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James Crapper: US govt (Deep State Govt) 'under assault' by Trump after Comey firing
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Drain That Swamp
2017-09-04 03:54:34 UTC
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Get it right, Crapper. Trump is draining the swamp and you
career government employees see your fucking gravey train coming
to an end and you're being held accountable.

It's about fucking time.

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday
described a U.S. government "under assault" after President
Donald Trump's controversial decision to fire FBI director James
Comey, as lawmakers urged the president to select a new FBI
director free of any political stigma.

"I think, in many ways, our institutions are under assault, both
externally -- and that's the big news here, is the Russian
interference in our election system," Clapper said. "I think as
well our institutions are under assault internally."

When he was asked, "Internally, from the president?" Clapper
said, "Exactly."

Clapper spoke following Trump's sudden firing of Comey last
week, which drew sharp criticism because it came amid the FBI's
probe into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election and
possible ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign.

Clapper said America's founding fathers had created three co-
equal branches of government with checks and balances, but with
Trump as president, that was now "under assault and is eroding."

Lawmakers from both parties also criticized Trump's actions last
week, which included changing explanations from the White House
for the firing and an ominous tweet by Trump that warned Comey
against leaks to the press because he may have "tapes" of their
conversations. The lawmakers urged the president to select a new
FBI director without any political background.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a member of the Judiciary
Committee, said promoting an FBI agent to lead the agency would
allow the nation to "reset." He dismissed as less desirable at
least two of the 14 candidates under consideration by Trump,
former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan and Sen. John Cornyn of
Texas, explaining that "these are not normal circumstances."

Rogers, an ex-FBI agent and former chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, has drawn the backing of the FBI Agents
Association. Cornyn is the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.

"It's now time to pick somebody who comes from within the ranks,
or is of such a reputation who has no political background at
all who can go into the job from Day 1," the South Carolina
Republican said. Asked whether Rogers or Cornyn would be good
choices, Graham flatly said, "no."

"The president has a chance to clean up the mess he mostly
created," Graham said, adding, "I have no evidence the president
colluded with the Russians at all, but we don't know all the
evidence yet."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said the new
FBI director should certainly be someone "not of partisan
background" with "great experience" and "courage." He left open
the possibility that Democrats might try and withdraw support
for a new FBI director unless the Justice Department names a
special prosecutor. Under rules of the Senate, Republicans could
still confirm an FBI director with 51 votes. Republicans hold 52
seats in the chamber to Democrats' 48.

Less than a week after Trump fired Comey, the administration has
interviewed at least eight candidates to be FBI director, and
Trump has said a decision could come before he leaves Friday on
his first overseas trip as president.

"I think the process is going to go quickly. Almost all of them
are very well-known," Trump said of the candidates before Air
Force One took off for Lynchburg, Virginia, where he gave the
commencement address at Liberty University. "They've been vetted
over their lifetime essentially, but very well-known, highly
respected, really talented people. And that's what we want for
the FBI."

Trump abruptly fired Comey on Tuesday and later said Comey was a
"showboat" and "grandstander" who was not doing a good job. The
firing drew a wave of criticism in large part because the FBI
has been investigating whether election meddling by Russia
involved people in Trump's presidential campaign, and Trump said
in an interview with NBC that the investigation factored into
his decision to fire Comey. The changing rationales the White
House offered added an element of chaos to the president's
action.

The FBI director serves a 10-year term but can be replaced by
the president.

So far 14 people -- lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement
officials among them -- have emerged as candidates. Eight met at
the Justice Department on Saturday with Attorney General Jeff
Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.

The first candidate to arrive for interviews was Alice Fisher, a
high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush
administration.

Also interviewed were:

-- Adam Lee, special agent in charge of the FBI's office in
Richmond, Virginia.

-- Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI director.

-- Michael J. Garcia, a former prosecutor and associate judge on
New York's highest court.

-- Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general.

-- U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson, a Bush appointee who
struck down the centerpiece of the Obama administration's health
care law in 2010.

-- Frances Townsend, a former Bush homeland security and
counterterrorism adviser.

-- Rogers. The FBI Agents Association says it believes his
diverse background makes him the best choice.

Fisher and Townsend were the only women on the list of
candidates. The FBI has never had a female director.

Sessions has faced questions over whether his involvement in
Comey's firing violates his pledge to recuse himself from
investigations into Russian interference in the election. Some
lawmakers have alleged the firing was an effort to stifle that
FBI probe.

Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Sessions
and Rosenstein were involved in the interviews because the FBI
director reports to them as attorney general and deputy attorney
general.

Clapper and Schumer made their comments on CNN's "State of the
Union"; Graham spoke on NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/14/clapper-us-govt-under-
assault-by-trump-after-comey-firing.html
 
a322x1n
2017-09-04 04:24:05 UTC
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Get it right, Crapper. Trump is draining the swamp...
Trump _is_ the swamp.

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