The Ukraine Whistleblower Is Another James Comey; Slippery Former FBI Director Gets Nailed
By Washington Examiner. Democrats don’t want us to confirm the identity of the so-called whistleblower in their impeachment drive, because then we’ll realize that we’ve seen this exact same scenario play out before: A career government employee believes it’s up to him or her to save the republic and stop President Trump.
The inspector general report out of the Justice Department last week showed that this pattern started as far back as 2016, when FBI agent after FBI agent self-identified as a hero and began spying on Trump’s 2016 campaign in hopes of uncovering a conspiracy with Russia.
They each lied, fabricated, and willingly relied on what they knew was faulty information for the purpose of pursuing a sham investigation of the president into something that has since been debunked.
A separate inspector general report released back in August showed that former FBI Director James Comey is another one of these people. After Comey leaked confidential information to the news media by way of a third party, Comey “failed to live up to his responsibility” and “set a dangerous example” for other agents, the inspector general said. Comey defended the leaking as an act of patriotism, something he did out of “love for my country.” The inspector general slapped Comey on that point, stating that “strongly held personal convictions” are not an excuse for flouting FBI policy. (Read more from “The Ukraine Whistleblower Is Another James Comey” HERE)
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The Slippery James Comey Gets Nailed
By National Review. Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton gave us “it depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” James Comey has now given us it depends what the meaning of “vindicated” is.
The former FBI director sat down with Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday over the weekend, and it didn’t go well. Wallace repeatedly pressed Comey on critical findings in the Horowitz IG report, and Comey shimmied and dodged, in a master class in slipperiness and evasion. . .
All of these advantages were eroded or nonexistent on Sunday. The Horowitz report has dumped a prodigious amount of material about the investigations out into the public. While Chris Wallace obviously isn’t a law-enforcement professional, he knows the factual record and, as one of the best interviewers on TV, was relentless, yet fair in grilling Comey. . .
Off the bat, Wallace juxtaposed Comey’s claim that the IG report was a vindication with Michael Horowitz’s congressional testimony that no one who had anything to do with the FBI’s handling of the investigation should feel vindicated. . .
He relied repeatedly on such mincing distinctions. Questioned how he can square his past statement that the Steele dossier was “part of a broader mosaic of facts” supporting the Carter Page FISA application with Horowitz’s finding that it was “central and essential” in deciding to seek the FISA order, Comey said there was no contradiction. (Read more from “The Slippery James Comey Gets Nailed” HERE)
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