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James Comey Firing Overview

So you’re confused about this whole James Comey thing but also care about America so want to be less confused? Come with me!

James Comey was (until today) the Director of the FBI. A Republican appointed by Barack Obama in 2013. He made a lot of enemies in the Democratic Party when, 11 days before the 2016 election, he re-opened investigation into Hillary’s emails.

Turned out nothing interesting was in those new emails, and also that this probably did result in Hillary losing the election. Kinda uncool. Also turns out, he did not announce that the FBI was looking into links between Trump’s campaign and the Russian Government.

It is clear (though some still argue) that Russia actively worked to influence the outcome of the US Presidential election. They did this by hacking and releasing information on Hillary Clinton, and by creating and promoting incendiary and false news stories online.

The Obama Administration knew about this and got real mad at Russia, basically kicking all of their diplomats out of the country and creating new sanctions.

There are two main concerns that the FBI (and other agencies, including congress) have been looking into.

1. Whether the Trump campaign was in communication with the Russians before or after the election to say that the Obama sanctions wouldn’t last.

(This would be bad. Basically actively working against the existing government of the United States, which is illegal.)

2. Whether the Trump campaign actively worked with the Russians to time the release of negative information on Hillary Clinton.

(This would be even worse. Both could be considered treason.)

A number of people in Trump’s campaign and also his current team had conversations with Russian diplomats and lied about it. This includes Mike Flynn, who definitely violated the law and who was fired for lying to VP Pence about it. It also includes Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who agreed that he would not be involved in the Russia investigations because he lied under oath about it.

The FBI has had an on-going investigation into this stuff the whole time, and James Comey has been leading that investigation.

Quick note, a Grand Jury is a citizen panel that decides whether there’s enough evidence to try a case. These are usually secret, in order to protect the people who might not be even brought to trial, much less found guilty. But sometimes they need to gather information, like documents or testimony. And they do this with court summonses called subpoenas.

Well, yesterday, CNN reported that a Federal Grand Jury investigating Mike Flynn and the Trump Campaigns ties to Russia exists. That Grand Jury has issued subpoenas for more information, indicating to experts a high level of seriousness to the investigation.

It’s pretty clear that Trump campaign knows about this, and as it’s a Federal case, it was likely overseen by the FBI director, James Comey.

Suddenly, just before that story came out, the Trump team decided that Comey’s treatment of Hillary’s emails was bad, and fired him. The recommendation to fire Comey came from AG Sessions, who, again, recused himself from the Russia investigation after lying under oath. To be clear, both Sessions and Trump have previously praised Comey at length for his treatment of that investigation.

The response from Dems and also many Reps has been shock. It is very concerning for a President to fire someone who is investigating him. This seems to have happened very quickly. Comey found out he was fired the same time as everyone else, the letter Trump wrote to him was delivered to DC, but Comey was in Los Angeles at the time. Of course, the Deputy Director of the FBI is now in charge, but Trump has the job of appointing a new director, and has not made any sign that he has a list of candidates.

This seems the sort of thing that most congressional lawmakers, who have a mandate to check the power of the President, should be very worried about. Many are calling for a Special Prosecutor, who would be free to work without congressional approval, to be appointed.

Others want broad, unanimous support for Comey’s replacement, which would ensure someone who is not under Trump’s thumb.

The power to grant these things lies with congress. A congress that is controlled by the President’s party, but not by the President.

And that is where we are. It is pretty convoluted, thank you for taking the time to read.

The controversial points in this are: 1 Whether the Russian government hacked Hillary’s emails (many Republicans say there is no proof while every intelligence agency in the US said that it was orchestrated by the Russian government.

2. Whether Jeff Sessions lied under oath or if he just misspoke or forgot that he had met with Russian officials. In any case, he agreed to remove himself from the congressional investigation.

3. Whether the Trump Campaign investigation was the cause of Comey’s firing. The stated reason is that Comey “lost credibility” and damaged the reputation of the FBI by mis-handling the Clinton email investigation.

That’s as good as I can do, it feels like it’s a good deal more comprehensive and concise than most of what I’ve been reading. If it helped you, please show it around.

