Posted on 06/08/2017 4:13:54 PM PDT by sdthree
During the hearing, Senator Susan Collins asked Comey if he had shown copies of his memos to “anyone outside” of the Justice Department.
Comey replied, “yes,” saying he made the decision to do so after President Trump tweeted about possible audio recordings the day after he was fired.
However, that information seems to be inaccurate, because the memo was leaked to the New York Times May 11th and President Trump tweeted on the 12th.
Comey said he hoped to benefit from that leak.
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In my fantasy my top cop is tough! Lol
In my fantasy my top cop is tough! Lol
My take on Trump’s comment about “Tapes” is that the FBI or DOJ had together with the former administration bugged the White House. There were articles describing the un-secure state of the White House, hence those trips to Marlago for a more secure environment with heads of state and other important discussions. Until the White House is debugger, err ah, refinished inside to address security measures... then all the those Tapes were not Trump’s but rather the Spy Agencies/DoJ/Deep State. Trump is too coy and many do not have the temperment to understand the nunance of what Trump speaks/tweets.
It’s not a technicality. He did not share the contents of the memos with the N.Y. Times until the 15th. That is what he testified to today. Someone else was the basis of the story on the 11th.
When were the memos (allegedly) created?
President Trump probably made the decision to let Comey go the minute he asked him about loyalty and got the hesitant answer. According to Comey memo, he was asked a second time..a second chance. Trump is no dummy. He had his number from early on. He likes people and wants to have faith in them but will not hesitate on letting them go. He interviewed everyone one on one..what was Comey so scared of?
Perhaps, but the content of those memos was how Comey relayed the supposed events to his colleagues, right? Isn’t that what Comey said? He wrote the memos (supposedly) right after the meeting and shared that with friends.
Thus the memo contents are what the people in the May 11 piece were divulging.
Could that be it?
>>>When were the memos (allegedly) created?
He testified that they were written immediately after his meetings with the President?
It could be, but that would not contradict his testimony that he first had the memo leaked to the Times on the 15th.
He is a delusional leaker!
>>>He is a delusional leaker!
That may well be, but that doesn’t constitute perjury.
Interesting, I thought it was debunked by a FReeper, yet again. Either way, is informative and I’ll wait to see if anyone in the MSM notices. Still, the timeline allows for the possibility that Comey was telling the truth here.
We do not know the source of the leak on the 11th, and given that Comey has admitted to leaking material (to a go-between) he may well have been the source on the 11th through the same devious channels.
The tweet wasn't his justification. He claimed the tweet gave him confidence, because the existence of the tape would corroborate his memo, otherwise it would have been Comey's word against Trump's word.
His justification for leaking was to trigger the appointment of a special counsel.
He has admitted leaking a privileged or confidential communication for the purpose of invoking special counsel against Trump.
To the question of committing perjury before Grassley's committee, I believe the timing of THIS set of leaks (May 11 for one of them) post dates his testimony to Grassley. But for materiality, the subject there was finding leaks and leakers, and Comey denied ever leaking - clearly material under THAT question.
Maybe Comey got H3ll’s complimentary membership to the gym.
Or maybe he doesn’t want to die twice.
On vacation.
With a pillow over his coiffed hair.
>>>he may well have been the source on the 11th through the same devious channels.
He may well have been the source, but at this time there is no evidence. Until such evidence comes to light, he can’t be charged with perjury.
Bump for reference
Well, maybe the memo specifically and overtly, but the contents of the memo are essential, right? If the contents (as opposed to the blatant existence) are exposed, isn’t it a distinction without a difference?
I am not a lawyer and didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, just thinking out loud.
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