Posted on 06/16/2017 2:55:16 PM PDT by ColdOne
The FBI won’t be publicly releasing any memos that ousted FBI director James Comey wrote about his conversations with President Donald Trump because they might interfere with an ongoing investigation.
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The Hill made requested those memos, citing open records law, on May 16, the day a New York Times report revealed their existence.
Those documents, however, fall under a part of the law that allows agencies to withhold records if they have been “compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information... could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,” according to a letter the FBI sent to The Hill.
Comey told a Senate panel that he wrote the memos recapping conversations with Trump because the longtime FBI director was “honestly concerned that [the president] might lie.”
The memos reportedly include a description of one private conversation with Trump when he allegedly asked Comey to end an investigation into former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had been fired for allegedly misleading the vice president about his contacts with the Russian ambassador, according to the Times report.
“The records responsive to your request are law enforcement records,” the FBI said in its denial. “There is a pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding relevant to these responsive records, and release of the information… could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
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Funny how only Anti-Trump information or LIES are leaked.
Seems everything gets leaked lately anyway.
Only if it will hurt Trump though.
You beat me by a post.
I’m SICK of this ####.
No they won’t because it will favor Trump.
If the memos are law enforcement records, is leaking them a crime by the disgraced controversial former FBI director Comey?
I was going to post :
“What?? the NY Times hasn't published them yet? “
but I got to this thread too late, you beat me.
I have Comey’s memo, now memos in my kitchen if anyone wants them.
I have Comey’s memo, now memos in my kitchen if anyone wants them.
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Someone needs to draw up a where’s Comey’s memos in a where’s Waldo’s format :)
I really question if he even wrote memos...rather made them up as he went along....the guy is not a good man.
This thread explains why that would be a bad idea:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3561615/posts
That would be a cruel joke.
...since they never existed.
“...could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings...”
Which in English means that Comey is a lot more than just under investigation; if true, they are pursuing charges.
I think he wrote them up... after the fact...then they conveniently disappeared.
I agree he’s a bad man and may I add, a very bad actor. I wasn’t buying any of his sugar plum lies during his appearance before Congress.
“”Those documents, however, fall under a part of the law that allows agencies to withhold records if they have been “compiled for law enforcement purposes””
That wasn’t even the purpose of them when they were requested, was it? Gads - Up is down - Down is up - Right is wrong - Wrong is right. It’s a wonder any of us know the time of day anymore.
So, the FBI is “stonewalling” requests for information?
don't exist.
There is no way to guarantee the authenticity of these memos.
Ho do we know when the memo was written??? Do these jerks really think we believe them?
There is no conceivable way that releasing those memos would interfere with the investigation....the only thing being accomplished here is obfuscation.
Naw, leaking the memos would clear things up real quick, they won’t leak anything that will do that!
Besides, Mueller has brought into his team one who is known to have withheld exculpatory evidence.
They need someone who will send innocents to federal prison, the circumstances require it....
Trump, the time for the brass knuckles draws nigh.
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