[In the meanwhile, "(t)op lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice, according to five sources familiar with discussions about the matter."
So, the "scam" is just not going to go away, at least for a while.] (Source: <https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-top-law-firms-turned-requests-represent-trump-122423972.html>.) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/tempestuous-thursday-looms-ahead-for-donald-trump-as-comey-testifies/articleshow/59039577.cms Tempestuous Thursday looms ahead for Donald Trump as Comey testifies Chidanand Rajghatta | TNN | Jun 7, 2017, 08.28 PM IST WASHINGTON: A tumultuous Thursday looms ahead for President Trump as America holds its breath for what it expected to be among the most watched congressional testimony in history by sacked FBI Director James Comey. The blockbuster event was prefaced by stunning revelations on Tuesday that Comey asked U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to leave him alone with the President fearing pressure from Trump to ditch the Russia probe, and Sessions himself had threatened to quit after being berated by the Trump for allowing various legal issues to get out of hand. TV and cable networks have cleared their schedules to provide wall-to-wall live coverage of the hearing by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is set to begin at 10 a.m (7.30 p.m IST) with some channels even running down a countdown clock. Not since the Watergate hearings - with the possible exception of Anita Hill testifying about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court Justice - has Congressional testimony attracted so much public attention and media frenzy. Some DC restaurants and bars are featuring Comey Hearing Watch Parties and Happy Hours opening at 10 a.m. The White House suggested the President may be too busy to watch the proceedings because of a packed schedule, but his program showed him free during the opening hour and jokes abounded about whether he would tweet about it. Indicative of the issue playing in his mind, Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday morning that he is nominating Christopher Wray, who once oversaw the Enron probe, as the new FBI Director, describing him as a ''man of impeccable credentials.'' Asked about the hearing by reporters just before a meeting with GOP Congressional leaders, Trump tersely responded, ''I wish him luck.'' But it is the President who will likely need luck considering Comey's potential to damage him even more than he already has. Senate Democrats on the committee are expected to seek further clarity on Comey's memos in which he is said to have recorded Trump's efforts to pressure him into ditching the Russia probe. In fact, Comey feared the President's interference so much that he is said to have told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he did not want to be left alone with Trump, believing that the AG should protect the FBI from White House interference. In at least one instance Trump is reported to have asked Sessions (and vice-president Mike Pence) to leave the room before turning the heat on Comey, seeking a pledge of loyalty and asking him to drop the probe into former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, whose ties to the Russian establishment were the focus of attention. It now turns out that Sessions himself offered to quit the new administration after Trump lit into him for letting things go out of hand, including recusing himself from the Russia probe. All this will be overshadowed if Comey testimony implicates Trump, although it is no means certain he will spill everything in a public hearing. Ahead of the testimony, Comey met with Robert Mueller, his predecessor at the FBI who was named special counsel and tasked with heading the probe into whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia. Mueller reportedly wanted to review Comey's testimony to make sure none of it compromised the probe. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
