• Welcome to OGBoards 10.0, keep in mind that we will be making LOTS of changes to smooth out the experience here and make it as close as possible functionally to the old software, but feel free to drop suggestions or requests in the Tech Support subforum!

Comey to Tesitfy About Trump Confrontations

Deacsfan27

Deacsfan27

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 15, 2011
Messages
35,070
Reaction score
6,307
Location
Chucktown
OOOOOOOPPPPPSSSSSSSS

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/fbi-comey-testimony/index.html?adkey=bn

Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.
Click to expand...

I'll go ahead and get out ahead of the arguments:

@plama - "fake news"
@sailor - "sources aren't credible"
@jhmd - "oh, now Comey is worth talking to, what about the Clinton's, and two parent households"
@BKF - "This type of entitlement from Comey is what you get when you attend an elite institution"
 
ONW said:
No moonz prediction?
Click to expand...

images
 
Doesn't him testifying rule out Mueller pursuing obstruction charges? This is bad news for Trump but it's the best bad news he could hope for.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
JManslow said:
Doesn't him testifying rule out Mueller pursuing obstruction charges? This is bad news for Trump but it's the best bad news he could hope for.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

No, it just puts him under oath and on the record with respect to subject matter that could be used in a criminal prosecution/impeachment proceeding.

1) Comey has obviously visited with Mueller to discuss his putative testimony and has been given the green light to discuss certain matters under oath.

2) Trump can't be criminally prosecuted while he's president. It's up to Congress to impeach him for obstruction of justice.
 
Jamison2Carter said:
No, it just puts him under oath and on the record with respect to subject matter that could be used in a criminal prosecution/impeachment proceeding.

1) Comey has obviously visited with Mueller to discuss his putative testimony and has been given the green light to discuss certain matters under oath.

2) Trump can't be criminally prosecuted while he's president. It's up to Congress to impeach him for obstruction of justice.
Click to expand...

That's not quite accurate. The question of whether or not a sitting president can be prosecuted while in office has never really come up in an actual case. The closest we got was US v. Nixon, where the special prosecutor thought Nixon might not be able to be prosecuted, but Nixon resigned and Ford pardoned Nixon before it ever became an actual issue. That's not to say that the Supreme Court might eventually rule that way, but it's still an open question as of now.

What cannot happen is that Trump cannot be detained/arrested in a manner that would render him incapable of executing the duties of the President.
 
AsesinoDeTortugas said:
That's not quite accurate. The question of whether or not a sitting president can be prosecuted while in office has never really come up in an actual case. The closest we got was US v. Nixon, where the special prosecutor thought Nixon might not be able to be prosecuted, but Nixon resigned and Ford pardoned Nixon before it ever became an actual issue. That's not to say that the Supreme Court might eventually rule that way, but it's still an open question as of now.

What cannot happen is that Trump cannot be detained/arrested in a manner that would render him incapable of executing the duties of the President.
Click to expand...

I've read a fair amount regarding the issue. There's a split of opinion, but many legal experts seem to suggest he could be prosecuted after he's left office, but not while he's a sitting president. The logic, in addition to the express language of the constituition, being that a single prosecutor/grand jury shouldn't be permitted to entagle a sitting president and therefore prevent him from fulfilling the duties of his office. It's for the congress, a body of national import, to remove him for crimes committed while in office.

eta: but to your point, it's never been done and is therefore still an open question
 
Last edited:
HORSE SHIT

FAKE NEWS

WILL NEVER HAPPEN

UNLESS COMEY WANTS TO BE INDICTED
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Moonz the OG snowflake
Click to expand...

you are some kind of lawyer

you think comey was obstructed and did nothing about it? He certainly did not testify about it when he had the chance and actually testified as to no pressure or interference.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top