Posted on 03/06/2017 1:57:12 PM PST by drewh
FBI Director James Comey was incredulous after President Trump claimed former President Barack Obama wiretapped him during the presidential race, according to a new report.
Comey was concerned Trumps allegations would make the FBI look bad, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Monday.
[Comey feels] institutionally he has to push back on this, CNNs source said, citing the magnitude of Trumps accusations and Comeys certainty they are untrue.
It was reported over the weekend that the FBI had asked career personnel at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly dismiss Trump's allegations, which so far has not happened. A U.S. official CNN that Comey was aware of the talks between the FBI and DOJ but did not participate in them.
[Comey] might come out and say only time will tell, but right now [the FBI and DOJ] should be in the exact same place and theyre not, the person familiar with the matter told CNN Monday.
Does he know of possibility there might be a confrontation and be fired by the president? Sure, the source added of Comey. "Does he worry about it? No.
Comey is reportedly frustrated that the DOJ has not pushed back against Trump's claims and is looking for a way for the Justice Department and the FBI to dispute the allegations.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Comey is the same guy who said that Hillary didn’t commit a crime because she didn’t intend to commit one.
THANK YOU. Makes perfect sense.
NSA is apart of the Department of Defense. The head of the NSA is Admiral Mike Rogers, an Obama holdover.
If Rogers and the NSA are involved, we’re closer to a military coup than anyone imagined.
“a person familiar with the matter told CNN” = “unsubstantiated rumor” = typical rumors being published as fake news by CNN/WaPo/NYT
So this week’s Comey’s a “good guy” to the MSM again. It’s so hard to keep up.
Incredulous, huh?
Well so am I. I’m incredulous that Comey isn’t sharing a jail cell with Hillary, Lynch and a whole host of other co-criminals.
Trump should ask for legislation that would tax all income all former presidents and their spouses make off of their past presidencies at 95%.
Obama’s $60 million book deal would net him $3 million
CNNs anonymous source is the men’s room attendant.
He hears all.
Fake! Do not fall for this. Remember Trey Gowdy’s warning on Thursday, and all we’ve learned in the last year.
No source named = VERY FAKE
Right on! Dana Peroxide was just livid that Trump accused Obama personally.
I read on another site (Breitbart comments) that Comey dropped the investigation on Hillary because she knew about the FBI taps and was blackmailing him. Who knows for sure. I also read that Bill Clinton called in favor to Lynch (since he appointed her to judgeship way back when) to do the tap so perhaps Lynch did it without Comey’s knowledge? Hillary tweeted about the tap on 10/31/16. How did she know about it?
I dont recall the FBI being pointed as the ones who were doing the surveillance President Trump tweeted about.
I’d like to watch Mark Levin and Comey face to face
I’d do pay per view
I concur. Must be a reason Comey was kept in
Comey could have stopped all this Russia BS with a single press conference putting the democrat lie to bed once and for all and he wouldn’t. So Trump joined the battle and fired a full broadside against the FBI and the intel thugs. Too late now Comey the cat litter has been pissed in.
At least they are quoting "Sources" again. /s
For the record, Team Trump has gone dark on me for over a week, and specifically any queries I EVER had about Comey were not responded to.
Maybe the reason the DOJ doesn’t refute is because they can’t. Maybe Comey is telling us something
Unless, and until, it comes out of his mouth LIVE and televised I’m not believing a thing reported about what he might have said.
I don’t recall the FBI being “institutionally” offended when the NY Times on JAN 19, 2017, mentioned the wiretapping of Trump being reported to the White House.
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