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EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers

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And things keep getting more interesting.
Is he concerned about his role as a witness or is there some criminal liability facing Comey?


EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers

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

Fired FBI Director James Comey has retained former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal attorneys, bringing in a heavy-hitting former prosecutor, close friend and longtime colleague to help him navigate his dramatic role as a potential witness in the investigation of President Trump’s campaign and potential obstruction of justice.

Two Capitol Hill sources independently told TPM that Fitzgerald was serving as a lawyer for Comey. After publication, Fitzgerald confirmed that he “has been part of Mr. Comey’s legal team since May 2017.”
 
Good choice. A case of Comey has a better lawyer than 45's team.
 
Parrish said:
Good choice. A case of Comey has a better lawyer than 45's team.
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The Donald can't get or keep good lawyers because the 'billionaire' won't pay their bills or listen to their advice.
 
Common Sense 1 said:
And things keep getting more interesting.
Is he concerned about his role as a witness or is there some criminal liability facing Comey?


EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers

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

Fired FBI Director James Comey has retained former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal attorneys, bringing in a heavy-hitting former prosecutor, close friend and longtime colleague to help him navigate his dramatic role as a potential witness in the investigation of President Trump’s campaign and potential obstruction of justice.

Two Capitol Hill sources independently told TPM that Fitzgerald was serving as a lawyer for Comey. After publication, Fitzgerald confirmed that he “has been part of Mr. Comey’s legal team since May 2017.”
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I read it here also.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/james-comey-hires-patrick-fitzgerald/

The same lawyer and Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald that Comey appointed who knew Scooter Libby didn't leak Plame's name and that it was Armitage for five months still went after Libby. And Libby was the only conviction he got. Armitage got off scott free.

I think it is wise for Comey to be lawyering up because it is looking more and more like he is going to need it.
 
Just a thought in regard to Comey.....

Keep your eye out for the name Bill Priestap. He is the only person left at the FBI since the investigation started on the Trump campaign that still holds his job as head of counterintelligence in the upper echelon of the department. Everyone around Bill Priestap, above and below, either quickly retired, were demoted, transferred, fired or just quit.
Above him was James Comey, Andrew McCabe and James Baker. Below him...... Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Jim Rybicki, Trisha Beth Anderson and Mike Kortan. Parallel to Priestap in main justice his peer John P Carlin resigned, Sally Yates fired, Mary McCord quit, Bruce Ohr was busted twice, and most recently Dave Laufman resigned. …. Only Bill Priestap remains........
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Brilliant just brilliant! Sling a little more!
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I mean I certainly wouldn't want to represent a client hell-bent on incriminating themselves via twitter.
 
vesper said:
Just a thought in regard to Comey.....

Keep your eye out for the name Bill Priestap. He is the only person left at the FBI since the investigation started on the Trump campaign that still holds his job as head of counterintelligence in the upper echelon of the department. Everyone around Bill Priestap, above and below, either quickly retired, were demoted, transferred, fired or just quit.
Above him was James Comey, Andrew McCabe and James Baker. Below him...... Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Jim Rybicki, Trisha Beth Anderson and Mike Kortan. Parallel to Priestap in main justice his peer John P Carlin resigned, Sally Yates fired, Mary McCord quit, Bruce Ohr was busted twice, and most recently Dave Laufman resigned. …. Only Bill Priestap remains........
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Looks like Trump is keeping his campaign promise and has drained one swamp.
 
Common Sense 1 said:
And things keep getting more interesting.
Is he concerned about his role as a witness or is there some criminal liability facing Comey?


EXCLUSIVE: Comey Has Brought On Former U.S. Attorney Pat Fitzgerald As One Of His Lawyers

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

Fired FBI Director James Comey has retained former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal attorneys, bringing in a heavy-hitting former prosecutor, close friend and longtime colleague to help him navigate his dramatic role as a potential witness in the investigation of President Trump’s campaign and potential obstruction of justice.

Two Capitol Hill sources independently told TPM that Fitzgerald was serving as a lawyer for Comey. After publication, Fitzgerald confirmed that he “has been part of Mr. Comey’s legal team since May 2017.”
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This could get to be real interesting. This is also one of Comey's attorneys.
The Columbia law professor James Comey used as a go-between last year to leak the contents of sensitive memos to the media confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday that he previously worked as a “special government employee” (SGE) for Comey’s FBI on an unpaid basis.

