Comey lies 200 times

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Comey to House Committee: answered “I don’t remember” 71 times, “I don’t know” 166 times and “I don’t recall” eight times.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., published the 235-page transcript as a part of an agreement with Comey.

The former bureau boss frustrated GOP lawmakers during Friday’s session, in large part because his lawyers urged him not to answer numerous questions. Comey is expected to return later in the month for another round, though blasted Republicans on his way out for what he called a “desperate attempt to find anything that can be used to attack the institutions of justice investigating this president.”

But while Comey insisted in the interview that “we never investigated the Trump campaign for political purposes,” the transcript shows he claimed ignorance or memory lapses in response to questions concerning key details and events in the Russia investigation, which some GOP lawmakers continue to claim was improperly conducted.

The transcript reveals lawmakers’ frustration with his lack of specifics.

Asked if he recalled who drafted the FBI’s “initiation document” for the July 2016 Russia investigation, Comey said, “I do not.” He again claimed not to know when asked about the involvement in that initiation of Peter Strzok, whose anti-Trump texts later got him removed from the special counsel’s probe.

When asked if the FBI had any evidence that anyone in the Trump campaign conspired to hack the DNC server, Comey gave a lengthy answer referring to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as to why he couldn’t answer.

“Did we have evidence in July of (2016) that anyone in the Trump campaign conspired to hack the DNC server?” Comey asked rhetorically. “I don't think that the FBI and special counsel want me answering questions that may relate to their investigation of Russian interference during 2016. And I worry that that would cross that line.”

When pressed further by Gowdy about what “factual predicate” the bureau had to launch a counterintelligence investigation, Comey again claimed that answering that question would be a “slope” that would ask him to reveal what the FBI “did or didn’t know about Russia activity” as it related to the 2016 election.

“You can't tell us, or you won't tell us?” Gowdy asks.

“Probably a combination of both ... To the extent I recall facts developed during our investigation of Russian interference and the potential connection of Americans, I think that's a question that the FBI doesn't want me answering. So it's both a can't and a won't,” Comey replied.

The former FBI director went on to say that anything related to Mueller’s investigation, to his understanding, would be “off limits" as it is an ongoing investigation.

Comey was also fuzzy on the eventual Democratic funding of the research that went into the controversial and unverified anti-Trump dossier.

Asked when he learned that the firm behind the dossier, Fusion GPS, was hired by law firm Perkins Coie – and when he learned that law firm was hired by the Democratic National Committee – Comey said “I never learned that” while director.

Comey also claimed not to know key details surrounding the involvement of Christopher Steele, the former British spy who authored the dossier.

Asked when Steele was “terminated” as an FBI source, Comey said he didn’t know.

Asked about Steele’s subsequent contact with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, Comey said, “I don’t know anything about that.”

The Comey appearance comes as Republicans try to probe deeper into the FBI’s handling of both the Russia case and Hillary Clinton email investigation, before Democrats take control of the House in January and likely shut down these lines inquiry.

Comey was asked numerous questions as well about the handling of the Clinton case, acknowledging at times that certain aspects of it were “unusual” while defending other actions.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/co...t-to-know-remember-key-details-in-russia-case
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LOL
 
jimmymccready said:
Nope, alty righties, the House does not have the right to know the inner workings of an ongoing investigation.
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Comey would be just as evasive in front of the Gang of Eight.

You lefties really want to hitch your wagon to Comey? Weren’t you calling for his scalp in November of 2016 lol?
 
Darth Beto Omar said:
As chief executive of the FBI I would expect Comey to know everything there was to know about a document that was going to be used as a justification to surveil a presidential campaign. Maybe it’s just me, but that seems kind of like a big deal.

If Comey didn’t know everything about its origin, who funded it, about Steele’s biases and etc—he was an incompetent executive. Plain and simple.

Or he is simply lying. Pick one.
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She's a convicted fraudster, so maybe she feels a kinship with Comey. :dunno:
 
Darth Beto Omar said:
Comey would be just as evasive in front of the Gang of Eight.

You lefties really want to hitch your wagon to Comey? Weren’t you calling for his scalp in November of 2016 lol?
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They'll hitch their wagon to anyone or anything that they think is bad for Trump, lol.
 
Mcslobber said:
In another 5000 hit catch Trump!
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What, Admiral?

Mcslobber said:
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As an esteemed member of the maritime community with years of experience commanding RORo, battleships and an admiral in the coast guard, I think this thread is silly.
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Tough Cop! The most important aspect of this is that the American people are going to be siding with Comey. He's obviously learned to play the game that Trump's created for America. Way too late to try to get anything back to normal.

In any case, Comey knows exactly that he won't be touched by the law for his protection of Mueller's investigation.
 
krudzu said:
Who was calling for his scalp? Do you not know what he said and why?
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Pretending not to recall the agonized howls of rage from DEMOCRATS who blamed Comey for Hillary's loss, fraudster?

Here's Hillary herself:

Hillary Clinton on Saturday cast blame for her surprise election loss on the announcement by the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, days before the election that he had revived the inquiry into her use of a private email server.

In her most extensive remarks since she conceded the race to Donald J. Trump early Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton told donors on a 30-minute conference call that Mr. Comey’s decision to send a letter to Congress about the inquiry 11 days before Election Day had thrust the controversy back into the news and had prevented her from ending the campaign with an optimistic closing argument.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-james-comey.html


 
Maybe Comey doesn't know anything. Maybe he was a stooge put in as director so the underlings could control the bureau. Judging by what he doesn't know, he was merely an empty suit. There was likely a de facto director pulling all the strings.
 
hvilleherb said:
Comey pleading the fifth combined with Obama's involvement in Spygate should put an end to Mueller's investigation. Let's hope Whitaker or Barr has the cajones to do it.
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Nothing will put an end to the Mueller investigation. Its too far along and other jurisdictions are now involved as well.
 
Legion said:
Pretending not to recall the agonized howls of rage from DEMOCRATS who blamed Comey for Hillary's loss, fraudster?

Here's Hillary herself:

Hillary Clinton on Saturday cast blame for her surprise election loss on the announcement by the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, days before the election that he had revived the inquiry into her use of a private email server.

In her most extensive remarks since she conceded the race to Donald J. Trump early Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton told donors on a 30-minute conference call that Mr. Comey’s decision to send a letter to Congress about the inquiry 11 days before Election Day had thrust the controversy back into the news and had prevented her from ending the campaign with an optimistic closing argument.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-james-comey.html


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I didn't.... btw, Scott Pruitt used a private email server.. Not many older people are real computer savvy.
 
kudzu said:
I didn't.... btw, Scott Pruitt used a private email server.. Not many older people are real computer savvy.
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James Comey
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Today wasn’t a search for truth, but a desperate attempt to find anything that can be used to attack the institutions of justice investigating this president. They came up empty today but will try again. In the long run, it'll make no difference because facts are stubborn things.

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Nope, alty righties, the House does not have the right to know the inner workings of an ongoing investigation.

Darth Beto Omar said:
Comey would be just as evasive in front of the Gang of Eight. You lefties really want to hitch your wagon to Comey? Weren’t you calling for his scalp in November of 2016 lol?
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I am no more a lefty than you are a patriot. No, I was not after his scalp. I was happy Clinton was defeated, and would have been happier only if Trump had been defeated as well. I voted Conservative, and your voted demolite.
 
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