Key Takeaways From Comey Testimony

[BlackFlag]

The Steele Dossier did not start this, though much of what's in it has now been verified. You seem to be hoping that Trump and his cabal get away with their crimes.

great. we now shift the goal posts.

the dossier was used *as verified* to get the FISA warrants. pretty sure that's pretty illegal. also, i would be arguing points of law regardless of who it was for. you see, i am not going to excuse bad behavior cause i either like one side or hate the other.

we've got more than enough people out there doing that now.

The investigation began before the dossier. If it is illegal to issue a warrant before a trusted source is fully verified, as in your amateur opinion and in that of desperate partisans trying to make a buck off of you, then it will be overturned. Until then, I invite the GOP to launch an investigation into Hillary, which they won't.

You're wrong of course, there is already an investigation going on into her "foundation".

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

 

[Ambivalent1]

great. we now shift the goal posts.

the dossier was used *as verified* to get the FISA warrants. pretty sure that's pretty illegal. also, i would be arguing points of law regardless of who it was for. you see, i am not going to excuse bad behavior cause i either like one side or hate the other.

we've got more than enough people out there doing that now.

The investigation began before the dossier. If it is illegal to issue a warrant before a trusted source is fully verified, as in your amateur opinion and in that of desperate partisans trying to make a buck off of you, then it will be overturned. Until then, I invite the GOP to launch an investigation into Hillary, which they won't.

You're wrong of course, there is already an investigation going on into her "foundation".

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

(shrugs) You got caught being stupid.

 

[BlackFlag]

The investigation began before the dossier. If it is illegal to issue a warrant before a trusted source is fully verified, as in your amateur opinion and in that of desperate partisans trying to make a buck off of you, then it will be overturned. Until then, I invite the GOP to launch an investigation into Hillary, which they won't.

You're wrong of course, there is already an investigation going on into her "foundation".

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

(shrugs) You got caught being stupid.

 

[Ambivalent1]

You're wrong of course, there is already an investigation going on into her "foundation".

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

(shrugs) You got caught being stupid.

At least you learned that there is indeed an investigation going on. That's a start. You may have the last word little boy.

 

[BlackFlag]

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

(shrugs) You got caught being stupid.

At least you learned that there is indeed an investigation going on. That's a start. You may have the last word little boy.

How many is that now?

 

[Crepitus]

Key Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony Before Congress

this is from sharyl attkisson who doesn't play sides, just presents the facts as they are. they certainly don't look good for comey and company.

some of the highlights:
Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview
Comey said he doesn’t know who drafted the questions for Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview. He says he didn’t read them. The FBI didn’t record the interview. Comey said he also doesn’t remember why Clinton’s interview wasn’t conducted before a grand jury (p. 38).

Comey said he doesn’t know for sure why the witnesses in the Clinton email investigation weren’t subpoenaed and questioned before the grand jury. He says the FBI investigative team deemed it unnecessary (p. 212).

Comey would later tell the DOJ Inspector General that prior to Hillary’s interview he didn’t think there was any “there there.” (Comey says he doesn’t remember saying this to the IG, but agrees he did say it because it’s reflected in a transcript.) (p. 39).

Comey says the fact that he drafted a memo concluding Clinton shouldn’t be prosecuted, two months before her FBI interview, doesn’t indicate that he’d prejudged the case before the facts were in (p. 42).

Comey says he doesn’t know whether anyone at the FBI or DOJ shared the questions for Clinton in advance with her attorney Cheryl Mills or attorney Heather Samuelson (p. 211).
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The Democrats’ Steele ‘dossier’
Comey says he never met Christopher Steele (p. 109, 114).

Note: Steele is the author of the anti-Trump opposition research “dossier” that the FBI presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court to obtain wiretaps on Trump associate Carter Page.

Comey says he doesn’t know how long the FBI relied on Steele as a source and doesn’t know the particulars of FBI agreements with sources (p. 109, 114).

Comey says that as FBI Director, he never knew that Steele worked for a political opposition research firm hired by a law firm paid by the Democratic National Committee. Comey believed Republicans had first funded the dossier prior to Democrats (p. 112).

