*******BREAKING *******Drumpf asked the FBI to exonerate him of collaborating with the Russians

[DemocratSinceBirth]

They said no:

FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories


Washington (CNN)The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump's associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US officials briefed on the matter tell CNN.

White House officials had sought the help of the bureau and other agencies investigating the Russia matter to say that the reports were wrong and that there had been no contacts, the officials said. The reports of the contacts were first published by The New York Times and CNN on February 14.
The direct communications between the White House and the FBI were unusual because of decade-old restrictions on such contacts. Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/fbi-refused-white-house-request-to-knock-down-recent-trump-russia-stories/index.html

[malaise]

1. Not so fake news Groper Don the Con

[livetohike]

2. This has to be an impeachable offense. This Presidency

has already lasted too long

[SleeplessinSoCal]

23. everyday I wake up, look at the headlines with the hope that he's being impeached.

Every single day since 1/20. It has to end soon. And Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell need to be exposed as enablers who are negligent in their duty and have to go as well.

[volstork]

50. Oh, I think they are SO much more

than merely enablers. I think they are co-conspirators. They will be implicated as well when the house of cards falls. Here's to a strong wind coming!

[Angry Dragon]

131. Traitors comes to mind

[sarah FAILIN]

84. Same here

I don't see how something hasn't happened yet. I'm shocked every day and to the point that I don't know how we are still going forward with Trump.

[Nwgirl503]

93. Same here

Every notification I get of breaking news on my apps and my breath skips a beat, hoping.

Fingers crossed the day is very soon where it's not a let down.

[Scarsdale]

118. Ryan and McConnell

were informed last year, ad refused to have an investigation started. McConnell insisted that "the next president will chose the new Supreme Court nominee" pretty much admitting that the next president would be a repub. His wife got a lucrative position in the administration, payback? These two are complicit. Meanwhile the orange clown is going back to Florida, on taxpayer $$$, for a fundraiser. His travel expenses are equal to President Obama's travel expanses after one year. tRump surpassed that in one month!!The tRump family is a luxury we taxpayers can not afford. Definitely not getting our money's worth.

[rurallib]

49. Probably - who's going to do anything about it? Republicans in congress?

Hope we got some good pics of that democracy while we had a chance.

[dmr]

55. They will go down in history as aiding & abetting.

The Republicans are complicit in this whole debacle.

We need to shout from the rooftops that the GOP is unpatriotic and soft on foreign & domestic crimes. The Cold War isn't over.

Can we, as American citizens file suit against them?

[The Wielding Truth]

86. YES. THIS IS THE LYNCH PIN. THIS IS THE VIOLATION THAT SHOWS FEAR OF

PROSECUTION.

[Warpy]

96. Stupid people who voted for him also voted for Republican

control of both houses of congress. That party is hopelessly corrupt so we're going to have to wait until their cash flow turns negative for any of them to wise up.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. So they've broken another law. How many dies that make in 34 days?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

87. 68 nt

[irisblue]

4. somewhere Nixon

is looking around, saying "that ahole is making me look better"

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Damn,he is making

a case for the Nixon as a innocent bystander.

[NastyRiffraff]

128. Nixon had nothing on this asshole

As far as dishonesty and dirty tricks.

I keep hoping to wake up from this nightmare. You know the overwhelming sense of relief when you wake up from a bad dream? That's what I want.

[spanone]

5. without an investigation???? tsk tsk tsk

can't do that donald.....

see mr trump, the fbi doesn't work for the propaganda wing of your administration...nice try, though

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Just got the breaking banner

I mean really? Really??????

[deminks]

7. Oooh, and I bet they asked nice, too.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. Whoaaaaaaa........

[sunonmars]

10. Wow, Trump tried to intimidate FBI....

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. I wanna know WHO did the asking...

and happily, a lot of details are gonna be on the Twitter feeds......

[HopeAgain]

99. Prince Penis asked

Did I misspell that name?

[NewJeffCT]

62. Yep -

next step will be using the CIA or NSA to intimidate the FBI - or maybe the FSB?

[Volaris]

116. The intelligence community will privately tell him to go get fucked.

And then mail his own Trump brand, gold-leaf spikes to CNN for the crucifixion.

