Posted on 03/21/2018 4:16:06 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
Scandal: When President Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of lying under oath in a tweet on Saturday, defenders rushed to Comey's aid. But Comey has been saying a lot of things that are decidedly fact challenged.
Trump's tweet was sparked by a statement made by Comey's deputy, Andrew McCabe, after he was fired at the recommendation of the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility.
McCabe had been accused of misleading an inspector general investigation about leaking information to the press about the Hillary Clinton investigation.
In his statement, McCabe forcefully defended his contact with the media, denying that it could even be called a "leak."
"It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the Director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter," McCabe said in his post-firing statement. The "director" he's referring to was James Comey.
As legal scholar Jonathan Turley notes, "that could be viewed as incriminating fired FBI director James Comey, not just in leaking sensitive information but also in lying to Congress."
As Turley and others have noted, Comey was asked under oath in May 2017 whether he had ever authorized anyone to leak information to the press. Comey's answer was an emphatic "no."
If Comey wasn't entirely truthful then, it wouldn't be the first time he's played fast and loose with the truth.
Here's a rundown.
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YES! Most emphatically, YES!
Next question, please.
Is the pope Catholic? No, wait. That doesn’t work anymore.
Does a bear...?
He is a serial dick...eater...
The question answers itself...
There is something very wrong with this guy. Liar? The evidence says yes, but it is something way deeper that that.
Yes, Comey’s a big fat liar. And, if you read his Twitter account, a rather interesting head case.
He’s someone else who needs to be stripped of his pension.
And a serial crook, a serial coverupman, and a serial brown noser
Is the Pope Marxist?
Knew a few folks like him. The term we used to use was ‘pathological liar’. Always had some outrageous story to somehow improve their self esteem but you could see right through them.
A New York lawyer, close friend of the clintons, worked for the biggest dope Bank in world history and director of an FBI sedition effort. Who could ever think he was a Serial liar? LOL /s
Liar? Yes........Corrupt? Yes........Dangerous? Yes.....I got more but I gotta take dog to vet. To be continued.....;)
Let's hang him and find out.
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