Posted on 09/26/2025 1:14:33 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Documents declassified by FBI Director Kash Patel directly link former FBI chief James Comey to false statements he made before Congress, independent journalist Catherine Herridge reported Thursday.
Further, Herridge reported that the indictment against Comey had been "ready to go," but that former U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert had been "blocking" or "slow-walking" the charges.
Lindsey Halligan, whom President Donald Trump named interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, removed the blocks.
Patel declassified the FBI leak investigations, codenamed Arctic Haze, which Herridge reported show Comey orchestrated a calculated leak campaign to steer the Russia-collusion narrative and burnish his disputed leadership.
In 2017, under questioning from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Comey under oath denied that he had ever leaked or authorized media leaks.
In 2020, under questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Comey was asked about the accuracy of his 2017 testimony in light of testimony from former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who "stated that he leaked information to the Wall Street Journal and that you were directly aware of it and that you directly authorized it," Cruz said.
Comey replied, "I can only speak to my testimony. I stand by the testimony you summarized that I gave in May of 2017."
Herridge reported that the false-statements charge is considered the "low-hanging fruit" of the FBI's investigations.
Arctic Haze also showed that Comey authorized media leaks through his friend, Columbia Law School professor Daniel Richman, who held special government employee status, Herridge reported.
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Her
UP!
Are there no provable crimes that can be hung on him due to his involvement in spreading the fake dossier, lying to Trump about his knowledge of it, entrapping and arresting General Flynn, establishing operation “crossfire hurricane,” setting up spying on Trump’s campaign and staff, etc. etc.?
The second application in January 2017 also was signed by Comey and Yates. Judge Michael Mosman approved the application.
The third application in April 2017 was signed by Comey and then-acting Attorney General Dana Boente. Judge Anne Conway approved the application.
Finally, the fourth application in June 2017 was signed by then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The application was approved by Judge Raymond Dearie."
They should all equally hang.
Catherine Herridge
@C-Herridge
Based on my two decades covering @fbi @TheJusticeDept thin indictment suggests a holding charge with the potential of a more complex, superseding indictment that adds more charges.
This is not only possible, but plausible in Comey’s case…
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Bottom bottom line: somebody leaked the information
Bottom bottom bottom line: somebody authorized the leak
Bottom bottom bottom bottom line: somebody carried out the leak
Question: If Comey wasn't involved in any of those scenarios, wasn't it his job to find out who was involved?
“Comey orchestrated a calculated leak campaign”
How many did he commit ? This is treason.
Not treason! Read the Constituion! Treason is very tightly defined. It sedition, fraud and misuse of government information and resources.
This is supposedly the start. They needed to get him on something before time ran out.
And...it wasn’t “just” information, and it wasn’t “just” leaked.
It was a seditious conspiracy, designed to alter the U.S. election and government.
This was intentionally fabricated, false information, intentionally planted, to cause maximum damage to the Trump campaign & Presidency.
This is much more than just a leak to the media.
True enough. It wasn’t information. It was fabrications.
Agree. More charges to come probably.
Arrogance and superiority just drips off of Comey. He thinks he’s above the law and accountable to no one. Time to show him he’s not.
Next up...Chris Wray hopefully. He’s another defiant bureaucrat who needs some comeuppance.
Treason doesn’t exist in America anymore. Be nice if it did and people were actually executed but we’re well past that.
The left are full on communist lunatics.
I expect Comey, if convicted which is a long shot to begin with, will get slight slap on the wrist along with a book and movie deal. This is where we’re at.
“Leaked” and “information” are weasel words favored by the left, to cover what really happened.
Yes. “Squirrel!”
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