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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,011 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:26 AM Sep 2025

Do I have this right?

Andy McCabe was the leaker, not James Comey, and McCabe told James Comey after the fact. That's what the Inspector General found and cleared Comey.

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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,011 posts)
3. McCabe said Comey authorized the leak.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:35 AM
Sep 2025

However the IG questioned McCabe's candor, and in any case McCabe told Comey about the leak after the fact.

Ocelot II

(131,240 posts)
5. But the basis of the indictment isn't about the details of the Russia investigation.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:43 AM
Sep 2025

It focuses only on whether Comey lied to senators during his senate testimony about the investigation. Specifically, Cruz asked him whether he had ever authorized anyone at the FBI to leak information to the press about investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails and possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

sop

(19,319 posts)
6. The obstruction charge accuses Comey of making "false statements" at that hearing, but is silent about what they were.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:58 AM
Sep 2025

Ocelot II

(131,240 posts)
7. Comey is entitled to a bill of particulars before his arraignment.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:02 AM
Sep 2025

I'd love to know what kind of bullshit was presented to the grand jury.

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