Comey Speaks!
Comey Speaks!
The FBI should know. If they don’t, who would? The press? It seems unlikely that members of the press would know more than the FBI, in the same way that a reporter, reporting on MMA, probably knows a good deal less about fighting, than a championship caliber fighter. And James Comey, was as high up the investigative food chain, as one could get. It won’t matter, though, not as long as people believe. And, when it comes to belief, true believers are everywhere, on both sides of the debate.
Under oath, Comey said that president Trump was not, and never had been, under investigation for collusion with the Russians. He also said there was no evidence that Trump, or anyone on his team, ever colluded with Russia. Comey also acknowledged that the infamous New York Times article about various members of Trump’s team meeting with shadowy members of Russian intelligence, was false. Nonetheless, it was recycled by just about every media outlet on earth, creating an echo chamber of like-minded thinking. Comey also admitted to being the leak, for the even more infamous “Comey memo,” which created endless media hysteria, which we now know was baseless.
To further confuse the issue for true believers in Trump’s guilt, Comey said that the people who illegally leak information to the press, tend to be people who don’t really know what’s going on. And, the people who did, weren’t talking. In that one statement, James Comey, former FBI director, undermined the media’s obsession with unnamed sources, as the basis for trying to piece together the Trump collusion narrative. When you consider that there never was any credible evidence for collusion, according to Comey, the left’s relentless pursuit of a Trump/Putin connection, appears to be a baseless, politically motivated witch hunt.
The most damning part of Comey’s testimony came when he said that former attorney general Loretta Lynch, pressured him to lie about the FBI’s very real investigation into Hillary Clinton. This came directly after Lynch illegally met with Bill Clinton on a private plane, days before the election. Comey said the reason he never reported the incident was his own cowardice (his words, not mine.) In spite of this, the press still relentlessly pursue president Trump’s innocuous suggestion to Comey, that he “hoped” that he would ease up on Mike Flynn. Because Flynn was innocent, and a good guy who’d been through enough.
So, where are we currently? Nowhere. Is the appropriate answer. Without actual, verifiable evidence, there is nothing. No evidence of collusion. No evidence that the Russians effected the outcome of the election. Only that the Russians did, what the Russians and the Americans, and the Israeli’s, and just about every other nation, friend or foe alike, has done for a very, very long time; Spy on one another, and try and effect the outcome of elections in a way that would be favorable for their nations. In a dangerous world, this makes a good deal of sense. But, watching brother fight against brother, while politicians lie and slander their fellow Americans, should scare the hell out of true patriots, regardless of which side of the aisle they sit on. I expect no such self reflection to take place, though. There is simply too much money and too much power at stake. Follow the money. And I sure as hell don’t mean a single individual taking a bribe. As far as I can tell, the whole, damned world is on the take. Time to put a stop to it, once and for all
Mark Magula
The FBI should know. If they don’t, who would? The press? It seems unlikely that members of the press would know more than the FBI, in the same way that a reporter, reporting on MMA, probably knows a good deal less about fighting, than a championship caliber fighter. And James Comey, was as high up the investigative food chain, as one could get. It won’t matter, though, not as long as people believe. And, when it comes to belief, true believers are everywhere, on both sides of the debate.
Under oath, Comey said that president Trump was not, and never had been, under investigation for collusion with the Russians. He also said there was no evidence that Trump, or anyone on his team, ever colluded with Russia. Comey also acknowledged that the infamous New York Times article about various members of Trump’s team meeting with shadowy members of Russian intelligence, was false. Nonetheless, it was recycled by just about every media outlet on earth, creating an echo chamber of like-minded thinking. Comey also admitted to being the leak, for the even more infamous “Comey memo,” which created endless media hysteria, which we now know was baseless.
To further confuse the issue for true believers in Trump’s guilt, Comey said that the people who illegally leak information to the press, tend to be people who don’t really know what’s going on. And, the people who did, weren’t talking. In that one statement, James Comey, former FBI director, undermined the media’s obsession with unnamed sources, as the basis for trying to piece together the Trump collusion narrative. When you consider that there never was any credible evidence for collusion, according to Comey, the left’s relentless pursuit of a Trump/Putin connection, appears to be a baseless, politically motivated witch hunt.
The most damning part of Comey’s testimony came when he said that former attorney general Loretta Lynch, pressured him to lie about the FBI’s very real investigation into Hillary Clinton. This came directly after Lynch illegally met with Bill Clinton on a private plane, days before the election. Comey said the reason he never reported the incident was his own cowardice (his words, not mine.) In spite of this, the press still relentlessly pursue president Trump’s innocuous suggestion to Comey, that he “hoped” that he would ease up on Mike Flynn. Because Flynn was innocent, and a good guy who’d been through enough.
So, where are we currently? Nowhere. Is the appropriate answer. Without actual, verifiable evidence, there is nothing. No evidence of collusion. No evidence that the Russians effected the outcome of the election. Only that the Russians did, what the Russians and the Americans, and the Israeli’s, and just about every other nation, friend or foe alike, has done for a very, very long time; Spy on one another, and try and effect the outcome of elections in a way that would be favorable for their nations. In a dangerous world, this makes a good deal of sense. But, watching brother fight against brother, while politicians lie and slander their fellow Americans, should scare the hell out of true patriots, regardless of which side of the aisle they sit on. I expect no such self reflection to take place, though. There is simply too much money and too much power at stake. Follow the money. And I sure as hell don’t mean a single individual taking a bribe. As far as I can tell, the whole, damned world is on the take. Time to put a stop to it, once and for all
Mark Magula