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comey. according to the director of national intelligence who was at the dinner no one openly abdicated terminating comey but the consensus was he was not positive. he told the group he thought comey was a good director. he encourage meeting him and spending time with him face-to- face about whether to retain him. the next day they were 2720 17 don mcgahn and -- -- specifically whether flynn had violated the espionage act, the logan act based on his preliminary research. there was a possibility that flynn had violated the code and the logan act. it was noted the united states had never successfully prosecuted an individual under the logan act and that flynn could have defenses and told him he believed it was unlikely a prosecutor would pursue a logan act charge under these circumstances. that they morning don mcgahn returned to the white house to discuss flynn again. on the second meeting he expressed doubts that the department of justice would bring a prosecution against flynn stating the w
comey. according to the director of national intelligence who was at the dinner no one openly abdicated terminating comey but the consensus was he was not positive. he told the group he thought comey was a good director. he encourage meeting him and spending time with him face-to- face about whether to retain him. the next day they were 2720 17 don mcgahn and -- -- specifically whether flynn had violated the espionage act, the logan act based on his preliminary research. there was a possibility...
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still, after all this, comey had the gall this morning to tweet, doj-ig found no evidence that comey oror his attorneys releasd information contained to any of the memos to members of the media. i don't need a policy to defame me, but a quick message of sorry, i lied about you, we'll be nice. sorry, jimmy, don't hold your breath. the ig report established beyond a shadow of a doubt that comey engaged in a brand personal vendetta against this president. and, in doing so, he abused his authority. and while comey must be breathing easier tonight given the ag decision not to prosecute him for this leaking, he's not out of the woods yet. the ig report on the fbi russian probe and the use of the fisa warrants is forthcoming. it's comey who signed the first fisa warrant to spy on american citizens. now, based on the dossier, he knew or should have known was not credible. that was filed with the fisa court. big no no. but, if comey manages to escape prosecution for conduct that his underlings would be charged for, then the damage he did to the fbi will extend to our belief and the treasured
still, after all this, comey had the gall this morning to tweet, doj-ig found no evidence that comey oror his attorneys releasd information contained to any of the memos to members of the media. i don't need a policy to defame me, but a quick message of sorry, i lied about you, we'll be nice. sorry, jimmy, don't hold your breath. the ig report established beyond a shadow of a doubt that comey engaged in a brand personal vendetta against this president. and, in doing so, he abused his authority....
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comey. though the ig did say there was spillage of classified information to the lawyers he gave memos to. but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is the enemy that donald trump can't really function without. i looked at the poll numbers that came out yesterday and it's miraculous to me that somehow donald trump's numbers were higher when he was railing against the deep state, railing against the fbi, railing against jim comey, rod rosenstein and robert mueller day after day after day, and the president at some cellular level might have an awareness of that because he spent much of the afternoon attacking jim comey. >> yeah, the president is someone who his aides say, and he will admit this himself, is best when he has an enemy, an opponent and often a single opponent. so that's why when, for instance, the mueller report finally wrapped up, there was some question of why is the president still going after mueller? why is he still talking about a witch-hunt?
comey. though the ig did say there was spillage of classified information to the lawyers he gave memos to. but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is the enemy that donald trump can't really function without. i looked at the poll numbers that came out yesterday and it's miraculous to me that somehow donald trump's numbers were higher when he was railing against the deep state, railing against the fbi, railing against jim comey, rod rosenstein...
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the report says comey crossed the line with these actions was on twitter comey claims vindication because the ig found no classified information was shared with the media. and one of his appearances on capitol hill fox news pressed him on whether he mishandled classified information. >> when you shared those memos? >> talk about whether classified information -- >> whether it is or not i'm not talking about one way or the other. >> reporter: this is the second time or with found comey went beyond his authority with his handling of the clinton email case. a legal analyst said his prior behavior should be considered in the decision to prosecute but the justice department declined. comey is a central player in two pending investigations into alleged surveillance abuse in the 2016 election. shannon: tonight claiming vindication as donald trump called him thoroughly disgraced. republican lawmakers think this report is the tip of the iceberg. trace gallagher has the latest reaction across the spectrum. >> reporter: out of the gate the white house and the president went after comey, calling the
the report says comey crossed the line with these actions was on twitter comey claims vindication because the ig found no classified information was shared with the media. and one of his appearances on capitol hill fox news pressed him on whether he mishandled classified information. >> when you shared those memos? >> talk about whether classified information -- >> whether it is or not i'm not talking about one way or the other. >> reporter: this is the second time or...
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what james comey has said, this is the new comey rule, that he thinks is just fine. if an fbi agent takes evidence to a prosecutor and says i think you should start an investigation, and the prosecutor says, no, i'm not going to pursue this, then the fbi agent is allowed to go to the local media and leak something so proud public pressure is put on the prosecutor to pursue an investigation? that is exactly what happened, and comey says that's just fine and dandy. i want an apology. >> sean: gregg jarrett. >> well, this was a damning denunciation of james comey for abusing his position of power, stealing government documents, leaking them, giving a classified document to unauthorized people who didn't have security clearance, mismarking, deliberately, classified documents. i mean, the list goes on and on. he should have been prosecuted for stealing government documents under criminal code is 641 and for mishandling classified documents under the espionage act because he kept a classified document in his home, not a secured, authorized place, and he gave them to people
what james comey has said, this is the new comey rule, that he thinks is just fine. if an fbi agent takes evidence to a prosecutor and says i think you should start an investigation, and the prosecutor says, no, i'm not going to pursue this, then the fbi agent is allowed to go to the local media and leak something so proud public pressure is put on the prosecutor to pursue an investigation? that is exactly what happened, and comey says that's just fine and dandy. i want an apology. >>...
