It seems obvious to me Comey’s leak was orchestrated to appoint a Special Counsel. Worse yet, the Mueller/Comey team is planning a Criminal Investigation that may already be underway. See and hear what McCabe said Wednesday to Senator Reed at the 2:53:50 - 2:54:10 mark:
http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/06/07/watch-live-senate-intel-hearings-wednesday-60717/
Paraphrasing for those not able to put in the time: Senator Reed: (to McCabe) You are not commenting on the conversations between you and Comey because the conversations between Trump and Comey are under Criminal Investigation or may be under Criminal Investigation, is that correct? McCabe answered yes.
Remember this hearing happened a day before Comey’s testimony.
Paraphrasing for those not able to put in the time: Senator Reed: (to McCabe) You are not commenting on the conversations between you and Comey because the conversations between Trump and Comey are under Criminal Investigation or may be under Criminal Investigation, is that correct? McCabe answered yes.
Remember this hearing happened a day before Comey’s testimony.
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I noticed that too. More attention should be paid to that entire hearing with Coats, Rogers, McCabe and Asst Atty Gen.
Looking back, my impression after hearing Comey was that they didn’t want to reveal a private conversation with POTUS, because they had info about Comey’s testimony? Or perhaps as the section mentioned in the post, they knew it was now a criminal investigation?