Telling Congress that he was “mildly nauseous” at the thought of having influenced the presidential election may have won former FBI Director James Comey plaudits among Democrats and within the bureau. But his choice of words may have doomed him with President Donald Trump.
He found the testimony last week infuriating and griped about it extensively for at least two days, several associates and advisers said. “He was basically defending Hillary Clinton,” said one adviser, explaining Trump’s interpretation of Comey’s testimony. Another person said: “He couldn’t figure out why Comey would go out and say that.”
I guess Trump does not appreciate thinking that somebody was made nauseous by his victory.
Well boy do I have bad news for him on that front.
That may have been the trigger, but Trump's pump was already primed. (I just made that saying up right here on the spot.)
Trump did not appreciate that Comey declared his campaign to be under investigation on live TV, said two people who know the president well. He didn’t like that Comey contradicted his unsubstantiated accusation that President Barack Obama tapped his phone line at Trump Tower. And Trump was displeased that the FBI seemed uninterested in pursuing investigations into the leaks he believes are weakening his administration.
“He got tired of him,” one White House official said. “I think that’s how you would explain it. He got really tired of him.”
So yes, it WAS all about the Russia investigation.
Just like everybody with half a brain figured out from the very beginning.
Which makes what Trump did not only comparable to Richard Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, but perhaps even worse.
By the way Comey turned down that invitation to testify in a closed door session before the Senate Intelligence Committee, but an associate of his is saying it is not because he doesn't want to testify, but that if he does testify he wants to do so publicly in front of the American people.
That in my opinion is very smart.
Source http://ift.tt/2r5kCfX
