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by Ronn Blitzer | 10:14 am, January 24th, 2018
Robert Mueller was first appointed as Special Counsel for the investigation of Trump campaign ties to Russia after former FBI Director James Comey leaked a memo about his conversation with Donald Trump to the media. Now, the same friend who helped Comey with the leak is representing him during the investigation.
After the infamous Comey Memo was written about in The New York Times, it was confirmed that Comeys friend, Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman played the role of middle man, delivering the goods to the newspaper, who then reported the details. Now, a BuzzFeed News report says that Comey himself was questioned by the Special Counsels office, and Richman is one of the attorneys representing Comey in the matter. Richman said that he and the rest of Comeys team would not comment on the former FBI Directors meeting with Muellers office.
When Comey testified before Congress last June, he said that he had a friend of his who worked at Columbia Law School give the contents of his memo to a reporter. That friend was later confirmed to be Richman, who has been friends with Comey for 30 years. They also worked together at the school in research roles.
Richman also previously served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, and he was a consultant to both the Justice Department and the Department of the Treasury dealing with federal crimes. His official bio on Columbias website also says that he is an adviser to Comey.
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)as the memo was basically Comey's notes of what transpired with no national security implication in spite of republican chatter, the noose is tightening around not only trump but many of his closest people including son and son in law and perhaps a daughter. Lyin to a federal official conducting an investigation is a crime. Ask martha Steward about that.
the trumps and their people can not help but lie , lie , lie
Gothmog
(145,293 posts)Comey has a good attorney