This Is Why Trump Calls Comey a ‘Liar’ and a ‘Leaker’

By WND. Former FBI director James Comey insisted in a Fox News interview Thursday evening he did not violate the law when he had a friend pass on to the media memos of his conversations with President Trump, which had portions that later were determined by the FBI to be classified.

“Special Report” anchor Bret Baier noted that the employment agreement Comey signed with the FBI prohibits the disclosure of any information related to bureau files or acquired by virtue of his employment without prior written permission from the FBI.

“Did you have written permission?” Baier asked.

“No,” Comey said. “And I didn’t consider it part of an FBI file.”

But isn’t a memo of the FBI director’s conversation with the president of the United States considered “work product”? (Read more from “This Is Why Trump Calls Comey a ‘Liar’ and a ‘Leaker'” HERE)

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Comey Says Justice Department Watchdog Interviewed Him over Handling of Memos

By Fox News. Former FBI Director James Comey told Fox News on Thursday night that the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General has interviewed him about his handling of memos detailing conversations between Comey and President Trump.

Fox News reported last week that the DOJ watchdog was looking into whether Comey gave classified information to unauthorized sources as part of a broader review of the former director’s outside communications, including with the media.

Comey told “Special Report” host Bret Baier that he expected Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz to issue a report about the memos “not on the handling of classified information, because that’s frivolous, but on: Did I comply with policy? Did I comply with my employment agreement?”

Comey, whom Trump fired in May 2017, emphatically denied Thursday that sharing the memos with his legal team constituted a leak of classified information. Instead he compared the process to keeping a “diary.”

“I didn’t consider it part of an FBI file,” Comey told Baier when discussing one of the memos. “It was my personal aide-memoire … I always thought of it as mine.” (Read more from “Comey Says Justice Department Watchdog Interviewed Him over Handling of Memos” HERE)

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