Graham: Comey should be held accountable for acting on bad intel

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/28/17 09:32 AM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that fired FBI James Comey should be held accountable if he acted on Russian intelligence he knew to be fake during the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.

"If he intervened in the election based on fake information generated by the Russians, that was an incredibly incompetent thing to do. So I don’t know who to believe anymore," Graham said on CNN's "State of the Union."

"That to me is a stunning story," he added. "From a Congress point of view, he never told us it was fake, so he needs to be held accountable." CNN reported on Friday that false intelligence had prompted Comey to publicly declare last summer that the Clinton email probe was over and to recommend against charging the former secretary of state.

In spite of the fact that he knew that intelligence was fake, Comey reportedly feared that, if the information were to become public, it could devastate the credibility of the FBI and the Department of Justice.

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Graham: Withdrawing from Paris deal would be bad for GOP

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/28/17 09:45 AM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) said on Sunday that if President Trump withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate deal, it would affirm to the world that he believes climate change to be a "hoax" and would badly hurt the GOP and the country.

"If he does withdraw, that would be a definitive statement from the president that he believes climate change is a hoax," Graham said on CNN's "State of the Union."

"It would be taken as a statement that climate change is not a problem; is not real," he continued. "So that would be bad for the party, bad for the country."

Graham's comments came a day after Trump declined to pledge his support for the 195-country Paris deal at a meeting of the Group of 7 in Italy, making him the only G7 leader not to support the agreement outright.

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[cstanleytech]

1. Agree, but you know who else should be held accountable for acting on bad Intel?

Bush and his act makes what Comey did look like child's play.

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Lindsey attempting a little "Comey character assassination"?

Are we supposed to now assume that Comey knew the intelligence to be fake? Because Lindsey says so? Pay no attention to the traitors in the White House?

Just shut up, Senator.

This should all come out in the wash.

[ATL Ebony]

3. +1

[Mr. Ected]

4. Dick Durbin called the Kushner back-channel story a "rumor"

Graham should have couched this in similar terms. The partisanship is lurking just below the surface on this one.

[ATL Ebony]

5. Well I'll be damned. Graham are you going to be as steadfast

in the pursuit for truth regarding intel of Trump et al's treason as you are about Hillary's damn (nonissue) emails.

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. WHAT????

Is there more to this story? I don't get it.

So the Russians, who hated Hillary, created some 'fake intelligence' that Hillary was innocent and should not be charged. That is unbelievable already.

But furthermore, the FBI and Comey saw this "intelligence" that they never discovered or corroborated themselves obviously, and just believed it at face value. Where did they see it, on Facebook?

[murielm99]

7. Comey is no hero.

Lindsey needs to stop running his mouth.

That is all.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. K&R

[justiceischeap]

9. He was fired for that very reason...says so in the memo

So he has been held accountable. And since when does Graham care about Comey's interference in the election?