# Comey Fired! Who is covering who? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226 "2017-05-09T21:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/1 "2017-05-09T21:57:47Z")
The White House announced the firing of FBI Director James Comey. No word on why, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/2 "2017-05-09T21:59:19Z")
Over the Clinton emails. Which, I imagine, is just the first thing that gives him a fig leaf of an excuse to fire the guy that’s investigating him. On the advice of Jeff Sessions who had recused himself from the Russia situation. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/3 "2017-05-09T21:59:59Z")
According to the [Washington Post,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comey-misstated-key-clinton-email-evidence-at-hearing-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/05/09/074c1c7e-34bd-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html?utm_term=.7b9efdda8595) > [@](#): > > Earlier in the day, the FBI notified Congress that Comey misstated key findings involving the Hillary Clinton email investigation during testimony last week, saying that only a “small number’’ of emails had been forwarded to disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, not the “hundreds and thousands’’ he’d claimed in his testimony. Apparently lying under oath is bad and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/4 "2017-05-09T22:01:13Z")
Okay, obviously, Trump seems to figure he can just appoint a yes man who will end all investigations into him. How easy is that, on a practical level, really? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/5 "2017-05-09T22:03:25Z")
Is this similar to the firing of that prosecutor in Watergate, or a totally off-basis comparison? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/6 "2017-05-09T22:04:40Z")
Full statements - [https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Statement-on-ComeyfromthePressSecretary.pdf](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Statement-on-ComeyfromthePressSecretary.pdf) One of the reasons given is because Comey didn’t want to prosecute. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/7 "2017-05-09T22:04:57Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > According to the [Washington Post,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comey-misstated-key-clinton-email-evidence-at-hearing-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/05/09/074c1c7e-34bd-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html?utm_term=.7b9efdda8595) > > Apparently lying under oath is bad and stuff. If there’s one thing Donald Trump can’t abide, it’s dishonesty. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/8 "2017-05-09T22:16:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > If there’s one thing Donald Trump can’t abide, it’s dishonesty. The Donald abides… ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/9 "2017-05-09T22:19:30Z")
Comey goes homey … If you guys didn’t know, you live in a batshit crazy oligarchy. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/10 "2017-05-09T22:19:58Z")
Does it mean anything legally for Sessions to recuse himself with any investigations regarding Russia and then recommend firing the guy doing the investigation? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/11 "2017-05-09T22:21:51Z")
Well, many people (on both “sides” of the issue) have asserted that Director Comey should have kept his big fat mouth shut in both July and October of last year. It’s gratifying to read that the Deputy Attorney General agrees. What I find interesting is the juxtaposition in time of this firing with the issuance of the news that the FBI was going to have to correct his testimony from yesterday before Congress. Looks like everyone had had enough of Director Comey sometime yesterday, and today, the string was cut. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/12 "2017-05-09T22:23:03Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Does it mean anything legally for Sessions to recuse himself with any investigations regarding Russia and then recommend firing the guy doing the investigation? His recusal not being mandated by law, he’s free to handle it how he wants. But I think the fact that he relied upon the extensive memorandum from the Deputy AG was in part designed to take the heat off of him for this point. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/13 "2017-05-09T22:23:23Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Does it mean anything legally for Sessions to recuse himself with any investigations regarding Russia and then recommend firing the guy doing the investigation? Only that if Obama and his Cabinet were the ones doing it, and with the scandal present, that there would had been impeachment votes already in the Republican house. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/14 "2017-05-09T22:27:32Z")
Absolutely everything the Trump administration does should be accompanied by Yakety Sax. I can’t think of a parallel in incompetence…maybe General Custer? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/15 "2017-05-09T22:30:04Z")
CNN rumor is that the replacement will be Keith Shiller, head of security at the Trump Organization. Seriously. Video of him leaving FBI headquarters today. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/16 "2017-05-09T22:32:00Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > CNN rumor is that the replacement will be Keith Shiller, head of security at the Trump Organization. Seriously. Video of him leaving FBI headquarters today. Shiller is a perfect name for a Trump toady. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/17 "2017-05-09T22:32:31Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > The White House announced the firing of FBI Director James Comey. > > No word on why, yet. I’ve been wondering how Comey lasted as long as he did. Comey has been blamed for playing politics by both sides. Which elected officials were left to support him? The Democrats were pissed about his handling of Hillary, and the Republicans were pissed about his handling of Trump. If neither side likes an appointee, neither side will attempt to throw its weight around to protect that appointee. Several of the news media outlets have mentioned something about this being done to restore the public’s trust, but I believe it’s the trust of our elected officials that’s lacking. Time will tell. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/18 "2017-05-09T22:33:58Z")
Sweet baby kittens. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/19 "2017-05-09T22:37:04Z")
I mean, this couldn’t make him look more guilty unless he hires Flynn to replace Comey. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226/20 "2017-05-09T22:38:20Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > I’ve been wondering how Comey lasted as long as he did. Comey has been blamed for playing politics by both sides. Which elected officials were left to support him? The Democrats were pissed about his handling of Hillary, and the Republicans were pissed about his handling of Trump. If neither side likes an appointee, neither side will attempt to throw its weight around to protect that appointee. > > Several of the news media outlets have mentioned something about this being done to restore the public’s trust, but I believe it’s the trust of our elected officials that’s lacking. Time will tell. Maybe. [Let’s re-write history.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/fbi-james-comey-fired-letter/) > [@](#): > > Memos released by the White House show that Rod J. Rosenstein, the newly sworn-in deputy attorney general, recommended that **Mr. Comey be fired over how he disclosed the investigation into Mrs. Clinton.** > > Mr. Comey broke with longstanding tradition and policies by discussing the case and chastising the Democratic presidential nominee’s “careless” handling of classified information. Then, in the campaign’s final days, Mr. Comey announced that the F.B.I. was reopening the case, a move that earned him widespread criticism. Seriously? Trump reveled in constantly bring it up. He was positively gleeful about it. CNN is running clips of Trump praising Comey for the near election letter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-fired-who-is-covering-who/786226.md?page=2)