Let flynn go, they fired him. there have been so many people ensnared in comey s conduct on all sides of the question that i don t know if that makes him post partisan, nonpartisan, beyond partisan. what is the state of jim comey today? the inspector general clearly thinks comey has a big mouth. this is the second inspector general report that is critical of him. the first the inspector general says he should have never had that press conference a few days before the 2016 election making those accusations, reopening the investigation against hillary clinton. that was the wrong way to handle that. here again, the inspector general thinks comey handled this the wrong way. in fact, nicolle, but for comey s actions, we probably would not have had a special counsel. we probably would not know all of the evidence of trump s criminality that the mueller report reveals. so i think in the long run,
Go, to letting flynn go. he s a good guy, and i hope you can let it go, close quote. page 40, volume two. accurate. what did comey understand the president to be asking? i m not going to get into what was in mr. comey s mind. comey understood this to be a direction because of the president s position and the circumstances of the one-to-one meeting, page 40, volume two. i understand it s in the report. i support it as being in the report. thank you, sir. even though the president publicly denied telling comey to drop the investigation, you found, open quote, substantial evidence corroborating comey s account over the president s? is this correct? that s correct. the president fired comey on may 9th. is that correct, sir? i believe that s the accurate date. that s page 77, volume two.
Brought up michael flynn. mike flynn had been fired as the national security adviser after questions were raised about his contacts with the russians during the transition. according to comey in volume 2, page 40 of the report, the president said i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. comey does not commit to any of the investigation, but when he goes home that day, he writes a contemporaneous memo about his meeting with the president. trump was more direct that spring. the report says the president asked comey to publically announce that he was not under investigation by the fbi. comey didn t oblige and trump fired him in may. firing an fbi director is politically a very difficult thing to do, especially because the fbi director is supposed to be in his post for ten years.
Brought up his security adviser michael flynn. mike flynn had been fired as national security adviser after questions were raised about his contacts with the russians during the transition. volume 2 of the report, the president said, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go to letting flynn go. comey does not commit to anything in the investigation, but when he goes home that day, he writes a memo about his meeting with the president. trump was more direct that spring. the report says the president asked comey to publicly announce that he was not under investigation by the fbi. comey didn t oblige and trump fired him in may. firing an fbi director is is politically a very difficult thing to do. especially because the fbi director is supposed to be in his post for ten years.
Fact that trump had everybody leave the room, that he got comey alone. prior to that time, he tried to get an oath of loyalty from the comey. bring out the fact of how he kind of got down and said you ve got to let flynn go. and what that all means and how does that amount to corrupt intent. and then go too what the is the nexus. the nexus is the fbi investigation into the whole russian matter. why was there such a consistent and repeated effort to hide and to thwart if there was nothing allegedly to hide. let my bring in robert reisch. big robert reisch buffs and fans will remember remember locked in the cabinet. yes? yes. your time in the cabinet. my time in the cabinet. but let me just add. i m the and color. i ll ask the question. let me ask you a question. how do you compare the allegations here in the mueller report against donald trump on obstruction and lying and