[barbtries]

11. get him OUT!

during the election when the first stories about russia and trump were circulating i said to my son i think putin would love it if trump won, because he will destabilize the US.

i think i was right. and so was putin, because this nut and his cohorts will bring this country down; they're hard at it already.

aargh

[Amaryllis]

12. How long before the tweet calling it fake news?

[sunonmars]

13. This is blatant attempt at a coverup, investigations NOW.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Exactly. Subpoena the tax returns & appoint Independent Counsel. . . . . nt

[dhill926]

52. who's gonna do it?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

57. Sen. Susan Collins (R) is calling on Republicans to do it. In time the Rs will run to do it.

The stench from the tRump collusion with the Russian interference is rising and day by day weakens the Republicon brand. They are looking at 2018 and 2020. They might get blown out of the House and the Presidency.

[dhill926]

59. hope you're right....

but nothing will come from republican leadership...

[chimpymustgo]

88. Collins has counted the votes & and knows this goes nowhere. All talk.

Haven't we had the football jerked away enough by Collins and Snowe? Believe it when it happens.

[salin]

63. in month 1 of 48

it will take a lot more before the Gop acts. But while they close there eyes now, at the point they realize their careers are in jeopardy, the collective amnesia will start to dissipate.

The speed with which this has already happened and leaked indicates that events leading to GOP panic will be forced by the actions of team Trump much faster than it did with Nixon.

[mnmoderatedem]

14. uh that's not how it works Donnie boy

you have the FBI investigate and act accordingly, not tell people what you want them to hear.

[MFM008]

15. Probably figured Comey would do it

coz hes BLOTUS's palsy walsy.

[JudyM]

60. I'll bet Comey knows he can't because too many within the Bureau know the truth. & I'll bet Obama

made sure plenty of witnesses/potential whistleblowers were brought in the loop to prevent s coverup!

[MFM008]

103. I bet your right

[Frogg]

16. Orange Feet in the Fire...It's gettin'hot in here!

Now they are trying to intimidate the FBI. I think I might actually get a good night's sleep tonight!

[WomanWhoRoars]

17. Dear God

Please let them nail him on something...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Wow. Whiny juvenile delinquent on mega-scale. . . . . nt

[ProudProgressiveNow]

20. That is obstruction of justice.. nt..

[Sedona]

41. THIS

You win the smartest kid in class today!

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. Attempted obstruction of justice....n/t

Man, just like watching Watergate, but at a faster speed.

[spanone]

21. CNN webpage....

[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Volated decade-old restrictions. Criminal coverup. Must be serious fire to generate so much smoke.nt

[riversedge]

24. So, we will see if the WH once again crossed the line!! My guess is that Repugs will ignore it!

....The direct communications between the White House and the FBI were unusual because of decade-old restrictions on such contacts. Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations.

[theglammistress]

25. One hell of a bombshell

I want a special prosecutor and I want it now.

[WomanWhoRoars]

26. Jeez

How long can this guy slide and get away with crap??

[Botany]

27. Now let's link McConnell and Ryan to the same stinking mess.

This was a coup and people are guilty of treason.

[Equinox Moon]

31. I thought so too, but I guess 'treason' is only during wartime with that country.

Since we aren't at war with Russia, no treason. There are plenty of other criminal acts to be sure. Just thought I would pass on what I learned.

[notdarkyet]

51. We are and have been at cyber war with Russia for over a year.

Hacking is modern warfare. It can bring down your infrastructure or military data systems. War is war. It could still end up in guns and bombs.

[Equinox Moon]

65. Agreed. Yet, if war has not been declared by congress

I don't think it is official, hence no treason. (?)

[uponit7771]

28. Isn't there some kind of criminality to this if it can be proven !?

[Deb]

29. What gall! Like it is a speeding ticket

Wonder what deal he offered up.

[C_U_L8R]

30. Oh Trumpkins must be barking mad

It's going to be an epic shitfit in the executive residence tonight.
Watch out for flying spittle.

[notdarkyet]

54. He must be scared of some information hanging out there to even ask.

[NewJeffCT]

70. as I said above

next step will be trying to get the CIA or NSA to intimidate the FBI into exonerating him - or, maybe getting the FSB on it?

[C_U_L8R]

74. It's the coverup that gets 'em every time

Trump just can't help himself. Hilarious.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

89. The CIA and NSA hate Trump.

They're not coming to his aid.

[NewJeffCT]

98. then he may have to turn

to the FSB

[Fantastic Anarchist]

104. He definitely has a better chance with the FSB. nt

[jeanmarc]

32. Comey, you're STILL pathetic!

How you can make a statement about 10 days before the election on Hillary about emails that were already known about and you couldn't protect us by letting us know about this Russian bullshit, may you rot in hell.

[zentrum]

33. Sessions will step

...in and prevent any further trouble for the WH. Right? They lined up their ducks in the first 3 weeks.

[BadgerMom]

34. Lately

I actively pursue contentment. I've started meditating again. But this, from outside me, has made me so happy!

