Is Comey ever going to say he screwed the USA?

[BigmanPigman]

I have ZERO respect for this ass who singlehandedly gave the 2016 election to tRump!

I will NEVER EVER forgive or forget what he did and how he was the single factor influencing the 2016 POTUS campaign.

If it weren't for Comey releasing idiotic emails from Hillary Clinton 10 days before the election we would not have tRump in the White House in 2016 AND 2024!!!!

I HATE HIM!!! He could burn in hell and I would celebrate.

Comey is the SOURCE of this fucking fiasco since 2016. "Go to the source" as George Costanza says on Seinfeld.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

1. He stabbed America in the back, front and sides with his election interference.

What he did in the run-up to that election was an abuse of power, and he's getting a taste of his own medicine with Trump's abuse of power. If he has anything on Trump, he needs to make it public and take the fucker down (metaphorically speaking, Agent Mike).

[wnylib]

16. If he had not put his thumb on the scales of the election,

he would not have run into the situation later of Trump demanding absolute loyalty from him. His refusal and subsequent firing led to an extensive investigation of Trump. Trump will never forgive or forget that. He will never stop pursuing vengeance against Comey.

Wonder if Comey now wishes that Hillary had won.

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. No, he won't

But I don't know if I would say "single-handedly".

But for republicon lying, cheating, stealing, by way of voter suppression and gerrymandering, Clinton would have won.

In many places, the odd concept of "the person with the most votes is the WINNER" is actually how things play out.

Comey's bullshit was just one piece of the puzzle that put Krasnov over the victory threshold. It's more of a "straw that broke the camel's back"

[Skittles]

3. NOPE

HE IS TOO BIG OF AN ASSHOLE

[Ocelot II]

4. Doesn't matter what Comey did vs. Clinton. He didn't commit the crime he's being accused of

and he is being prosecuted without legal cause for the sole reason that Trump wants him prosecuted and Todd Blanche wants to be his attorney general. It's an intolerable abuse of the legal process regardless whether or not we like the target.

[stopdiggin]

8. Much more in line with my own thinking

OP didn't actual say 'he has this coming'
But, just in case there were any confusion ...

No - he emphatically does not ...

And the weaponization of DOJ in furtherance of politics and personal grudge ...
Is a degradation (and danger to the republic) that really cannot be overstated.

[W_HAMILTON]

9. Neither did Hillary.

At least Comey will get his day in court, whereas he and his "Trumpland" (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump) investigators "drip, drip, dripped" a sham investigation into Hillary throughout the 2016 primary and then general election, right up until the final few days.

[Ocelot II]

10. That's completely irrelevant to the point that Comey is being subjected to an unlawful,

politically-motivated prosecution for a nonexistent crime; I don't care if he's the bastard child of Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson.

[W_HAMILTON]

13. Too bad Comey himself didn't take that same view of justice when it came to Hillary.

Instead, Comey was the one spearheading a politically motivated (attempted) prosecution for a nonexistent crime.

I do not feel any sympathy for the man. Instead, my thoughts go out to those harmed by this abusive and corrupt administration that DIDN'T play a huge part in them gaining that power in the first place.

[Ocelot II]

14. It has nothing to do with sympathy or whatever Comey might have done in the past.

It has everything to do with the malicious prosecution of someone - anyone - for pure political spite. This obscene abuse of the legal system should not happen to anyone, ever, no matter who they are. I am no fan of Comey, either, but if we condone the prosecution of him or of anyone, no matter how otherwise reprehensible, under such circumstances, we're basically wiping our asses with the Constitution right along with Trump.

[icnorth]

28. Is Comey ever going to say he screwed the USA?

Nope, he will never say it, and he isn't guilty of the accusation... but, he is a big reason for the election results, and as my Grandfather used to say, "you shouldn't be stupid enough to cut a switch for your own ass."tsk:

[mr715]

5. Me too.

I particularly hate his sanctimony

[RockRaven]

6. One does not shed six decades of being a self-righteous prick in one's seventh decade.

Not very often, anyway.

So, no. He won't.

[bamagal62]

7. He's the reason Trump got elected

The first time. I wonder what he’s thinking now?

