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Republican uncovered secret FBI debate over Trump motivation for Comey firing
Fox News ^
Posted on 01/13/2019 1:42:49 PM PST by springwater13
A House Republican's line of questioning uncovered revelations that in May 2017 senior FBI leadership debated whether President Trump was directed by the Russian government to fire FBI Director James Comey, Fox News has learned.
Contacted by Fox, U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, confirmed his questions to former FBI General Counsel James A. Baker uncovered the claims, some of which were first reported Friday by the New York Times.
Ratcliffe called the Baker transcript leak "selective," adding that the full transcript of the Oct. 18 interview, which is undergoing a classification review by the FBI and the Justice Department, reveals "that in May 2017, political bias infected senior FBI leadership, and emotion -- not evidence -- drove their decision making."
A separate source said Baker told investigators the internal FBI debate over the president's decision to fire Comey on May 9, 2017, included personnel who have since left the bureau for cause, retired, or have been demoted.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 201705; 20170509; 20170519; 20181018; braking; coup; deepstate; doj; fbi; jamesabaker; jamescomey; johnratcliffe; lisapage; newyork; oldnews; peterstrzok; robertmueller; texas
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To: springwater13
Rosenstein recommended Comey’s firing in his ltr.
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posted on
01/13/2019 2:19:08 PM PST
by
Balata
To: springwater13
Is this the sewage eating worm thread.
Oops..wrong thread.
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posted on
01/13/2019 2:29:37 PM PST
by
Leep
(Leftist are neither liberal or democratic. Neither are they pro American.)
To: timestax
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posted on
01/13/2019 2:31:05 PM PST
by
timestax
To: springwater13
uncovered revelations that in May 2017 There it is right in your face America. Almost 2 years later and nothing has been done about it nor has anything changed.
The swamp is not being drained. Still full of scum and politicians.
Maybe just a handful of orators and statesman.
BUT wait, the next election will fix it....../sarc
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:09:31 PM PST
by
eartick
(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
To: an amused spectator
A lie repeated often enough .....
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:34:31 PM PST
by
griswold3
(Just another unlicensed nonconformist in a dangerous Liberal world.)
To: timestax; All
Every time I see that smirky little jerk (Strzok) I want to punch him right between his piggy little eyes!
Am I alone on this? (I doubt it, LOL!)
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:40:55 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
To: eartick
"...scum and politicians..."
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:45:05 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
To: springwater13
The fact that these revelations have to keep being "uncovered" says a lot.
-PJ
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:45:54 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: SaveFerris
LOL! Exactly, you couldn’t write this stuff. It’s like dealing with a bunch of delusional freaks. We have clear cut evidence that the Clinton cabal colluded with the Russians with the Steele dossier, and ZERO evidence Trump had anything to do with the Russians when it came to the election, and HE is the one who gets his ass investigated off?
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:52:16 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Until Hillary is in jail, equal justice under the law will not exist in the USA)
To: springwater13
If this horse$h!t causes Trump to be on even more of a precipice than the Swamp and the MSM already have him on. It would be time for him to cross the Rubicon
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:52:26 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I’m gonna have to grab that one
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:54:54 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: springwater13
FBI has lost all credibility. Time to disband it and reallocate their duties to other agencies.
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:57:03 PM PST
by
anton
To: springwater13
No worries comrades. Put down the tomahawks. Trump has said he will have more flexibility after the election. So you can ask him then. BTW - Did you ever find out what Obama was referring too ? What ? Not even interested in the slightest ? Exactly who IS working for the Russians. That is the question.
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posted on
01/13/2019 3:59:00 PM PST
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Political agenda setup by the Obama administration. Obama is still destroying America; and from within.
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:01:14 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
Be my guest! I stole it from elsewhere, LOL!
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:01:36 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
To: Diana in Wisconsin; Fiddlstix
Shoot, I stole this from Fiddlstix. He uses it to seize things! So what better thing to swipe! LOL
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:04:19 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: timestax
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:04:39 PM PST
by
timestax
To: timestax
Gotta love Hillary’s pantsuit.
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:10:33 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
If all women were like Hillary, I would have long ago decided to live alone in the woods, or try to go to another planet.
To: neverevergiveup
Not sure about the other planet thing, but I can assure you, living alone in the woods is all it’s cracked up to be, and MORE!
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posted on
01/13/2019 4:31:04 PM PST
by
Fireone
(Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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