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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat "leak"? Comey did not leak.
In order to counter lies that tRump was telling, and to hopefully trigger the appointment of a special counsel, he GAVE his personal notes on meetings with tRump to a colleague to GIVE to the media.
To me, that's not a leak.
He was very up front about it.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Comey is not tRump's attorney.
He was the Director of the FBI.
I don't see any attorney - client privilege/confidentiality there.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)malaise
(269,063 posts)he deliberately wrote the memos so that they would be unclassified.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)malaise
(269,063 posts)<snip>
Heres the relevant exchange between Comey and Sen. Mark Warner:
Warner: You made clear [in your prepared remarks] that you wrote that memo in a way that was unclassified. If you affirmatively made the decision to write a memo that was unclassified, was that because you felt at some point the facts of that meeting would have to be shared with the American people?
Comey: Well, I remember thinking, This is a very disturbing development. If I write it in such a way that I don't include anything that would trigger classification, that would make it easier for us to discuss within the FBI and the government and to hold on to it in a way that makes it accessible to us.
Comey did mention on Thursday that he had one classified conversation with Trump, but that it was unrelated to the Russia investigation and was brief and entirely professional.
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)But I did hear a lawyer say today....That even if they were privileged conversations, Trump broke that privilege when he, himself tweeted about them. So nice try kaskowitz.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)True Dough
(17,311 posts)say that he did it as a private citizen, after he was fired, not as director of the FBI. In addition, it wasn't classified material. He is not the equivalent of Julian Assange.
The right will attempt to smear him nonetheless.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Trump's Lawyer is so out to lunch that he won't be back in this lifetime.
Once you are fired even without cause,those so called confidential agreements go bye bye. Been down this friggen road.