Posted on 12/08/2018 3:31:10 PM PST by Texas Fossil
House Lawmakers on Saturday released the transcript of former FBI Director James Comey’s closed-door testimony, just 1-day after being questioned about the FBI’s decisions related to Hillary Clinton's email server and the 2016 presidential election.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Oversight/Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-SC, published the 235-page transcript as a part of an agreement with Comey.
He initially challenged the subpoena to appear before the committee and instead pressed for a public hearing out of concerns his comments would be selectively leaked and taken out of context.
The details of the transcript revealed that Comey left lawmakers frustrated with his lack of specifics.
READ THE FULL COMEY TRANSCRIPT HERE.
According to a statement from Gowdy’s Office, Comey answered “I don’t remember” 71-times, “I don’t know” 166-times and “I don’t recall” 8-times.
When asked if the FBI had any evidence that anyone in the Trump campaign conspired to hack the DNC server, Comey gave a long-winded answer referring to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as to why he couldn’t answer.
“Did we have evidence in July of (2016) that anyone in the Trump campaign conspired to hack the DNC server?” Comey asked rhetorically. “I don't think that the FBI and special counsel want me answering questions that may relate to their investigation of Russian interference during 2016. And I worry that that would cross that line.”
When pressed further by Gowdy about what “factual predicate” the bureau had to launch a counterintelligence investigation, Comey again claimed that answering that question would be a “slope” that would ask him to reveal what the FBI “did or didn’t know about Russia activity” as it related to the 2016 election.
“You can't tell us, or you won't tell us?” Gowdy asks.
...So it's both a can't and a won't,” Comey replied.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Make it happen.
There were several hundred questions he was asked that he failed to answer. For BS reasons. Only understood by him? /sarcasm
BS Indeed.
There are a lot of bulls in Texas, there is a huge amount of their manure deposited here. But Washington DC has a very significant advantage in the contest of pure BS.
Evidently not.
Yes the ComDems are given a pass. The Republicans are arrested in early morning raids and warrantless searches.
But the ComDems always get a pass, they are above the law.
Leave indeed.
Huge list. And no accountability.
Yes, all.
So if we are talking logic
What would Andy mcabe, rod rosenstein, bill preistap or any of the Obama holdovers done for Trump to help clean out the swamp?
And if nothing is happening why are we still hearing about this now? Certainly Hillary and crew would have buried it forever.
If you can’t see the logic of cleaning out the FBI and DOJ before you can clean out the sample you may want to consider changing your screen name.
James Comey - Fired
Jim Rybicki - Fired
Andrew McCabe - Fired
James Baker - Fires
Bill Priestap - removed
Lisa Page - Fired
Peter Strzok-Fired
He lied his ass off. Big surprise.
Yes, real bad.
Because the commie rats protect their own..and the commie media, being in their pocket, protects those rats and makes excuses for them. When Obama had his people at the IRS target Conservatives, didnt hear any outrage from the commie media.imagine the reaction from the same commies if Trump did that to liberal groups
Clintonista’s? Arkansas Mafia.
The time has come to shut down the eff-bee-eye. The entire staff should be shown the door, and not be eligible for ANY position in the federal government.
I understand that there are good people at the lower levels, but they too allowed this to happen. If we are to follow the Nuremberg tradition they are ALL guilty.
Some animals on the farm are more equal than other animals.
Agree. No surprise.
They are answerable! So now, we need a judge to order comey to answer the questions as part of congressional oversight, or go to jail. If that’s not doable because he’s no longer in the fbi, then drag Wray or rosenstein in under the same conditions. The time to stop fiddle-farting around, is long past!
We already know what would happen. If you forget, like Flynn, or Corsi, you’re going to be prosecuted.
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