The professor, Daniel Richman, confirmed the special status in response to an inquiry from Fox News, while referring other questions, including on the scope of his work, to the FBI.

"I did indeed have SGE status with the Bureau (for no pay)," Richman wrote in an email.
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Richman does appear in cryptic text messages between demoted FBI agent Peter Strzok and re-assigned FBI lawyer Lisa Page on Nov. 2, 2016 a week before the election. Texting about a New York Times report, Page writes, "Jesus. Another article pushed by nyt on this. Richman is a friend of Comey and [former FBI general counsel James] baker.”

This may be a reference to a Nov. 1, 2016 story headlined, "FBI's Email Disclosure Broke a Pattern Followed Even This Summer,” that quotes Richman on Comey's decision to re-open the Clinton email case before the election.
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One of his attorneys might actually be forced to be a witness.

Conflict of Interest

[6] In determining if it is permissible to act as advocate in a trial in which the lawyer will be a necessary witness, the lawyer must also consider that the dual role may give rise to a conflict of interest that will require compliance with Rules 1.7 or 1.9. For example, if there is likely to be substantial conflict between the testimony of the client and that of the lawyer the representation involves a conflict of interest that requires compliance with Rule 1.7. This would be true even though the lawyer might not be prohibited by paragraph (a) from simultaneously serving as advocate and witness because the lawyer's disqualification would work a substantial hardship on the client. Similarly, a lawyer who might be permitted to simultaneously serve as an advocate and a witness by paragraph (a)(3) might be precluded from doing so by Rule 1.9. The problem can arise whether the lawyer is called as a witness on behalf of the client or is called by the opposing party. Determining whether or not such a conflict exists is primarily the responsibility of the lawyer involved. If there is a conflict of interest, the lawyer must secure the client's informed consent, confirmed in writing. In some cases, the lawyer will be precluded from seeking the client's consent. See Rule 1.7. See Rule 1.0(b) for the definition of "confirmed in writing" and Rule 1.0(e) for the definition of "informed consent."

[7] Paragraph (b) provides that a lawyer is not disqualified from serving as an advocate because a lawyer with whom the lawyer is associated in a firm is precluded from doing so by paragraph (a). If, however, the testifying lawyer would also be disqualified by Rule 1.7 or Rule 1.9 from representing the client in the matter, other lawyers in the firm will be precluded from representing the client by Rule 1.10 unless the client gives informed consent under the conditions stated in Rule 1.7.
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https://www.americanbar.org/groups/..._7_lawyer_as_witness/comment_on_rule_3_7.html
 
Parrish said:
Good choice. A case of Comey has a better lawyer than 45's team.
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Comey needs one. He committed several felonies, lying under oath and stealing government documents just to name a couple.
 
Saladin4 said:
I don't know of it......Was this some top secret stuff?....
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I don't have time for these games.

And using liberal logic, why does Comey need a lawyer if he is innocent? Like liberals are attacking Cohn for pleading the 5th, "innocent people don't plead the 5th," why does an innocent person in Comey need a lawyer?
 
Bucky said:
I don't have time for these games.

And using liberal logic, why does Comey need a lawyer if he is innocent? Like liberals are attacking Cohn for pleading the 5th, "innocent people don't plead the 5th," why does an innocent person in Comey need a lawyer?
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You were asked a legitimate question. What games.

Were these not personal memos to himself?

And plenty of innocent people get lawyers every day. It is clear the WH is coming after Comey...seems prudent to get a lawyer to protect his interests,
 
year2late said:
You were asked a legitimate question. What games.

Were these not personal memos to himself?

And plenty of innocent people get lawyers every day. It is clear the WH is coming after Comey...seems prudent to get a lawyer to protect his interests,
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That's a bit of extraordinary comment their year2late.

Only the DOJ can go after Comey, which would he be his old boss, Jeff Sessions. Why would the DOJ come after him? His second in command Andrew McCabe is already in trouble.

