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Comey's opening remarks [pdf]
- pyrox420 9y agoWell shit. That's gonna leave a mark...
- pinpeliponni 9y agoI can't even... IANAL, but I would have written memo on those discussions as well because I would have been scared witless.
- pyrox420 9y ago"The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.” (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would “let this go.” "
- guiomie 9y agoIs there a non PDF version?
- tanderson92 9y agoThere will be a video version tomorrow. In seriousness, here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/read-james-comeys-prepared-statement-thursdays-senate-hearing/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/read-james-comeys-prepar...
- mtimjones 9y agoBig fat nothing burger.
- ivanstegic 9y agoHow is this available before his testimony? I'm confused.
- ivanstegic 9y agoOh. Uploaded prematurely. Got it.
- praneshp 9y agoI think it's uploaded by intention, because this is a prepared opening statement.
- robbart90 9y agoWritten testimony is pretty much always uploaded day before to committee websites. When the hearing starts he's going to read this verbatim, and then there will be senator questions.
- ivanstegic 9y agoThat makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the answer.
- jrimbault 9y agoIt's like when you meet a bad boss, you know immediatly you should keep everything in writing... I did that in a previous internship and it helped me greatly afterwards. Though in my case it did escalate to physical threats.
- le-mark 9y ago> He said he had nothing to do with Russia, had not been involved with hookers in Russia, and had always assumed he was being recorded when in Russia Boom, there it is. What kinks does Mr President indulge? That is now the question. Edit: come on down voters, you know that's what's going to viral out of this statement: FBI Director, Trump, Russian hookers. If you don't agree, at least comment!
- Splatter 9y agoOne thing I like about HN is that it (usually) steers clear of politics. I hope it remains that way. There are other venues, including many technology-related sites, where there is plenty of political discussion.
- plg 9y ago"steers clear of politics" I imagine there were many people in 1972-1973 who were also saying they hope discussions "steer clear of politics". I know the mandate of HN (to the extent there is one) is not "politics" but on the other hand in times like these, I welcome any venue for citizens to become engaged. The stakes are very high.
- rndmwlk 9y ago>I imagine there were many people in 1972-1973 who were also saying they hope discussions "steer clear of politics". Please don't do this. This is really just (poorly) veiled mud slinging.
- tuna-piano 9y agoPolitical futures markets are trading basically unchanged after the release of this, with a 77% chance trump is president at the end of 2017. Get your bets in! https://www.predictit.org/Contract/5140/Will-Donald-Trump-be-president-at-year-end-2017#data https://www.predictit.org/Contract/5140/Will-Donald-Trump-be... P.S. "Will James Comey mention "obstruction of justice" in Thursday's Senate hearing?" is trading at 46% https://www.predictit.org/Contract/6788/Will-James-Comey-mention-obstruction-of-justice-in-Thursday's-Senate-hearing#data https://www.predictit.org/Contract/6788/Will-James-Comey-men...
- mVChr 9y agoThe screenplay will practically write itself. This section seems to be a direct accusation of attempted obstruction of justice, even though it's unable to be corroborated: > I had understood the President to be requesting that we drop any investigation of Flynn in connection with false statements about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in December. [...] Regardless, it was very concerning, given the FBI’s role as an independent investigative agency. It will be interesting to see whether any extra information is provided or deviated from during the live testimony.
- feocco 9y agoI'm having a hard time finding a response. But I don't see any malicious intentions or acts of obstruction. Though, I can understand how those situations are unnerving for a goal of remaining independent.
- jerrylives 9y ago>But I don't see any malicious intentions or acts of obstruction You don't see anything malicious about a sitting President making repeated asks to an FBI director to end various investigations concerning possibly illegal activities that he or his associates may have committed? ?
- feocco 9y agoOnly said "I hope you can let this go" twice. Seems plausible it's an honest plea for a guy he thinks did nothing wrong. I don't see it obstructing the investigation. Which would be my main concern.
- jerrylives 9y agoHow is asking to shut down an ongoing investigation not obstructing justice? If he was really so sure this "good guy" did nothing wrong, why not let the evidence validate him?
- feocco 9y agoI don't equate "i hope you can let this go" to "shut down the investigation." I get the concern. It's valid. But I feel it's more of an issue if there's an _action_ to suppress the investigation.
- jerrylives 9y ago>But I feel it's more of an issue if there's an _action_ to suppress the investigation Such as firing the FBI official who refused to comply...
- iraphael 9y agoI'm wondering why this link has been [flagged]. Is it because it's breaking news, or not insightful?
- Sacho 9y agoSome time ago, during the height of the election political frenzy, dang expressed the wishes of the moderator community for a week of no politics[0]. It is possible that people enjoyed the period and are consciously trying to extend it. It is also possible that the controversial nature of Comey's remarks got this post a number of partisan flags. The most likely explanation is a little mix of everything. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404
- shimon_e 9y agoThis isn't r/news. Nothing wrong with breaking news. It just doesn't belong on hacker news. A lot of people here care about the signal to noise ratio. Allowing discussions like this here adds what many people consider noise. Ironically, this is one only places where it is possible to see a sensible political discussion without it into a cesspool / circle jerk.
- awqrre 9y agomany HNers are anti-Trump...
- zakk 9y agoUser are encouraged to flag content the judge off-topic. And the definition of off-topic is quite broad: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Probably people don't find their intellectual curiosity gratified by the umpteenth post about Trump. Also consider that many users are not American.
- baahh33334 9y agoHow is this related to hackernews ? Oh yes, I get it. All people of the world are from a planet called US. No other land mass exists on earth. Honestly, the rest of us dont care. Keep politics to yourself, hackernews is not foxnews.