Comey taps former US attorney as personal lawyer: report

The Hill ^ | 4/24/2018 | Avery Anapol

[SpeedyInTexas]

Former FBI Director James Comey has reportedly hired his close friend and former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal lawyers.

[SpeedyInTexas]

Why does the name Patrick Fitzgerald sound familiar? He was the special prosecutor who went after Scooter Libby - and appointed by Comey.

Fitzgerald said of VP Cheney: "There is a cloud over ... the vice president". This despite the fact that he knew State Department official Richard Armitage — without apparent ill intent leaked Plame info to a reporter.

[scottinoc]

Was Cheryl Mills not available? Just slip her a 20 and voila, attorney-client privilege.

[Ann Archy]

One dirty lawyer hiring another dirty lawyer!!!!

[PAR35]

I’m not holding my breath until the DoJ raids the attorneys office and home, and seizes the files of all of his clients.

Because as we all know, different rules for different folks.

[Gay State Conservative]

I could be wrong but I think that Fitzgerald was once connected to either the US Attorney’s office in Boston or the Boston FBI office.If I’m correct it should be noted that Muller was once the director of the FBI office.

[NorthMountain]

Swampocrat sleazeballs sure do hang out together.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

one of his personal lawyers

He's gonna need a couple dozen.

[hsmomx3]

He worked in IL, too.

[Hotlanta Mike]

BREAKING NEWS:

Sara A. Carter
@SaraCarterDC

BREAKING: DOJ will make the 6 months of missing texts that were eventually located by IG between Strzok and Page available to Congress sometime tonight or tomorrow, according to sources...developing

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/988900256975872003

[Gay State Conservative]

Ooops...should have made clear that it was the Boston FBI office that Fitzgerald was possibly assigned to,as Muller definitely was.

[mass55th]

They’ve colluded before.

[morphing libertarian]

any one know the date Hillary and Obama will be indicted.

[tennmountainman]

Oh my.

The only logical reason these two hacks have not been fired
is they are both singing like birds.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Ooooooh yeah........

[mass55th]

"Prior to his appointment, Fitzgerald served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York for 13 years and as Chief of the Organized Crime-Terrorism Unit since December 1995."

Same district going after Cohen. It was Mueller who was in Boston. Comey appointed Patrick Fitzgerald to be the Special Counsel to head the grand jury investigation into the Plame affair after Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself.

[Hotlanta Mike]

The hiring adds an additional twist to President Trump’s recent decision to pardon Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, for his role in the Valerie Plame affair.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/comey-has-brought-on-former-u-s-attorney-pat-fitzgerald-as-one-of-his-lawyers

[mass55th]

Should be interesting, as they were deliberately “lost” and they cover an important time period.

[Sacajaweau]

Now why would Comey need an attorney?

[shanover]

Nothing will ever happen to Clinton or Obama.

[Raycpa]

You cannot get immunity without an attorney. Some sort of federal rule.