President Donald Trump lashed out at former FBI Director James Comey while watching “Hannity” on Fox News Monday night and claimed the Russia investigation is “illegal.”
After a disastrous morning in which Trump pretty much admitted to coordinating with and directing his former lawyer Michael Cohen to commit two campaign finance felonies in 2016 to cover up his extramarital affairs heading into the final stretch of the 2016 Election, Trump spent his evening binge-watching Fox News.
And when Sean Hannity began spewing nonsense abut Comey’s recent closed-door testimony to Congress, Trump repeated it on Twitter and used it to declare the Russia investigation “illegal.”
James Comey’s behind closed doors testimony reveals that “there was not evidence of Campaign Collusion” with Russia when he left the FBI. In other words, the Witch Hunt is illegal and should never have been started!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018
Seriously.
The thing is that Trump fired Comey in May 2017, which triggered the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has overseen a masterful investigation that has ensnared several Trump officials and associates and is now closing in on Trump himself.
Evidence changes over time, and while Comey may not have seen evidence then, things have changed, especially since Donald Trump Jr released emails revealing his attempts to set up a meeting to get “dirt” on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government, and Trump’s own tweet admitting that the meeting happened and that getting information on Clinton was the goal. In the end it doesn’t matter when investigators got the evidence, the fact is they had cause to open an investigation.
Who knows how things would have played out had Trump not fired Comey, but his decision to do so was a fatal error that has led us to what we know today. And Mueller knows even more than we do because only he knows the full extent of the witness testimony he has received in exchange for plea deals.
Trump continued whining about Comey while watching Lou Dobbs:
“Former FBI Director James Comey under fire for his testimony acknowledging he knew that the Democrats paid for that phony Trump Dossier.” @LouDobbs Details on Tuesday night.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018
The problem here is that a conservative publication originally paid for the dossier. Democrats only picked up the tab after conservatives abandoned it. Also, much of the information in the dossier has been verified and the dossier was not the main evidence used to get FISA warrants.
Basically, Trump is rehashing claims that we either already know, or that have already been debunked.
He also got mocked for it by Twitter users:
It was “behind closed doors” because Republicans refused to accept Comey’s & the Democrats’ request to an open hearing.
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 11, 2018
Remind me, why did he “leave” the FBI?
— Alan Holt (@rbaelite25) December 11, 2018
36 indictments and guilty pleas say otherwise.https://t.co/pMHJjoo2QX
— #Resist Trumpism (@TrumpsBane) December 11, 2018
You have the right to remain silent!!! You really need to use that right
— pamela schmidt (@pamelaschmidt17) December 11, 2018
An investigation cannot be illegal. It’s just an investigation.
— Len Erdner (@lterdner) December 11, 2018
But you said on Lester Holt, you fired him bc of the Russia investigation, he wouldn’t promise loyalty to you. #MoronInChief #TrumpRussiaCollusion #BigFatLiar
— gilamonster (@Ygilamnstr) December 11, 2018
That’s quite a collusion, I mean conclusion leap there, Individual 1
— ??If Cara Gets Off Scott Free and He’s Grateful (@mamapojo) December 11, 2018
You fired him in an attempt to prevent him from collecting evidence. How’s that working?
— Peter Matthews (@Pematthews1273) December 11, 2018
What are you smocking?
— Jnorby (@Jnorby360) December 11, 2018
Everyone closely associated with you has either been indicted, convicted or quit for fear of incriminating themselves because if you. There’s never been this much turnover in a presidential administration. You seem to be the common denominator
— KB (@lotto0307) December 11, 2018
You didn’t read his testimony did you.
How did you not know this WHEN he was Director of the FBI? His knowledge has not changed since May 2017.
— Jim (@Dangerclose001) December 11, 2018
For a witch hunt there are certainly a lot of admittedly guilty people already Individual One. And many more to come ?. Your own ex lawyer Cohen admitted to contact and Russia offering your campaign assistance Friday.
— Greenwalls4life (@Codybfan87) December 11, 2018
Once again, Trump demonstrates that he is a desperate pathetic man who knows he’s caught.
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