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DonViejo

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Thu Sep 20, 2018, 11:07 AM Sep 2018

Comey says he's not worried about Trump releasing his texts


By JESUS RODRIGUEZ 09/20/2018 10:09 AM EDT

Former FBI director James Comey said he's not worried by President Donald Trump’s order to the bureau to release a slew of his text messages, saying he "wasn’t a big texter" when he was at the law enforcement agency.

Trump’s sudden Monday move to release Comey’s communications also included an order to declassify 20 pages of a 2016 surveillance application targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and to release Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s notes related to the Russia probe.

“Personally, I don’t care, I wasn’t a big texter,” Comey told St. Louis Public Radio in a Wednesday interview, adding that he also wasn't concerned about anything he said in emails becoming public. “I have a separate worry, which is institutional…You don’t want to do anything in disclosing information that’s connected to an intelligence investigation that would either screw up pending investigations or send a message to future sources that we can’t be trusted to protect you.”

Trump has long railed, often via Twitter, against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into his dealings with Russia and whether any Trump aides helped Moscow interfere in the 2016 election. Trump often dismisses the probe as a “hoax.”

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/20/comey-trump-russia-texts-830878
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Comey says he's not worried about Trump releasing his texts (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP
I hate comey mucifer Sep 2018 #1
Well, he's now doing interviews on St. Louis Public Radio Merlot Sep 2018 #2
He is also teaching classes at William & Mary..nt helpisontheway Sep 2018 #3
What about privacy laws? blueinredohio Sep 2018 #4

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
2. Well, he's now doing interviews on St. Louis Public Radio
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 11:58 AM
Sep 2018

that's his life now...public radio obscurity...must be his own private hell.

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