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comey. it exposed him as a liar, a leaker, and a disgrace over his handling of sensitive and in some cases classified memos about conversations with donald trump. but don't take my word for it. just look at how comey was described by inspector general horowitz who wrote that comey set a dangerous example for the 35,000 current fbi employees. he added that comey's handling of memos was part of an effort to create public pressure for a quote, "personally desired outcome," ultimately concluding that comey failed to live up to his responsibilities as director and it gets even worse because comey's own closest advisors described their reaction to his conduct as surprised, stunned and shocked after learning about the leaks. now, of course, james comey thinks the rules don't apply to him and is even demanding an apology prompting his series of responses including from former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who tweeted "many employees dislike supervisors but most keep faith with government in
comey. it exposed him as a liar, a leaker, and a disgrace over his handling of sensitive and in some cases classified memos about conversations with donald trump. but don't take my word for it. just look at how comey was described by inspector general horowitz who wrote that comey set a dangerous example for the 35,000 current fbi employees. he added that comey's handling of memos was part of an effort to create public pressure for a quote, "personally desired outcome," ultimately...
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i don't think you can blame it on comey. was comey wrong to take matters into his own hands and exonerate clinton and not leave the decision to the attorney general? that's why he had to make the announcement all over again when he did reopen it. the reasons for that are fascinating. you see it in context in the narrative. i think that's probably the most controversial thing he did and with benefit of hindsight, i would've urged him not to do it. but who has benefit of hindsight? he didn't have it. at the time, he was very concerned that the american people would feel a verdict rendered by the justice department was partisan and would not be fair. and there was reason for that. loretta lynch had set a few things that made him suspicious, president obama had dismissed it as not a significant investigation, which he didn't like. but the thing that really put him over the edge was when will clinton barged onto loretto lynches plano as a matter of fact in phoenix, sat down, and stayed there for 35 minutes. that became public. th
i don't think you can blame it on comey. was comey wrong to take matters into his own hands and exonerate clinton and not leave the decision to the attorney general? that's why he had to make the announcement all over again when he did reopen it. the reasons for that are fascinating. you see it in context in the narrative. i think that's probably the most controversial thing he did and with benefit of hindsight, i would've urged him not to do it. but who has benefit of hindsight? he didn't have...
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and heays, "comey's firing, lifted a great weight for me. e guy was a nut job." >> james comey... first the firing, now the fallout. >> narrator: the crisis kept building. >> some are comparing comey's firing to richard nixon's 1973 saturday night massacre. >> president trump now facing outrage after firi comey. >> it is hard to overstate... >> narrator: then the president decided to speak out himself, on his old networ >> this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> tonight, stunning revelations from president trump in our nbc news exclusive interview tonight our wide-ranging... mondayyou met with the deputy attorney general, rod rosen... rosenstein... >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is, i was going to re comey. my decision; it was not... >> you had made the decision before they came into the room.i >> is going to fire comey. >> it is a dramatic moment to see the president come out and not only completely une the case that his white house had been making, as spurious a case and as odd... transparent as a case it was, it still had been the official
and heays, "comey's firing, lifted a great weight for me. e guy was a nut job." >> james comey... first the firing, now the fallout. >> narrator: the crisis kept building. >> some are comparing comey's firing to richard nixon's 1973 saturday night massacre. >> president trump now facing outrage after firi comey. >> it is hard to overstate... >> narrator: then the president decided to speak out himself, on his old networ >> this is "nbc...
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comey and trump meet one-on-one, and comey tells the president-elect there is this allegation that in 2013 you were in a moscow hotel room with prostitutes, russian intelligence taped it all recorded it all. and you know the president is -- is stunned by this. and in the past comey has said that the only reason he did this was they wanted to tell the president like that this was out there that it might get reported in the press there is this crazy story about you that is out there. what we see in this new report is they meticulously planned this moment in which they would hit trump with this information. comey had met with his top officials and what they call "crossfire hurricane" team beforehand made a plan comey would immediately right down everything he could remember from this he went down to fbi vehicle, and there was a secure laptop waiting for him. he says that he started writing as vehicle began moving, went over to fbi headquarters in new york, and there was a secure video tell conference set up for him to talk with "crossfire hurricane" supervisors, plus top fbi officials ab
comey and trump meet one-on-one, and comey tells the president-elect there is this allegation that in 2013 you were in a moscow hotel room with prostitutes, russian intelligence taped it all recorded it all. and you know the president is -- is stunned by this. and in the past comey has said that the only reason he did this was they wanted to tell the president like that this was out there that it might get reported in the press there is this crazy story about you that is out there. what we see...
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remember, comey signed three of the four applications and the original one which was october 2016 but he told trump something else in january. today they released only a narrow sliver of information, it's brutal, a small part of what will be coming in the weeks ahead. it is a stunning and harsh rebuke to the former fbi director but let's be clear, this is exactly what a few weeks ago we told you exactly what it would be, we were not wrong. narrow, limited in scope with referrals that the ag has declined to act on. all of this we reported to you weeks ago. tonight, we do know james comey is in fact not the super patriot he claims, we know him to be a leader and a buyer, the inspector general of the department of justice found the disgrace former fbi director set a dangerous example for the 35,000 current fbi employees in today's report was an unprecedented rebuke of an fbi director surrounding his nefarious plot to seek revenge against president trump. if it shows how political he was from the get-go. america's self-proclaimed super patriot is nothing more than a dirty, corrupt former
remember, comey signed three of the four applications and the original one which was october 2016 but he told trump something else in january. today they released only a narrow sliver of information, it's brutal, a small part of what will be coming in the weeks ahead. it is a stunning and harsh rebuke to the former fbi director but let's be clear, this is exactly what a few weeks ago we told you exactly what it would be, we were not wrong. narrow, limited in scope with referrals that the ag has...
