Comments

You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name

Your e-mail (optional)

Website (optional)

	My Original Nic Pic-a-Nic Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Foto

Submit your comments on this article

Home Front: Politix

Uh Oh: Department Of Justice Now Pushing Back Against Comey Claims

2017-06-10

[Hannity.com] The Department of Justice has issued a statement in which they are disputing certain aspects of Comey's testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

In one case, the DOJ is disputing Comey's claim that he had never received any notification regarding the parameters of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation.

"In his testimony, Mr. Comey stated that he was 'not *** aware of' 'any kind of memorandum issued from the Attorney General or the Department of Justice to the FBI outlining the parameters of [the Attorney General’s] recusal,'" the DOJ Statement reads. "However, on March 2, 2017, the Attorney General’s Chief of Staff sent the attached email specifically informing Mr. Comey and other relevant Department officials of the recusal and its parameters, and advising that each of them instruct their staff 'not to brief the Attorney General *** about, or otherwise involve the Attorney General *** in, any such matters described.'"

In addition, the Department of Justice acknowledged that a story published shortly after Comey's firing which claimed the former FBI Director had requested additional resources for the Russia probe was, in fact, false.

"Despite previous inaccurate media reports, Mr. Comey did not say that he ever asked anyone at the Department of Justice for more resources related to this investigation," the statement reads.

Read the DOJ's full statement below:

Posted by:Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

#4 I don't whether it's credible but I've read that Comey and Mueller are ~~thick as thieves~~ close.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-10 21:52

#3 I think that one of the more interesting ironies of the Comey testimony is that, in the end, for special counsel Robert Mueller to be able to "credibly" assert that his investigation followed the evidence "wherever it led" is that at some point there is the probable possibility that it will become necessary to open an investigation into the legally questionable actions and motives of James Comey.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the entire Russian investigation on the hypothetical possibility that evidence (or a case) pertaining to any member of the Trump Campaign may come before him. It was the recusal of Jeff Sessions that opened the door for the appointment of a special counsel in the first place.
Since the testimony of James Comey has now became a major, integral, and incontrovertible piece of evidence to the entire Russian investigation and as former acting Deputy Attorney General and Director of the FBI, should Robert Mueller not be held to the same standard as Jeff Sessions ?

If Robert Mueller truly does possess any of the wonderful characteristics and attributes so effusively heaped upon him by both sides of the isle he will have no choice but to recuse himself.
But I wouldn't bet on it.

Posted by: junkiron 2017-06-10 13:39

#2 Get on the stand under oath and say that so we can determine who goes to jail.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-06-10 12:29

#1 Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation.

I never understood why Sessions recused himself. Maybe, it was a part of the deal necessary for his confirmation as AG. Pubs should have employed the nuclear option and gone on. I don't recall Loretta Lynch or Eric Holder recusing themselves on anything.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-10 08:11

00:00