Trump's lawyers fail to follow through on threats to Comey [View all]
Source: Yahoo News
Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Yahoo NewsJune 28, 2017
President Trump’s lawyers, after rethinking their legal strategy, have shelved plans for now to file complaints accusing former FBI director James Comey of leaking confidential information about his conversations with the president, according to two sources familiar with the lawyers’ plans.
The decision to back away from repeated public threats to launch an all out legal assault on Comey reflects a significant tactical retreat for Trump’s legal team. It was prompted by concerns that such a move might antagonize special counsel Robert Mueller as he gears up for his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump’s presidential campaign, the sources said.
The public attacks on Comey began after the ex-FBI director’s testimony on June 8 that he authorized a friend to share with reporters portions of a memo with his account of a White House meeting at which President Trump allegedly asked him to go easy on former national security advisor Michael Flynn. The next day, Marc E. Kasowitz, the president’s chief lawyer, accused the former FBI Director of “unilaterally and surreptitiously” making “unauthorized disclosures to the press of privileged communications with the president.”
“We will leave it to the appropriate authorities to determine whether these leaks should be investigated along with all the others being investigated,” Kasowitz said in a statement he read to the news media at the National Press Club.
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