“If President Trump was not under investigation, and Flynn had resigned already, then the suggestion of obstructing justice is absolutely misplaced and points to the rampant efforts of anti-Trump witch-hunters.”
The highly anticipated testimony flowing from James Comey’s mouth to US Senate ears is finally here. Eagerly waiting to hear his side of things regarding whether President Donald Trump in any way compelled Comey to back-off so-called Russian entanglements may be anticlimactic. Innuendo and speculation have been unrelenting, raising the bar of intrigue to astronomical heights.
As usual, the Left salivate over their narrative, albeit false and without a granule of tangible proof of any wrongdoing. Speaking of salivation, leakers and subversives continue to be in the crosshairs of the presidency. Reality Winner wreaks of treason and is the latest in a group of traitors outed by federal intelligence authorities.
I came across a Political Insider report that claims “wave after wave of leaks seemed to show that Comey had felt uncomfortable with [President] Trump and thought he had tried to interfere in the ongoing investigation of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.” What unnerves me most is the assertion that “associates” of Comey made privy to no one else but “journalists” a memo authored by Comey implying obstruction of justice charges against Pres. Trump.
OpsLens Senior Contributor invested the time and duly authored a piece underlining the unprofessional behavior, derailed decorum, and fiery implications during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday. Democrat members pitched slight-of-hand curveballs at American intelligence agency directors who are self-respecting enough to let certain Dems know they were minor-league pitchers throwing only balls, no strikes, to major-league team players.
The expressions of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during the Senate hearing colorized it all. His deliberations, his well-constructed responses, and his attributions relative to Sen. Kamala Harris’ huffiness were priceless. Nothing surpasses the belligerence of an elected official like the measured responses from a highly experienced and learned individual whose craft he masters.
The queries from senators were misguided and impertinent to why all were convened in the first place: FISA. When does witch-hunting season end anyway?
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published Comey’s prepared statement on its website. It comprises Comey’s expounded view of the Trump/Russia legend and includes events preceding the June 8, 2017 hearing. Presumably, that is the same dinner during which Pres. Trump allegedly telegraphed his expectations of “loyalty” from Comey.
Interpretations
Breitbart.com declared Comey’s written statement an “ultra-hyped Comey statement a nothing-burger” while The Hill categorized it as “a dramatic account shocking Washington.”
Essentially, Comey’s words reinforce Pres. Trump’s assertions that he was told by Comey on several occasions that he was not the subject of an investigation, to which Mr. Trump requested that exact message be made public. Comey previously clarified that while at Trump Tower, he told Mr. Trump that the FBI was looking into “Russian efforts to interfere with the election.” Never was it mentioned that Trump himself was within the scope of a Russia-involved investigation.
Innuendo flew wild like major league baseball pitches which missed the mitt entirely. One such flash of falsity duped readers to believe Russia pocketed Pres. Trump via blackmail and financial dependency. Frankly, Mr. Trump’s granite nature seems hardly moved by blackmail…and billionaire status refutes dangling any financial carrot in his face.
Allen West recently posted to his website indications that the Russia connection is more tightly bound to both Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as John Podesta and the Clinton Foundation. In the OAN article are the following highlights:
- Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta collected $35 million from a Russian investment fund launched by Vladimir Putin.
- Bill Clinton received a whopping $500,000 for a Moscow speech paid for by from Russian intelligence agencies.
- Hillary Clinton handled the sale of 20 percent of America’s uranium supply to the Russians.
- The Clinton Foundation collected $145 million from a uranium company in Russia and millions more from Russian oligarchs.
If President Trump was not under investigation, and Flynn had resigned already, then the suggestion of obstructing justice is absolutely misplaced and points to the rampant efforts of anti-Trump witch-hunters. Since Comey related in his statement that after his one-on-one meeting with President Trump on May 6 he immediately documented the conversation in his computer, for whatever compelling reasons he had, those words are now testamentary vindications pertaining to any allusions others had that the US president conspired with Russia.
So, if Comey already confirmed that the Trump-Russia speculations have no merit and Mr. Trump is not in FBI crosshairs, how much more of a nothing-burger does any of us need in order to apply our focus and efforts on real matters of state? Why waste time, energy, and spit in the face of logic by drawing-up articles for impeachment…when an impeachable offense does not exist? As Fox News reported on June 7, comments made by Rep. Al Green (D–Texas) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D–California) imply they have already convicted President Trump.
“In the spirit of keeping justice, I have concluded that the president has obstructed justice and in so doing, the remedy for obstruction of justice is impeachment,” were Rep. Green’s words. He’s right about one thing: he “concluded” a crime has been committed. He’s wrong about another thing: impeachment is not the “remedy” for obstruction of justice, it’s the process…and that requires a bona fide basis to institute impeachment. Perhaps the most deserving rebuttal to any of his assertions is that due process is the driving force, not his judge-and-jury self-assessment and conclusion (verdict).
On June 7, President Trump nominated Christopher Wray for his next FBI director. He also sent 12 nominations, mostly judicial appointments, to the Senate. Six infrastructure projects were outlined as well. Albeit unwarranted and chronic, the negativity hurled at our commander-in-chief must abate so that we can accomplish so much more for our land of the free. In his latest article, OpsLens Senior Contributor Chris Wagoner highlights cynicism and beckons less stone-throwing.
There’s plenty more nation-building initiatives endorsed by the presidential pen, hardly the work of a man who has concerns about hollow threats encountered during witch-hunt season.
Many from all sides of the political spectrum wished for Comey’s termination some time ago. His playbook seemed odd. As former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton tweeted, “The only criticism of the Trump administration, regarding Comey, was that they did not fire him on January the 20th.” June 8th punctuates the Comey era and its conclusion, at least as it relates to FBI legacy.
It will surely be interesting to finally hear what Mr. Comey has to say, to make some sense out of the ostensible political chess match he’s been orchestrating.
