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Comey edits revealed: Remarks on Clinton probe were watered down, documents show
Fox News ^ | 12/14/17 | Judson Berger

Posted on 12/14/2017 4:39:10 PM PST by x1stcav

Newly released documents obtained by Fox News reveal that then-FBI Director James Comey’s draft statement on the Hillary Clinton email probe was edited numerous times before his public announcement, in ways that seemed to water down the bureau’s findings considerably.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, sent a letter to the FBI on Thursday that shows the multiple edits to Comey’s highly scrutinized statement.

In an early draft, Comey said it was “reasonably likely” that “hostile actors” gained access to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account. That was changed later to say the scenario was merely “possible.”

Another edit showed language was changed to describe the actions of Clinton and her colleagues as “extremely careless” as opposed to “grossly negligent.” This is a key legal distinction.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; comey; email; hillaryclinton; investigation; nongovemails
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To: x1stcav

Didn’t Comeystain previously take credit for the changes to his words?


21 posted on 12/14/2017 5:48:44 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: x1stcav

James POS Commie ALERT!


22 posted on 12/14/2017 6:05:52 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Meet the New Boss
Alan Dershowitz has been on Fox News frequently recently for the purpose of arguing Hillary’s case, that it would be “criminalizing politics” to hold her accountable.

That would be a more reasonable position to take if the neo-liberal deep state had stopped trying to remove Trump after the election was over.

23 posted on 12/14/2017 6:36:46 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: x1stcav

Even though it’s obvious even to Buttons, my cat, Hillary lacks charisma, a fact that she has never accepted. I was just watching her at a podium, apparently thinking she had the audience mesmerized! There’s a reason she can only draw fleas while Trump draws thousands - she’s like a lump of excrement when she’s the main attraction!


24 posted on 12/14/2017 6:46:45 PM PST by Rembrandt
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To: sparklite2
Not that he didn’t think of it first, but that he could never get it down pat.

Now now. It's a proper name.

25 posted on 12/14/2017 6:48:01 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: mac_truck

“That would be a more reasonable position to take if the neo-liberal deep state had stopped trying to remove Trump after the election was over.“

Not even then. There’s nothing reasonable about this at all.

Nothing.

L


26 posted on 12/14/2017 6:59:53 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: x1stcav
gained access to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account

No. Email server, not account. Powell had a private account but there was no classified on it, it was used to circumvent public records laws, and it was hosted by google which is never hacked. Clinton had a server in her bathroom. The whole server was hacked and easy for a hacker to cover up.

27 posted on 12/14/2017 7:03:58 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: x1stcav

In other news, AG Sessions remains in a coma.


28 posted on 12/14/2017 7:14:18 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: x1stcav

document pics of edits...
https://i.redd.it/h18vk33gtz301.jpg


29 posted on 12/15/2017 3:23:57 AM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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