The Senate
Intelligence Committee's hearing on Wednesday morning furnished one undeniable fact: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan
Coats and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers resolutely maintained they had never felt or received pressure to act
inappropriately.
"In the
three-plus years that I have been the director of the National Security Agency,
to the best of my recollection, I have never been directed to do anything I
believe to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate," Rogers
stated.
Coates declared,
"I've never been pressured, never felt pressure to intervene or interfere
in any way with shaping intelligence in a political way or in relationship to
ongoing investigations."
Apart from the
antagonistic and shameful inquisition by Democrats and perpetual RINO idiot
John McCain nothing new emerged from these two intelligence officials. Shortly after the hearing concluded ex-FBI
Director Comey’s written
opening statement for his Senate Intelligence Committee appearance was
released.
In it Comey confirms
that yes, he told Trump three times—just as Trump said, and just as
"sources close to Comey" denied—that Trump was not the subject of
any FBI investigation.
Unless Comey goes
beyond his written statement on Thursday, his testimony is not likely to
settle the question of obstruction with a definitive answer. One man whose opinion I highly regard, George
Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, weighed in on the issue.
From the Associated
Press:
Nothing he read in Comey’s statement persuades him that Trump violated the law by interfering with a federal investigation.
Turley was referring to the entirety of Comey’s written statement, including his account of an Oval Office meeting in which Trump asked Comey to drop the investigation of former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn. Comey says Trump told him, “I hope you can let this go.”
Turley says in an email that “the comments are grossly inappropriate,” but that “we do not indict people for being boorish or clueless.”
Notice how CNN immediately removed countdown clock after they realized Comey's testimony helps Trump. pic.twitter.com/fTG83QnWRD— Tennessee (@TEN_GOP) June 7, 2017
Sen Burr to reporters on release of Comey testimony: "I'm sorry it took away from all of your ability to find a source to leak it to you"— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) June 7, 2017
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