[BigmanPigman]

11. I'd like to know that as well.

Do people like this ever experience empathy? Can they see how their actions resulted in such a world wide catastrophe? Do they mentally block their past behavior and actions or do they make excuses for them in their own minds? I have no idea but a sociopath is someone who chooses to do what is considered "wrong" by 99% of people. Maybe he is a sociopath? Meanwhile I do know that real psychopaths can not "choose" right from wrong since their brains aren't wired normally (tRump is the classic example).

[H2O Man]

12. Be here now,

for the past gets old.

Mr. Comey did not release e-mails from Clinton. He had closed the case in the summer, when he noted that if anything changed, he would inform Congress. Then, in late October, the NYC FBI informed Mr. Comey that while investigating illicit messages sent by disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, they found messages from Clinton's private server on Weiner's laptop. One can question if that group of FBI agents (and a group of retired agents they shared information with) held that back from Mr. Comey to purposely have an October Surprise.

Mr. Comey had two options: inform Congress, as he had said he would, or let the NYC nest leak it to the media. Obviously, immediately after being informed, republicans ran to the press. The fact that the FBI had e-mails from the Clinton server on Weiner's laptop was going to be reported in the media that day, no matter if Mr. Comey informed Congress or not. One can only speculate on if the NYC nest released it, and reporters learned that Mr. Comey had remained silent would have been somehow better on Election Day, but I would hope everyone can understand that it would have been worse.

There were, of course, several other important issues, none less significant than Russian intelligence's influence on social media. I note that the "blame Comey" people frequently have insisted that Mr. Comey was somehow obligated to say the FBI was investigating the republican candidate at the summer press conference regarding there were no charges regarding the Clinton e-mails. This, of course, holds no water for several reasons. The most important is the only one needed: the FBI was not investigating the republican candidate until the day after Mr. Comey was fired by the felon-in-chief the following year.

They were investigating three individuals connected to the republican candidate's campaign staff. They were also investigating other individuals involved in the Russian influence campaign. And campaigns -- the campaign staff picked by the candidate -- play the second most important role in every election. The Obama campaign and the Kennedy campaign in particular stand out as examples of outstanding campaigns. But the most important role is always that of the candidate. No one questions if they own a win, yet some of their supporters seek to place blame elsewhere with a loss.

Hillary Clinton was the most qualified candidate on paper that our party has picked to head a presidential ticket. But that did not translate in the manner her staff ran the campaign. As horrible as it was to have the Supreme Court decide the 2000 election, the outcome of 2016 was worse. And that of 2024 even worse than that. Hence, we need to be focused on this year's mid-terms, and then 2028. We do not have the luxury of wasting time now.

[orleans]

19. imo he should have let the news leak rather than stepping out ahead of it. he broke the "we don't

interfere with an election two weeks before the election" general unwritten rule, and could've said he didn't announce it b/c the emails were no big deal (was it a cake recipe or something just as benign to anthony's wife?)

that might've taken the air out of it. or maybe it wouldn't have leaked if he had talked to his team of potential leakers.

[H2O Man]

21. Again,

he had two unattractive options. Had he not informed Congress, it would be leaked that same day. It is an error in perception to think that Mr. Comey had any influence over the retired FBI agents and federal prosecutor Rudy G. Hence, every media would report some version of "Mr. Comey trying to protect Hillary." And that would have been worse.

[GoodRaisin]

15. It looks like Comey screwed himself.

He held the door for the monster to walk in. Now he’s the victim of the monster.

[BigmanPigman]

17. Good, he deserves it!!!!! I hold grudges and I will

NEVER "forgive and forget". I pride myself on this character trait while others don't. If American voters had a memory longer than a nanosecond we would have elected anyone else. This has been going on most of my life and I have voted in every single election since 1980 (the year I turned 18)...down ballot Dem all the way (local, state and federal) and even while I was in art school in Europe in 1983.

American voters never remember how the Dems have had to try to clean up the previous GOP POTUS's damage on our country. It is VERY frustrating. The GOP destroys the USA but American voters choose to forget everything the Dems have done to improve their lives.

I taught my 1st grade students how to vote every September and we voted as a class for the entire school year. I still write to a former student (she's 39 now) and I taught her how important voting is and she remembered it! That's important to me. I put a lot of effort into teaching 6 year olds Civics and History even though it was not in the curriculum.

