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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrey Gowdy tried to get Comey to accuse Hillary of an act of Espionage.
But Comey didn't bite.
Page 14, Gowdy: Is it fair to say that . . . were working on the Clinton Espionage Act or mishandling of classified information investigation.
Comey: The reason Im hesitating, Mr. Gowdy, is Ive never applied the label of Espionage Act Investigation. It was an investigation into the mishandling of classified information. I dont mean to quibble, but thats how I thought of it and talked about it.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-transcript-james-comeys-dec-7-interview-house-committees?fbclid=IwAR2M4S6woITP_uscht4jrcsJQWZMa6giXeBjqcAYTMq5Q_etSpbsmPRrkxE
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)They are all in it.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)in order to give cover to DT -- to whom the word probably applies.
JDC
(10,133 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Right. Hilary was spying, um, for who? What? And decided that becoming secretary of state was the perfect camoflage????
So, they're accusing her of doing that they do when they put Tillerson in the job to drop russian sanctions and release the russian oil to Mobil?????
Theyre getting there.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Soon to be a former member of Congress. Fuck him.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Couldn't happen to a more deserving ass. I hope they nail him for something after he is gone.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)hoping to leave with his ego intact.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)until now. I am kind of curious what drove him out of hiding now.
Whatever, good riddance.
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)Mr. Gowdy.
Director Comey, Peter Strzok was an FBI agent who was assigned to the Clinton Espionage Act investigation. Do I have that right?
Mr. Comey.
That is correct.
Mr. Gowdy.
What was his title?
Mr. Comey.
His title was special agent. I think he had a variety of different supervisory assignments during the pendency of that investigation from mid-2015 to the end of '16. I don't remember exactly what those were.
Mr. Gowdy.
Did he interview witnesses?
Mr. Comey.
Did he interview witnesses? Yes, he did during the Clinton investigation, is my understanding.
Mr. Gowdy.
Did he review documents?
Mr. Comey.
My understanding is, yes, he did review documents.
Mr. Gowdy.
Did he provide advice, counsel, insight to you in your role as the Director?
Mr. Comey.
I don't -- I'm just hesitating over the description of advice, counsel. He was a supervisory special agent of some role who would periodically brief me on the status of the investigation, was his primary responsibility as it related to me.
Mr. Gowdy.
Let me see if I can ask the question more artfully. Did he help you prepare or edit your July 5th press statement?
Mr. Comey.
July 5th press statement? Yes, he did help edit that.
Mr. Gowdy.
Lisa Page, she was an attorney with the FBI in 2016. Is that right?
Mr. Comey.
Lisa Page, yes, that is correct. Lisa Page was an attorney I think before 2016, but certainly during 2016 assigned to the Office of General Counsel.
Mr. Gowdy.
What role did she have with the Clinton Espionage Act investigation?
Mr. Comey.
Lisa Page's role in the investigation into whether Hillary Clinton had mishandled classified information was in her capacity as a lawyer assigned to support the Deputy Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe.
Mr. Gowdy.
Did she assist you in drafting or editing your July 5th press statement?
Mr. Comey.
I believe she did assist in drafting -- or editing the statement of July 2016.
Mr. Gowdy.
So, from January 2016 up until your July 5th press statement, it is fair to say that both Special Agent Peter Strzok and FBI Attorney Lisa Page were working on the Clinton Espionage Act or mishandling of classified information investigation?
Mr. Comey.
The reason I'm hesitating, Mr. Gowdy, is I've never applied the label of Espionage Act investigation. It was an investigation into the mishandling of classified information. I don't mean to quibble, but that's how I thought of it and talked about it. Yes, they each participated in some respect in that investigation or in our public statement about the investigation and things like that.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)when he asked, "is it fair to say" -- giving Comey the chance to answer that it wasn't a label he's ever applied.
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)The first time, he let it go...the second time he corrected him and the third time he pulled him up on it.