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James Comey Avoids Testifying on Dem Doc Reportedly Showing AG Lynch Protecting Hillary
GRASSLEY:
“Okay, moving on to another subject, the New York Times recently reported that the FBI had found a troubling email among the ones the Russians hacked from Democrat operatives. The email reportedly provided assurances that Attorney General Lynch would protect Secretary Clinton by making sure the FBI investigation ‘didn’t go too far.’ “How, and when, did you first learn of this document? Also, who sent it and who received it?”
COMEY:
“That’s not a question I can answer in this forum, Mr. Chairman, because it would call for a classified response. I have briefed leadership of the intelligence committees on that particular issue, but I can’t talk about it here.”
GRASSLEY:
"What steps did the FBI take to determine whether Attorney General Lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what? Did the FBI interview the person who wrote the email? If not, why not?"
COMEY:
"I have to give you the same answer. I can’t talk about that in an unclassified setting."
GRASSLEY:
"Okay, then you can expect me to follow up on that. I asked the FBI to provide this email to the committee before today’s hearing. Why haven’t you done so and will you provide it by the end of this week?"
COMEY:
"Again, to react to that, I have to give a classified answer and I can’t give it sitting here."
GRASSLEY:
"So that means you can give me the email?"
COMEY:
"I’m not confirming there was an email, sir. I can’t — the subject is classified and in an appropriate forum I’d be happy to brief you on it. But I can’t do it in an open hearing."
BULLSHIT. Saying "There is an e-mail' or saying "There is no such e-mail" is not classified and does not require a 'classified' answer. It's a simple 'Yes' or 'No'.
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"Last month, the New York Times reported on the alleged document. The newspaper described “a document written by a Democratic operative that seemed — at least in the eyes of Mr. Comey and his aides — to raise questions about [Lynch’s] independence.”
The newspaper further described the reported document:
During Russia’s hacking campaign against the United States, intelligence agencies could peer, at times, into Russian networks and see what had been taken. Early last year, F.B.I. agents received a batch of hacked documents, and one caught their attention.
The document, which has been described as both a memo and an email, was written by a Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms. Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far, according to several former officials familiar with the document."
GRASSLEY:
“Okay, moving on to another subject, the New York Times recently reported that the FBI had found a troubling email among the ones the Russians hacked from Democrat operatives. The email reportedly provided assurances that Attorney General Lynch would protect Secretary Clinton by making sure the FBI investigation ‘didn’t go too far.’ “How, and when, did you first learn of this document? Also, who sent it and who received it?”
COMEY:
“That’s not a question I can answer in this forum, Mr. Chairman, because it would call for a classified response. I have briefed leadership of the intelligence committees on that particular issue, but I can’t talk about it here.”
GRASSLEY:
"What steps did the FBI take to determine whether Attorney General Lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what? Did the FBI interview the person who wrote the email? If not, why not?"
COMEY:
"I have to give you the same answer. I can’t talk about that in an unclassified setting."
GRASSLEY:
"Okay, then you can expect me to follow up on that. I asked the FBI to provide this email to the committee before today’s hearing. Why haven’t you done so and will you provide it by the end of this week?"
COMEY:
"Again, to react to that, I have to give a classified answer and I can’t give it sitting here."
GRASSLEY:
"So that means you can give me the email?"
COMEY:
"I’m not confirming there was an email, sir. I can’t — the subject is classified and in an appropriate forum I’d be happy to brief you on it. But I can’t do it in an open hearing."
BULLSHIT. Saying "There is an e-mail' or saying "There is no such e-mail" is not classified and does not require a 'classified' answer. It's a simple 'Yes' or 'No'.
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"Last month, the New York Times reported on the alleged document. The newspaper described “a document written by a Democratic operative that seemed — at least in the eyes of Mr. Comey and his aides — to raise questions about [Lynch’s] independence.”
The newspaper further described the reported document:
During Russia’s hacking campaign against the United States, intelligence agencies could peer, at times, into Russian networks and see what had been taken. Early last year, F.B.I. agents received a batch of hacked documents, and one caught their attention.
The document, which has been described as both a memo and an email, was written by a Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms. Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far, according to several former officials familiar with the document."
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