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No, he’s not running for president, but CNN still decided to host yet another town hall for former FBI Director James Comey in order get his slanted take on the findings of the Special Counsel investigation. As with the presidential town halls, moderator Anderson Cooper hit the standard liberal talking points, including impeachment (and gun control for some reason). But Cooper went further and wondered if the Justice Department should prosecute President Trump when he’s out of office.
Ten minutes into the event and Cooper wanted to know if Comey sensed “corrupted intent” from Trump while reading Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report (click “expand”):
ANDERSON COOPER: Do you think he had criminal intent based on what you have seen now in the Mueller report?
JAMES COMEY: It sure looks like he did in connection with a couple of episodes, the direction to Don McGahn to get the special counsel fired is to my mind a flaming example.
COOPER: Of corrupt intent?
COMEY: Yes, of corrupt intent.
“So in your opinion, there was corrupt intent, at least in several of those episodes,” Cooper asked one more time for good measure. “It sure looks that way…,” Comey replied.
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