{"id":72143,"date":"2017-05-04T14:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72143"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T18:31:56","slug":"why-didnt-trump-fire-comey-for-destroying-the-rule-of-law-now-the-whole-world-will-suffer-from-his-naked-lies-and-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72143","title":{"rendered":"Why didn&#8217;t Trump fire Comey for destroying the rule of law? Now the whole world will suffer from his naked lies and deception."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"article__heading\">Russia is \u2018greatest threat of any nation on Earth\u2019 \u2013 FBI director<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>The FBI director branded Russia the \u201cgreatest threat of any nation,\u201d while answering questions at a Senate hearing on Moscow\u2019s alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. The White House has distanced itself from that view.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>James Comey was answering a question on whether Russia represented a threat to the US <em>\u201cdemocratic process,\u201d<\/em> when he branded Russia the <em>\u201cgreatest threat of any nation on Earth, given their intent and capability.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comey: Russia &#039;Greatest Threat&#039; of Any Nation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WttvyLR9mgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest lessons learned is that Russia will do this again. Because of the 2016 election, they know it worked,\u201d Comey also said at the Wednesday hearing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/russia-james-comey-hearing-putin-greatest-threat-any-nation-earth-a7716016.html\">according<\/a> to the Independent.<\/p>\n<p>He would not provide any evidence to back the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI investigation into alleged Russian interference into US elections was launched in March. While some Democrats praised Comey for the decision, others said that the investigation had come <em>\u201ctoo late.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the hearings US President Donald Trump went on Twitter with a sarcastic post, stating that <em>\u201cFBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton,\u201d<\/em> while the whole <em>\u201cTrump\/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the hearings, the White House spokesman made it clear that Comey\u2019s stance did not represent the official opinion of the president\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think that&#8217;s the view of the FBI,\u201d<\/em> Sean Spicer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/05\/03\/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-532017-44\">said<\/a> at a White House press briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether Trump shared Comey\u2019s opinion on Russia as the <em>\u201cgreatest threat of any nation on Earth,\u201d<\/em> the spokesman chose to switch the subject to North Korea.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe president has been very clear that he thinks the threat that North Korea poses with the potential nuclear weapon that has range capacity is something that he finds to be threatening to the lives of Americans and our allies,\u201d<\/em> Spicer added.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no need for a separate comment on Comey\u2019s remark, following what Spicer had said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy colleague in the White House has already commented [on this matter], I have nothing to add,\u201d<\/em> Peskov said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has repeatedly dismissed as groundless any accusations of hacking or otherwise meddling with the 2016 US presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRead my lips \u2013 No!\u201d<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/382823-putin-russia-bush-us-election\/\">said<\/a> Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March, when was asked if Moscow had meddled in the US election.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/383069-peskov-cold-war-russia\/\">said<\/a> in April that the <em>\u201cUS public have been a target for severe anti-Russian propaganda\u201d<\/em> that made <em>\u201cthe American people think that yes, Russian hackers are everywhere, in every fridge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/387121-russia-greatest-threat-comey\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/387121-russia-greatest-threat-comey\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is \u2018greatest threat of any nation on Earth\u2019 \u2013 FBI director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}