Analysis: I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more F...

8y ago Dec 3, 2017 at 11:15 AM

I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-12. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Vulnerable

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

65%

This post is a flat denial of Trump's documented February 2017 exchange with FBI Director Comey regarding the Flynn investigation, arriving the day after Flynn pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mueller. The denial contradicts Comey's sworn testimony and contemporaneous memos describing Trump saying "I hope you can let this go." The post employs a classic DARVO sequence — Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender — casting Comey as the liar while framing media coverage as "Fake News." This is part of a same-day barrage of defensive posts (whataboutism re: Clinton, attacking Brian Ross/ABC, claiming a "rigged system") indicating high threat perception following Flynn's cooperation agreement. The pathological denial is clinically notable: not merely spinning or reframing but directly contradicting documented events, demanding the audience choose between the subject's account and institutional sources. This post has potential legal significance as a public statement bearing on obstruction of justice — the subject is denying conduct that formed a basis for the investigation. The vulnerable narcissistic state is evident: despite the aggressive framing, the underlying dynamic is defensive, attempting to neutralize an escalating legal threat. The epistemic demand on followers is significant — accepting this claim requires rejecting sworn testimony.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

6:15 AM EST early morning posting
Short reactive structure
Fake News epithet
Exclamation points
Emotionally charged denial

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Vulnerable State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Flynn guilty plea and cooperation with Mueller; Comey testimony)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting James Comey / media

Proportionality

40%

Sentiment

-0.70

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

50%

Paranoid

50%

Sadism

20%

Defense Mechanisms:

denialprojectiondistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

30%

Parasocial Techniques:

shared grievance against mediapositioning audience to distrust institutional sources

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Denial of documented events (Comey's sworn testimony)
Attacking accuser's perception and credibility
DARVO pattern — reversing who is lying

Reality Distortions:

Denial of well-documented exchange with Comey about Flynn investigation
Framing Comey's sworn testimony as 'Fake News'

Fact Checks (2)

"I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn"

Mostly False

Comey testified under oath that Trump said 'I hope you can let this go' regarding Flynn on Feb 14, 2017, documented in contemporaneous memos. While 'I hope' is technically not a direct order, it was widely interpreted as a request, and the substantive denial is misleading.

"Comey lie"

Mostly False

Comey's account was supported by contemporaneous documentation and has not been credibly refuted.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post x_937279001684598784

Context

This post arrives the day after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation. The post directly denies Trump asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn — a claim Comey made in his June 2017 Senate testimony, where he described Trump saying "I hope you can let this go." The denial is legally significant as it bears on potential obstruction of justice.

Authorship

Posted at 6:15 AM EST (Trump was likely at the White House). This falls within Trump's characteristic early-morning posting window. The short, reactive, emotionally charged structure with "Fake News" and exclamation point is consistent with authentic Trump authorship.

Psychological Dynamics

Flynn's guilty plea and cooperation agreement represents a severe narcissistic injury — a former insider is now cooperating against the administration. The post deploys denial as its primary defense: a flat contradiction of Comey's documented testimony. The phrase "Just more Fake News" layers reality distortion on top — not merely denying the claim but attacking the epistemic framework through which it's reported.

The companion posts from the same day reveal an escalating defensive sequence: whataboutism (Hillary's emails), attacking media credibility (Brian Ross), claiming systemic bias ("Rigged system"), and now direct factual denial. This pattern is consistent with narcissistic siege mentality — multiple defensive strategies deployed simultaneously when threat level is high.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn"	Mostly False	Comey testified under oath that Trump said 'I hope you can let this go' regarding Flynn on Feb 14, 2017, documented in contemporaneous memos. While 'I hope' is technically not a direct order, it was widely interpreted as a request, and the substantive denial is misleading.
"Comey lie"	Mostly False	Comey's account was supported by contemporaneous documentation and has not been credibly refuted.

Overall Veracity: 20%