Tuesday, April 17, 2018

How 4 Big Comey Claims Stack Up to His Senate Testimony

In the book, Comey reportedly says he wishes that he had announced at the top of the July 2016 press conference that the FBI would not recommend prosecuting Clinton regarding her classified communications as secretary of state on a private email server-as opposed to building up the suspense and saying that toward the end.

One week after Comey's May 2017 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the FBI issued a correction of his explanation of why he had reopened the Clinton email investigation 11 days before the Nov. 8 election.

Comey maintains in his book that Trump sought his loyalty, writing: "The demand was like Sammy the Bull's Cosa Nostra induction ceremony." Comey was referring to Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, once the leader of the Gambino crime family.

During his June 8 testimony to the Senate intelligence committee, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, asked Comey: "He did not direct you to let it go?".

A month earlier, during Comey's May 3 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, asked: "So if the attorney general or senior officials at the Department of Justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that FBI investigation?".

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked during the May 3 hearing: "Director Comey, have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation?".

During the Senate intelligence committee hearing in June, Comey explained how he leaked his FBI memos through a friend who is a law professor, to spur appointment of a special counsel.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/16/how-4-big-comey-claims-stack-up-to-his-senate-testimony/

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