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'None of it makes much sense': Experts are baffled by Comey's use of a fake [trunc]
BusinessInsider ^ | 31 May 2017 10:37am | Natasha Bertrand

Posted on 06/03/2017 1:57:07 AM PDT by blueplum

Full title: 'None of it makes much sense': Experts are baffled by Comey's use of a fake Russian document to skirt the DOJ

Former FBI, CIA, and Justice Department officials say they are baffled by reports that a fake Russian document affected former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

CNN reported Friday that Comey knew the document — a memo purporting to show collusion between Loretta Lynch, who was then the attorney general, and the Clinton campaign — was fake. That has raised questions about why he used it as justification to skirt the Department of Justice and hold a press conference last summer in which he skewered Clinton for her "extremely careless" use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and defended the bureau's decision not to recommend charges.

{snip} Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told CNN on Sunday that Comey "never once told a member of the House or the Senate that he thought the email was fake" and would have been "incredibly incompetent" to act on a document he knew to be fraudulent.

"I can't imagine a scenario where it's OK for the FBI director to jump in the middle of an election based on a fake email generated by the Russians and not tell the Congress," Graham said.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: comey; graham; lindseygraham; natashabertrand; russiadossier; scottolsen; trumprussia; yates
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the TrumpFile as a 'roadmap' and now a fake memo as justification to circumvent the DoJ? and Congress? what the hay?

What did Obama know and when did he know it?

1 posted on 06/03/2017 1:57:07 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

There is no doubt Comey is a Clinton stooge. That said I still can’t figure out what his end game was in this scenario. The only thing that makes sense is he was trying to break free from the Clinton sphere in favor of something with more gravity. Of course the razors edge says that maybe he just sucked at the job and the game playing.


2 posted on 06/03/2017 2:06:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: blueplum

Or maybe the memo was real or believed to be by Comey. Is that not the most simple explanation? CNN reporting something does not establish it as fact.


3 posted on 06/03/2017 2:13:20 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: mad_as_he$$

Apparently James Comey had access to a LOT of fake documents, all of which consumed his judgment and skewed his course of investigation.

Disinformation works, just about every time it is tried. Right along with fear and intimidation.


4 posted on 06/03/2017 2:16:13 AM PDT by alloysteel (Make America Covfefe Again)
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To: blueplum

attempted to hedge bets because the heat was going up in the kitchen???


5 posted on 06/03/2017 2:16:19 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (If America Cared would a moslem cair?)
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The memo may have been faked but the information is solid which then begs the question “Why is the memo fake?”.

Bottom line, Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch met on a plane on a tarmac at some airport supposedly randomly and 1000 miles from their normal stomping grounds.

We don’t know the precise purpose of the meeting but we do know it’s goal — get Hillary off the hook.


6 posted on 06/03/2017 2:16:47 AM PDT by Fhios
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To: Stingray51

I like your thought


7 posted on 06/03/2017 2:17:12 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (If America Cared would a moslem cair?)
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To: blueplum
Fake but accurate?
8 posted on 06/03/2017 2:20:00 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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So now the reports sbout Bill colluding with Loretta lynch are fake Russian intelligence?

Something is fake and flake here in this interpretation


9 posted on 06/03/2017 2:35:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: silverleaf

Is there a Fluke asking for the taxpayers to pay for her birth control pills yet???


10 posted on 06/03/2017 2:56:31 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (If America Cared would a moslem cair?)
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To: Stingray51

Or maybe the memo was real


^^^^^^This


11 posted on 06/03/2017 2:56:42 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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....chasing 100 red herrings confuses the public. The media,along with key GOP RINOS,
will always cover for Hilda. The public was
spoon fed Monica back in the 90s to cover
the Chinese dumping millions in the White House.
The Clinton Crime family has the $$$$
and the list of well paid stooges to cover for them. The swamp is vast and very deep.


12 posted on 06/03/2017 3:02:21 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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“...fake memo...”

The most likely explanation is that the memo was not fake at all. Comey is dirty and trying to cover up his bad decisions that were made to provide cover to Clinton.


13 posted on 06/03/2017 3:04:31 AM PDT by stonehouse01
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"The memo may have been faked but the information is solid"

Reminds me of demRATs reaction to Wikileaks during the campaign. They were furious about the release of the information, but didn't claim it was fiction.
14 posted on 06/03/2017 3:06:05 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: no-to-illegals

he expected Hillary to win? That was his kompromat against her, her not knowing it was fake, preventing her from firing him? I can’t think of much else


15 posted on 06/03/2017 3:14:57 AM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: Stingray51

My old friend Occam mentioned to me the other that the simplest explanation for Comey’s behavior was not that he thought the document was a fake but rather THAT HE KNEW IT WAS BOTH LEGITIMATE AND TRUE.


16 posted on 06/03/2017 3:16:20 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

As Dan Rather would say, ‘Fake but accurate!’


17 posted on 06/03/2017 3:25:36 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Stingray51

“CNN reporting something does not establish it as fact.” -Stingray51


Quote of the Day.


18 posted on 06/03/2017 3:29:17 AM PDT by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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a memo purporting to show collusion between Loretta Lynch, who was then the attorney general, and the Clinton campaign — was fake. <<

Nope!..there was no meeting on the tarmac with bill Clinton..it was all fake!!......ohhh Wait!....Wrong collusion!!!...it's amazing what crimes can be thrown out in the open involving democrats.....I mean REALLY.....Hillary used a home-brew bathroom server to conduct business at the State dept and destroyed computer evidence by “wiping it with a cloth”......Anthony Weiner has an “Insurance File” with classified material from the State Dept on his personal Sexting computer....No crimes there..Just ask the MSM!!

It truly blows my mind how corrupt this system really is when its all out in the open for everyone to see...The supposedly "free press is so deep in collusion that its Treason!....THINK ABOUT IT!!!.

19 posted on 06/03/2017 3:33:58 AM PDT by M-cubed
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New job.....he could become "Comey the Clown"

20 posted on 06/03/2017 3:37:44 AM PDT by capt. norm (Two can live as cheaply as one...but for only half as long)
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