The fact has he leaked a memo to his friend, on the basis his friend was going to leak it to the media. If the memo was unclassified/nonimportant he would have leaked the memo himself.

Comey keeps claiming he was a private citizen, that's pure BS. As an employee of the FBI, he signed a contract not to disclose any documents from the FBI. That's not only the FBI policy, it is a felony to do so.

What's worse, he lied about it under oath. And now Comey is playing semantics be changing the definition of leaking. What a disgrace.
 
Bucky said:
That's a bit of extraordinary comment their year2late.

Only the DOJ can go after Comey, which would he be his old boss, Jeff Sessions. Why would the DOJ come after him? His second in command Andrew McCabe is already in trouble.

The fact has he leaked a memo to his friend, on the basis his friend was going to leak it to the media. If the memo was unclassified/nonimportant he would have leaked the memo himself.

Comey keeps claiming he was a private citizen, that's pure BS. As an employee of the FBI, he signed a contract not to disclose any documents from the FBI. That's not only the FBI policy, it is a felony to do so.

What's worse, he lied about it under oath. And now Comey is playing semantics be changing the definition of leaking. What a disgrace.
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The memo's were not classified
 
Bucky said:
That's a bit of extraordinary comment their year2late.

Only the DOJ can go after Comey, which would he be his old boss, Jeff Sessions. Why would the DOJ come after him? His second in command Andrew McCabe is already in trouble.

The fact has he leaked a memo to his friend, on the basis his friend was going to leak it to the media. If the memo was unclassified/nonimportant he would have leaked the memo himself.

Comey keeps claiming he was a private citizen, that's pure BS. As an employee of the FBI, he signed a contract not to disclose any documents from the FBI. That's not only the FBI policy, it is a felony to do so.

What's worse, he lied about it under oath. And now Comey is playing semantics be changing the definition of leaking. What a disgrace.
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As I recall it was a personal memo to himself. Not an inter or intradepartmental memo.

Was it classified information?Donald Trump recently accused him of leaking classified information. DO you believe this?

Were they personal notes?It sounds as if they were.
 
PIPEWRENCH said:
Looks like Trump is keeping his campaign promise and has drained one swamp.
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Not yet because we don't know how deep that rabbit hole goes. But it is a good start.
 
Hilarious to read what all the arm chair lawyers have to say about this.
Of course they know exactly what will happen. Just more [Comey] is bad stuff.

(Quoted from Common Sense 1 in a Trump thread, changing Trump to Comey.)
 
AlbqOwl said:
Not yet because we don't know how deep that rabbit hole goes. But it is a good start.
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More than one president has tried to gut the corruption from the FBI. It amazes me how many people think the organization is credible after decades of unquestionable corruption. When everything an organization does is secret you can be sure what they are doing is dishonest and corrupt.
 
Mach said:
Hilarious to read what all the arm chair lawyers have to say about this.
Of course they know exactly what will happen. Just more [Comey] is bad stuff.

(Quoted from Common Sense 1 in a Trump thread, changing Trump to Comey.)
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Comey is bad news and should have been fired by Obama for rigging the election with that stunt he pulled with the e-mails right before elections. He had more to do with Hillary losing than even the Russians exposing the corruption in the DNC.
 
PIPEWRENCH said:
Comey is bad news and should have been fired by Obama for rigging the election with that stunt he pulled with the e-mails right before elections. He had more to do with Hillary losing than even the Russians exposing the corruption in the DNC.
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I disagree. I don't think Comey had ANYTHING to do with Hillary losing as he twice exonerated her of any serious wrong doing prior to the election and blunted much of the negative news that was certain to come out re Anthony Wiener having Hillary e-mails on his computer. As the whole e-mail server thing had been in the news for many months, he gave Hillary voters assurance and justification that it was okay to vote for her. If anything he probably netted her a few more votes but even that is unlikely as those who voted for her had to know about the e-mail scandal and had already decided that they didn't care. Even as the votes were coming in, all the MSM including Fox News fully expected her to win by a healthy margin and the odds makers had her as the favorite by a huge margin.

Hillary lost because she promised nothing other than contempt for Trump/Republicans/conservatives/libertarians plus continuance of the status quo. Trump offered an agenda that at least provided some hope. That is it in a nutshell.
 
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