On Tue, 9 May 2017 17:51:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/9/2017 5:46 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


Just heard that Comey has announced he will step down as FBI director.



Spoke too soon. Now the media is reporting that Trump has fired him.

Why can't the media get it straight from the get-go?

By the time I got back inside for fixing a dock, they had it right.
This instant news is not always correct news.
I suppose, technically he did resign tho, at the request of the
president.

On 5/9/17 7:41 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2017 17:51:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/9/2017 5:46 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


Just heard that Comey has announced he will step down as FBI director.



Spoke too soon. Now the media is reporting that Trump has fired him.

Why can't the media get it straight from the get-go?

By the time I got back inside for fixing a dock, they had it right.
This instant news is not always correct news.
I suppose, technically he did resign tho, at the request of the
president.


Trump seems intent on firing anyone getting too close to his Russian
shenanigans.

On 5/9/2017 8:20 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/9/17 7:41 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2017 17:51:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/9/2017 5:46 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


Just heard that Comey has announced he will step down as FBI director.



Spoke too soon. Now the media is reporting that Trump has fired him.

Why can't the media get it straight from the get-go?

By the time I got back inside for fixing a dock, they had it right.
This instant news is not always correct news.
I suppose, technically he did resign tho, at the request of the
president.



Trump seems intent on firing anyone getting too close to his Russian
shenanigans.

Maybe. I don't think so though. Comey's recent appearance at the
Congressional hearing was pathetic. He was almost emotional, trying to
explain the actions he took regarding the Clinton e-mails. Not exactly
what one would expect from the Director of the FBI. But, from what is
being reported by the media, his firing has been a long time coming and
it was actually the Assistant Attorney General who made the case for
canning him, not Sessions. One other thing I heard that was "news" to
me: Comey didn't officially re-open the Clinton investigation last
October (after saying it was closed) as the media has continuously
reported. He simply sent a letter to the congressional committees
investigating the issues, along with other congressional leaders stating
that the emails on Weiner's laptop that was being looked at in an
unrelated case contained Clinton emails as well. He was just advising
congress that they would be looked at. It was someone in Congress who
splashed the story of "re-opening" the investigation that was picked up
and repeated by the media.