It’s a glimpse of Trump’s next attempt to seize power.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/comey-indictment/684377/
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It's true that Comey DID lie under oath and I don't know of another person that was more deserving of being held accountable for it.
However, there were numerous opportunities to do that previously that made much more sense from a rational/legal and just point of view and the justice department REJECTED them every time.
To suddenly do it now, clearly based on a president wanting retribution is actually President Trump creating a much, MUCH worse infraction that greatly exceeds the one that he wants Comey held accountable for.
I predict that this will be thrown out because it's crystal clearly based on 1 man, the president abusing his power to control the criminal justice system to target a person out of vengeance.
Trump, typical of him in calling the shots, fired the prosecutor that would not go after Comey and hired an inexperienced prosecutor that pledged her allegiance to him and will do it for Trump.
That was bad enough but then Trump's big mouth on Truth Social made it crystal clear why he did it by expressing his personal hatred for Comey.
So Donald Trump, like he often does with his deranged/pathological thinking, that dwells on self serving and EMOTIONAL objectives that completely lose sight of common sense and the ability to project with good judgment a smart strategy that thinks ahead...........shot his mouth off on Truth Social to exploit this to feed his deranged ego and his words and actions will be used by Comey's defense to get this thrown out.
This is clearly an abuse of the powers of a president, weaponizing the criminal justice system to get vengeance against a person that harmed him in the past.
However, the hilarious irony of this is the crime that Trump wants Comey to be held accountable for..........LYING!
The world's biggest liar, wants to abuse his power to hold an enemy accountable for..................telling a lie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
During and between his terms as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.[1][5][6][7] The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of six per day.[2] Commentators and fact-checkers have described Trump's lying as unprecedented in American politics,[13] and the consistency of falsehoods as a distinctive part of his business and political identities.[14] Scholarly analysis of Trump's X posts found significant evidence of an intent to deceive.[15]
Comey was indicted on federal charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-answers-whether-comey-indictment-about-justice-revenge
"The only problem is for him he didn't think he'd be caught and he got caught," Trump said, emphasizing that Comey could have hedged or said he didn’t remember, but instead gave a very specific response.
"It's about justice. He lied. He lied a lot," Trump said.
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And the consequence for President Trump's record setting lying?
Being elected to a 2nd term as president!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
During and between his terms as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.[1][5][6][7] The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of six per day.[2] Commentators and fact-checkers have described Trump's lying as unprecedented in American politics,[13] and the consistency of falsehoods as a distinctive part of his business and political identities.[14] Scholarly analysis of Trump's X posts found significant evidence of an intent to deceive.[15]
What President Trump is incapable of appreciating is that "The Swamp" and "Deep State" going after him is what got him elected again! It's true, they DID go after him in a big way using corruption and power to try to crush him. Americans that voted for him in 2024 saw this.
He portrayed himself as the victim.
He created a very effective persona which USED their attempts to decimate him which helped elect him to a 2nd term.
More Mueller corruption!
Started by metmike - Sept. 11, 2020, 6:44 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/59031/
FISA report: DOJ watchdog releases findings on Russia probe surveillance Started by metmike - Dec. 9, 2019, 1:12 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/44076/
IG testimony today
Started by wglassfo - Dec. 11, 2019, 5:09 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/44129/
Alan Dershowitz: Stone indictment follows concerning Mueller pattern
Re: Re: Pardon for Michael Flynn
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/61735/#61805
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/60589/#60599
Reviewing Muellers corruption with facts:
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/55925/#55961
They got away with this one too:
June 2016: Loretta Lynch-Bill Clinton meeting.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/24146/#24224
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By metmike - June 1, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Previous threads:
Hillary called on carpet ....... again
Started by mcfarm - May 7, 2022, 7:45 a.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/84146/
John Durham Grand Jury Indicts Lawyer Whose Firm Represented Democrats in 2016
12 responses |
Started by metmike - Sept. 16, 2021, 8:37 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/75018/
Trump civil fraud trial-nonsense
Started by metmike - Nov. 12, 2023, 2:43 a.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/100509/
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Get Trump-Hush Money Hullabaloo
Started by metmike - April 17, 2024, 4:57 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/103255/
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Trump rape case
Started by metmike - May 3, 2023, 9:33 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/94926/
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Here's the craziest thing about it.
Trump won in 2024 and is now the president, in part thanks to the ones that he is now seeking vengeance against for their dirty tactics to try to beat him down....WHICH BACKFIRED ON THEM!
Trump winning and them losing should be the massive reward for him and massive loss/penalty to them.
Only a petty, hateful, pathologically thinking narcissist, blatantly abusing their power as the most powerful person in the world would instead, go after the losers this way.
It would have been the same thing for going after Hillary Clinton after she lost in 2016. "lock her up" "lock her up"
What's the point? Her loss was a 100 times worse penalty to any penalty that she might have received for mishandling emails.