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comey is a meathead, he heard the fbi badly. >> the president's criticism of comey diverged from the inspector general's report on the issue of whether he leaked classified information to the media. in july 2017, he tweeted james comey leaked classified information, and how can he give up classified information? michael horowitz found comey didn't give any of the classified information in the memos to the media, prompting this in your face response from comey on twitter. "to all those who have spent two years talking about me going to jail and being a liar and a leaguer, ask yourselves why you trust people who have given you bad info for so long including the president?" horwitz said the memos were fbi property and thank him for writing them. >> these are conversations related to obstruction of justice by the president that may end up being part of criminal proceedings after the president leaves office. >> the ig report command of the spotlight work still committed to a trade talks with china. they are ongoing. >> they are talking, the fake news tried to say we weren't talking last w
comey is a meathead, he heard the fbi badly. >> the president's criticism of comey diverged from the inspector general's report on the issue of whether he leaked classified information to the media. in july 2017, he tweeted james comey leaked classified information, and how can he give up classified information? michael horowitz found comey didn't give any of the classified information in the memos to the media, prompting this in your face response from comey on twitter. "to all...
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he wrote an editorial after comey made his announcement about clinton praising comey and praising the decision. a little-known fact. sessions came under repeated attack from trump. you see here, there are a lot of people who thought sessions was not qualified for the position. putting that aside, no one deserves to be humiliated repeatedly the way trump did him. largely because he was mad. recused himself from the russia investigation. it was clear. that is when barr writes this praising trump cannot be anything as he is president. he has auditioning for the job and he submits that to the white house. he acknowledges only time he has ever sent an unsolicited memo was to the justice department. he then gets the job. he said in his hearing, i have already been attorney general. i don't need to do that again. attorney general is a very good job. it is a powerful job among other things. have you ever been in their offices in the justice department? they have their own dining room. they have a whole suite of offices. they have their own airplane they can fly around on. they have enormous p
he wrote an editorial after comey made his announcement about clinton praising comey and praising the decision. a little-known fact. sessions came under repeated attack from trump. you see here, there are a lot of people who thought sessions was not qualified for the position. putting that aside, no one deserves to be humiliated repeatedly the way trump did him. largely because he was mad. recused himself from the russia investigation. it was clear. that is when barr writes this praising trump...
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comey: no, no. but i also think there are lots of ways to be useful to your community and your country without working in the government. i never thought i was coming back after 2005 and the struggle over surveillance and torture. i thought i was done. you know this. i didn't apply to be f.b.i. director. the economy in connecticut and told me to come in to be interviewed. my wife thought -- they are not going to pick you anyway. [laughter] the reason she said that was i had given money, as you know, tell mccain and to romney. i gave it in large part because i worried that unprincipled people might take over the republican party, which was a crazy worry to have, i know. [laughter] but she thought, there is no way they are picking you because you have been a republican. one thing led to another, and here i i think there is not am. another life there i could imagine, but i will try to find ways to be useful to people. i bet that will be either in the university setting or a nonprofit. nicolle: are you
comey: no, no. but i also think there are lots of ways to be useful to your community and your country without working in the government. i never thought i was coming back after 2005 and the struggle over surveillance and torture. i thought i was done. you know this. i didn't apply to be f.b.i. director. the economy in connecticut and told me to come in to be interviewed. my wife thought -- they are not going to pick you anyway. [laughter] the reason she said that was i had given money, as you...
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comey? >> it doesn't indicate any one of the fbi who touched this, including the leadership. >> chris: the ig says you should feel no vindication. >> director comey: may be a turns up on how we understand the word. what i mean is the fbi was accused of treason, of illegal spying, tapping mr. trump's wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification and being a criminal conspiracy to unseat -- defeat and then unseat a president. all of that was nonsense. i think it's really important that the inspector general looked at that, that the american people, your viewers and all viewers understand that's true, but he also from things we were never accused of, which is real sloppiness, and that's concerning and upset all along has to be focus on. if i were director i'd be very concerned about it and diving into it. >> chris: well, sloppiness may be a euphemism for what he is he found. one of his big concerns is the way the fbi handled the fisa applications and the warrants that allowed
comey? >> it doesn't indicate any one of the fbi who touched this, including the leadership. >> chris: the ig says you should feel no vindication. >> director comey: may be a turns up on how we understand the word. what i mean is the fbi was accused of treason, of illegal spying, tapping mr. trump's wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification and being a criminal conspiracy to unseat -- defeat and then unseat a president. all of that was nonsense. i think...
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and comey says, "uh... yeah, sure, mr. president." >> narrator: when he a at the white house for dinner, comey discovered the table had been set for two >> two. nobody else is going to be there. he and the president. >> narrator: suspicious of the president's motives for the meeting, comey would type a record of the conversation. >> we sat facing each other at a small oval table set for two ane placed in ther of the room. >> comey says the president had very nice words for him. and so it's this pleasant conversaon. and then the president says, "can i expect loyalty from you?" >> he needed loyalty and expected loyalty. i did not reply, or even nod, or change my facial expression... lt narrator: the president would ask for comey's loseveral times during the dinner. >> it's a remarkable moment. a president demanding loyalty of an fbi director. >> he then returned to loyalty, saying, "i need loyalty." wai replied that he would get honesty from me. mp in the eyes of the white house, president tas feeling out comey about where t
and comey says, "uh... yeah, sure, mr. president." >> narrator: when he a at the white house for dinner, comey discovered the table had been set for two >> two. nobody else is going to be there. he and the president. >> narrator: suspicious of the president's motives for the meeting, comey would type a record of the conversation. >> we sat facing each other at a small oval table set for two ane placed in ther of the room. >> comey says the president had...
