i just implicitly made that if there had been some sort of conspiracy against president trump, that could have just as easily been leaked to the american people so people know about it when they went to the polls-s that a fair critique? that is a fair critique. but we were extraordinarily careful not to do anything to allow this information to get out before we knew what we had. you described as i mentioned the sort of self-consciousness around the clinton investigation, that everybody involved was very conscious that everything that was done was going to be scrutinized, that anticipatory sense of scrutiny. as i ve talked to james comey about it, seemed to drive some of the decisions in terms of public disclosure, in terms of what kind of blowback the fbi would get. given what has happened ultimately to everyone who was involved in that russia investigation, do you look back now and recognize any of the same self-consciousness about that? was it the same sense that this sort of scr
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mueller investigation than any other judge in the country. she s had a whole bunch of them. and at this sentencing for rick gates today she, you know, rips rick gates for thesity of his crimes, she praises rick gates for accepting responsibility for his crimes and become a wholeheartedly cooperator with prosecutors. indeed, he s agreed to keep cooperating with prosecutors in multiple ongoing matters even after his sentencing today. the prosecutors sent information to the judge about that today under seal because those are still ongoing legal matters that gates is helping with. and in addition to doing all that the judge who again has overseen all of those mueller derived prosecutions did this sort of remarkable thing in court today. at one point in the middle of talking about gates case and the law that sort of directs in terms of of what kind of sentence he should get and aggravating and mitigating factors arb at one point the judge just stops that part of the sentencing and says you
been some sort of conspiracy against president trump, that could have easily been leaked to the american people so people know about it when they website to the polls. we were careful not to do anything that would allow this information to get out before we knew what we had. you described as i mentioned the sort of self-consciousness around the clinton investigation, that everybody involved was conscience everything going to be done was going to be scrutinized. that inticipatory scrutiny seemed to drive disclosure in terms of what blow back the fbi would get. given what has happened ultimately to everyone who was involved in that russia investigation do you look back now and recognize any of the same self-consciousness about that? is it the same sense this scrutiny or blow back was going to be brought to bear on all of you? i wouldn t characterize it
as molly jong fast reports, page was convinced that she followed all the rules. she is after all a lawyer and knows she is a restricted employee under the hatch act and therefore can t engage in partisan political activity. page says, quote, and i know i m nowhere close to that. i don t engage in any sort of partisan politicking at all, but having an opinion and sharing that opinion publicly or privately with another person is squarely within the permissible bounds of the hatch act. it s in the regs. yeah. it says plainly. i m thinking i know i m a federal employee but i retain my first amendment rights, so i m really not all that worried about it. but then starts a series of events that are still somewhat mysterious today, and they re now the subject of a lawsuit that lisa page has just filed against the justice department and the fbi. and as a result of this mysterious subsequent series of events lisa page s world gets absolutely turned upside down in a way that hasn t recovered. quo