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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump channels his inner Valley Girl: Comey's leaked memos are "SO ILLEGAL!" Totally. Fer shur. Sad!
James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!
Link to tweet
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)It doesn't even make sense.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)Comey stated that none of what he and Trump discussed was classified.
hlthe2b
(102,205 posts)Otherwise someone might think you were intentionally disseminating RW talking points and I'm sure you don't want to leave THAT impression.
They have not released them publicly because they are part of the investigation against Trump et al for obstruction of justice. That does NOT equate to the "FBI saying they contained CLASSIFIED information..." as you stated.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information, according to interviews with officials familiar with the documents.
This revelation raises the possibility that Comey broke his own agencys rules and ignored the same security protocol that he publicly criticized Hillary Clinton for in the waning days of the 2016 presidential election.
Comey testified last month he considered the memos to be personal documents and that he shared at least one of them with a Columbia University lawyer friend. He asked that lawyer to leak information from one memo to the news media in hopes of increasing pressure to get a special prosecutor named in the Russia case after Comey was fired as FBI director.
Rawstory is also reporting on this, but they are stealing stories from other sites.
EDIT:
Seems like there was classified info in there, but no mention whether the excerpts from the memos that were sent to the press contained classified info.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/that-is-so-illegal-trump-accuses-comey-of-a-felony-after-watching-fox-friends-segment/
hlthe2b
(102,205 posts)and some of them might well contain some classified info. That does not mean (despite the obvious attempt by some to conflate) that Comey provided ("leaked" classified information to the media.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)That is categorically untrue. I can't believe someone with you length of time at DU and number of posts would post that.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Certainly not the one he made public.
madokie
(51,076 posts)he's a senseless/ignorant fool and a mighty big one at that
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Chemisse
(30,807 posts)Try again, 45.
gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)Every time Chump opens his mouth, he demeans the office of the presidency.
boston bean
(36,220 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)As Rachel Maddow has already told us, watch what they do; don't listen to what they say. It's 100% bullshit.
tanyev
(42,542 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)It is illegal to classify information in order to cover up illegal or unethical behavior.
Just sayin....
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)leftstreet
(36,103 posts)Link to tweet
Ivanka Trump?Verified account @IvankaTrump
I called home & my daughter told me she was having a donut w/ pink sprinkles for breakfast but that it was a secret. Jared is so busted!
Leith
(7,808 posts)I heard for the first time this morning that there are seven memos? Where did the other six come from?
As for "leaking," handing over memos with possible classified info to a congressional committee that, by definition, has the clearance to read them is not "leaking." It is submitting evidence to an entity that has the right, privilege, and obligation to read them. Did Comey give the memos to anyone who didn't have the legal authority to see them?
Is this just a bunch of glitter that the grapple drumpling gang is throwing in our faces?