[Ccarmona]

35. Imagine the Outrage on the Right

If the word got out that HRC or B. Obama tried to convince the FBI to exonerate them of ANYTHING!

[gratuitous]

53. They got pretty bent out of shape when Bill Clinton chatted with Loretta Lynch

Remember the two planes passing at the airport in Arizona? Clinton stepped off his plane to go visit with AG Lynch, a friend of long-standing? Despite both of them saying that it was a social visit, mostly talking about grandchildren, I believe it warranted a full congressional investigation from the Republicans.

What do you want to bet President Trump's attempt to obstruct justice just goes down the "they're dealing with it" memory hole?

[VOX]

71. Oh, the squealing would be nonstop. Investigations would commence on day one.

And they'd by crying crocodile tears to that "enemy of the American people," the press and media.

Their hubris knows no bounds. Shame? They feel NOTHING in that department.

[Bob Loblaw]

36. Hey Chaffetz,

if the fish are jumping in the boat it isn't a fishing expedition.

[Freethinker65]

47. Hahahahaha

[Zambero]

75. Jason would sooner do 100 more of those town halls

back-to-back, than be coerced into investigating anyone from his own party for any reason, let alone 45.

[aggiesal]

79. ha ha ha ha

[reflection]

81. Greatest ever.

You are the man!

[kentuck]

37. Maybe he will fire Comey?

For rejecting his request??

[C_U_L8R]

48. Oh that'd be two-fer

Do it, Trump !!

[MontanaMama]

38. At what point is there

Enough ammo to sink the SS Dump??? JFC. Come on!!!!

[lapucelle]

39. Did he use Rudy as an intermediary?

[yuiyoshida]

40. is this another one of those WTF? STORIES?

Seen way too many of them lately!

[bucolic_frolic]

43. You just gotta wonder

obstruction.

boldly.

in plain sight.

[irisblue]

44. any other real newsite reporting this yet?

The NPR broadcast has not spoken about this yet.

[Gothmog]

46. Comey may be fired soon

[anneboleyn]

100. Trump would crash like Nixon if he pulls that stunt. Which would be beautiful.

[KittyWampus]

56. Is this what you call the Streisand Effect?

[OldHippieChick]

58. I would like to see the exact words spoken. Did they truly ask the

FBI to lie to the American people? Say there "had been no contacts"? Not to mention the violation of "procedures". Dear Lord.

[Mr. Ected]

61. Is this the other shoe that we heard would drop?

This shows state of mind in the WH. An innocent man wouldn't attempt to coerce the FBI and ask for special favors. Only the guilty need to cover up.

I see an imminent detonation.

[Leith]

64. He Is Trying to Run the Government As His Own Business

and ordering a department to stop a certain project.

It doesn't work like that, orange boy.

[FailureToCommunicate]

66. We screwed the other candidate, committing treason for political and financial gain, but

could you just sweep it under the rug? That's a good servant, here's a dog biscuit.

[Tactical Peek]

67. History busta rhyme.

After explaining how the money from CREEP was traced to the burglars, Haldeman explained to Nixon the cover-up plan: "the way to handle this now is for us to have Walters (CIA) call Pat Gray (FBI) and just say, 'Stay the hell out of this ... this is ah, business here we don't want you to go any further on it.'&quot 66)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

[miyazaki]

68. Every damn day its something new

probably every hour really. The hits just keep coming, and worse than before. Keep him in long enough and he'll light a nuke.

A mind sickening hysteria has overcome this country since the date of his announcement. One can hope for a miracle, such as
a well placed banana peel.

[adigal]

69. I can't figure out from the news if they thought it was decided, and asked for announcement, or

if they were asking for a way to bury the investigation.
One is immoral, the other must be illegal. Right??

[C Moon]

72. But maybe this is just part of the game:

make it look like the FBI is honestly looking into it, when actually Trump, Comey, McConnell, Ryan and Putin already have it all buried. And will announce on Friday (they always do these things on Fridays), that there is nothing there.

That's the way the ball's been rolling for us (U.S.), lately.

[jalan48]

77. I had the same reaction to this.

[Glimmer of Hope]

80. Crap. I hope not. It seems like that there is too much evidence out there to make it seem like

there is nothing there.

[C Moon]

108. I'm being negative. But I certainly hope there are U.S. employees...

who care about the future of our country.
I'm negative because this has gone on far too long, and there have been zero signs of anything changing.
Trump and the GOP keep getting away with breaking so many laws.

