Yesterday, James Comey called President Donald Trump a liar. He did this in sharp,, specific detail. He cited his contemporaneous documentation and the people he spoke to at the time. Comey was specific, detailed, and damning. Today, Trump responded to Comey’s accusations, saying everything Comey had said was a lie. Trump wasn’t especially specific about his counter-charges. And yet Trump (and his sleazy lawyer) were […]
This is a paraphrase from Paul Ryan as reported in the Washington Post: [Rep. Paul Ryan] added: “I would just say that of course there needs to be a degree of independence between [the Department of Justice], FBI and the White House and a line of communications established. The president’s new at this. He’s new to government, and so he probably wasn’t steeped in the […]
Lots of people have compared the Republican questions for James Comey yesterday to the 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing, where Sen. Arlen Specter grilled Anita Hill mercilessly about her testimony. Even with the awful bits, I think I was lucky to have watched both. I agree that the parallels are striking. “Why didn’t you confront your ultimate boss — an alpha-male who controls your fate […]
The Comey testimony had so many bombshells it’s hard to summarize it, but I wanted to touch on Sen. John McCain. He was listed as an ex officio member, which means he isn’t a voting member, but they let him ask questions. He was the last questioner. The most charitable interpretation I’ve got is that the GOP leadership shipped him in to tar Comey. I’m […]
I’m still a little shocked at how casually the White House lies about stupid stuff. When NBC asked the White House spokeswoman about the Comey hearings, the press corps could hear every TV in the White House playing the Senate hearing. And yet deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted that it was just an ordinary Thursday at the White House, and nobody was making a […]
I’m watching the Comey hearing, but thinking about yesterday’s testimony by DNI Daniel Coats, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, NSA Director Michael Rogers and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. Sorry not to give the direct quote, but here’s a CNN description: “I am not going to discuss the specifics of interactions that I may or may have not had with the President. ” Rogers said, adding […]
Senators in today’s Intelligence committee hearing questioned the four top intelligence officials in the Trump administration: Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The Senators wanted to know if Trump had asked any of them for special treatment of Michael Flynn, or to interfere in the open Russian investigations. […]
As other people are pointing out, the Trump version of “Law and Order” seems to mostly involve breaking it, and making sure nobody will stop him. Around half the U.S. Attorneys resigned, but except for two guys, Trump fired the other half outright, abruptly and without notice. It was another unprecedented Trump thing. Trump is allowed to fire and replace the U.S. Attorneys. Most administrations […]
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