Note: Republicans had begged off on the opposition research project prior to Steele being hired. Steele was hired under the Democrats.

Comey says he doesn’t think Steele had any direct knowledge about collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia (pp. 123-124).

Comey says he’s not sure how Steele’s dossier got to the FBI. Comey says he doesn’t know what steps the FBI took to verify Steele’s information before or after the FBI presented it to the FISA court. He says the FBI was still “evaluating” the information months after using it in court. Comey says the FBI made efforts to identify Steele’s sources, but he doesn’t remember if they were able to (p. 115, 118).

Comey says he reviewed and signed the Oct. 21, 2016, FBI wiretap application against Carter Page. Comey says he didn’t know details, he simply signed off procedurally. He doesn’t remember if the paperwork was entitled “verified application.” Comey remembers the FBI alleged Page was working for or with the Russian government, but Comey doesn’t recall if the application mentioned “probable cause” (pp. 113, 121, 123).

Analysis: The issue of “verification” of the dossier is crucial. Intel sources say presenting a single unverified fact to the FISA court violates the FBI’s strict Woods Procedures installed to prevent the FBI from obtaining wiretaps based on false or questionable information. There seems to be no recognition by Comey or anyone else of these important FBI rules or how the FBI apparently violated them. Comey appears to have taken a surprisingly hands-off approach in terms of oversight when it came to the controversial wiretapping of a political campaign associate in an election year.

When Comey signed off the wiretap, he says the FBI’s corroboration of Steele’s information was “in its infancy” or only “minimally corroborated.” Comey acknowledges he signed off on the wiretap as “verified” even though the information was unverified. He said he did so because the information came from “a reliable source” with “a good track record” (p. 126).
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Comey said the tarmac meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton five days before Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview was problematic and “potentially inappropriate.” Comey acknowledges he didn’t take steps to find out the substance of the conversation (pp. 33-34).

Comey says he also learned of “material” that, if made public, “would be used to cast doubt on whether [Lynch] had acted appropriately” in the Hillary investigation (p. 35). He did not say what the material entailed.

Context: Comey first revealed the existence of the Lynch “material” in his book. According to a report on CNN, the material may refer to discussions between Lynch and Clinton staffer Amanda Renteria or former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. However, Lynch has denied discussing “any aspect of the investigation” with them.

Comey said there was “the appearance of conflict or the appearance that [Lynch] was compromised in some fashion” (p. 48).

Comey also said that Lynch should have recused herself from the Clinton investigation (p. 77).

Comey says he raised his concerns about Lynch’s objectivity with Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and that Lynch was subsequently “briefed and interviewed about the nature of that material” by McCabe and others (p. 36).

Note: McCabe was battling his own appearance of bias with his wife, Jill McCabe, a political candidate, receiving a large amount of campaign funds from Clinton connections.

Analysis: Lynch, McCabe, Strzok, and Page were key players in the Clinton email probe who ended up with conflicts of interest or the appearance of bias. Comey expressed no concern over the question of whether Lynch’s tarmac meeting and refusal to recuse may have amounted to obstruction of justice.
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and so much more they all did so wrong.

Key takeaways from Comeny testimony translated: ALL DA CONSPIRACIES IS TRUE!!! HILLARY'S GOING TO JAIL! ALL THE FBI IS GOING TO JAIL! LORETTA LYNCH IS GOING TO JAIL! MUELLER IS GOING TO JAIL!!!!!!!!! NO MORE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!

ANY DAY NOW!!!

 

[BlackFlag]

Key Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony Before Congress

this is from sharyl attkisson who doesn't play sides, just presents the facts as they are. they certainly don't look good for comey and company.

some of the highlights:
Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview
Comey said he doesn’t know who drafted the questions for Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview. He says he didn’t read them. The FBI didn’t record the interview. Comey said he also doesn’t remember why Clinton’s interview wasn’t conducted before a grand jury (p. 38).