[Zambero]

73. So is this how "The Art of the Deal" works???

In his business dealings, Trump's lawyers and accountants could keep him out of hot water. But imploring the FBI to drop inquiries into his questionable dealing with the Russians, which is by all appearances a serious breach of protocol? This just might get VERY interesting.

[ffr]

76. So we have collusion by 100% of every republican against the United States?!

TRAITORS!!!!

GOP. REPUBLICAN. RIGHT WING. tRUMP.

[KewlKat]

78. As the rope gets tighter I imagine the Con will be releasing another book. This

time the title might be the "Art of the Squeal"

Surely someone's got to spill their guts......how can anyone hold all of this activity inside?

[calimary]

82. I LOVE how this is coming from CNN.

They were the first major media outlet to be lambasted by trump as "fake news". And trump shouted down the CNN reporter and refused to take his question, even while he persisted in trying to ask it. That was the first shot of this new so-called "presidency." And now, it's really rather glorious to see CNN coming up with story after story after story punching more holes in this jerk. A lot of the time, CNN is leading the pack on this score. They seem to be the ones who are drawing the most blood.

Exquisite! As they said in old the Almond Joy commercials, "indescribably delicious!"

[anneboleyn]

101. They deserve every Emmy/Peabody/Pulitzer for this -- greatest scoop in history

[OldRedneck]

83. Drip, drip, drip . . .

How much longer can President Bannon keep his finger in the dam?

[lindysalsagal]

85. Live on Chris Hayes on MSNBC now. Awesome.

The ice melts slowly and uncovers the ugly truth underneath.

Matthew Miller says Sessions must recuse himself and Prebus must resign. Plain and simple. No qualifications.

[kentuck]

90. Why would Preibus come out and say that he had the word from the highest sources...

that there was nothing to the Russian question. But, people aren't buying it. He has no idea how deep he is in the swamp.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

119. Because he's an inveterate liar like his boss?

[Achilleaze]

91. KGOP coverup of truth

They are evil

[NNadir]

92. Comey the Creep put Trump in power, but he must be looking at the outcome...

...that L. Patrick Gray, another corrupt FBI director, faced for the destruction of evidence during Watergate.

Gray was never indicted - he probably should have been - but his credibility was ruined.

We will, however, need another FBI informant with the patriotism of Mark Felt; I'm not sure one exists.

[iluvtennis]

94. Who the fk does Trump think he is that he'd be above the law. Did he overlook the fake social sec ..

number for the immigrant mom of teens that he deported a few weeks back...hell no he didn't. No favors for you, you POS traitor.

[bullwinkle428]

95. So does this take Comey from the outhouse to the penthouse?

[Cha]

97. So comey?

[gopiscrap]

102. sounds like obstruction to me

[BlancheSplanchnik]

105. Oy. We're well past Tar and Featherable offenses, here.

Get rid of the creep already.

[SCVDem]

106. This is a confession

The Russia connection is a fact!

White House officials had sought the help of the bureau and other agencies investigating the Russia matter to say that the reports were wrong and that there had been no contacts, the officials said.

So Busted!

[mucifer]

107. For now it only seems to be on CNN. I hope other media runs with it.

[yodermon]

126. Last nite Rachel said NBC news has confirmed reporting n/t

[flamingdem]

109. Comey would comply if he wasn't fearful of getting caught

He's another traitor, but Trump can be his smokescreen

[LiberalLovinLug]

110. It is insane that Trump and co. are able to break a law almost every day

And nothing.

[Doodley]

111. Trump used an investigation by the FBI as a political weapon against Hillary Clinton. He said it was

worse than Watergate.But when he is under investigation, he expects everyone to cover it up.

[Beacool]

112. The guy is a treasonous POS.

He colluded with the Russians and several of his people have close ties to them. I do believe that he knew that Putin ordered the hacking of the DNC and Podesta's emails in an effort to help his campaign. I hope that he's impeached or removed in some manner. Four years is too long to wait to get rid of this malignant narcissist.

[triron]

113. kick for visibility

[UCmeNdc]

114. There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's admin

There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's administration Russian Spy contacts.

[Mike Nelson]

115. This story...

...stinks. The FBI won't publically agree with the WH that the NYT story is fake, but they agree the NYT story is fake? I think the FBI is still looking for a way to clear their Don.

[mnmoderatedem]

117. remember when Clinton had that tarmac chat with Loretta Lynch and how furious republicans were?

I guess we can expect a similar outburst from the right regarding this.

Or not.

[Achilleaze]

120. + 1,000

On the bright side, this gives the KGOP a golden opportunity to display one of their core "family values" - hyposcrisy.

