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Aid policies by keeping four memos in a personal safe. it said that he shared one of the memos with a friend and he had that friend leak its contents to the new york times. that particular memo that was leaked, the report noted, did not contain classified information. comey also, according to the report, shared four memos with his private attorneys. one of which contained information that was retroactively classified at the lowest level. the ig report reads in part, by not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his fbi employment, by using it to create public pressure for official action, comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current fbi employees, and the ms now former fbi employees who similarly have access to or knowledge of nonpublic information. we should note that this is the second inspector general report to criticize comey s conduct in presidential politics. first was for his unilaterally ....
It said that comey shared one of the memos with a friend and he had that friend leak its contents to the new york times. that particular memo that was leaked, the report noted, did not contain classified information. comey also, according to the report, shared four memos with his private attorneys. one of which contained information that was retroactively classified at the lowest level. the i.g. report reads in part, quote, by not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his fbi employment, by using it to create public pressure for official action, comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current fbi employees, and the now former fbi employees who similarly have access to or knowledge of nonpublic information. we should note that this is the second inspector general report to criticize comey s conduct in presidential politics. the first was for his unilaterally-held news conference in that letter he ....
Available to him besides taking these f.b.i. memos, giving them to his friend the columbia professor and letting the friend leak them to the press. sandra: we re beginning to get a response. lawmaker response is coming in. jim jordan has just issued a statement saying today s report is a disappointing reminder that the former f.b.i. director put partisanship and personal ambition over patriotism. his legal obligations to the american people by leaking his confidential communications with the president in an attempt to safe face in the wake of his hiring. he believed he was above the rules of the d.o.j. actions were disgraceful and part of a wider effort within the obama justice department to undermine president trump. i m grateful the inspector general brought these issues to light and look forward to the findings of the abuses of the fisa process. as we await that. senator john kennedy is now ....
Correspondent. juan williams, fox news political analyst and ab stoddard, associate and editor at real clear politics. let s start with the mueller report. the first thing the president said when he walked out and talked to cameras for a bit before heading to mar-a-lago, he doesn t know when we ll see it. when it is coming out. nobody knows when we ll see it or what will be in it. people have been sharp critics of the president seem to lay the ground work for there not being a lot in the report. james comey writing an op-ed saying i don t know whether there is evidence of collusion or obstruction of justice and i don t care. i don t care. he is the guy who started this whole thing. he said under oath of congress he had a friend leak. we ve been investigating whether or not there is collusion with russia for two years and james comey is saying he doesn t know if it is there. nobody knows what s in the ....
Frustration that we believe that the scope has gone beyond what was intended to be investigations into meddling in the election. reporter: the president repeatedly declaring the investigation into collusion between the training caump camp russia a witch hunt and the bases of mueller s investigation, alleging comey leaked classified investigation to generate a special counsel and the russia probe was established based on an illegal act. after he was fired by mr. trump last may comey testified before the senate about his decision to have a friend leak his memos to the media. i asked him too because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. reporter: last week the former fbi director told cnn he still thinks it was the right thing to do. i was in a position given what i knew to do something that would be useful and important and so i did it. reporter: sources tell cnn the department of justice inspector general is now looking into comey s handling of the ....