Posted on 04/23/2018 10:58:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
According to the Department of Justice Inspector General, fired FBI Director James Comey is under investigation after leaking classified information to a friend last year, who then passed it along to a reporter. The information was contained in a series of memos written by Comey after meetings and phone calls with President Donald Trump.
But despite what the law says about disseminating classified information, Comey may not face conseqences. According to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, Comey may have saved himself thanks to the exoneration of Hillary Clinton.
"Not by the standard he set in the summer of 2016. God knows how hard it would be to win that case," Gowdy said in response to a question about whether Comey broke the law. "Remember, he ignored the statute that says 'grossly negligent.' He now has a requirement that it has to be intentional and you have to do it to harm the United States. So under the standard that he set in summer 2016 with Secretary Clinton, I don't think Jesus could win that case."
Rep. Trey Gowdy on fallout from release of Comey memos
The release of the memos last week came after Gowdy and a number of leading Republicans threatened the FBI with a subpoena for failing to turn them over by an earlier deadline.
"We have long argued former Director Comey's self-styled memos should be in the public domain, subject to any classification redactions. These memos are significant for both what is in them and what is not," Gowdy released in a joint statement with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes. "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."
An inspector general report about how the FBI and Obama DOJ handled the Clinton email scandal is due to be release any day.
That’s ridiculous, because one man does not define what is legal & what is illegal. She still had classified information on private servers, and even on a personal laptop belonging to the pervert Weiner.
I heard Gowdy make that statement. I thought he was giving a sarcastic reply to the interviewer’s question.
Yet they charged General Flynn even though they thought he was being truthful.
In the 2018 version if the American experience you have to be a Trump supporter to be charged by the government.
True. I guess it's the United States of James Comey (and Barack Obama).
Whatever they say or do is gold. Let there be no dissenting voices.
Great job again, TG. Not really.
Gowdy is a useless tool. good riddance.
James Comeys prosecutorial opinion is not legal precedent Mr Gowdy, you idiot. Congress has it’s very own Joe Dirt in Trey Gowdy.
[ This is BS and Gowdy knows it. The FBI Director does not set legal precedent by their decision to recommend prosecution or not. ]
True. Gowdy seems to have given the GOP E sound bite for the liberal media to exonerate Comey via their brainwashed fools.
Pretzel logic?
Trey Gowdy, useless GOP Inc hack that has the good sense to get a good sound bite every once in a while to trick the voters.
No thanks, pal.
Gowdy, the global power elites’ heretofore “stealth” plant, exposes himself. Get lost, traitor.
[Gowdy is “controlled opposition” just like Darryl Issa and Jason Chaffetz.]
Thank you. I called out Issa years ago regarding Benghazi.
One big reason America is so divided is because government is so corrupt you need to be in power to control the corruptness. IF, they punished the pols it would go a long way to gaining Trust back from America.
imo gowdy just jumped the shark any reasonable prosecutor could win this
imo gowdy just jumped the shark any reasonable prosecutor could win this
imo gowdy just jumped the shark any reasonable prosecutor could win this
Gowdy is a box full of empty tin cans. A lot of noise with nothing inside when you toss them around.
Hey, the abuse of power by a government official is a felony.
Paging Jeff Sessions, paging Mr. Sessions, please pick up the red courtesy telephone in the lobby.
5.56mm
[Pretzel logic?]
Well there was the Steely Dan album and Trey Gowdy’s attempt to excuse the GOP about doing nothing.
The AG SHOULD be all over Comey.
Not so fast, Mr. Gowdy. Hillary's Statute of limitations is 10 years.
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