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comey: no. no. but i think there are lots of ways to be useful to your government and country without working in the government. i never thought i was coming back after 2005 and the struggle over surveillance and torture. i thought i was done. i did not apply to be fbi director. they called me and talked me to come in to be interviewed. -- they are not going to pick you anyway. [laughter] ie reason she said that was had given money to mccain and to romney. i give it in large part because i worried that unprincipled people might take over the republican party, which was a crazy worried to have, i know. [laughter] but she thought, there is no way yo they are picking you because you were a republican. here i am. i think there is not another life there i could imagine, but i will look for ways to be useful to people. i bet that will be either in the university setting or a nonprofit. nicolle: are you surprised based on the reaction to your decision-making in literally the days leading up to the 2016 ele
comey: no. no. but i think there are lots of ways to be useful to your government and country without working in the government. i never thought i was coming back after 2005 and the struggle over surveillance and torture. i thought i was done. i did not apply to be fbi director. they called me and talked me to come in to be interviewed. -- they are not going to pick you anyway. [laughter] ie reason she said that was had given money to mccain and to romney. i give it in large part because i...
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this is what james comey did. this is what he did in a way, as you read this in his own words that are quoted in here. i come across saying, here is a guy who really has no sense of shame. lou: this guy had enablers, co-conspirators, compasses and they were sworn servant of the them or can people. and they behaved in the most dishonorable fashion imaginable and to this point have not been held to account. congressman, as you say difficulty to discuss it because it is gut wrenching to think that the fbi leadership has become and what the agency itself has descended to. cosman could have you with us. thank you so much president trump canceled his weekend trip to poland as a potentially devastating hurricane is barreling toward florida. president trump says he will send vice president mike pence in his place. weather forecasters saying hurricane dorian could slam into florida as a category four hurricane labor day. that would bring life-threatening storm surges along the atlantic coast, high winds of course and poten
this is what james comey did. this is what he did in a way, as you read this in his own words that are quoted in here. i come across saying, here is a guy who really has no sense of shame. lou: this guy had enablers, co-conspirators, compasses and they were sworn servant of the them or can people. and they behaved in the most dishonorable fashion imaginable and to this point have not been held to account. congressman, as you say difficulty to discuss it because it is gut wrenching to think that...
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this is james comey. i don't need a public apoll gee from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. i'll take you back, however, to the i.g. report. what it said further about james comey in those memos that were stored in the safe in his ohm. the oig determined kept copies of four of the seven memos in a personal safe at his home and after his removal as f.b.i. director violated f.b.i. policies and his f.b.i. employment agreement by failing to notify the f.b.i. that he had retained them or to seek authorization to retain them. >> none of us have read the report if full. we're hearing tidbits of it. i would like to see it. if you look at comey is going to the bottom line here, right? we didn't find large wrongdoing and there will be bits and pieces of things he did do wrong and breaches of protocol. the conversation swirling in the last few days. those will be the small pieces. actually sounds reminiscent and i'll wait until i look at it. the indictment, non-in
this is james comey. i don't need a public apoll gee from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. i'll take you back, however, to the i.g. report. what it said further about james comey in those memos that were stored in the safe in his ohm. the oig determined kept copies of four of the seven memos in a personal safe at his home and after his removal as f.b.i. director violated f.b.i. policies and his f.b.i. employment agreement by failing to...
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that's how devious james comey is. and when he gets caught in a lot of these things, he feigns memory loss as he did in his testimony, i think he said 149 times i don't remember. gee. and in interviews when confronted, he pretends that he doesn't know. the dossier? i'm not quite sure i know what that is. christopher steele? i think i've heard that name before. it's those kinds of answers that makes you seriously doubt the credibility of comey. >> host: so if jim comey who really brings ruin to the reputation of the fbi, that's undeniable, but then you have this question about the policies, using your power to stop trump, to push this russia hoax. what, who hires andy mccabe to be the deputy -- [laughter] in this process? like, how does the cast of characters around james comey come together? is that his doing? is it an internal process where it was just kind of inevitable? because how do all these people with left-wing politics and animus toward the duly elected president, how do they all get into the upper echelon? th
that's how devious james comey is. and when he gets caught in a lot of these things, he feigns memory loss as he did in his testimony, i think he said 149 times i don't remember. gee. and in interviews when confronted, he pretends that he doesn't know. the dossier? i'm not quite sure i know what that is. christopher steele? i think i've heard that name before. it's those kinds of answers that makes you seriously doubt the credibility of comey. >> host: so if jim comey who really brings...
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if he does bring a charge against comey, i'd hate to be comey. >> sean: i think i'd hate to be comey. he has the right to remain silent. i advised him to take that right seriously. i'm just going to advise him, not only do you have the right, if i was you, super patriot, i would just shut up, because you are hurting yourself every time you open your big mouth. i can't be any more blunt than that, because i'm a talk show host. >> that only hurts you down the road. so if there was an abuse of the pfizer process, if there was a misleading of the court, by the fbi director, that is a monumental crime, and i would focus on that. >> sean: all right, senator, i know that you will be going through all of this. we appreciate you being with us. when we come back, if you are just joining us, the inspector general has broken the news that john solomon just told us. for the time being, the attorney general has declined. apparently there are bigger issues at play. more than we know about. another video has surfaced. water being doused on new york police officers. we've got the video with our invest
if he does bring a charge against comey, i'd hate to be comey. >> sean: i think i'd hate to be comey. he has the right to remain silent. i advised him to take that right seriously. i'm just going to advise him, not only do you have the right, if i was you, super patriot, i would just shut up, because you are hurting yourself every time you open your big mouth. i can't be any more blunt than that, because i'm a talk show host. >> that only hurts you down the road. so if there was an...
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it's not because of the clintons that trump wanted to fire comey and it was not his idea to fire comey and to his credit, he refused to do that. trump had to get sessions to pressure him. sessions it says no. that's a false narrative and were not going to put it out. days later rosenstein calls andrew mccabe over. andrew mccabe has become the acting fbi director since comey was fired. i want to read a brief passage. they were talking about something relatively innocuous. i report as follows b& rosenstein's gaze shifted toward the closed door to the room somewhere off in the distance. his eyes looked brassy. his voice wavering, his eyes teared up he said he couldn't believe what was happening. the white house was trying to make it look as if it was his idea to fire comey. that wasn't true. the president had asked him to write the memo only after announcing he was firing comey. rosenstein was obviously struggling to keep his emotions in check. mccabe was shocked, rosenstein was confiding in him, essentially calling the president a liar. they barely knew each other but he wanted to be com
it's not because of the clintons that trump wanted to fire comey and it was not his idea to fire comey and to his credit, he refused to do that. trump had to get sessions to pressure him. sessions it says no. that's a false narrative and were not going to put it out. days later rosenstein calls andrew mccabe over. andrew mccabe has become the acting fbi director since comey was fired. i want to read a brief passage. they were talking about something relatively innocuous. i report as follows...
