intending that it be out in the media. i wanted it to get out in the media. as a private citizen, i could do that and did that. actually, jim, you weren t supposed to do that. this is page 61 of the ig report. comey had several lawful options available to him to advocate for the appointment a of a special counsel which he told us was his goal in making the disclosure. what was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, investigative information, obtained in the course of fbi employment in order to achieve a personally-desired outcome. so, he leaked. and lied to the public about it. then, there s the question of how many memos comey shared with his pal, richmond, for media distribution and whether they contained classified material. in repeated interviews, comey said versions of this:
laura: what would happen to a comey underling or member of the military who engaged in an analogous type of conduct. he would be fired. if comey was still fbi director he would be fired today. too bad we can t fire him again just for emphasis. by breaking these rules, he broke trust. you can t have a separate records system.ro you can t keep these things separate. laura: the ig said he also they didn t say he didn t they were funny about it. theyey didn t say he didn t pass on classified information. one said could have been. but a separate decision of whether or not you re going to prosecute s someone, saul alludd to the dc district court juries being more liberal. we saw what they did to manafort.ha we see some of the cases how they come down. not favorable to the president. so that s part of the decision making.av t it s part of the decision making. but, remember, laura, this is just the first of three bullets
his house and leaked them to the press laura: what would happen to a comey underling who engaged in an analogous type of conduct. he would be fired. if comey was still fbi director, he would be fired today. too bad we can t fire him again for emphasis. by breaking the rules, he broke trust. you can t have a separate records system. you can t keep these things separate. laura: the ig they didn t say he didn t they were funny about it. they didn t say he didn t pass on classified information. one said could have been. but a separate decision of whether or not you re going to prosecute someone, saul alluded to the dc court juries being more liberal. we saw what they did to manafort. we saw some of the cases how they come down. not favorable to the president. so that s part of the decision making. it s part of the decision making. but, remember, laura, this is just the first of three bullets
instagram live in and of itself is reflective of the self-absorbed culture that we currently live in. i hate to do is millennials i cling to my gen x status. present company excluded. katie: thank you! capri: honest to god, what i see is a self absorbed generation that thinks because they treat and because they march with funny hats that somehow they have some sort of moral superiority that is going to change the world. my grandfather who served in world war ii would beg to diffe differ. katie: they did that so she could instagram in her kitchen. dagen: with full face of makeup, i want to point out. and we left out all the completely off the charts discussion about climate change. carley: the one she also does not instagram. i use instagram all the time, too. in terms of
of those who spent two years talking about me going to jail and being a liar and leaker, ask yourself why you trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president. the justice department decided not to prosecute comey after reviewing the findings, in part because prosecutors didn t believe there was evidence that comey knew and intended to view owe late the laws dealing with classified information. republicans are sizing on the i.g. s information that he mishandled the memos. they re comparing it into the information into hillary clinton s email servers. comey didn t prosecute clinton. the d.o.j. i.g. faulted comey for going rogue on that announcement. now jim jordan has equipped in a statement that after comey cleared clinton, comey decided to mishandle sensitive information. the partisan bickering continues. it will continue for some time. no doubt.