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Comey, who was fired on Tuesday by President Trump, was invited for a closed session before the panel by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
Warner said on MSNBC Friday afternoon that Comey would not appear before the committee on Tuesday. The office of Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Comey would not meet with the committee behind closed doors next week.
www.washingtonexaminer.com...
Comey had his own ideas. Unbeknownst to his Justice Department colleagues, Comey had resolved to proceed alone with the announcement. Since May, he had been holding a parallel series of meetings with top F.B.I. confidants to thrash through his plan. He would publicly announce—and explain—the Clinton decision without Lynch at his side. “We had discussions for months about what this looked like,” Michael Steinbach, who retired as the F.B.I.’s executive assistant director for national security in February, 2017, said. “This, for us, was the best course of action, given the political situation that we were in—for us to do it independently.”
As Comey saw it, according to Steinbach and others familiar with his thinking, the public doubted Lynch’s independence and would be less likely to accept the decision if she were involved in announcing it.
Clinton wasn't interviewed until July 2. That means a couple of months before the subject of the investigation was interviewed, Comey was plotting a course of action to make the decision not to recommend charges against her seem more palatable to the public.
originally posted by: Stormdancer777
a reply to: Perfectenemy
What's that?
originally posted by: draoicht
Perhaps he doesn't want to answer questions about the "no intent" decision.
Did Mrs.Lynch tell him to do it?
Or did Mr.Obama tell him to do it?
Still covering for his old friends?
originally posted by: burntheships
originally posted by: draoicht
Perhaps he doesn't want to answer questions about the "no intent" decision.
Did Mrs.Lynch tell him to do it?
Or did Mr.Obama tell him to do it?
Still covering for his old friends?
Interesting, he claimed Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton
appeared improper. I get the feeling he may have been
indeed have been in touch with Obama.
He did visit the Oval Office during that time...