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comey defended his actions on twitter. he wrote this, quote, i don't need a public apology for those who defamed me, but a quick message with a "sorry, we lied about you," would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail or being a liar and leaker, ask yourself why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president. "the washington post" points out today, quote, by now comey's memos are well-known. they described, among other things, how trump had pressed comey for loyalty and had asked him about letting into of an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. here's some of what we heard about the i.g. report tonight on fox news. >> the report shows that from the very beginning of the trump administration comey pursued a partisan political agenda and that he did it in the sleaziest, most feline possible way. >> and as it turns out, america's self-proclaimed superpatriot is nothing more than a dirty, corrupt former bureaucrat that will be in
comey defended his actions on twitter. he wrote this, quote, i don't need a public apology for those who defamed me, but a quick message with a "sorry, we lied about you," would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail or being a liar and leaker, ask yourself why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president. "the washington post" points out today, quote, by now comey's memos are well-known. they described,...
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director james comey. last night, the unemployed hyper partisan bureaucrat made another appearance on cnn. where he continued to impugn the character of the president and float baseless conspiracy theories about trump and russia. watch this. >> do you think the russians have leverage over president trump? >> i don't know the answer to that. do you think it's possible? >> yes. i think the trump presidency risks sending a message that leadership doesn't have to have a moral component. that it's not important in this country for a leader to have external ethical reference points. >> explain how you believe the president of the united states is eating people's souls and how that process takes place. >> yeah, it doesn't make me happy to write that. but it's what i believe. >> comey is now all but rooting for president trump to be impeached and locked up for phantom obstruction of justice charges. but in reality it's comey who could be in serious legal jeopardy. it was comey who leaked sensitive government docum
director james comey. last night, the unemployed hyper partisan bureaucrat made another appearance on cnn. where he continued to impugn the character of the president and float baseless conspiracy theories about trump and russia. watch this. >> do you think the russians have leverage over president trump? >> i don't know the answer to that. do you think it's possible? >> yes. i think the trump presidency risks sending a message that leadership doesn't have to have a moral...
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that is how devious james comey is. when he gets caught in a lot of these things he feigns memory loss as he did in his testimony. i think he said 149 times i don't remember and interviews when confronted he pretends that he does not know that dossier and i'm not quite sure i know what that is. christopher still, i know i've heard that name before but those kinds of answers that really makes you seriously doubt the ability of james comey. >> if he is someone that brings rack and ruin and certainly to the reputation of the fbi that's undeniable but then the question about the policies using power to stop trump to push this russia hoax who hires andy mccabe to be the deputy in all this? how does the cast of characters around james comey come together? is that his doing or internal process or is it inevitable because how do all these people with left-wing politics and an animus towards the duly elected president how do they get into the upper echelon? that cannot happen by anything other than purpose spirit comey surrounde
that is how devious james comey is. when he gets caught in a lot of these things he feigns memory loss as he did in his testimony. i think he said 149 times i don't remember and interviews when confronted he pretends that he does not know that dossier and i'm not quite sure i know what that is. christopher still, i know i've heard that name before but those kinds of answers that really makes you seriously doubt the ability of james comey. >> if he is someone that brings rack and ruin and...
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comey? >> saint james comey, pretty much the same as every other interview. he's always right, he gets to write the moral script. if you deviate from that, if you are rod rosenstein, you lack character. if you or somebody else, your soul has been eaten. well i kept thinking back to, jason, when i asked jim comey, how didwh the russia investigatn get started? who started it? he didn't know it was peter strzok, never read the loinitiation document. you and i served together a long time. the idf and law enforcement just as vigorously as any member of congress but that does not mean they are not opportunities for oversight. comey refuses to believe that any of these decisions should be looked at. so he's always right. everybody else is wrong, and he and clapper and john brennan are validating my concerns that other people, including the president, have had about their objectivity, their comments and demeanor after they left offices. >> jason: director comey is saying that -- he does not like the
comey? >> saint james comey, pretty much the same as every other interview. he's always right, he gets to write the moral script. if you deviate from that, if you are rod rosenstein, you lack character. if you or somebody else, your soul has been eaten. well i kept thinking back to, jason, when i asked jim comey, how didwh the russia investigatn get started? who started it? he didn't know it was peter strzok, never read the loinitiation document. you and i served together a long time. the...
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comey. i think as you can hear from contributors here, i can go over what's in the report more than they can but it was mention of this report so far. >> and chuck, you mentioned earlier, chuck rosenberg is still with us on the phone here. chuck, you mentioned being somewhat i think you used the word torn about this. >> conflicted, yes. >> what did you need to see or hear or learn to help you process this more? i'm curious. >> well, i need to read the entire report and i need to think about it, but i'm not sure i won't be conflicted after i read it either. sometimes we seek a yes or no or black or white answer and we live in a world of gray. julia's point is important as was matt's. when jim comey said in congressional testimony that the fbi closely safeguards sensitive investigative information, that was true, that is true, that will be true tomorrow. it's true in almost every single thing that they do. he didn't do it here. i think you have to look at the context and the context here sthat
comey. i think as you can hear from contributors here, i can go over what's in the report more than they can but it was mention of this report so far. >> and chuck, you mentioned earlier, chuck rosenberg is still with us on the phone here. chuck, you mentioned being somewhat i think you used the word torn about this. >> conflicted, yes. >> what did you need to see or hear or learn to help you process this more? i'm curious. >> well, i need to read the entire report and i...
