{"id":30791,"date":"2017-05-10T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30791"},"modified":"2017-05-10T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:01:05","slug":"it-wasnt-a-unilateral-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30791","title":{"rendered":"It Wasn&#8217;t A Unilateral Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article is based on two sources&#8211;an article posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/polizette\/democrats-wanted-comey-fired-tuesday\/?utm_content=buffer56ef2&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=laura_ingraham_buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lifezette <\/a>today and an article from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-39866767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a>, also dated today.<\/p>\n<p>The article at Lifezette reminds us that until President Trump fired <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">FBI Director<\/a> Comey, the Democrats wanted Director Comey fired.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Comey, being Comey, closed the new investigation in record time, ending the investigation two days before Election Day and enraging Republicans by publicly declaring he still would not recommend charges against Clinton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Charles Schumer\" href=\"http:\/\/schumer.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Schumer<\/a> indicated Comey&#8217;s handling of the matter was a deal-breaker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;I do not have confidence in him any longer,&#8221; Schumer said of Comey on Nov. 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Schumer called Comey&#8217;s letter to Congress &#8220;appalling.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Schumer is far from the\u00a0only Democrat who\u00a0has questioned Comey&#8217;s judgement or called for his firing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;&#8221;This is not fake news. Intelligence officials are hiding connections to the Russian government. There is no question,&#8221; then-<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Party leaders of the United States Senate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Senate Minority Leader<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Harry Reid\" href=\"http:\/\/reid.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Harry Reid<\/a> said in a Dec. 10 interview on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"MSNBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC<\/a>. &#8220;Comey knew and deliberately kept this info a secret,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The MSNBC host asked Reid if Comey should resign.\u00a0&#8220;Of course, yes,&#8221; Reid replied.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"midpoint\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Comey&#8217;s decision to publicly reopen the Clinton investigation drove\u00a0Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) to also demand the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Federal Bureau of Investigation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.895216,-77.025131&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.895216,-77.025131 (Federal%20Bureau%20of%20Investigation)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">FBI<\/a> director resign.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;I called on FBI Director <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"James Comey\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Comey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">James Comey<\/a> to resign his position after his recent communication with members of Congress regarding the bureau&#8217;s review of emails potentially related to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Hillary Clinton&#8217;s<\/a> personal email server,&#8221; Cohen wrote in a Nov. 3 op-ed published in <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/politics\/304232-for-the-sake-of-the-fbi-comey-should-resign\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It gets better.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-39866767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a> posted a copy of the letter written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recommending that Director Comey be fired. Follow the link above to read the entire letter.<\/p>\n<p>Director Comey made some unusual decisions during the run-up to the November 2016 election. There are some valid questions as to whether or not the FBI was politicized under <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"WhiteHouse.gov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">President Obama<\/a>. It is very obvious that the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Department of Justice\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8933333333,-77.025&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.8933333333,-77.025 (United%20States%20Department%20of%20Justice)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">Justice Department<\/a> was compromised, but the jury is still out on the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know whether or not this is part of draining the swamp. I do know that draining the swamp is going to be a long term, ongoing operation, and I wish President Trump all the best in doing that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is based on two sources&#8211;an article posted at Lifezette today and an article from the BBC, also dated today. 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