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Comey's FBI: Backdoor Leaks, Classified Intel & Russia Collusion?
Aug 13, 2025
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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