Posted on 08/29/2019 4:37:22 PM PDT by SkyPilot
The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey despite an internal investigation that found he improperly leaked information to the news media, the department’s internal watchdog said on Thursday.
The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General said Comey asked a friend to share the contents of a memo with the New York Times to pressure the department to launch an independent investigation into his conversations with President Donald Trump.
In the memo, Comey described a meeting in which Trump allegedly asked him to drop the FBI’s investigation into Michael Flynn, who at the time was his national security adviser. Flynn has since pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russian officials.
Comey signed off on an investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia during the 2016 election and later emerged as a prominent critic of the president after Trump fired him in May 2017. Trump and many of his allies say that investigation should never have begun.
The Justice Department appointed a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to handle the investigation after Comey left. That probe unearthed numerous contacts between the campaign and Russian officials but concluded that there was not enough evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy.
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Trust Sessions?
Mods - please pull duplicate thread. Thanks.
Like the fox watching the chicken coup, huh?
The DOJ declines to admit they are hopelessly corrupt.
Why? What does it matter? Not everyone is on here all day.
Barr talks a good game but so far every time he has had a chance to stand up to the deep state coup crowd, he does nothing different than Rosenstein would have.
Anyone who thought they would is delusional.
Ahhh the DoJ.. and you thought the NBC Comedy line-up is full of punchlines.
Comey is laughing at Bagpipes Barr.
Ahh the usual crew of Trolls and closet Never Trumpers..
How.... Ordinary
Losing.
Really tired of living in a banana republic.
Of course they have.
Most Americans will never realize how corrupt we are/have become.
Why even bother to investigate if you already know you are not going to prosecute deep staters.
Those bastards sent the FBI after ME!
It was Obamas reign of terror.
I do not lie.
I hope to be wrong, but does it not seem as though Barr has gone “wobbly”?
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