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we did some checking on jim comey. i'm not a lawyer but most of what we did, politically he was a chameleon. he would tell us he loved president bush and his policies but then talk to liberals and they say james comey secretly he is one of us he is pretty liberal so you got this hodgepodge story and one person who knew him well summarized him by saying the best thing about james comey as he is about james comey. >> i saw that early on as a us attorney in the 19 nineties and i attended a news conference that he held about a case that he had launched. i remember my cameraman walked out with me to the van after the conference and said have you ever seen a guy who loves himself that much? i always remember that because i then saw it vividly in my research for the case and following the case writing columns. james comey i describe as a glorious sanctimonious self-righteous individual who only cares about james comey. >> that was our experience. if you thing to every one of those major jobs he always turned on the person who
we did some checking on jim comey. i'm not a lawyer but most of what we did, politically he was a chameleon. he would tell us he loved president bush and his policies but then talk to liberals and they say james comey secretly he is one of us he is pretty liberal so you got this hodgepodge story and one person who knew him well summarized him by saying the best thing about james comey as he is about james comey. >> i saw that early on as a us attorney in the 19 nineties and i attended a...
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on the part of james comey. how similar the crimes he committed worth to the crimes he was supposedly investigating committed by luke went in and we all know that at the end of that and he decided that despite the fact that she had broken all of the rules, that he decided that he would file no charges. and i really have a hard time seeing how you can make any argument other than that he believes there are certain people who are above the law and those people are people like jim comey and hillary clinton, but you bet that if a lower level fbi -- and by the time this thing is over with, we will probably see this come to fruition, lower level fbi agent or a regular american citizen or another government employee committed this level of crimes, they would go to jail. >> tucker: that's exactly right and some are facing jail now as i often stand the show because it's the starkest example of the double standard. roger stone is facing life for less than this right now. you've lived in washington, covered washington for
on the part of james comey. how similar the crimes he committed worth to the crimes he was supposedly investigating committed by luke went in and we all know that at the end of that and he decided that despite the fact that she had broken all of the rules, that he decided that he would file no charges. and i really have a hard time seeing how you can make any argument other than that he believes there are certain people who are above the law and those people are people like jim comey and...
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trump tied the comey dismissal to the russia investigation. helped prompt the counter intelligence as speblpect of th inquiry. one of these instances was a letter written by trump with the help of steven miller in the days before he fired comey outlining his reasons for doing so. the existence of that letter was previously reported by "the times" which noted then white house counsel don mcgahn intervened and stopped it from being sent. the second instance was this interview that the president did with lester holt two days after he fired comey in which he d discussed his reasoning for doing so. >> there is no good time to do it, by the way. >> because in your letter, you said i accepted their recommendation, so you had already made the decision. >> i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. he made a recommendation, he's highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. the republicans like him, the democrats like him. regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it and in fact, when i decid
trump tied the comey dismissal to the russia investigation. helped prompt the counter intelligence as speblpect of th inquiry. one of these instances was a letter written by trump with the help of steven miller in the days before he fired comey outlining his reasons for doing so. the existence of that letter was previously reported by "the times" which noted then white house counsel don mcgahn intervened and stopped it from being sent. the second instance was this interview that the...
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comey is fired. the fbi comes to distrust the department of justice rod rosenstein and the number two at the justice department had written a letter supporting trump's decision even though he knew what it was sort of about. in the days that followed trump would go on tv and even though his ultimate letter wasn't exactly what you read, he would reveal on live television yeah, i was thinking about the russia investigation when i fired jim comey. rod rosenstein is backed into a corner. the public thinks there's a crisis at the justice department. the fbi does. the justice department doesn't exactly trust the fbi, worried they might retaliate or do something crazy because they just lost their leader. that moment the firing of comey kicks off everything. it ends with mueller's appointment. that brings calm, but that also kind of gives president trump the two years we just saw. >> i mean, is there an alternate universe where the president doesn't fire comey and mueller is never introduced and the last two
comey is fired. the fbi comes to distrust the department of justice rod rosenstein and the number two at the justice department had written a letter supporting trump's decision even though he knew what it was sort of about. in the days that followed trump would go on tv and even though his ultimate letter wasn't exactly what you read, he would reveal on live television yeah, i was thinking about the russia investigation when i fired jim comey. rod rosenstein is backed into a corner. the public...
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that is comey's legacy. turmoil, bias, corruption at the highest levels of what is right there the single greatest law enforcement agency in the entire world tainting the 99% of people that risked their lives for us. if you listen to mr. comey, who thinks he's smarter than us, he thinks he's a super patriot, he knew better than the american people. oh, he could do no wrong whatsoever. everyone else is bad. everyone else is evil. naturally, comey all too happy to parrot democratic talking points about attorney general barr, writing on twitter "the ag should stop sliming his own department. if there are bad facts, show us. or search for them professionally and tell us we found. ag must act like the leader of the department of justice, an organization based on truth. donald trump has enough spokespeople." jim, i suggest a mirror. take a look. according to "the wall street journal," barr is fighting back and reminding comey he is fighting for the presidency, which is his rightful duty in the executive branch. pe
that is comey's legacy. turmoil, bias, corruption at the highest levels of what is right there the single greatest law enforcement agency in the entire world tainting the 99% of people that risked their lives for us. if you listen to mr. comey, who thinks he's smarter than us, he thinks he's a super patriot, he knew better than the american people. oh, he could do no wrong whatsoever. everyone else is bad. everyone else is evil. naturally, comey all too happy to parrot democratic talking points...
