The FBI was ordered by a D.C. judge to hand over copies of former director James Comey’s memos about his interactions with President Trump prior to his firing, in order to determine whether they can be released to the public.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington on Thursday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit both clean and redacted versions of the documents by April 1 as part of a Freedom of Information Act case brought by CNN and other organizations, including USA Today and the conservative activist group Judicial Watch Inc. -Bloomberg
Meanwhile, CNN argued in a January filing that the public should be permitted to see the memos because Comey and Trump have accused each other “of grave breaches of the public trust,” and that the documents will show “contemporaneous records of disputed conversations.”
The FBI told the court on March 1 that the files are still redacted and classified, and should remain so in order to avoid interfering with special counsel Robert Mueller’s now-completed investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Last January, the FBI’s chief FOIA officer, David Hardy, gave a sworn declaration to Judicial Watch in which he said that all seven of Comey’s memos were classified at the time they were written, and they remain classified.
We have a sworn declaration from David Hardy who is the chief FOIA officer of the FBI that we obtained just in the last few days, and in that sworn declaration, Mr. Hardy says that all of Comey’s memos - all of them, were classified at the time they were written, and they remain classified. -Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch’s Chris Farrell pointed out at the time that Comey therefore mishandled national defense information when he “knowingly and willfully” leaked them to his Law Professor pal at Columbia University, Daniel Richman.
It’s also mishandling of national defense information, which is a crime. So it’s clear that Mr. Comey not only authored those documents, but then knowingly and willfully leaked them to persons unauthorized, which is in and of itself a national security crime. Mr. Comey should have been read his rights back on June 8th when he testified before the Senate.
Given that James Comey ostensibly leaked unredacted information to Richman, the DOJ’s redactions would appear to confirm that Comey did in fact commit the federal crime of leaking classified information.
via zerohedge
Put this c sucker in front of Grand Jury
I have said it before and I will keep saying it. All this information is crucial to what is happening right now…but Who the heck will figure out who allowed one party system…the left one…..to completely take over the justice for their crimes?How does this happen….accidentally???? Where are the checks and balances?
As one of We The People I want to read the report, but only what pertains to the Russia hoax. Everyone does not have to see any important security issues or see names of people who might be harmed if their names were published. Anything not concerning the Russia hoax committed against President Trump by Hillary and her co-conspirators. All of America knows that the only ones who colluded with Russia was Hillary and her Democrat co-horts. When are we going to see justice done for Hillary’s many sins against America and her citizens and the blasphemous fake reports the MSM have subjected the American people to over the past 3 years?
If we don’t see Secratery of TAKE Hilery and her staff, and the FBI justice Dept under Obama this will happen again. Why do We The People put up with letting the Democrates get away with breaking the law we have a duty to seek justice.Does anyone really believe that this whole ordeal would not have happened if Hilery and Obama had not set this up. Spying on your opponiate heads would have rolled if iit was the other way around. The press would say off with their heads. The fake press needs to get over it. Crying on TV because it did not end the way they wanted. Two years of Lies started the day President Donald Trump was elected. They have been trying to do their best to hurt The Trump Family. We don’t have fair news anymore it’s dead. It’s the hate Trump news channels now. Late night Tv is not intertainment it’s the bad mouth Trump hour. I wish Jay Leno or Johnny Carson was still on. Their humor about political jokes were not full of hate. Free speech is only for the Liberals. What has happened to change our lives as we once new it. Sad isn’t it.