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Comey acted on Russian intel known to be fake: report
thehill.com ^ | 5/26/17 | Julia Manchester

Posted on 05/26/2017 11:08:30 AM PDT by ColdOne

Former FBI Director James Comey acted on key information created by Russian intelligence in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails that he knew to be fake, CNN reported Friday.

Unidentified officials told CNN that Comey feared that if the information became public it would undermine the investigation as well as the Justice Department itself.

The false information reportedly spurred the then-FBI chief to publicly declare last summer that the investigation into Clinton’s emails was over. Meanwhile, Comey also said that Clinton had been “extremely careless” in her handling of classified information.

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To: piasa
"I think this reporter is twisting the story 180 degrees... the Wash Po came out with the story first and it read quite differently."

I agree. The WaPo never said that Comey KNEW the document to be fake; it said the authenticity of some of the information in the report was in dispute, and still is. The WaPo also said the FBI never interviewed ANY of the specific individuals mentioned in the report, an utterly bizarre course of action.
41 posted on 05/26/2017 12:45:01 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: piasa
"They claim it’s fake only because Amanda Renteria claims she doesn’t know Lynch or some such thing."

I wonder how often the FBI abandons an investigation just because one of the persons of interest claims no knowledge of the matter? Once every thirty years? Is this that "once"?
42 posted on 05/26/2017 12:51:17 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: M-cubed

There is no evidence this bit of intel was created by the DNC. There is also no evidece it is fake, no matter where it really came from. They justify disregarding it by claiming two people whose conversation was noted claim they never knew or met eachother in their life. That’s it. The intel was ignored because the people whose conversation is in the account simply claimed they never spoke. Why their word is being taken at face value when none of these folks would ever take any conservative at face value is the question.


43 posted on 05/26/2017 12:53:25 PM PDT by piasa
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To: ColdOne
Looks like the FBI can't tell the difference between lawful and unlawful, right and wrong, good or bad.....they are useless.
44 posted on 05/26/2017 12:53:36 PM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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To: piasa

Yete they never questioned the two people... huh??


45 posted on 05/26/2017 12:55:53 PM PDT by piasa
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To: ColdOne; Fedora

Earlier version from the WP , strange, desperate sounding spin included....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3554981/posts

Leaves a very different impression.


46 posted on 05/26/2017 12:58:12 PM PDT by piasa
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To: ColdOne
John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI - January 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

Senator John McCain passed documents to the FBI director, James Comey, last month alleging secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Moscow and that Russian intelligence had personally compromising material on the president-elect himself...

47 posted on 05/26/2017 12:58:32 PM PDT by McGruff (The terrorists have elected to receive.)
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To: Voluntaryist

Now trying to back date and backtrack on events to exonerate Billary Inc. further that they lost due to “Russian interference” in the election.

Now that their friend Comey can be thrown under the bus, he can be accused of having false intentions in saying or doing anything that seemed at the time as damaging to Billary, Inc. - whether the alleged intentions or their alleged cause is actually true or not.


48 posted on 05/26/2017 1:02:33 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: piasa

for what it’s worth.......

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/6d9xcm/breaking_ive_found_evidence_that_the_dnc/


49 posted on 05/26/2017 1:08:05 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Wuli

They can accuse all the want; Sessions has the contents of Comey’s office. The RATS have NO IDEA what all was in his communications. They’re flying blind.


50 posted on 05/26/2017 1:10:26 PM PDT by txhurl (Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
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To: combat_boots

They’re putting an AWFUL amount of effort into a story that if taken as Gospel as it was written, would be a nonstory.

I’m betting the intel is accurate; only that would justify them putting it into the “msm revision mill,” where each time it passes through an author’s hands a little is added and a little removed until by the end of the cycle, the story is turned inside out.


51 posted on 05/26/2017 1:10:58 PM PDT by piasa
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To: silverleaf

they are “preparing the battlefield”....they are bringing out Comey after the holidays, and they are trying to defang the story of him colluding with Lynch and Clinton to end the investigation on her..it was killing her in the polls. They are gonna try and blame the Russians as the reason “just had to give that July press conference last year..They know hes gonna get hammered when he testifies, and this story will be the answer he gives..” THE RUSSIANS WERE SO EFFECTIVE...AND I JUST HAD TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY”!!!...its been on cable news all day...gotta give em a A for effort..now, if Sessions would wake up and name a special prosecutor for this real collusion...Lynch was gonna originally save Clinton, but they got caught on the tarmac by a local Arizona reporter...so Comey leaned in and took one for the team. Real problem was...Clinton lost, and it was all done for nothing. I urge everyone to go back and watch Comeys press conference of last July, especially the comments he makes in the first 5 minutes....apply that Clinton was sure to when, and keep him and Lynch on after, its so obvious they colluded to end the investigation with zero charges. A good lawyer would destroy this guy on cross examination


52 posted on 05/26/2017 1:11:48 PM PDT by basalt
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To: piasa

Thanks for link.


53 posted on 05/26/2017 1:12:31 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Chgogal

not really...Comey just got caught up in a scheme to kill his own investigation into Clinton before the election....IT WAS killing her in the polls, and Bill told Lynch she had to stop it...problem was, they got caught on that tarmac, so Comey said “no problem,i’ll go out there and kill it myself”...took one for the team, knowing Hillary would keep him on after. Well. plan got sidetracked when dumbass lost, and now Comey up to neck in this thing...cmon, Sessions, drop the hammer on this guy.


54 posted on 05/26/2017 1:20:02 PM PDT by basalt
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To: basalt

To what do you attribute Sessions’ refusal to sledge ANY hammers? Dot the ts and cross the is, yeah, but is that all?


55 posted on 05/26/2017 1:25:37 PM PDT by txhurl (Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Gave him an excuse to spy on Trump.


56 posted on 05/26/2017 1:28:00 PM PDT by odawg
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To: M-cubed

Thanks, that’s an interesting resource. Have to agree with them on Guccifer2.0


57 posted on 05/26/2017 1:51:51 PM PDT by piasa
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To: basalt

2 quick points. Comey’s story makes no sense and he’s beginning to have multiple strange reasons why he didn’t follow the rules. Second, I heard Comey testify that he stepped in because DOJ could not handle the decision. Very very strange stuff without a good explanation.


58 posted on 05/26/2017 2:00:26 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Voluntaryist

Comey is dirty.


59 posted on 05/26/2017 2:22:27 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Williams

everyone has to look at the Dems behavior before the election last year..it was all predicated that Clinton was gonna win...her losing screwed all their little plans up...unfortunately, for reason i don’t understand, Trump and the DOJ do nothing but sit back and act like they are guilty...they can unclassify and target anybody ,,,reopen any case, and they just sit back on defense over this silly collusion story. I couldn’t believe Trump , after the win, said of Clinton...”just leave them alone, they’ve been through enough, they are good people”..meanwhile, she attacked him and mocked him today about impeachment...medias loving it.


60 posted on 05/26/2017 2:22:36 PM PDT by basalt
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