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Former FBI Director James Comey avoided answering a lot of questions during his testimony on Friday before Congress on the Clinton email investigation and Trump Russia probe.
Even so, he made several critical admissions, such as that the FBI never verified the dossier either before or after it was used to help get FISA warrants while he was director.
That’s a huge admission given that when you apply for warrants and in particular FISA warrants, you are vouching for the accuracy of everything in your application. And Comey signed off on three of those applications personally.
But there was another critical piece of information that came out that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.
And it wasn’t something that Comey said, but information that came out during smart questioning by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). In the transcript at pages 130-140:
Mr. Meadows. Let me ask one clarifying question… you were saying that you had no knowledge that Perkins Coie was actually involved with the Democrat National Committee and involved in this particular investigation that ultimately was initiated. Is that correct?
Mr. Comey. I, when I was FBI Director, don’t remember ever being told anything about Perkins Coie. I think I’ve since read stuff in the media, but not when I was Director.
Mr. Meadows. So are you saying that James Baker, your general counsel, who received direct information from Perkins Coie, did so and conveyed that to your team without your
knowledge?
Mr. Comey. I don’t know.
Mr. Meadows. What do you mean you don’t know? I mean, did he tell you or not?
Mr. Comey. Oh, I — well —
Mr. Meadows. James Baker, we have testimony that would indicate that he received information directly from Perkins Coie; he had knowledge that they were representing the Democrat National Committee and, indeed collected that information and conveyed it to the investigative team. Did he tell you that he received that information from them?
Whoa.
So basically, they’re saying that Baker, the FBI general counsel, testified the FBI was getting information directly from the Democrats (i.e. Perkins Coie who represented both the DNC and the Clinton campaign). They are the folks who hired Fusion GPS to get info on Donald Trump.
They’re literally getting info directly from Democrats and passing it on to the investigative team.
This raises the question if Democrats was seemingly providing info which is then used to go after political opponents.
If Democrats ultimately paid Russians for information on Trump, that’s the real “collusion.” And then if they passed it on to the FBI, that in essence makes the FBI a party to it, and compromises them.
And Comey pretended he didn’t know about Perkins Coie, but was burnt by Baker already testifying to it.
This is why Comey got fired amongst other reasons dealing with the HRC investigation
Even so, he made several critical admissions, such as that the FBI never verified the dossier either before or after it was used to help get FISA warrants while he was director.
That’s a huge admission given that when you apply for warrants and in particular FISA warrants, you are vouching for the accuracy of everything in your application. And Comey signed off on three of those applications personally.
But there was another critical piece of information that came out that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.
And it wasn’t something that Comey said, but information that came out during smart questioning by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). In the transcript at pages 130-140:
Mr. Meadows. Let me ask one clarifying question… you were saying that you had no knowledge that Perkins Coie was actually involved with the Democrat National Committee and involved in this particular investigation that ultimately was initiated. Is that correct?
Mr. Comey. I, when I was FBI Director, don’t remember ever being told anything about Perkins Coie. I think I’ve since read stuff in the media, but not when I was Director.
Mr. Meadows. So are you saying that James Baker, your general counsel, who received direct information from Perkins Coie, did so and conveyed that to your team without your
knowledge?
Mr. Comey. I don’t know.
Mr. Meadows. What do you mean you don’t know? I mean, did he tell you or not?
Mr. Comey. Oh, I — well —
Mr. Meadows. James Baker, we have testimony that would indicate that he received information directly from Perkins Coie; he had knowledge that they were representing the Democrat National Committee and, indeed collected that information and conveyed it to the investigative team. Did he tell you that he received that information from them?
Whoa.
So basically, they’re saying that Baker, the FBI general counsel, testified the FBI was getting information directly from the Democrats (i.e. Perkins Coie who represented both the DNC and the Clinton campaign). They are the folks who hired Fusion GPS to get info on Donald Trump.
They’re literally getting info directly from Democrats and passing it on to the investigative team.
This raises the question if Democrats was seemingly providing info which is then used to go after political opponents.
If Democrats ultimately paid Russians for information on Trump, that’s the real “collusion.” And then if they passed it on to the FBI, that in essence makes the FBI a party to it, and compromises them.
And Comey pretended he didn’t know about Perkins Coie, but was burnt by Baker already testifying to it.
This is why Comey got fired amongst other reasons dealing with the HRC investigation