I’m just wondering when Comey actually wrote these memos. Was it right after the meetings? Or was it a year later when Comey realized he needed some cover for his behavior?
What struck me funny was when he wrote about the classification of his documented lies! Does he have classification authority as head of the FBI? If so, he would not have written what he did regarding classification IMO! If not, he would have known to run it buy his security officer! He did neither, as he indicates AFAICT...meaning it wasn’t actually classified! Why not?
Fake Memos.
I believe it was right after the meetings as it appears he passed them on almost immediately. I’ll have to go back and verify.
I’m thinking that they were current. But his characterization of them was purely deceitful.
He claims he wrote them because he was so taken aback by Trump. But his first memo mentions nothing to get upset over.
He makes several incriminating indications, such as classifying them as secret.
CRUCIALLY: They do include the assertion that Trump demanded his loyalty, BUT CLEARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF MEDIA LEAKS.
He makes clear that from the start, Trump had misgivings about Flynn’s judgment BEFORE the phone call with Russia was revealed. BUT Trump stressed that Flynn had done nothing criminal. He wanted Comey to understand that Flynn was fired for bad judgment, not misdeeds.