered does not yield well to absolutes. "Thou Shalt".

I don't know the inner devils of Comey or even my own. I'll read his texts as texts and draw conclusions based on the other events surrounding them.

Many top people (McNamara pre-eminent) have done pretty good mea-culpas. I don't think the rest of us ever really atone for our sins.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. Lanny Davis is a putz with his nice guy shtick. Grade A putz.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. the great Wolf Blitzer??

[Progressive dog]

17. The present attacks on Comey

seem designed to help Trump. What Comey did in the election can't be taken back, but his credibility can be challenged to help Trump.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. If Lanny Davis wants to be taken seriously he needs to stop going on FOX and taking them seriously.

[ucrdem]

20. +1

This has been going on for years. Remember the African American mayor of DC busted on drug charges just before his election? Hell it happened in my own town in 2014. The day before the mayoral election the Dem went to jail thanks to an FBI sting. Thanks Jimbo.

Nothing he says, writes or burps can be trusted. He has zero integrity and what we say or don't say about Comey has no connection to anything anyway.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. Comey did not make a public disclosure!

Comey wrote a classified letter to Jason Chaffetz, who illegally released it to members of the Congressional Republican caucus.

[IADEMO2004]

35. Fact. E_K and No Comey letter Giuliani and Fox would say FBI/Justice coverup hiding evidence.

Giuliani was busting a gut not telling what FBI buddies had fed him before the Comey letter.

[Mr. Ected]

30. I am only pro-Comey in the context of his being anti-Trump

It is imperative that we compartmentalize our disdain for the man as a major contributor to our candidate's loss from our support of him in his capacity as a WITNESS of crimes perpetrated by Trump.

I trust his regurgitation of events vis-a-vis meetings with Trump. I trust his contemporaneous notes.

I will never forgive Comey or forget his diabolical acts immediately prior to election day. There is no connection in my mind to what happened then and what is happening now.

He is a witness. His testimony could help bring down Donald J Trump. That's the prize. I'm keeping my eye on it, in a vacuum.

[nolabels]

37. The thing I find most interesting is how infuriated Donald gets

Comey pulls a string and Donald starts singing his songs. Kind of think it's the intimidations of written words and vocabulary by Comey.
Trump's weakness is him not wanting articulated descriptions and opinions that have and intice forethought. Wanting to be surrounded by people that seldom offer intellectual analysis has its drawbacks.

It must drive Trump wild seeing someone writing many notes about just general conversations. Probably happened to him a lot in grade school.

[Skittles]

42. Comey is disgusting and Stormy is disgusting

the fact that they are anti-Trump doesn't mean shit because they weren't anti-Trump WHEN IT COUNTED

[Kirk Lover]

61. And why is Stormy disgusting? Comey helped get the special prosecutor installed so yes

he is just 100% disgusting right? Oh brother.

[Skittles]

67. she fucked a married man, trying to get on a TV show

then when he was running for "president" she decided that would be a good time to shake him down for six figures instead of going public.....gawd, STOP ACTING like that self-serving grifter is some kind of HERO - she isn't, she is as DISGUSTING AS TRUMP

and Comey, who knew Trump was being investigated by the FBI and was possibly being BLACKMAILED BY RUSSIA, decided to TRASH HILLARY......he fucking helped get Trump installed into the White House - HE CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF

[Kirk Lover]

69. So you are calling everybody who has had a marital affair disgusting....oh ok!

WHO THE FUCK is calling her a "hero"...LOL OK I can stop "talking" to you now because you really don't need me since you are filling in my parts for me. Good Evening to you now.

[Kirk Lover]

71. And sister the list of what you need to get is sooooooooooooo long I ain't got time to list it here.

[Kirk Lover]

76. Lighten up then brother...and your emotions are clouding your critical thinking!

[Demsrule86]

64. It does count because both are witnesses to Trump obstruction.

[Demsrule86]

80. It still counts. Trump needs to face justice.

[PubliusEnigma]

31. Lanny Davis is a fucking idiot.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Lanny should apologize to us for his effete presentation of the left of center point of view.

He reminds me of the late Alan Colmes.

[PubliusEnigma]

33. Hannity and Lannity?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. They are/were both pals of Sean Hannity.

[Skittles]

40. yes, he is a lying piece of shit

his argument that he thought Hillary would win is utterly ridiculous - WHY WOULD THAT EVEN BE A FACTOR? He and some rabid rightwing assholes in the FBI did a hit job on Hillary and now they don't have the GUTS to admit it

[Ccarmona]

54. Youre Half Right

The NY Office of the FBI were filled with right-wing anti-Hilliary zealots who were in cahoots with Rudy Gulliani. They cornered Comey by with-holding the Weiners’ PC until 11 days before the election. Remember Rudy bragging about an October surprise?
Everyone here were toasting Comey when he stood up to the Bush Torture crowd. He wouldn’t sign the Memos authorizing torture when Ashcroft was under sedation in the hospital and Cheney tried to get the drugged AG to sign the memo.

[Tatiana]

46. I saw the author was "Lanny Davis" and struggled to read further.

Lanny Davis is a liar and a snake himself, so it's possible that he's right (in the sense that it takes one to know one).

[SunSeeker]

48. Comey's error will forever be taught to future FBI agents and directors.

He is the posture child for why you should never comment on an ongoing investigation or even confirm its existence.

[onetexan]

58. Obama should have fired his pompous ass when he first made public statements about Hillary's emails

[Kirk Lover]

62. Apparently Obama "forgave" him. Obama must not be judging Comey on this one incident

but rather a long history of un besmirched public service.

[chillfactor]

51. I guess I cannot judge Comey one way or another

Because frankly I cannot crawl into the man's brain.....but one thing I do know.....he is pushing the asshat in the white house closer to the edge of the cliff.....and I am just fine with that!

[Ferrets are Cool]

59. Yeah, he pretty much lost me in the first sentence...

"the geat Wolf Blitzer"???

[Liberalhammer]

65. He still has more to pay

He'll get his comeupins for what he did to HRC. Its another debt that he will pay after Trump.

[VOX]

66. *The great Wolf Blitzer*??? Is Davis joking or genuflecting?

If it’s not a snarky lead-in, then whatever follows should be taken with several grains of salt.

Because nowhere in this universe is Leslie “Wolf” Blitzer “great.”

[Ported_Maryjoseph]

81. He's

Uh known Republican election actor.