Former FBI Director James Comey conceded on Sunday morning that the FBI’s FISA application process in its Russia-Trump campaign probe was flawed.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1268368
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1268368
Comey please shut up and go away.
You are now [my belief] part of the blame we have Trump.
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“I was overconfident in the procedures that the FBI and [the DOJ] had built over 20 years. I thought they were robust enough.”
Um, did those procedures include announcing the re-opening of an investigation into a presidential candidate within two weeks of the election?
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Chris Wallace is doing a better job in discrediting the FBI than Comey is doing in defending the FBI.
A substantial part of the interview here:
Wallace reiterates that it was Democrats who were behind the Steele Dossier, without mentioning Fusion. Comey lets that one slide, not that I really expected him not to because I’m one of the few who has never swallowed his bullshit from the get go.
I’m afraid that at the end of the day, Comey is merely playing the role of one of the enemies that Trump “vanquishes”.
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“He’s right, I was wrong.”
Well, at least he admits it.
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Only to the GOP’s bad faith criticism. Call me when he publicly apologizes for throwing the election to Trump with his last minute Hillary “investigation” announcement. Until then, he’s still part of the problem.
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In some ways, the FBI has always been part of the problem …
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“The American people, especially your viewers, need to realize…”
Cue the mute buttons .
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Former FBI Director James Comey conceded on Sunday morning that the FBI’s FISA application process in its Russia-Trump campaign probe was flawed.
Comet admits he’s secretly glad Killary lost to MAGA.
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But never quite so obviously as in this scenario.
We all (or most, anyway) remember J. Edgar. I never have seen any evidence where his agency or even him individually, ever influenced an election and that guy was about as corrupt and power hungry as any we’ve seen in history.
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I don’t see the problem here. Comey is nailing down an aspect of the IG’s report and we can move on from there. This has no effect on what’s coming this week.
I’ll yield to those who think so (isn’t that how Nadler’s committee did it?)
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pot-kettle-black
please go away forever.
signed the american people…
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Comey is trying to pretend that the flaws in the FISA system were news to him. But there were a number of reports detailing problems with the FISA warrant process well before the IG report (or the 2016 election).
And as usual, Comey makes it all about Comey.
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Or not announcing there was and ongoing investigation of Donald Trump also had been going on ?
Also on Fox:
" Support for impeachment climbs to 54 percent in Fox News poll after Trump pitches fit over previous poll"
Thanks Jimi Hendrix:And continue to RIP.
“Moon, Turn The Tides… Gently Gently Away
So down and down and down and down
And down and down we go”
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…but Comey will never have the courage to admit worse-than-sloppiness in sending his infamous letter to Congress. He is just another Tony Blair. Tony & James really should go away, until they apologize.
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On the other hand, Hoover had people assassinated.
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How do people keep getting away with this? Drives me mad.
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So how is Barr going to top that?
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Has anyone told us whether or not the FISA aps would have been denied if they’d been properly written? If the errors were not substantive or material then it seems they’re being discussed as a diversion and to imply the investigation was not properly founded. Horowitz said he found ample cause for the surveillance of Carter Page. There were many applications for FISA warrants. Did they all have errors?
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He’s going to piss on the constitution in the middle of Fifth Avenue?
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