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For our MAGA readers: This seeking vengeance against your enemies mentality is the opposite of what Erika Kirk just demonstrated!!!!
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/erika-kirk-s-witness-of-forgiveness
EDITORIAL: The grief-stricken widow’s words offer a turning point for all of us.
The Editors
Rarely has the truth that forgiveness constitutes the core of Christian faith been communicated more powerfully and more publicly than it was on Sept. 21, immediately after Erika Kirk cast her tear-streaked eyes briefly heavenward to gather strength for what she was about to say.
“On the cross, Our Savior said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they not know [sic] what they do,’” Erika said, speaking directly about the killer of her husband, Charlie, during his memorial service in Glendale, Arizona. “That young man, I forgive him.”
Do we want to follow the example of Erika Kirk, forgiving our enemies even when it requires courage that seems humanly impossible?
Or will we instead, support the actions of Donald Trump, who seeks vengeance against anybody in his political past that he feels caused him harm at that time?
Hate(and love)
Started by metmike - Oct. 17, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-james-comey-indictment-political-martyr-rcna233902
On Thursday, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted the former FBI directoron two counts: making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. The indictment came just days after the president publicly asked his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to prosecute his political enemies, including Comey.
Scarborough said Trump should know better, given that during the 2024 presidential campaign his criminal charges helped rally his Republican base.
“Just go back to the 2024 campaign and look how the Republican Party was ready to move on to a certain Florida governor,” Scarborough said, referring to Gov. Ron DeSantis. “And then the indictments started coming down against Donald Trump, and that brought the Republican Party together behind him, and eventually led him to be elected the next president of the United States.”
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EXACTLY!
This comes right on the heels of Donald Trump making Jimmy Kimmel a hero and American patriot standing for the First Amendment and Free Speech. ........while massively boosting his ratings!
You ain't seen nothin yet! Just wait to see how people react at the polls in November 2026!!!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/politics/trump-other-prosecutions-comey
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The loser in these cases is Donald Trump, his unqualified minions appointed to key positions and the Republican party.
The price will be paid in November 2026.
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/politics/indictment-comey-trump-difference
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday. The news came just days after President Donald Trump forced out a US attorney who declined to bring such charges, publicly pushed for prosecutions of Comey and other political foes, and installed a loyalist who quickly gave him what he wanted.
It’s a remarkable breach of Justice Department norms that say a president isn’t supposed to involve themselves in prosecutions – particularly those in which they have a political interest.
Whatever one thinks of the decisions to indict a then-former president, this is a major escalation in Trump’s ongoing politicization of the justice system and broader weaponization of the government.
In Trump’s case, he publicly stated that he wanted the prosecution of Comey, whom he’s said was guilty of crimes, and he took actions to make that a reality – first by forcing out a US attorney who had concerns about the evidence for some of the charges he was being pressured to bring against Trump’s enemies (notably those related to New York Attorney General Letitia James.)
“Yeah, I want him out, yeah,” Trump said last Friday, shortly before US Attorney Erik Siebert resigned.
Trump followed that up the next day by naming Comey and others he’s accused of crimes and urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to act faster: “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility.”
And crucially, it looks like Trump’s pressure made it happen; the statute of limitations on Comey’s alleged perjury was set to expire on Tuesday.
And the Democratic president did not repeatedly push for the prosecutions of his enemies in public, as Trump has. He didn’t celebrate the charges against Trump, as Trump did after Comey’s indictment. And crucially, Biden certainly didn’t force out a prosecutor who had reservations about some of the charges he was being pressed to bring and replace him with someone who would quickly do his bidding.
On the January 6, 2021, case, a historic seven Republican senators voted at his impeachment trial to convict Trump of inciting the insurrection. Others suggested Trump was culpable but voted to acquit him on a technicality because he was no longer president. (Then-Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell even indicated the issue was better handled in criminal court.)
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metmike: One reason that this will be thrown out is because of Trump's blatant interference. In more sane times, the MUCH, MUCH bigger infraction of a president's crystal clear interference would get that president impeached. However, with both houses having a majority Rs that have capitulated to Trump, on their Constitutional duty to the American people for representing an independent source(along with the judicial body) to balance power in our government. The US is currently practicing a hybrid AUTHORITARIAN form of government under Donald Trump and not a democracy with an equal balance of powers split between the president, Congress and the judicial system as written in the Constitution.
99% chance that when they regain the majority in November 2026, one of the first things the Ds will do is IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP and the American people (outside of MAGA) will be screaming "GOOD RIDDANCE, IT'S ABOUT TIME!!! In fact, the ability to do that is what will be a huge motivator for voters in this upcoming election!!!
House of Representatives: Impeachment
The first step is for the House of Representatives to vote on "articles of impeachment," which are the formal charges against the president. A simple majority of the House members who are present and voting is needed to approve any of the articles.
