On May 10th, the day after trump fired James Comey as the Director of the FBI, trump met with the Russian Foreign Minister and the Russian Ambassador to our country, in the Oval office of the White House. All of you already know this, I'm sure. I'm also confident that you know that there were no American journalists in the room and that there was a photographer from the official news agency of Russia, Tass. Given this information, how did the New York Times become privy to trump's alleged comment to the Russians in that meeting?
“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off. I’m not under investigation.”
The article noted that the comments were "based on notes taken from inside the Oval Office and has been circulated as the official account of the meeting." The document was read to The New York Times by "an American official" and independent of the first reading of those notes "a second official confirmed ..... the discussion." per the article.
My question is simple and I believe obvious. Who was in that room taking these notes that have been "circulated as the official account of the meeting"? Also, and more simply, who was in that room? Whoever was in that room during this meeting, needs to be interviewed as part of Mueller's investigation, and I feel confident they will be.
Today, CNN reported that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has denied discussing Comey's firing in that meeting. There are some questions here. Does Lavrov understand English? If not, then can I assume there was an interpreter in the room? If there was an interpreter in the room, did this person pass on the information? Why would notes that are reportedly the official White House account, not be true, if Lavrov is being truthful? Somebody is lying here. Lavrov's statement was reported in an interview that he had today, with the state-run Tass news agency.
It has become obvious that there are at least two people in the White House, and maybe more, that are valuable faucets of information. We are now beyond the dripping stage. There have been repeated reports of discord in the White House. People in the White House either see that what is going on is plain wrong, or they're singing to save their own butts.
As the investigation by Robert Mueller kicks off after he gets his office staffed, White House staff will begin to incur legal fees that will become significant as they are questioned, as they surely will be. An unpaid campaign worker has reached out, hoping that trump will set up a fund to assist former campaign staff with legal fees . It only makes sense that some of these folks will start to sing.
But,, I want to be fair, and publish puppet-spicer's take on this:
“By grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia’s actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia. The investigation would have always continued, and obviously, the termination of Comey would not have ended it. Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations.”
Ya know, I've thought for a couple of weeks now that one of the leakers is spicey boy himself. It certainly appears that he is not in a secure or stable position with d. j[ackass]. No matter who the leaker is or who they are, in fact maybe because of them, the truth will out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/russian-foreign-minister-denies-talking-comey/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/trump-aide-legal-funds/
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