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BY BRETT SAMUELS - 10/23/18 03:18 PM EDT
The FBI says it was unable to locate any photos of former FBI Director James Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller hugging and kissing after President Trump claimed he could provide 100 such images.
BuzzFeed News reporter Jason Leopold on Tuesday shared the Department of Justice's response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request he filed with the bureau asking for photographs of Mueller and Comey hugging and kissing each other.
The FBI said in response that its search did not turn up any records corresponding with Leopold's request.
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The bureau noted that there are three categories of law enforcement and national security records protected from FOIA requests, but added that the disclosure should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist."
Comey, who was fired as FBI director in May 2017, joked on Tuesday that his wife was "so relieved" to hear the results.
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GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)when they could have been doing their actual jobs?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Responding to FOIA requests is every government agency's job.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)But, it was still a waste of time and money.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I mean, I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he definitely doesn't look like a hugger.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)the photos and videos of Muslims celebrating on the roof tops in Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)sanctuary cities.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)Call Fox Noise or James O'Keefe. They'll fake anything if it advances the extremist right.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)To many rallies, and to much of whatever he takes to keep him going at this rallies is taking a toll on his brain, and there wasn't much of a brain there to begin with.
llmart
(15,552 posts)his drug is adulation. That's what keeps him going at his rallies.
George II
(67,782 posts)....celebrating in the streets of Jersey City on November 11, 2001.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Trump is a liar.
AdamGG
(1,294 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)I'm beginning to think this is less of a Joaquin Phoenixesque performance art piece and more the cry for help of a deeply disturbed man.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)It diverts attention from real issues.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)If he had use a smaller number, like 7 or even 3, he would have been credible.