COMEY CONFIRMS: FBI INVESTIGATING TRUMP
Meanwhile Trump is Tweeting and the GOP wants to Bring Benghazi Back
NYTIMES: Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina and Mrs. Clinton’s Grand Benghazi Inquisitor, has turned into the Inspector Javert of intelligence leaks. And who is he blaming? Much of the Obama administration — including Barack Obama himself.
Mr. Gowdy, in a question to Mr. Comey, asked: “Unauthorized dissemination is punishable by felony up to 10 years in federal prison?”
“Yes, as it should be,” Mr. Comey said.
Mr. Gowdy asked if a series of people from the Obama administration had access to the intelligence information leaked: John Brennan, the former director of the C.I.A., James R. Clapper, the former director of the Office of National Intelligence, Loretta Lynch, the former attorney general, Susan Rice, the former national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, a former National Security Council official, and … Mr. Obama.
He also listed out a series of news reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that detailed information gleaned from classified intercepts of the calls between Mr. Flynn and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador.
He concluded by asking: “I thought it was against the law to disseminate classified information. Is it?”
“Yes, or sure. It is a serious crime,” Comey said.
The president doth tweet.
With the House intelligence committee set for the first public hearing on Russian election meddling, the president is posting his protests on Twitter — again.
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!
3:35 AM – 20 Mar 2017
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!
3:49 AM – 20 Mar 2017
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The real story that Congress, the FBI and all others should be looking into is the leaking of Classified information. Must find leaker now!
4:02 AM – 20 Mar 2017
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The search for the real “leaker” is likely to be part of the questioning of the F.B.I. director, since Mr. Nunes has seconded the president’s opinion.
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?
6:14 AM – 20 Mar 2017
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