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My garden is a mess, filled to the brim with slides, seesaw, bouncy castle a big play house that I can't even fit in the pic, bikes, scooters, trucks..... AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! This is what a garden with kids should look like, not a jungle of nettles, weeds and bricks. #ilovemygarden #gratefultogod #kids #mumofboys #toddlerlife #toddlers #boybabies #mumslife

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So my oldest LOVES #NescafeDoubleChocMocha and has claimed them, and the mug, for himself!! Luckily they were my least favourite from the lovely set I was sent to review by #buzzagent ! A fantastic THREE boxes with a cute glass mug to feel all coffee shop sauve while you sip away in your dressing gown! I received unsweetened cappachino, caramel latte and double choc Mocha plus the mug. My "good girl fav" is the unsweetened cappachinos But My Naughty Girl favourite (ie: actual favourite) is the #NescafeCaramelLatte! Mmmm, the struggle was real this morning, good girl or naughty girl? Hey, it's Easter! Bring on my caramel Latte! #TasteItToBelieveIt #gotitfree #buzzagent #nescafeallthway #actuallymyfavcoffeebrandnolying

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The best picture you will ever see! This is Jack shouting "ah big.. TOWWWER!" He made a tower out of my tins and I kept taking pics as I as questioning him and I'm so glad I did! I got him mid sentence! I love this little crazy person! #kidsarecrazy #toddlerlife #lifeofmums #lifeofmoms #ilovemybaby #funnykidspics #funnytoddlers #tincantower

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♡I♡ ♡LOVE♡ ♡MY♡ ♡BEDROOM♡ I've never had a proper bedroom bedroom, just a room with my stuff in where I sleep. I designed it all myself and it's so me. It's goth, it's girly, it's Christian. I've got my stuffies, my #beaniebaby Charlotte who I love with all my heart (she's slept in my bed with my for almost 19 years, since I was 14.) my #harrypotter #always necklace, my #bellatrixlestrange azkahban I'D card, I absolutely ADORE my #vintage furniture and my crystal bedknobs. I've always wanted a dressing table and I love mine (only just noticed my ladybird baby is falling down!) I have my #gothicfairies hanging from it which were in boxes for years waiting for somewhere nice to live :) And of course my signed photo of #johnaltman aka #nastynickcotton and the pic of us ( I was bellatrix lol) from #swindoncomiccon2016 #solucky❤️ #thankyougod #blessandbeblessed🙏🏽🙌🏽 #lovemyroom #appreciatewhatyouhave #begrateful #behumble #bethankful

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My little piglet, sleeping soundly with his #calpolvaporplug to keep his snuffly nose unsuffled! I was really pleased with this, the plug in has 5 inserts you just slide into the plug front and a nightlight on the top. The vapour is quite strong the first use, so you can even just switch it on when they go to bed and turn it off when you go up yourself. If they're really blocked up, this is really amazing and I love the nightlight on it! #gotitfreetoreview #gotitfree #buzzagent #calpol #calpolvapourplugin

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Going for lunch, decided to not bother with make up. I like my outfit and hair so why waste hours doing my makeup to eat food? #nomakeup #nomakeupnofilter #naturalbeauty #thisiswhoireallyam

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My new absolutely BEAUTIFUL tattoo by @gemmverotattoo of #skinkandyswindon I've wanted this tattoo for almost 10 years, and last week I just knew Now was the right time. Gem managed to get me today AND worked late to get it perfect and finished today. This tattoo has a lot of personal and spiritual meaning for me and I couldn't love it more. It's even better than I visualised it. It's pretty, dainty and feminine and was even More than I wanted. Thank you Gem for making this tattoo so perfect for me. 💚 #rosarytattoo #rosarytattoos #religioustattoos #girlswithtattoos #girlswithtatts #femininetattoos #tattooedgirls #handtattoo #handtattoos #girlytattoo #girlyhandtattoos #skinkandyswindontattoos

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Amen! Same as this silly "take a girl swimming on a first date!" Ok, I'll make a deal, we'll go swimming on the first date and to visit a polygrapher on the second. Then we'll see who's the biggest liar! #menarefrommars #womenarefromvenus #menlie #womenlie #swimmingonafirstdate #polygram #polygraph #liedetector #makeup #makeupismyarmour