Comey said he doesn’t know for sure why the witnesses in the Clinton email investigation weren’t subpoenaed and questioned before the grand jury. He says the FBI investigative team deemed it unnecessary (p. 212).

Comey would later tell the DOJ Inspector General that prior to Hillary’s interview he didn’t think there was any “there there.” (Comey says he doesn’t remember saying this to the IG, but agrees he did say it because it’s reflected in a transcript.) (p. 39).

Comey says the fact that he drafted a memo concluding Clinton shouldn’t be prosecuted, two months before her FBI interview, doesn’t indicate that he’d prejudged the case before the facts were in (p. 42).

Comey says he doesn’t know whether anyone at the FBI or DOJ shared the questions for Clinton in advance with her attorney Cheryl Mills or attorney Heather Samuelson (p. 211).
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The Democrats’ Steele ‘dossier’
Comey says he never met Christopher Steele (p. 109, 114).

Note: Steele is the author of the anti-Trump opposition research “dossier” that the FBI presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court to obtain wiretaps on Trump associate Carter Page.

Comey says he doesn’t know how long the FBI relied on Steele as a source and doesn’t know the particulars of FBI agreements with sources (p. 109, 114).

Comey says that as FBI Director, he never knew that Steele worked for a political opposition research firm hired by a law firm paid by the Democratic National Committee. Comey believed Republicans had first funded the dossier prior to Democrats (p. 112).

Note: Republicans had begged off on the opposition research project prior to Steele being hired. Steele was hired under the Democrats.

Comey says he doesn’t think Steele had any direct knowledge about collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia (pp. 123-124).

Comey says he’s not sure how Steele’s dossier got to the FBI. Comey says he doesn’t know what steps the FBI took to verify Steele’s information before or after the FBI presented it to the FISA court. He says the FBI was still “evaluating” the information months after using it in court. Comey says the FBI made efforts to identify Steele’s sources, but he doesn’t remember if they were able to (p. 115, 118).

Comey says he reviewed and signed the Oct. 21, 2016, FBI wiretap application against Carter Page. Comey says he didn’t know details, he simply signed off procedurally. He doesn’t remember if the paperwork was entitled “verified application.” Comey remembers the FBI alleged Page was working for or with the Russian government, but Comey doesn’t recall if the application mentioned “probable cause” (pp. 113, 121, 123).

Analysis: The issue of “verification” of the dossier is crucial. Intel sources say presenting a single unverified fact to the FISA court violates the FBI’s strict Woods Procedures installed to prevent the FBI from obtaining wiretaps based on false or questionable information. There seems to be no recognition by Comey or anyone else of these important FBI rules or how the FBI apparently violated them. Comey appears to have taken a surprisingly hands-off approach in terms of oversight when it came to the controversial wiretapping of a political campaign associate in an election year.

When Comey signed off the wiretap, he says the FBI’s corroboration of Steele’s information was “in its infancy” or only “minimally corroborated.” Comey acknowledges he signed off on the wiretap as “verified” even though the information was unverified. He said he did so because the information came from “a reliable source” with “a good track record” (p. 126).
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Comey said the tarmac meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton five days before Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview was problematic and “potentially inappropriate.” Comey acknowledges he didn’t take steps to find out the substance of the conversation (pp. 33-34).

Comey says he also learned of “material” that, if made public, “would be used to cast doubt on whether [Lynch] had acted appropriately” in the Hillary investigation (p. 35). He did not say what the material entailed.

Context: Comey first revealed the existence of the Lynch “material” in his book. According to a report on CNN, the material may refer to discussions between Lynch and Clinton staffer Amanda Renteria or former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. However, Lynch has denied discussing “any aspect of the investigation” with them.

Comey said there was “the appearance of conflict or the appearance that [Lynch] was compromised in some fashion” (p. 48).

Comey also said that Lynch should have recused herself from the Clinton investigation (p. 77).

Comey says he raised his concerns about Lynch’s objectivity with Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and that Lynch was subsequently “briefed and interviewed about the nature of that material” by McCabe and others (p. 36).

Note: McCabe was battling his own appearance of bias with his wife, Jill McCabe, a political candidate, receiving a large amount of campaign funds from Clinton connections.

