Posted on 08/23/2019 12:32:07 PM PDT by Jayster
Former FBI Director James Comey denied claims made by Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock, about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Byrne has claimed to multiple news outlets, including the Washington Examiner, that the FBI directed him to rekindle a romantic relationship with Maria Butina, the Russian gun rights activist who admitted in December to conspiring with a senior Russian official to infiltrate conservative American political circles.
The orders came from then-FBI agent Peter Strzok and top officials in the Obama administration, including Comey, Byrne has alleged without providing evidence.
Comey called the allegations ridiculous. "The FBI doesn't work that way," Comey told CNN on Thursday.
Both a lawyer for Strzok and the FBI have declined to comment to the Washington Examiner.
Byrne, 57, revealed in July he had a sexual relationship with Butina after she approached him at a libertarian convention in Las Vegas in July 2015. Byrne said he held a low-level security clearance at the time and reached out to the U.S. government for approval to get to know Butina.
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But did Comey ever say I DIDNT DO THAT? And has he ever said anything like that when under oath??
Im just totally confused, this guy Ramblin Byrne is the most inarticulate, incoherent individual I have ever seen on TV. I watched it twice, still makes no sense. At all. Im not denying what hes saying, I just would like it if the man could complete a single short sentence without interrupting himself 6 times.
LIEberals LIE!
Comey is a LIEberal!
Comey LIEs!
Well, while I am very skeptical about the Patrick Byrne claims.....
We all know that this is EXACTLY how the FBI worked under 0bama and his Minions; Comey and Mueller, And probably how it worked long before then, and is still working now.
Apparently, they don’t “work”. Instead, they plot, collude, undermine and lie. Great bunch of government “workers” there.
but he (comey) didn’t deny it...did he?
Yeah but you did...
Lying POS
Well, we know the FBI DOES work that way...
Think he might have been a ‘little’ nervous?
Good post
I’m going to guess the guy has some evidence....and Comey is giving him a warning.
Who guards the guardians?
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Yep, who protects us from them?
Clearly a serious issue exists with regard to accountability at the FBI and DOJ. Trust and confidence in these agencies has been destroyed. Barr has his work cut out for him and a short time window in which to do it.
He needs to do a thorough investigation, hold the perpetrators accountable, reorganize and/or establish better management controls, and restore integrity back into these agencies. I hope he can do this. If he fails, the Republic fails in the sense that corruption will become endemic in our government.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
They also spy on their agents.
Don’t ask me how I know.
How do you know?
Comeystain can go F himself. sideways with a rusty saw.
Except that ALL the evidence says it did.
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