Okay well I watched all of that testimony yesterday and what I heard is that Trump tried to bully Comey into dropping his investigation against Michael Flynn, that Trump is a liar who cannot be trusted, and that Comey is convinced that he was fired in order to end the Russian investigations.Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2017
And THAT by the way seems to be what most people heard as well.
Besides how can Trump say he was vindicated by the testimony while also claiming that Comey made false statements and lied?Subdued. http://pic.twitter.com/VoPReaxsnE— Andrew Katz (@katz) June 8, 2017
However if Trump really wants that vindication he can volunteer those tapes that he hinted about.
In fact there is a Democratic Senator urging him to do just that:James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that if President Trump disagrees with former FBI Director James Comey, he should publicly release any tapes of their conversations.
"It's awfully curious that no one from the president's team will either confirm or deny the existence of the tapes when the tapes are the only way to prove that Mr. Comey's testimony, which came under oath, are false or misleading," Schumer said.
Comey also said that he wanted any such tapes to be released.
Which is essentially how we know no such tapes exist. If Trump had them, and they really vindicated him, we would have definitely heard them by now.
But all is not lost, another Democratic Senator is inviting Trump to testify under oath just like James Comey did:
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling for President Trump to testify before congressional investigators about his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey, after the former top cop testified before a Senate panel about his conversations with the president.
"What’s most important is that investigators in the Senate and at the Department of Justice get all the facts and find the truth," Murphy said in a statement.
"If the White House’s account differs from what we heard today, the American people deserve to hear the president’s side of the story in a similar forum — under oath and open to the press," he added.
Now this of course will never happen either, but just for a moment try to imagine how many times Trump would commit perjury just within the first ten minutes.
I am willing to bet it would be a new record.
But like I said it will likely never happen.
So since Trump will never agree to actually do anything substantial to vindicate himself, I guess we are left with the image that Comey painted of him. That being an arrogant untrustworthy bully who tried to stop in investigation that would reveal truths about him and his campaign that he wants to keep hidden.
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