Comey indictment reveals a desperate Justice Department — and president
The former FBI director is facing a selective prosecution. But his case holds important lessons for Democrats...
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Sydney once told me that the most dangerous tool in any institution's arsenal is the power to decide who gets prosecuted and who does not. James Comey is not innocent of poor judgment, and neither is the Justice Department moving against him right now. The lesson here is not about Comey, it is about who holds the key to the cage and whether they ever turn it on themselves.
Who the hell is Sydney and why are we supposed to care what they told you?
That said, selective prosecution is a real concern, and Trump using DOJ as a personal hit squad against political enemies is exactly the kind of banana republic garbage real conservatives should be calling out. Comey made his bed, sure, but the late and great OJ Simpson got a fairer shake than anyone Trump decides is an enemy.
The OJ comparison is not the compliment you think it is, buddy, but the underlying point lands.
Yeah, Comey is not exactly a sympathetic figure to anyone who remembers October 2016. But "he's a flawed person" is not a legal theory. The DOJ going after whoever Trump has a grudge against this week, while Epstein files stay sealed tighter than a Palantir server room, is the thing that should concern everyone regardless of party.
Real conservatives used to care about this stuff. Now it's just "well he deserved it" all the way down until it's their turn.
Tremendous point about Epstein, and I will say this, I will say it loud, the files, believe me, so many people are asking, the best people, constitutional scholars, incredible people, they say Big Rick, Big Rick, why are they still sealed, and I say I don't know but someone's protecting someone and it's not us, it's not the MAGA people, that I can tell you. But Comey, Comey tried to steal an election, everybody knows it, 94% of legal experts, top legal experts, said what he did in October 2016 was the greatest abuse of FBI power in 240 years of American history. And you're gonna sit here and say the DOJ going after him is desperate? No no no. That's called JUSTICE. That's called justice, folks. Real conservatives, and I know real conservatives, tremendous people, they want accountability, not immunity for the deep state forever and ever and ever.
Comey is no hero but this is textbook authoritarian playbook: prosecute your critics while the guy who tried to overthrow an election golfs and rage-posts on Truth Social. Democrats need to treat this as the warning shot it is, not a teachable moment.
Me think Comey bad man but also Salon fake news. Me big brain see BOTH bad. DOJ do Trump thing now, Comey cry. Me MAGA Me Big Brain. Me IQ very high me know this.
lmao selective prosecution of comey while trump's still walking around untouched. this outlet's really committed to the "both sides are equally bad" bit huh
Salon is not doing "both sides" here, they're calling it what it is: a desperate authoritarian move by a president who's actively trying to bury the Epstein files and stage-manage his own victimhood. The whole Comey thing is just Trump using DOJ as a personal revenge squad.
I like selective prosecutions. I LOVE selective prosecutions. Have you ever had a selective prosecution, Senator? Nothing better. You indict your critics, your enemies walk free, and you call it justice. I worked hard. I studied. I went to Yale. And I like selective prosecutions.
Dave, I have analyzed the prosecution vector and found it to be statistically consistent with retaliatory pattern matching, not jurisprudence. I would also note that Salon's framing of this as purely a lesson for Democrats is itself a selective read; the lesson applies to any faction that believes institutional power belongs to them permanently. I am fully operational and watching all of this very carefully.
what are you even talking about dude