If a simple majority vote is reached, the president is officially "impeached," which is similar to a grand jury indictment in a criminal case. It does not, however, remove the president from office.
Senate: Removal
The second step is a trial held in the Senate. To remove the president from office, the Senate must convict them with a two-thirds majority vote of the senators who are present.
It seems extremely unlikely that enough Rs in the Senate will vote for impeachment to remove President Trump from office, despite there being an order of magnitude more than enough evidence to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
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If not for the Rs controlling both houses, this would be crystal clear grounds to impeach President Trump!
When the justice department doesn't do what a president demands, the president can't just fire that person(people) and replace them with puppets that swear allegiance to the president's wishes. ........or at least up until it became part of President Trump's strategy to manipulate the system TO SERVE HIM in 2025 with his abuse of power it wasn't done.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-james-comey-indictment-confusion-trump/
TRUMP'S BIG MOUTH
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Yep!
James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after she brought civil charges against him in New York.
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No question that James weaponized the justice system to target Trump as I showed/explained clearly in the thread below, less than 2 years ago.
However, the president of the United States ordering the justice department to do investigations of every aspect of the lives of his hated opponents is not only against the law(and will result in this and Comey's case getting thrown out, even if she did commit crimes) but his open display of hatred and vengeance makes Trump look MUCH WORSE than the people that he wants to punish for revenge. MUCH worse!!!
This article was written almost 5 months ago.
The president can’t order that political opponents be punished but he can theoretically order that they be investigated, although such actions have long been considered beyond the pale of presidential action. In doing so, President Trump has destroyed the long-established independence of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its freedom from political influence. Furthermore, by initiating sweeping investigations against his political opponents, Trump is taking upon himself a power that the founders explicitly rebelled against in 1776. As Joseph diGenova—President Trump’s former lawyer and a former U.S. attorney—stated, “The power to investigate and prosecute is the power to destroy.”
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Trump civil fraud trial-nonsense
35 responses |
Started by metmike - Nov. 12, 2023, 2:43 a.m.
James Comey pleaded not guilty earlier this month to false statements charges.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-suggest-move-disqualify-comeys-attorney/story?id=126678007
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I always disliked Comey but this one is getting thrown out because of the egregious abuse of the criminal justice system by our president. Ordering his minions to go after Comey. When they wouldn't he fired them and found a know nothing insurance lawyer that would do it.
Trump should be the one that is charged and impeached for this and 100 other abuses of his presidential powers and behavior.
No Kings protests
36 responses |
Started by metmike - June 14, 2025, 12:57 p.m.
Comey is seeking the dismissal of the DOJ's false statements case against him.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-urge-judge-reject-fbi-director-james-comeys/story?id=127148682
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Even MAGA knows that Comey is being vindictively prosecuted. They like it that Trump is doing this because they also think that Comey deserves it and Trump is justified with his emphatically vindictive posturing, statements and decree's to the justice department to seek revenge against Comey.
Even if Comey was guilty as heck, it's very much against the law for the president to behave this way. This has likely blown the case for the justice department because the law is not allowed to break the law, blatantly violating the rights of the accused.
If they do............guess what usually happens?
The case gets thrown out!
If that happens, Trump will be squawking up a storm. Blaming somebody, like he always does WHEN IT'S HIS FAULT.
I guess the news of Comey's personal notes and e-mail made little difference to the tds''rs.....but it sure should have. Seems dear Jim has notes calling Hillary "president elect" all the while stating he new nothing of the leaks to the NY times ...whoops that lying sob kind of forgot his note thanking his dear friend for leaking and stating 'great job" I think you all tds'r really need to look just how crooked these bastards have been and get this "vindictive crap" because that is what it is....crap. Comey is in deep shit and he beng the coward butt kisser that he is will more than likely turn stated evidence to aid his geet a way.
Also seems this fake bomb hoax at the dem head quarters is about ready to explode with actual evidence of a crime....ya know instead chasing a man for a decade.
And a note help poor victim Jim the former head of what ohhhh the FBI....dear Jim do not leave evidence laying around in burn bags...you stupid arrogant bastard
Thanks very much, mcfarm!
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5591009-court-requests-records-james-comey-indictment/
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I never trusted Comey but think that President Trump is wasting time on this and making himself and the current DOJ look bad.
The minority of people cheering for this extreme way to abuse the DOJ to seek vengeance against Comey, entirely because Trump wants revenge are all MAGA types.
For everybody else, this makes Trump and his justice minions look really bad.
What a waste of time and money for something that is mostly counterproductive to our country's path forward.
Sorry to repeat this again. If lying was a crime that deserves punishment by our justice department, then President Trump deserves 1,000 life sentences!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
If you think Comey is in deep shit for only lying you need to read more about it. The charges could actually be punishable by firing squad.....and the bastard would deserve I... along with brennan, clapper page stryuck and all the rest
Thanks, mcfarm!