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wants to get rid of comey. that's the letter that is sent, but trump is irritated with rosenstein for not mentioning russia in the letter. trump ultimately when he sends his letter to comey, says, you know, dear mr. comey, thank you so much for telling me three times i was not under investigation in the russia inquiry, and what happens is the fbi finds out about that in the following days and they're perplexed as to why is it that trump wanted to mention russia in the letter. what was it that was really driving that? the second thing, as you were pointing out earlier, were his comments to lester holt where he appears to say russia was on his mind when he fired comey. >> you have in here, it is extraordinary, what we have been talking about in the obstruction of justice inquiry has generally up to now really been about the firing of comey, as a way to obstruct the fbi's investigation more broadly, but what you're reporting here is that the fbi came to see the potential obstruction as in and of itself a national
wants to get rid of comey. that's the letter that is sent, but trump is irritated with rosenstein for not mentioning russia in the letter. trump ultimately when he sends his letter to comey, says, you know, dear mr. comey, thank you so much for telling me three times i was not under investigation in the russia inquiry, and what happens is the fbi finds out about that in the following days and they're perplexed as to why is it that trump wanted to mention russia in the letter. what was it that...
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pointed in comey 's direction. as she mentioned, they took linda prosecute. >> i think it points to the culture that jim comey created as director of the fbi. there was a culture of leaking. there was a culture of the highest executives at the fbi, the director, putting their own self interests ahead of the interest of the country. i think it's dangerous with the created at the fbi. where they could make the decision, inconsistent with fbi policy and doj policy, to put their own self interests -- in this case, leaking was memos -- in order to cause a chain of events that the opponent of the special counsel was a result. >> molly: i want to highlight one portion from the report. comey had several other lawful options available to him, which he told us was his goal. making the disclosure. what was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information obtained during fbi employment in order to achieve a personally-desired outcome. and yet, by taking this action, he essentially got with he decided. the
pointed in comey 's direction. as she mentioned, they took linda prosecute. >> i think it points to the culture that jim comey created as director of the fbi. there was a culture of leaking. there was a culture of the highest executives at the fbi, the director, putting their own self interests ahead of the interest of the country. i think it's dangerous with the created at the fbi. where they could make the decision, inconsistent with fbi policy and doj policy, to put their own self...
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you would follow jim comey off a cliff as we used to say. i don't agree with everything he did in connection with the email investigation. i agree, he's a good person and has very strong moral values and i agree with what josh said. >> today rod rosenstein, was his last day at the doj, here's what he said. max, this is for you. >> i leave here confident that justice is in good hands. >> so with barr at the helm is justice in good hands? >> no. >> that was the shortest answer i've ever heard you give, but go on. >> and rosenstein, i think, is undermining his own reputation by the way he is leaving the job basically as a -- somebody who is validating what barr is doing. and remember, you know, he signed off on barr's very deceptive summary of the mueller report which mueller called him out on and barr was very careful to implicate rosenstein in all that because he wanted to make it seem like they agreed on all this stuff and rosenstein went along with that just as he went along when trump fired comey so, you know, i think -- you know, rosenste
you would follow jim comey off a cliff as we used to say. i don't agree with everything he did in connection with the email investigation. i agree, he's a good person and has very strong moral values and i agree with what josh said. >> today rod rosenstein, was his last day at the doj, here's what he said. max, this is for you. >> i leave here confident that justice is in good hands. >> so with barr at the helm is justice in good hands? >> no. >> that was the...
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brangham: the president l fires comey six daer. on page 70, mueller writes that,ig on the of comey's firing, the white house wanted to put out a statement saying it was acting attorneygeneral ra to fire comey. but rosenstein said he wouldn't participate in putting out a false story. desjardins: that same week, the president says this lester holt of nbc news. president trump: and,n fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. desjardins: now, many held that interview up as a clear admission that the president fired comey to obstructhe russia investigation.t eller's report says the full nbc interview actually showed the opposite. on page 74, "the president stened that he understood wh he made the decision to fire comey that the action might prolong the investigation." brangham: mueller's report concludes that the evidence doesn't establish that the w termination of com designed to cover up a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. desjard
brangham: the president l fires comey six daer. on page 70, mueller writes that,ig on the of comey's firing, the white house wanted to put out a statement saying it was acting attorneygeneral ra to fire comey. but rosenstein said he wouldn't participate in putting out a false story. desjardins: that same week, the president says this lester holt of nbc news. president trump: and,n fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is...
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comey is point at mccabe and mccabe is pointing sat comey saying the other gave them the authority to leak. it was andrew mccabe to sent people to comey's house to pick up all the fbi materials and documents. that had to be an interesting psychological thing going on between the two of them where mccabe is saying give me everything you have got, and comey being arrogant. >> i think at that 0 point mccabe is not only in charge of the investigation. other interesting thing that goes on is mueller gets appointed and there is a lot of down side to mueller being appointed. between the two of us we probably spent hours cataloging it. but the interesting thing about it is that wests control of the investigation away from mccabe and the fbi. mccabe is running the investigation and probably wants to make it clear he's capable and fully ready to run the investigation. the other thing that's interesting about this, a couple days before comey was fired he testified in congress that nobody hadder in put political pressure on him to take a law enforcement step at the fbi. two days after he was remo
comey is point at mccabe and mccabe is pointing sat comey saying the other gave them the authority to leak. it was andrew mccabe to sent people to comey's house to pick up all the fbi materials and documents. that had to be an interesting psychological thing going on between the two of them where mccabe is saying give me everything you have got, and comey being arrogant. >> i think at that 0 point mccabe is not only in charge of the investigation. other interesting thing that goes on is...
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he talked about the head of the fbi, james comey. you think he will testify against comey? >> here's what everyone needs to remember. from the first moment was revealed, that he privately briefed donald trump of the trump tower and told him about the dossier but only about the salacious details, it was clear that in fact he was blackmailing the president of the united states and was interesting is that nobody stopped comey. including james baker. remember, that briefing of the president-elect, donald trump, occurred on january 6. the day before on january five there was a meeting -- what were they discussing? the counterintelligence investigations against incoming president of the united states. barack obama knew that james comey was going to blackmail the incoming president of the united states. >> no surprise or, thank you for being with us tonight. up next i sit down with - my family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad, who was alzheimer's. i decided to make shirts for the walk with custom ink, and they just came out perfect. - [announcer] check out our huge s
he talked about the head of the fbi, james comey. you think he will testify against comey? >> here's what everyone needs to remember. from the first moment was revealed, that he privately briefed donald trump of the trump tower and told him about the dossier but only about the salacious details, it was clear that in fact he was blackmailing the president of the united states and was interesting is that nobody stopped comey. including james baker. remember, that briefing of the...