PS...I like your Jim Morrison photo. I LOVE The Doors!!! He died on my birthday. I even visited his grave in Paris in 1997. Pink Floyd and The Doors are the only bumper stickers on every car I've owned (besides my hand made anti-tRump bumper stickers which have been on my car since 2016).

[GoodRaisin]

31. I'm with you 100%

Without his interference at the 11th hour we might have gotten Hillary in 2016 and completely avoided the last 10 exhausting miserable years of this monster. That’s something I think about a lot, every time the subject of Comey comes up. The man who changed the world for the worst. It’s not something you ever forget. Comey won’t be convicted, of course, just hassled to death, bled dry with legal expenses, which is Krasnov’s whole point. I don’t feel a bit sorry for Comey as I do some others that Krasnov is trying to hassle with his false prosecutions.

I think it’s great you taught kids to vote. I remember being young like that and being told it would be my right and duty to vote and I’ve never missed an election. I totally share your frustrations with voters. They are ignorant, and easy to lie to. Moreover, they choose to stay ignorant which is really frustrating.

But Doors and Pink Floyd, they rock.

[BigmanPigman]

32. Today I learned that Senator Whitehouse and Lawrence O'Donnell

are not Comey fans either. We're in good company!

That's so cool that your teachers taught you those fantastic lessons. We need to pass this onto younger generations who take it for granted. At this rate, we may not even have a mid-term election. I am taking tRump's threats seriously. I wish more people were aware of Project 2025 before they voted. As I said...SO FRUSTRATING IN EVERY WAY!!!!!

[Justice matters.]

18. Remains to be seen if blanche-neige will prove beyond reasonable doubt that

he had the criminal INTENT of what? (Violently dispose of the disgusting potus by posting an image?)

Corrupt blanche-neige should be disbarred, not confirmed!

[orleans]

20. i wonder if he (finally) has any regrets for what he did.

sure, it's fucked up that trump is going after him again over seashells
but everything this admin. & trump does is fucked up.
still, i have zero sympathy for comey

[Raine]

22. I can't help but enjoy what's happening to him after what he did to Hillary

I know they don't really have a case against but I'll be laughing if they take him into custody.

[BigmanPigman]

25. Same here.

[betsuni]

23. The Comey doth protest too much. He knows what he did but will never take responsibility.

My grudges burns strong and steady.

It took a tremendous amount of time and effort from all directions domestic and foreign, first election after new restrictive voting laws, to make her lose and then it was by only by one point or less in swing state because in that last week news flooded with hysterical front page (100 stories in five main papers I think it was) freak outs and dramatic lead stories on TV and Republicans spent at least 17 million on scary Crooked Hillary ads in swing states.

"Vox did an analysis of all my campaign events and found that I talked about jobs, workers, and the economy far more than anything else. As The Atlantic put it in a piece titled, 'The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class,' I ran on 'the most comprehensively progressive economic platform of any president in history' and talked about jobs in my convention speech more than Trump did in his ... .'"

My biggest hate-grudge is for those who STILL try to convince voters that Democrats ignore the working class, the economy, go around claiming Democrats only run on not being Trump or identity politics. And still try to slander Democrats as bribed by superPACs. Trump got a lot of small donor (majority?) money in 2016. That really stopped him from being corrupt, didn't it? The Democratic status quo is progress and Democrats are not corrupt.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Hear, hear!

Now I'm getting pissed off even more than I was before tonight. People should stay pissed off and angry or we'll definitely repeat this shit show in every election! Do not EVER forgive and forget the corrupt GOP!

I watch old Murphy Brown reruns and the identical GOP "talking points" were mentioned on that show in 1987. Nothing has changed! It's so damn frustrating.

[Irish_Dem]

26. I know, he screwed the US and threw the election.

Paybacks are hell Comey.

[Goonch]

27. ;-{) SEA SHELLS

[no_hypocrisy]

29. The ultimate Leopard-Eating-Face exhibit

Comey more or less put Trump into office and expected gratitude.

[QueerDuck]

30. As unlikely as an apology from Sarandon, or Moore, or Nina Turner (et al)...

... or an admission of making a mistake from those who advocated for "vote uncommitted" in the primary (which also had the effect of discouraging their participation in the General) or those who advocated for "leave it blank" (also with negative consequences.) --- Yet among the purists, those folks are celebrated.

Many of these folks latched onto, and amplified, the "butter emails" bullshit.