Posted on 01/19/2021 3:12:01 PM PST by bitt
The president's draft was scrapped by White House legal counsel.
In the days before President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director -- one of the most defining moments of his presidency -- Trump penned a scathing letter to Comey that has never been publicly released.
In fact, the four-page letter was never even sent to Comey because White House lawyers quickly determined it should never see the "light of day," Special Counsel Robert Mueller later recounted.
Mueller reviewed the May 2017 letter as part of his wide-ranging investigation and mentioned parts of it in his final report, but the letter has remained largely hidden from the public nearly four years later.
Now, a source connected to Mueller's probe has relayed the contents of the letter to ABC News, which -- especially in light of recent events -- offer a telling look at how Trump viewed the then-leader of the nation's top law enforcement agency.
“Your conduct has grown unpredictable and even erratic – including rambling and self-indulgent public performances that have baffled experts, citizens and law enforcement professionals alike – making it impossible for you to effectively lead this agency,” Trump wrote to Comey.
The letter then chastised Comey for "spen[ding] too much time cultivating a public image, and not enough time getting your own house in order.”
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
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“...relayed the contents of the letter to ABC News....”
Illegally LEAKED?
Sounds right to me...
He should’ve Sent it exactly like that
Why was it made public now?
abc goes dumpster diving.
what next abc, soiled laundry?
Even if it was is there a single thing in that letter that is inaccurate...seems like the White House legal council was just awful in its assessment
Comey was despised by democrats until he was fired.
>>Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director — one of the most defining moments of his presidency
Horsesh1t
James Comey was a “former” Communist and a lying Rat bastard who spied on his campaign and tried to blackmail him with the talk of a “Russian pee pee video”.
I’ve been watching you ;-)
You are WAY too nice....
I haven’t read the whole letter, but I agree with your assessment. Comey was a nut job who didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing or what his job was supposed to be.
Prescient
Commey turned out to be the scum of the earth along with the rest of them
Just imagine this “lawyer “didn’t know the difference between “gross negligence “and “intent “
Corrupt from the head down
Mueller’s team ultimately didn’t find enough evidence to support charges of any coordination with Russia, but the Justice Department’s inspector general later concluded that the underlying FBI investigation into members of Trump’s campaign was properly opened and based on “sufficient” concerns.
And that’s just for starters...there’s felonious...
Aren’t they all?
So this gets leaked but somehow nothing about the FBI/DOJ criminals and the coup got leaked.
btt
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