Analysis: Lynch, McCabe, Strzok, and Page were key players in the Clinton email probe who ended up with conflicts of interest or the appearance of bias. Comey expressed no concern over the question of whether Lynch’s tarmac meeting and refusal to recuse may have amounted to obstruction of justice.
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and so much more they all did so wrong.

Key takeaways from Comeny testimony translated: ALL DA CONSPIRACIES IS TRUE!!! HILLARY'S GOING TO JAIL! ALL THE FBI IS GOING TO JAIL! LORETTA LYNCH IS GOING TO JAIL! MUELLER IS GOING TO JAIL!!!!!!!!! NO MORE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!

ANY DAY NOW!!!

This investigation will be different! DIFFERENT! PLEASE!

 

[iceberg]

The investigation began before the dossier. If it is illegal to issue a warrant before a trusted source is fully verified, as in your amateur opinion and in that of desperate partisans trying to make a buck off of you, then it will be overturned. Until then, I invite the GOP to launch an investigation into Hillary, which they won't.

You're wrong of course, there is already an investigation going on into her "foundation".

Year 38 of "she's going to jail anytime now." The stupid has consumed you.

Deflection again. YOU said that they would NEVER start another investigation. It's been going on for awhile now. Time to grow up little boy.

Good luck little guy. You'll get her this time

(shrugs) You got caught being stupid.

its a hobby of his.

 

[DustyInfinity]

I'll guess we will see if the democrat immunity is invulnerable. I love all of Clinton's little cheerleaders singing she can never get caught. Why would you cheer for someone to get away with breaking the law? Even Democrats admit she is more crooked than a three dollar bill, yet the cheerleaders still party every time she gets away with something.

 

[Crepitus]

Key Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony Before Congress

this is from sharyl attkisson who doesn't play sides, just presents the facts as they are. they certainly don't look good for comey and company.

some of the highlights:
Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview
Comey said he doesn’t know who drafted the questions for Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview. He says he didn’t read them. The FBI didn’t record the interview. Comey said he also doesn’t remember why Clinton’s interview wasn’t conducted before a grand jury (p. 38).

Comey said he doesn’t know for sure why the witnesses in the Clinton email investigation weren’t subpoenaed and questioned before the grand jury. He says the FBI investigative team deemed it unnecessary (p. 212).

Comey would later tell the DOJ Inspector General that prior to Hillary’s interview he didn’t think there was any “there there.” (Comey says he doesn’t remember saying this to the IG, but agrees he did say it because it’s reflected in a transcript.) (p. 39).

Comey says the fact that he drafted a memo concluding Clinton shouldn’t be prosecuted, two months before her FBI interview, doesn’t indicate that he’d prejudged the case before the facts were in (p. 42).

Comey says he doesn’t know whether anyone at the FBI or DOJ shared the questions for Clinton in advance with her attorney Cheryl Mills or attorney Heather Samuelson (p. 211).
-----
The Democrats’ Steele ‘dossier’
Comey says he never met Christopher Steele (p. 109, 114).

Note: Steele is the author of the anti-Trump opposition research “dossier” that the FBI presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court to obtain wiretaps on Trump associate Carter Page.

Comey says he doesn’t know how long the FBI relied on Steele as a source and doesn’t know the particulars of FBI agreements with sources (p. 109, 114).

Comey says that as FBI Director, he never knew that Steele worked for a political opposition research firm hired by a law firm paid by the Democratic National Committee. Comey believed Republicans had first funded the dossier prior to Democrats (p. 112).

Note: Republicans had begged off on the opposition research project prior to Steele being hired. Steele was hired under the Democrats.

Comey says he doesn’t think Steele had any direct knowledge about collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia (pp. 123-124).

Comey says he’s not sure how Steele’s dossier got to the FBI. Comey says he doesn’t know what steps the FBI took to verify Steele’s information before or after the FBI presented it to the FISA court. He says the FBI was still “evaluating” the information months after using it in court. Comey says the FBI made efforts to identify Steele’s sources, but he doesn’t remember if they were able to (p. 115, 118).

