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The GOP House members forced the FBI to turn over the Comey Memo's to them. It took them about five minutes to leak them to the country. I think that they feel that in somehow they will be helpful to Trump. either in what they say or by making it more difficult for Trump to be convicted. I have to laugh at the GOP as they constantly complain about leaks and it seems that they and their staffs, including the Whitehouse staff, are the biggest leakers. I think that this goes to show you can't trust this bunch. I also think that the GOP has been upset about how leak proof the Mueller investigation has been. They, the GOP, I am sure were thinking that they could use such leaking to stop the investigation. That isn't going to happpen. Trump will have to fire himself out of this mess and then we will see if the GOP puts the country or party first.
 
Ignore their article, but HuffPo has the redacted memo embedded here:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/comey-memos-released_us_5ad93952e4b0e4d0715ecc05






I'm sure the usual supects will scream "fake", but it's actually common practice to make memos after talking to someone who might be untrustworthy OR even for the simple reason of having a record of what was said.

Too bad Trump didn't seem to have the "recordings" he hinted at long ago.
 
The GOP House members forced the FBI to turn over the Comey Memo's to them. It took them about five minutes to leak them to the country. I think that they feel that in somehow they will be helpful to Trump. either in what they say or by making it more difficult for Trump to be convicted. I have to laugh at the GOP as they constantly complain about leaks and it seems that they and their staffs, including the Whitehouse staff, are the biggest leakers. I think that this goes to show you can't trust this bunch. I also think that the GOP has been upset about how leak proof the Mueller investigation has been. They, the GOP, I am sure were thinking that they could use such leaking to stop the investigation. That isn't going to happpen. Trump will have to fire himself out of this mess and then we will see if the GOP puts the country or party first.

Transparency is required here, Mueller gets no points for his secret government operation.
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.
 
Transparency is required here, Mueller gets no points for his secret government operation.

Congratulations on writing the second dumbest thing I've read today!




You should not expect any prosecutor to give you their case file, especially while the investigation is ongoing. This is especially true when the investigation is into the President and his cronies.
 
Transparency is required here, Mueller gets no points for his secret government operation.

Mueller doen't need points. He's a functionary. Your beef is with the A-G's office.
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.

I find it also interesting that James Clapper was the one pushing the dossier.
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.

The dossier originated from opposition from a far-right, ultra-conservative organization trying to get some dirt on Trump to torpedo his primary campaign. After that didn't work out Steele, being a free agent, found another customer for his research, the Democratic Party.
 
The GOP House members forced the FBI to turn over the Comey Memo's to them. It took them about five minutes to leak them to the country. I think that they feel that in somehow they will be helpful to Trump. either in what they say or by making it more difficult for Trump to be convicted. I have to laugh at the GOP as they constantly complain about leaks and it seems that they and their staffs, including the Whitehouse staff, are the biggest leakers. I think that this goes to show you can't trust this bunch. I also think that the GOP has been upset about how leak proof the Mueller investigation has been. They, the GOP, I am sure were thinking that they could use such leaking to stop the investigation. That isn't going to happpen. Trump will have to fire himself out of this mess and then we will see if the GOP puts the country or party first.

What makes you think they were leaked? Nothing classified or secret about them.
How about stating that the memos were made available to the public intentionally ... :)
 
The dossier originated from opposition from a far-right, ultra-conservative organization trying to get some dirt on Trump to torpedo his primary campaign. After that didn't work out Steele, being a free agent, found another customer for his research, the Democratic Party.

Really? Steele worked for a "far-right, ultra-conservative organization"? Who was that?
 
The dossier originated from opposition from a far-right, ultra-conservative organization trying to get some dirt on Trump to torpedo his primary campaign. After that didn't work out Steele, being a free agent, found another customer for his research, the Democratic Party.

Grand Mal, please stop pushing disinformation again. Steele joined Fusion GPS after it was hired by the Clinton campaign through Perkins Coie. This has been sourced multiple times on this site.
 
