Lucas, the evidence is mounting: Donald Trump may have fired FBI Director
James Comey to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion
between the Trump campaign and a foreign power.
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down.
By all accounts, Comey did seem to be escalating the investigation into
the Trump administration's ties to Russia.
In March, Comey testified that the FBI was continuing its investigation.
Last week, he
requested a significant increase in resources for the investigation. And finally,
on the day Trump dismissed Comey, the FBI issued grand jury subpeonas
for witnesses in the Trump Russia hearing.
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated the Comey firing may hasten the agency's investigation into Russian
meddling. Trump later
confirmed that he was going to fire Comey "regardless" of recommendations.
This all suggests that
Comey's termination had little if anything to do with Hillary's
emails and everything to do with him failing Trump's loyalty test by pursuing the Trump-Russia investigation.
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down.
Even by Trump standards, firing Comey is an incredible abuse of power. Still, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans are
standing behind the would-be despot, and ruling out a special prosecutor to put their hateful, amoral agenda
ahead of democracy.
With Republicans compromised, we need bold leadership from Democrats to
force the issue.
Senate Democrats can refuse to consider the nomination of a new FBI director
or block funding for Justice Department programs. They can ago even further to
slow Senate business down to a crawl—continue blocking every unanimous
consent request, refusing cooperation on any legislation and anything
and everything else until an independent prosecutor is appointed.
That is why we are joining our allies at CREDO Action to urge Senate Democrats
into effectively
grinding the Senate to a halt until a fully independent special prosecutor is investigating Trump.
We need an independent prosecutor—someone who doesn't answer
to and cannot be fired by Donald Trump—to lead this investigation
and finally provide the American people with answers. Will you join us
in calling on Democrats to halt the work of the Senate until a special
prosecutor has been appointed?
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down.
Keep fighting,
Monique Teal, Daily Kos