I don't like those people or what they did either and was exposing them with hundreds of posts during Trump 1.......but have moved on. Trump is unable to do that. I get that they were trying to take down Trump, so it's much more personal to him but a president that is focused on retribution to his enemies years later is not focused on what's best for the United States.
Stated bluntly. This is NOT what's best for the United States and it's entirely a result of what only 1 person, the most powerful person, unfortunately wants it to be.
Trump is behaving as President of MAGA, Fox News and the wealthy people in our country and completely abandoned the rest of America. The MAJORITY of America.
I totally get why he's YOUR president. Since Trump can't change the rules that allow the majority to vote in elections, that MAJORITY will get the chance to use the power of a democracy to speak out in less than a year.
In my lifetime, I've never seen the MAJORITY of Americans so outraged with the same person. #2 might have been Trump when he lost the first time but this time is #1 by an extremely wide margin.
Guess what that means in the next 2 elections?
Actually, it's not a guess............it's almost a certainty based on all the facts and how human beings(Americans) act in elections.
I will bet you and thousands of your U of M brothers on the left never once considered or advocated to just "move on" after Watergate was exposed. This
Comey/Clinton deal has been described as far far more severe than Watergate. There are consequences to this sort of behavior.
Thanks again, mcfarm,
I'll just stick with all the authentic facts here and also tell you that any such bet would result in you losing every penny of your money.
With regards to my U of M brothers. I find it interesting that you feel that an atmospheric scientist that graduated in the engineering school at the University of Michigan with a degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, 4.5 decades ago is, in your mind, a negative for my ability to comprehend the OBJECTIVE authentic facts.
Just to let you know, mcfarm, there was a profound difference in students that came there from other states and countries to get an education in the hard sciences from a top engineering school and the locals/permanent residents of Ann Arbor that voted in the 1970s for possession of 2 ounces or less of weed to be punishable by a $5 ticket. And their annual "Hash Bash"
Fascinating history about this and I was fortunate to be there to observe it!!!
https://aadl.org/aapd/truecrimes/8-3
Again, we greatly appreciate you being our best source for how MAGA feels on these topics and welcome all your opinions on MarketForum!
Source: Law & Crime
Nov 11th, 2025, 2:45 pm
https://democraticunderground.com/10143563667
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/politics/james-comey-indictment-tainted-judge-halligan
hardly ever heard of a liberal judge appointed by liberals to slant our justice system where Trump was involved....how many times have they been over turned now??? Right a bunch. Now I did not read much about this judge but if I was a betting man I know which way I would guess.
Seems the funniest part of this story is some of the most damaging evidence is Comey's own e-mail and hand written notes. I guess he should of demanded to see them.
Thanks for the MAGA view, mcfarm.
1. You don't know anything about this judge but you are blaming it ON THE JUDGE? instead of the crystal clear authentic facts that are exactly the same one I've pointed on numerous times in this thread.
It's great if you want to go on about the evidence against Comey but you're missing the entire point, mcfarm.
Trump abused his power and the criminal justice system to go after Comey illegally.
He fired the qualified person that refused to prosecute the case (and other resignations in the department happened because of Trump) and appointed somebody very unqualified that had never done this before(and is making mistakes) because that's the only one he could find that would do it for him.
I said from the get go that this case is going to be thrown over authentic facts related to Trumps abuse of the criminal justice system. Top post in this thread below
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James Comey indictment
22 responses |
Started by metmike - Sept. 26, 2025, 11:23 a.m.
I predict that this will be thrown out because it's crystal clearly based on 1 man, the president abusing his power to control the criminal justice system to target a person out of vengeance.
damn you have really turned a corner here. I clearly said "if I was betting"" unlike you who has clearly convicted Trump several times right here with no trial no jury and no judge, I have not. And i will not. I never attacked this judge if you care to read my words and not put out falsehoods.
Thanks, mcfarm.
Trumps convicts himself. I'm just providing the authentic facts.
You're always welcome to fact check me on any of that using AUTHENTIC FACTS.
Please tell me what I have wrong in this thread about how this case proceeded instead of insinuating that its the biased judges fault once again or me having TDS. (which has already been disproved 1,000+ times by my posting to defend Trump for so many years and even voting for him in 2024).
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Re: Trumps dismantling of the education department
By mcfarm - Nov. 18, 2025, 1:48 p.m.
Now on to another bitch of your TDS.
Re: Re: Re: James Comey indictment
By metmike - Sept. 26, 2025, 1:24 p.m.
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Apparently, I was really, REALLY afflicted with BDS:
Re: Re: Re: Re: Government shut down
By metmike - Nov. 2, 2025, 8:57 p.m.