Trump–The Art of the Lie

Director James Comey of the FBI was fired yesterday by Donnie in a manner unusually tacky even by this administration's standards.

 Donnie essentially says he had nothing to do with the decision but was merely following the suggestion of a newly minted deputy Atty. Gen.

Two questions arise. First, could Comey's firing have been justified by his actions during the campaign? The answer is yes. Second were the reasons contained in deputy attorney general Rosenstien's memo and the notion that Trump was only following Rosenstein's suggestion true and accurate? The answer is no.

The story being advanced by the White House talking heads, including vice president Pence whose sole marketing skill appears to be that of a consummate bullshitter who can do so without blushing, is as follows. The new Deputy Attorney General who is been on the job for two weeks decided on his own to analyze whether Comey's actions in October would justify his being fired. Now that is a pretty big decision to make and it beggars belief that someone new on-the-job wouldn't jump into that frying pan. That is particularly true considering his ultimate boss, Donnie, had through January generally praised Comey and particularly lauded Comey's reopening his investigation of Hillary Clinton publicly 11 days before the election. Those are among the actions where ask to believe caused Rosenstein to come to his independent conclusion of his independent investigation. One also has to believe that the FBI investigation of Trump and Trump's associate's connections with Russia and his recent testimony had nothing whatsoever to do with the independent decision of Rosenstein which Trump meekly followed. In other words, we are asked to believe that Trump had nothing to do with the decision and that it was solely based upon events occurring six months ago and not the current actions of Comey  and the FBI. Jeffrey Toobin, who is long experience in reporting on events in Washington was nearly apoplectic about this transparent bullshit.

The other explanation for why Comey was fired is rather simple. It is step one in slowing down and eventually extinguishing any investigation of Trump, his associates and the Russians. Occam's razor and even a nodding familiarity with Trumps'modus operandi would also support this simple conclusion.

Today, what is truly disturbing is that most of the republicans in Congress who know better are going to support or at least not to contest seriously the White House bull shit. There will be some Republican leaders who will be saying" oh dear, this doesn't look good". But nothing will happen. There will be no independent investigation, Trump's tax returns will not be released and we will see more of the same from this arrogant, incompetent disgrace of the president and the morally and intellectually bankrupt Congress.