OK about that Rice email & then the memo to herself: That meeting between Obama, Rice, Comey & Biden was about absolutely ensuring nobody told the incoming Trump administration that the FBI was investigating it since July of 2016 and thru the transition period.
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That counterintelligence investigation that had been HIDDEN FOR OVER NINE MONTHS FROM CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT was soon taken away from Andrew McCabe & Peter Strzok by new DAG Rod Rosenstein in May, 2016 & given to the new Mueller Special Counsel.
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CORRECTION: Congressional Oversight first learned of that the FBI had launched a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign - that was still ongoing into the Trump administration - in late March, not April! I regret the error.
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Naturally, once the Congress learned it's oversight role over the FBI had been violated, it called James Comey in to explain how this happened. Despite the fact he *HAD* to know he was going to be asked about this, watch Comey fumble through his answer to Rep. Elise Stefanik.
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Here's the video where - with then-NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers seated next to him - Comey tries to explain how this huge breach of the law occurred:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlXXZQgh72Y&t=2s …
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First, being surprised at how direct and to the point Stefanik's question is, Comey tries to BS by saying he wasn't *really* required by law to inform Congressional Oversight that the FBI had, you know, targeted 1 of the campaigns in the 2016 election for a counter intel probe.
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Comey blusters that it's only a common 'practice' to inform the Gang of 8 about FBI counter intel matters, so it was like totally up to his own discretion as to when Congress was told what was going on. As you can see, Stefanik does NOT buy this answer, and presses him again.
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Comey folds by suddenly claiming it was all FBI Counter Intel Div. head Bill Priestap's idea to not tell Congress about Crossfire Hurricane for over nine months. Priestap 'suggested' to Comey he break the law, and Comey decided to follow this advice.
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So first Comey tries to bluff, then engages in finger pointing, "It wasn't my idea, it was this other guy over there!" By May Comey has been fired, he's taken 7 memos with him from the FBI, 4 of which are classified, and has given 4 to a friend to leak to the media for him.
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This *was all known over a year and a half ago*. There's nothing new here, but the right people are suddenly *calling attention to it* and raising it's visibility. There are good and valid reasons they are doing this now, bringing all of this back up. /end
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"because of the sensitivity of the matter"...
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Other events compelled them. Both The Guardian & CNN ran stories about British & European intel agency monitoring Trump-Russia comms, & FISC Judge R. Collyer made ruling on Adm. Rogers FISA Sect. 702 compliance review. They were losing control, & had to get in front of stories.
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