James Comey Admits He Didn’t Tell Trump that Democrats Financed Dossier

Breitbart ^ | Dec. 20, 2018 | Aaron Klein

[Mr. Mojo]

NEW YORK — In testimony, James Comey admitted that when he infamously briefed then President-elect Donald Trump about the controversial dossier, Comey did not inform the incoming president about who financed the document.

The detail, contained in a second round of Comey’s testimony released earlier this week, is particularly relevant since the embattled former FBI director admitted in testimony two weeks ago that he was aware the dossier authored by former British spy Christopher Steele was financed by Democrats who opposed Trump.

Comey’s seeming withholding of information from Trump about the political origins of the dossier raises further questions. Comey last year stated that he pushed back against a request from Trump to possibly investigate the origins of “salacious material” – meaning the dossier — that the agency possessed in the course of its investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

In testimony before the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees on Monday, Comey was asked whether he informed Trump about the dossier’s financing.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked: “In this meeting, did you tell the President who had financed the dossier?”

“No,” was Comey’s simple reply.

Jordan was referring to Comey’s early January 2017 official briefing to Trump about the dossier. That briefing was subsequently leaked to the news media, with CNN on January 10, 2017 breaking the story that the contents of the dossier were presented during classified briefings one week earlier to Trump and then-President Barack Obama.

Prior to CNN’s report leaking the briefings, which was picked up by news agencies worldwide, the contents of the dossier had been circulating among news media outlets, but the sensational claims were largely considered too risky to publish.

[FreedBird]

The media has to read Democrat Talking Points. The media is not going to change.

[marajade]

I feel Comey had a plan to get Trump.

[Baynative]

People often say the Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Ohr, Page, Mueller and friends are just a few bad apples.

I believe they are examples of the culture that pervades the intelligence community.

[Liz]

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

US CONGRESS SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121

Contact DOJ---Comment Line: 202-353-1555 Switchboard: 202-514-2000

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TALKING POINTS----MISUSE OF POSITION AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
SOURCE https://www.justice.gov/jmd/misuse-position-and-government-resources
A govt employee may not use his official position, including information learned by virtue of his position, for his personal benefit or for the benefit of others.

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The FBI’s unprecedented criminal efforts to steer a presidential election and frame a newly elected president serves as Exhibit A for MISUSE OF POSITION AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES------a govt employee may not use his official position, including information learned by virtue of his position, for his personal benefit or for the benefit of others. Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Baker, Ohr, Yates, Priestap — there are more---took unlawful action — were negligent or complicit with a clear goal: get Hillary elected by stopping candidate Trump. The FBI willfully and corruptly faked a counter-intelligence investigation to smear and destroy Trump.

The FBI on Friday sent a classified letter to House GOP officials disclosing whether the agency used top-secret confidential informants in the Trump campaign prior to opening an investigation into Russian election meddling, Fox News has learned. Congressional Republicans had formally demanded an explanation from the FBI after numerous former Trump officials said they suspected the agency had attempted to infiltrate the campaign. In a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes, R-Calif., obtained by Fox News, the FBI says its confidential explanation outlines whether the "FBI utilized confidential human sources prior to the issuance of the Electronic Communication initiating that investigation."

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[dznutz]

no one will ever believe in Law again absent military trials and hangings.

I agree. If the guilty don’t hang, like the she-devil predicted, rule of law is dead in this nation. No prison terms , or life sentences, because if the leftists get back into power, they will pardon the guilty.

[z3n]

Trump was careful enough to avoid these tricks. Probably he could sense these deviant’s anxiety to his proper election and didn’t trust them too far.
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Trump is probably used to people in the private (and public) sector trying to get one over on him.

Not me, I’d probably have been a lot more like Flynn. “Suuuuuure... send some agents down for a little chat and tour of the white house.”

snakes

[Rurudyne]

Didn’t tell the FISA Court either from what I’ve heard.

[ConservativeMind]

I want the electric chair and would pay extra for a picture from which I could make a good poster for home use.

[jjotto]

Buried in the details of FISA is the specific notation that info used to obtain FISA warrants need not meet the standard of reasonable suspicion that normal American justice system warrants must meet, and the normal standards aren’t that high to start with.

If suspicion of illegal conduct was reasonable, the warrants needed would be issued by normal courts and investigated normally by US attorneys and the FBI. There would be no need to invoke FISA.

FISA is sloppy legislation and Chief Justice Roberts has been derelict in supervision of FISA courts, even if he isn’t an outright conspirator.

[Rurudyne]

If we were gonna do THAT we’d need an Electric Bleachers.

[MissEdie]

Why isn’t Comey sitting in a prison cell???

[rjsimmon]

Buried in the details of FISA is the specific notation that info used to obtain FISA warrants need not meet the standard of reasonable suspicion that normal American justice system warrants must meet, and the normal standards aren’t that high to start with.

I had read about that as well. My heartburn with it is, it would be considered fruit from the poisoned tree. Since the warrant is essentially illegal due to it being based upon false information, anything discovered due to its execution would be illegal.

[Sacajaweau]

I thought they didn't even know at that point in time...AND they had investigated none of it. Sop what was the re4al reason for sitting down with the President?

I still believe Comey was wearing a wire....and didn't run to his limo and type up all the conversation.

And we were worried about 19 missing minutes?

[central_va]

Why isn’t he standing in front of a wall with a blind fold on?

[milagro]

Dammit, Comey and his cronies were HELL bent on subverting the process by which our nation chooses its leader, and UNLAWFULLY used their government positions to OBSTRUCT the outcome of an election.
Thus, THAT obstruction, as opposed to the actions of the duly-elected President, is what is CRIMINAL, and MUST be subjected to the fullest prosecution under the law!!

[jjotto]

That’s the point of FISA. It makes legal what would normally be improper. The whole reason for the conspirators to allege Russia and to involve UK and Australia was to place domestic surveillance for political purposes under FISA and make it appear legal.

The determination by the USSC that Mueller’s and other convictions were ‘poisonous fruit’ is not that important because it’s far in the future when the goal is to cripple Pres. Trump and those close to him right now.

[rjsimmon]

That’s the point of FISA.

As a lawyer, that would drive me nuts. From either perspective, defending or prosecuting based upon FISA would seen an impossible task. It most certainly is not in keeping with Constitutional Law.

[morphing libertarian]

Bkmrk

[wardamneagle]

Dirty lawyer cop.

[rdcbn]

That’s the reason the question was asked

Comey is not able to keep all the moving parts of his scheme to destroy Trump in his head at the same time