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The FBI reportedly suspected James Comey of leaking classified information through an intermediary to damage Trump's reputation and push the Russia collusion narrative. New evidence suggests a 'dual system of justice' may have protected Comey and others involved in spreading false information. #JamesComey #Trump #FBI #RussiaCollusion #KashPatel
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This is a very long piece that you have
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here.
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Yeah,
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it is a worthwhile read. I'll let you
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sum it up and then I want your
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conclusion on what you're what you're
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finding here because to me it's very
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damning.
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Well, uh, what you find out is that
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James Comey decided not to work through
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the FBI press office when he wanted to
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change the narrative in Washington,
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burnish his reputation, uh, against
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attacks from Democrats and try to sully
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Donald Trump's reputation. If you
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remember, Democrats were mad that James
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Comey let out of the bag just before the
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election that there might be some new
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evidence in the Hillary Clinton email
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scandal. Hillary blamed Comey for
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throwing the election. She blamed the
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Russians for throwing election. She
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blamed everybody but herself for
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throwing the election for her. But, uh,
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Comey was trying to rehabilitate that.
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And so, he had an intermediary, a a
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Columbia law professor by the name of
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Daniel Richmond, who the FBI confirmed
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and interviewed. And Richmond said,
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"Yes, I used my relationship with a New
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York Times reporter named Michael
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Schmidt. He's one of the authors of the
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Pulitzer Prizewinning package that
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President Trump is now suing over. And
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my goal was to uh improve negative
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stories about James Comey and to set a
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narrative, i.e. set the Russia collusion
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narrative." This guy worked around the
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official channels of the FBI press
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office and at one point they FBI noted
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you met with James Comey. He gave you
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access to classified information. A
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short while later you had a conversation
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with that New York Times reporter and he
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ends up reporting something that appears
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to be classified. Did you do it? And he
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gives I think perhaps the most famous
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denial people will remember since Bill
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Clinton says it depends what the meaning
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of the word is is. When he tried to
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obuscate whether he had an affair with
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Monica Lewinsky. says, "I can say I
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don't think I confirmed the information.
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I can say with a discount that I didn't
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give him the classified information."
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With a discount means you got to give me
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some room. It's an extraordinary moment.
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The FBI clearly had strong suspicions
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that this was a potential backdoor for
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information, maybe classified
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information to get out to the media with
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James Comey's fingerprints on it. Uh,
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and uh, they didn't go much further.
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They didn't put Comey before the grand
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jury that we can tell. They didn't
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appear to put uh this gentleman Daniel
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Richmond before the grand jury. And like
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Adam Schiff, as we told you last night,
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here they have an eyewitness
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whistleblower said, "I was in the room
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when he authorized leaks of intel." The
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these end up being a dead end again. And
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it's another reminder of a dual system
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of justice that the Justice Department
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had the last six years. These are
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documents that were never given to Jim
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Jordan. Jim Jordan confirmed that to me
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today. Uh, and we're just learning eight
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years later because of what Cash Patel
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turned over that the FBI had all the
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evidence of how the false narrative of
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Russia collusion was spread across this
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country to the detriment of voters, to
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the detriment of President Trump's first
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campaign and they did nothing about it.
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It's a credit to the FBI. It's a credit
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to Cash Patel. It's a credit to the
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people that are involved in in sharing
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this information now with the public. Do
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you see legal jeopardy here?
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I think if Pam Bondi uh goes the grand
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jury route that these are people that
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are going to be hauled before the grand
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jury. I want to remind people most
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classified information statutes have a
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five-year um statute of limitations, but
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there is a provision that extends it to
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10 years uh if it's willing and knowing.
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And the there is some pretty clear
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evidence of a strong apparatus put in
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place to make these leaks occur
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according to the FBI documents. I think
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a grand jury could go back and try to
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compel testimony and find out if it
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rises to the level of criminality.
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Tomorrow though, I think we're going to
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take people on a new destination, which
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is how often did the FBI get blocked in
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trying to investigate Hillary Clinton
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corruption at the Clinton Foundation?
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You're going to be shocked by the
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