Transparency is required here, Mueller gets no points for his secret government operation.

What a pile of bullsh**. The FBi never puts out such info during an ongoing investigation. That is why they tried not to do so. And that is why the GOPers in the house did this. Later they will probably say, we can't use this as it has been leaked to the public. I wonder if people ever actually know how our legal system works, especially the FBI.
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.

And how do you know that? Give me a link proving that Comey did not give the President that information please?
 
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Grand Mal, please stop pushing disinformation again. Steele joined Fusion GPS after it was hired by the Clinton campaign through Perkins Coie. This has been sourced multiple times on this site.

So the dossier existed before Steele was hired, right? Fusion GPS had the file, had been working on it before they hired Steele.
 
The dossier originated from opposition from a far-right, ultra-conservative organization trying to get some dirt on Trump to torpedo his primary campaign. After that didn't work out Steele, being a free agent, found another customer for his research, the Democratic Party.

Link?
 
The Washington Free Beacon. They hired Fusion GPS, who hired Steele.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon

Oh...

I think you are confused. The WFB ended their association with Fusion GPS BEFORE Fusion GPS hired Steele and Fusion GPS was working for Clinton and the DNC when they hired Steele.

You're welcome...I'm always happy to provide the facts, though I really shouldn't have had to do so. Your own Wiki link gave you the facts.

From October 2015 to May 2016, the Washington Free Beacon hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on "multiple candidates" during the 2016 presidential election, including Donald Trump. The Free Beacon stopped funding this research when Donald Trump had clinched the Republican nomination.[8] Fusion GPS would later hire former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele
 
What a pile of bullsh**. The FBi never puts out such info during an ongoing investigation. That is why they tried not to do so. And that is why the GOPers in the house did this. Later they will probably say, we can't use this as it has been leaked to the public. I wonder if people ever actually know how our legal system works, especially the FBI.

Don't worry, if the DOJ needs to use these memos, they have them...unredacted.
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.

Why ? Does that somehow disqualify the information?
 
What stands out first to me is that Comey never bothers to tell Trump that the dossier originated from opposition research and was funded by the Clinton campaign. That would be, I should think, pertinent information to pass along.

Well Luther you ain't read anything yet until you read the joint release of Goodlatte, Gowdy, and Nunes on the release of the Comey memos.

WHOA! Here's a snippet.

"These memos also lay bare the notion that former Director Comey is not motivated by animus. He was willing to work for someone he deemed morally unsuited for office, capable of lying, requiring of personal loyalty, worthy of impeachment, and sharing the traits of a mob boss. Former Director Comey was willing to overlook all of the aforementioned characteristics in order to keep his job. In his eyes, the real crime was his own firing.
The memos show Comey was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe. On multiple occasions he, in his own words, defended the character of McCabe after President Trump questioned McCabe.
Finally, former Director Comey leaked at least one of these memos for the stated purpose of spurring the appointment of Special Counsel, yet he took no steps to spur the appointment of Special Counsel when he had significant concerns about the objectivity of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
As we have consistently said, rather than making a criminal case for obstruction or interference with an ongoing investigation, these memos would be Defense Exhibit A should such a charge be made."
Sun of a Gun!!!!!!!
You can read the entire statement at the link below.
https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=879




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Oh...

I think you are confused. The WFB ended their association with Fusion GPS BEFORE Fusion GPS hired Steele and Fusion GPS was working for Clinton and the DNC when they hired Steele.

You're welcome...I'm always happy to provide the facts, though I really shouldn't have had to do so. Your own Wiki link gave you the facts.

I've always been aware of these facts...however I don't see the same "problem" you do. There is no indication that Steele favored the Clintons. He was a British operative with great knowledge of Russia, and had many Russian sources. Do you believe he made up information to satisfy the Clinton campaign?
 
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