{"id":34608,"date":"2017-05-10T14:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34608"},"modified":"2017-05-10T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T21:08:31","slug":"its-not-just-comey-trumps-scorched-earth-policy-toward-those-investigating-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34608","title":{"rendered":"It’s Not Just Comey: Trump’s Scorched Earth Policy Toward Those Investigating Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

The legal concept of “consciousness of guilt”<\/em> is when a suspect behaves in a manner that an innocent person would not. For example, engaging in actions to hide evidence or cover up participation in unlawful events. Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is the best evidence to date that he is aware of his culpability in a crime. It’s hard not to recognize that he knows that the law is circling around him and he is running scared.<\/p>\n

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News reports are filling in some of the blanks since the bombshell announcement about Comey. One report notes that subpoenas have been issued<\/a><\/strong> by a Grand Jury investigating Michael Flynn’s connections to Russia. Another reveals that Comey had recently requested additional funds<\/a><\/strong> for the FBI’s probe. Sensing the noose tightening, Trump tweeted:<\/p>\n

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The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n