[FakeNoose]

121. Coming soon - Trump to FBI "You're fired"

Life is like a TV show.

[jmg257]

122. To me the issue is why did Priebus have the opinion the FBI thought the news was "overstated".

Asking the FBI to down-play the reports is an interesting thing, but from who in the FBI did he get the notion to say the reports were "grossly overstated"?

"I can assure you and I have been approved to say this -- that the top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate, but it's grossly overstated and it was wrong."

Washington (CNN) — The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump's associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US officials briefed on the matter tell CNN.
...
The discussions between the White House and the bureau began with FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on the sidelines of a separate White House meeting the day after the stories were published, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.

The White House initially disputed that account, saying that McCabe called Priebus early that morning and said The New York Times story vastly overstates what the FBI knows about the contacts.

But a White House official later corrected their version of events to confirm what the law enforcement official described.

The same White House official said that Priebus later reached out again to McCabe and to FBI Director James Comey asking for the FBI to at least talk to reporters on background to dispute the stories. A law enforcement official says McCabe didn't discuss aspects of the case but wouldn't say exactly what McCabe told Priebus.

Comey rejected the request for the FBI to comment on the stories, according to sources, because the alleged communications between Trump associates and Russians known to US intelligence are the subject of an ongoing investigation.

[lark]

123. Let me count the ways drumpf is a criminal.

Assault of women - sued for sexual harassment 22 times, convicted a number of times and settled most out of court
Cheating workers and vendors, sued 77 times
Raping a 13 year old - she only dropped the suit because he threatened to kill her and all her family
Raping his wife
Tied with Russian mob
Lied and said no business with Russia while son said a few years earlier that most of their $ came from Russia
Alleged constant contact with Russia during election with aim to ensure he won election
Alleged staff taking money from Russia
Put religious preference in travel ban
Breaking emoulement (sp?) clause with Trump Hotel in DC and taking $ from foreign governments

Unethical, scary, destructive
Denigrates judiciary and tries to delegitimize them
Denigrates press and tries to delegitimize them
Denigrates all brown people but only restricts those from countries where he doesn't own properties, even though those are the actual places that have promoted terrorism
Removes extreme white groups from investigation by FBI, even though most terrorists acts are committed by them
Lied about a plan that's better, cheaper and more coverage than Obamacare
Lied about a plan to defeat iSIS
Says creepy things about his daughter, seems sexually fascinated by her (yuck!!!)
Rolling back financial regulations, let the robbers rob with impunity
Rolling back environment regulations, some of it being done for his own profit

and that's just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others that could be added to this list.

[McCamy Taylor]

124. Cover up in progress.

[neohippie]

125. There has to be a lot of evidence out there

The truth is that some of our Nato allies intelligence services have lots of evidence to show connections between Russian mafia, money laundering and Trump.

Also Trump business has direct involvement with Russian mafia, money laundering, and you know that you can't be involved in construction, casinos, without mob ties, even Trump admits to such. Plus you have these know Russian mob figures operating their businesses out of Trump Tower for decades too.

On top of that there is lots of evidence of Trump colluding with Russia to try to throw the election.

There is evidence of a quid pro quo deal with Trump's campaign to reverse US foreign policy for payment.

There is evidence of the administration lying to the public and to the FBI.

Now more evidence that the administration is using the power of the White House to try to cover all this up.

So there seems to be enough at this point for something to be done about it, but still we don't see any action.

My guess is that too many other powerful people are involved in making money from this dirty Russian money and many in the GOP see the chance to use the Trump momentum to throw even more money into their friends pockets in many sectors.


Oil and gas, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Private Prisons, Law Enforcement, Banking, with a strong GOP push to roll back as many regulations and reversals of Obama's policies to allow Trump to be taken down.

[George II]

127. Does this represent "high crimes and misdemeanors"?

[lark]

129. Everything done by this administration is a travesty and violation of rules.

Treacherous Repugs will not hold them accountable so they think there's no rule they can't break. Of course, Drumpf has no idea about the rules to begin with and doesn't care to know them so he just barges on, breaking new laws every day.

Still nowhere near over the fact that we have a verifiable criminal and insane asshole who has stolen the highest office in the world!
So not right!!

[applegrove]

130. It was Reince. He may have no idea of Trump's ties to Russia.

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[INdemo]

132. Oh well..listening to Chuck Todd on MTP Daily this is now no big deal and

an FBI spokesman is saying no big deal..so this is going to be buried and since Republicans dont give a shit and will agree with Trump that
Reince Priebus did nothing wrong this will pass...Trump is blaming this on leaks and violation of National Security because of those leaks to the media....