Comey says he reviewed and signed the Oct. 21, 2016, FBI wiretap application against Carter Page. Comey says he didn’t know details, he simply signed off procedurally. He doesn’t remember if the paperwork was entitled “verified application.” Comey remembers the FBI alleged Page was working for or with the Russian government, but Comey doesn’t recall if the application mentioned “probable cause” (pp. 113, 121, 123).

Analysis: The issue of “verification” of the dossier is crucial. Intel sources say presenting a single unverified fact to the FISA court violates the FBI’s strict Woods Procedures installed to prevent the FBI from obtaining wiretaps based on false or questionable information. There seems to be no recognition by Comey or anyone else of these important FBI rules or how the FBI apparently violated them. Comey appears to have taken a surprisingly hands-off approach in terms of oversight when it came to the controversial wiretapping of a political campaign associate in an election year.

When Comey signed off the wiretap, he says the FBI’s corroboration of Steele’s information was “in its infancy” or only “minimally corroborated.” Comey acknowledges he signed off on the wiretap as “verified” even though the information was unverified. He said he did so because the information came from “a reliable source” with “a good track record” (p. 126).
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Comey said the tarmac meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton five days before Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview was problematic and “potentially inappropriate.” Comey acknowledges he didn’t take steps to find out the substance of the conversation (pp. 33-34).

Comey says he also learned of “material” that, if made public, “would be used to cast doubt on whether [Lynch] had acted appropriately” in the Hillary investigation (p. 35). He did not say what the material entailed.

Context: Comey first revealed the existence of the Lynch “material” in his book. According to a report on CNN, the material may refer to discussions between Lynch and Clinton staffer Amanda Renteria or former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. However, Lynch has denied discussing “any aspect of the investigation” with them.

Comey said there was “the appearance of conflict or the appearance that [Lynch] was compromised in some fashion” (p. 48).

Comey also said that Lynch should have recused herself from the Clinton investigation (p. 77).

Comey says he raised his concerns about Lynch’s objectivity with Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and that Lynch was subsequently “briefed and interviewed about the nature of that material” by McCabe and others (p. 36).

Note: McCabe was battling his own appearance of bias with his wife, Jill McCabe, a political candidate, receiving a large amount of campaign funds from Clinton connections.

Analysis: Lynch, McCabe, Strzok, and Page were key players in the Clinton email probe who ended up with conflicts of interest or the appearance of bias. Comey expressed no concern over the question of whether Lynch’s tarmac meeting and refusal to recuse may have amounted to obstruction of justice.
------

and so much more they all did so wrong.

Key takeaways from Comeny testimony translated: ALL DA CONSPIRACIES IS TRUE!!! HILLARY'S GOING TO JAIL! ALL THE FBI IS GOING TO JAIL! LORETTA LYNCH IS GOING TO JAIL! MUELLER IS GOING TO JAIL!!!!!!!!! NO MORE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!

ANY DAY NOW!!!

This investigation will be different! DIFFERENT! PLEASE!

LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!

 

[basquebromance]

the prospect of a Comey cover-up was fueled by the inexplicable actions of the FBI when it destroyed the laptops of Samuelson and Heather Mills. Why would the FBI destroy computers with classified info contained therein?

the FBI itself committed crimes by destroying evidence relevant to its own criminal investigation

 

[basquebromance]

there's more.

Mills was allowed to sit in on the interview with Clinton as her lawyer. someone who is supposedly cooperating against the target of the investigation permitted to sit by the target as counsel violates any semblance of ethical responsibility!

 

[basquebromance]

"every agent i have spoken to is embarrassed and has lost respect for Comey and Lynch. the bar for DOJ is whether evidence supports a case for charges. it did here. it should have been taken to a grand jury

the FBI has politicized itself, and its reputation will suffer for a long time. i hold Comey responsible

the outcome was predetermined by design. Comey's a coward" - FBI source

 

[Siete]

Key takeaways ----

33 indictments
5 plea deals
1 prison term and counting ...

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