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| Jim Cagliano on Comey testimony: 'I wanted to rinse myself off afterwords.' |
| 2017-06-09 |
| [The Hill] A former FBI agent said he felt "completely disgusted" after reading the prepared testimony of former FBI Director James Comey regarding interactions with President Trump. "I read this and I literally wanted to rinse myself off afterwards," James Gagliano said on CNN. "I felt completely disgusted." Gagliano's comments came after Wednesday's release of the opening statement Comey is set to deliver Thursday to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing Comey as the bureau's director, according to the testimony Comey is set to deliver. Comey's opening statement details multiple interactions with the president, including a January dinner at the White House where Trump said he needed and expected the FBI director's loyalty. Gagliano on CNN also described the interactions between Trump and Comey. "Beginning with that first awkward handshake that we saw on camera when Director Comey and the president met and ... it started out as a handshake, turned into kind of a half hug," Gagliano said. "You could tell -- it was palpable -- how uncomfortable Director Comey was." "For 48 years ... FBI Director [J. Edgar] Hoover pulled puppet strings, and had presidents on their heels," he added. "We now have a president that was attempting to put an FBI director on his heels." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Lather. Rinse. Repeat. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-06-09 14:51 |
| #5 "Beginning with that first awkward handshake that we saw on camera when Director Comey and the president met and ... it started out as a handshake, turned into kind of a half hug," Gagliano said. "You could tell -- it was palpable -- how uncomfortable Director Comey was." Comey: "I expected Hillary" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-06-09 08:54 |
| #4 Americans have felt the same way for at least the past 8 years. My water bill was out-a-sight during this time. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-09 08:45 |
| #3 Nope, MM, you're not alone. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-06-09 08:28 |
| #2 A definate "rub." The last guy was a totally compliant, 'Affirmative Action' Deep State puppet. Wars, bread & circuses, a giddy Hollywood, regime changes, an unending list of new laws and regulations and expanded government and costly new programs. This new fellow is our punishment for daring to elect someone from outside the beltway party [sarc]. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-09 06:57 |
| #1 There's the rub: Bureaucratic institutional Washington sees the President as a temporary nuisance who must be brought to heel. This particular voter does not see it that way and I'm sure I'm not alone... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-06-09 06:29 |