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. >> comey who lied and leaked he's a liar and he's a leaker >> reporter: comey has become a political lightning rod for the right. >> this report confirms it. mr. comey is a meathead he's a political hack. he hurt the fbi badly. >> reporter: but some democrats argue comey did what he had to do at an extraordinary political moment >> we are better off as a nation for james comey having kept these memos and i think they will be important well after this administration wraps up >> reporter: the white house tonight is accusing comey of disgracing himself and his office as comey says he would like to hear sorry we lied about you from his attackers. kristen? >> hallie jackson at the white house, hallie, thank you. >>> the trump administration moved today to roll back federal rules on a greenhouse gas that scientists say is a major contributor to climate change the epa proposed revoking obama era regulations requiring oil and gas sites to monitor and plug methane leaks. environmentalists are threatening to challenge the proposal in court >>> next to the 2020 race democratic front runner joe
. >> comey who lied and leaked he's a liar and he's a leaker >> reporter: comey has become a political lightning rod for the right. >> this report confirms it. mr. comey is a meathead he's a political hack. he hurt the fbi badly. >> reporter: but some democrats argue comey did what he had to do at an extraordinary political moment >> we are better off as a nation for james comey having kept these memos and i think they will be important well after this...
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here's what comey tweets, it's unbelievable. doj i.g. found no evidence that comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the memos to members of the media. now, byron, he's focusing on the media. that's a clever misdirection because the i.g. found that he leaked classified, at least one classified document to his attorneys. which can be a violation of the espionage act. >> you know, the idea -- a leak is not just to a member of the press. gregg: right. >> it's leaking classified information to someone who is not authorized to receive it. and his attorneys were not authorized to receive it. now, i think the reason that the justice department declined prosecution here is that there were some fuzzy areas or there were questions about how much was classified in this whole, in these documents, not a whole lot. some of it was classified after the fact. comey did not link it directly to the press, and i think that this was a case that the justice department just didn't really want to make, especially in
here's what comey tweets, it's unbelievable. doj i.g. found no evidence that comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the memos to members of the media. now, byron, he's focusing on the media. that's a clever misdirection because the i.g. found that he leaked classified, at least one classified document to his attorneys. which can be a violation of the espionage act. >> you know, the idea -- a leak is not just to a member of the press. gregg:...
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comey leengtd confidential information. and comey pursued an investigation of president trump he called a witch hunt by it turned out to be was even worse than a witch hunt. it was an effort to overthrow the trump presidency. tonight i.g. report shows comb yims reckless disregard for law and policies of the fbi as he violated protocol after protocol. in his disgrace comey does not ask for forgiveness, but an apop polly. for that we turn to. catherineher catherineherridge . her are the i.g. found that james comey violated policy. quote we have previously faulted comey for acting iewn lathe lateral lire and inconsistent with department policy. what was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to achieve a personally desired outschool. comey later told congress they believed the memos were his property to share. >> i understood this to be my recollection recorded. as a private citizen i felt free to share that. catherine: but the ig found they were government property. comey used a columbia law sc
comey leengtd confidential information. and comey pursued an investigation of president trump he called a witch hunt by it turned out to be was even worse than a witch hunt. it was an effort to overthrow the trump presidency. tonight i.g. report shows comb yims reckless disregard for law and policies of the fbi as he violated protocol after protocol. in his disgrace comey does not ask for forgiveness, but an apop polly. for that we turn to. catherineher catherineherridge . her are the i.g....
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comey defended his actions on twitter. i don't need a public apology from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail, being a liar and leaker, ask yourselves why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long including the president. matt from the "washington post" points out today, by now, comey's memos are well known. they described among other things how trump had pressed comey for loyalty and had asked him about letting go of an investigation into former national security advise every michael flynn. >> the report shows from the very beginning of the trump administration, comey pursued a partisan political agenda and he did it in the sleaziest, most feline possible way. >> it is a turns out, america's self-proclaimed super patriot is nothing more than a dirty, corrupt, former bureaucrat that will be in serious significantly legal jeopardy as this all unfolds. >> this is the ultimate weasel. he knows what
comey defended his actions on twitter. i don't need a public apology from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail, being a liar and leaker, ask yourselves why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long including the president. matt from the "washington post" points out today, by now, comey's memos are well known. they described among other things how trump had...
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comey really blew a lot of smoke. and never suggested that one of the top intelligence chiefs probably leaked this to the press and, remember, it was the leak to the press that there was a meeting that allowed buzzfeed to then publish the entire dossier. brian: byron, by the way, he doesn't feel his memos were classified. maybe that is consistent in the comey world. the ig report is out. they are not going to prosecute because the department of justice doesn't want. to say he is not out of the woods. what can we expect next when it comes to the fisa applications? >> well, this report from -- about comey is a small part of a much bigger ig report that's supposed to come some time in late september. and it will talk about the entire origins of the trump russia affair wiretapping carter page. we heard a lot about that and using the dossier in that so we should learn a lot more about james comey's efforts in that investigation. brian: byron, do you a great job breaking down complicated convoluted situations. we appreciate
comey really blew a lot of smoke. and never suggested that one of the top intelligence chiefs probably leaked this to the press and, remember, it was the leak to the press that there was a meeting that allowed buzzfeed to then publish the entire dossier. brian: byron, by the way, he doesn't feel his memos were classified. maybe that is consistent in the comey world. the ig report is out. they are not going to prosecute because the department of justice doesn't want. to say he is not out of the...