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#startprayingnow #hewillnotdivideus #notmypresident #muslims #christians #jews #standtogether #standupforhumanity

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*I HAVE NO USED ANY PRODUCTS YET* If you spend £40 in amazon beauty, you get a free luxury beauty box. As I had some bits to get, heat spray, shampoo for my son and I wanted a couple of bits for myself I also bought the wunder brow to get my box. (Been dying to try it but couldn't justify £20 on something... odd.) It has really decent sized products in it! I was really surprised as usually these things have a tiny little "sample" and you never really know if you like it or not. However this is what you get: * BLISS triple oxygen foaming face mask 15ml. *RITUALS the ritual of Ayurveda hand cream 70ml. * GATINEAU defi lift 3D revolumising lip care 10ml. * PAI rosehip Bioregenerate oil 10ml. * ELEMIS hydra-nourish night cream 15ml. * FIRST AID BEAUTY pure skin facr cleanser 28.3ml * LORD AND BERRY line/ shade pencil (about half the size of a regular pencil.) * JANE IREDALE just kissed lip and cheek stain in forever pink. (No size but it's TINY, a few uses in it though and it's super cute!) * RODIAL freeze and smooth Neck mask. 1x 10g mask. * SKYN ICELAND plumping lip gel. 1x 2.5g gel patch. So you get 10 different products and they all look good! I've wanted to try a foaming face mask, I've never even seen a neck mask before, so tonight I shall be using the whole lot! Face, neck, lip, hands and feet! Can't wait! Here's the link to the beauty box offer: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&node=8880561031 #bliss #skyniceland #rodial #janeiredale #lordandberry #firstaidbeauty #elemis #pai #gatineau #rituals #amazonluxurybeautybox #amazonbeauty

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♡ LUSH ROSE JAM SHOWER GEL 1KG!! Why oh why, must @lush only do this at Christmas?! Like bathing in pure Turkish delight, if this tasted as good as it smells, I would have no bottle to show you! I stood it next to my 100ml bottle for a size comparison. I thought the biggest size lush did was the 500ml so always passed out when I saw this bad boy. The other old favourites, #lushsnowfairy for example also comes in this huge bottle! So I'm gonna ration it and hope it lasts me until next year! *TOTTIE TIP* You can buy bottle pump tops for 1kg bottled on amazon I've just been told, as the only downside to this bottle is there is NO DROPPER! it's just open so glugs out. Risk it possible or decant it into any smaller bottles you have, but I think I'll be buying a pump lid! #lushrosejam #lush #lushswindon #showergel #beautywithoutcruelty

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*FULL PHOTOS/PREVIEWS/REVIEWS TO FOLLOW IN NEXT POSTS.* Feeling very lucky to of been able to really treat myself this month. It's been a very difficult few months and I wanted a little pick me up. These are all products I have been dying to try, except the rose jam and mac foundation, of which I had samples and absolutely fell in love! Products are: ♡LUSH ROSE JAM SHOWER GEL 1KG BOTTLE! ♡ WUNDERBROW ♡ MAC STUDIO FIX FOUNDATION NW10. ♡ BENEFIT REFINED AND DEFINED BROW KIT. ♡ KAT VON D TATTOO LINER. ♡ AMAZON LUXURY BEAUTY BOX, FREE IF YOU SPEND £40 IN BEAUTY! Here's the link, which I will also comment. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&node=8880561031 #macstudiofinishfoundation #wunderbrow #katvondtattooliner #benefitrefinedanddefined #amazonbeauty #amazonluxurybeautybox #lushrosejam #grateful #thankful #Godisgracious

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He got himself all snuggled in with the duvet. 4.45pm this afternoon- didn't go to bed til 10pm- but he looked so peaceful and cute, I just couldn't wake him! God bless him, my beautiful boy. #mylove #proudmama #godsgift #lovemyboys #mumofboys #momofboys #mumoffourboys #momoffourboys #mumof4boys #mumof4 #blessed #blessandbeblessed🙏🏽🙌🏽 #mylovemyjoymysoul