# Comey Memo: Trump Told Him - Shut Down Flynn Probe **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792 "2017-05-16T21:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 51
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792/1001 "2017-06-23T18:57:52Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > “I’m playing 4 dimensional chess to get myself indicted. Winning!” 3 months later: “Who knew 4 dimensional chess was so easy? Only I!” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792/1002 "2017-06-23T19:15:28Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > But now Trump is implying that when he tweeted that Comey better “hope” there were no tapes, Comey responded to that by “changing his story”. In other words, “hope” was not an idle feeling; it influenced an action. No wonder Trump could not get a decent Washington law firm to represent him. No lawyer wants a client that ignores advice and shoots off his mouth, digging himself deeper into trouble. It’s like you’re tasked with defending a murder suspect, and he sends off an email to the judge saying “Bitch deserved it” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792/1003 "2017-06-23T20:25:24Z")
Like this guy? (NSFW reading of an actual transcript: ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7vN_PEmeKb0/maxresdefault.jpg "State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen | Rick and Morty | Adult Swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vN_PEmeKb0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792/1004 "2017-06-23T21:58:36Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > I don’t think you are supposed to “get over it”. I am sure you will grind your teeth for the next 3+ (or probably 7+) years. As for “intentionally worsening an already divided country” - you remember the “I won” and “phone and pen” President, right? Because words by past Presidents are obviously justification for words by the current one, right? Who, exactly, do you think you’re convincing? Not that I expect a response…it’s easier not to acknowledge the truth, isn’t it? > [@Presidential Prosecution - Why is there such a gaping void in our constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-prosecution-why-is-there-such-a-gaping-void-in-our-constitution/789120/66): > > He’ll maintain just about the same level of true believers for whom it’d be an honor to eat his shit. They can rationalize anything. Thank you for providing a graphic illustration of my point. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792/1005 "2017-06-26T07:12:44Z")
I have a simple rule of thumb: if the Trump apologists (or supporters, same thing, since they have no choice but to apologize for him) wouldn’t buy for a nanosecond what’s coming from Trump/the WH/Republicans about him if the shoe was on the other foot and it was about President Hillary, it’s bullshit. I leave the implications of that to the reader. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-memo-trump-told-him-shut-down-flynn-probe/786792.md?page=50)