{"id":10358,"date":"2017-06-09T10:42:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10358"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:15:21","slug":"comey-vs-trump-the-credibility-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/09\/comey-vs-trump-the-credibility-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Comey vs. Trump: The Credibility Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comey boasts that the FBI &quot;is, and always will be, independent&quot; &amp; then details how he kowtowed to AG Lynch on downplaying Clinton email case<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/872991905361137665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Media portrays Comey vs. Trump battle as question of credibility. Why assume either one is trustworthy?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/873180031765426177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comey&#39;s comments should propel opening the files on the Clinton email case. Did Comey impede the investigation?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPUG3cHeht\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPUG3cHeht<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/873179476921896961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NYT stresses that Comey had a &quot;calm &amp; deliberate tone&quot; &#8211; just like Janet Reno when she said FBI tanks at Waco were like a &quot;good rent-a-car&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/873004662953316352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comey should receive no more presumption of honesty for having been FBI director than if he&#39;d been the chief of FEMA<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/873004064765874178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many years would FBI have foot-dragged before releasing Comey memo on Trump in response to a FOIA request? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ComeyHearings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ComeyHearings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/872913167034327040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Does the anti-Trump effort hinge on whether an FBI official\u2019s notes on a meeting should be treated as revelations from Mt. 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