The memoranda that Jim Comey wrote of his conversations with the President were released tonight in redacted form. The majority of these documents had been classified, but they were declassified today except for the redactions. The most amazing thing about the documents is that they don't really say much new. There's no smoking gun. There's nothing that President Trump said to Comey (according to the memoranda) that would be the basis for any claims of misconduct by Trump. It's a nothing burger to use the term of the year.
There is some humor in these documents, though, and perhaps some important news regarding the Trump Dossier. Let's start with the latter. The President told Comey twice that in 2013 when the Miss Universe pageant was held in Moscow, he did not stay overnight in Russia. He flew in early in the morning, spent the day and evening on the pageant, and flew out that night. He was only at the hotel for a short time to change and to retrieve his belongings after the pageant. This is important, because it was on this trip that the Trump Dossier says Trump hired hookers to urinate on the bed because it had previously been occupied by Obama. If what Trump was saying was correct, then there would have been no time for any of that to have happened. Remember for the last year we keep hearing that the Trump Dossier is "unverified". That's the FBI saying they can't prove that anything the dossier says is true. But President Trump told Comey on two occasions according to Comey's own memoranda facts that would DISPROVE the claim of the Trump Dossier. Did the FBI check that out? To date, there has been no indication that the FBI took any steps to check that out. Someone is going to have to explain this.
As for humor, there are repeated references in the memoranda of Comey telling President Trump that Andrew McCabe is an honorable man who puts politics aside in doing his FBI work. That's pretty funny to read on the same day when a criminal referral was sent on McCabe to the US Attorney regarding McCabe getting mixed up in political leaking and then lying to cover it up, including lying under oath. Some honorable man McCabe is!
There is some humor in these documents, though, and perhaps some important news regarding the Trump Dossier. Let's start with the latter. The President told Comey twice that in 2013 when the Miss Universe pageant was held in Moscow, he did not stay overnight in Russia. He flew in early in the morning, spent the day and evening on the pageant, and flew out that night. He was only at the hotel for a short time to change and to retrieve his belongings after the pageant. This is important, because it was on this trip that the Trump Dossier says Trump hired hookers to urinate on the bed because it had previously been occupied by Obama. If what Trump was saying was correct, then there would have been no time for any of that to have happened. Remember for the last year we keep hearing that the Trump Dossier is "unverified". That's the FBI saying they can't prove that anything the dossier says is true. But President Trump told Comey on two occasions according to Comey's own memoranda facts that would DISPROVE the claim of the Trump Dossier. Did the FBI check that out? To date, there has been no indication that the FBI took any steps to check that out. Someone is going to have to explain this.
As for humor, there are repeated references in the memoranda of Comey telling President Trump that Andrew McCabe is an honorable man who puts politics aside in doing his FBI work. That's pretty funny to read on the same day when a criminal referral was sent on McCabe to the US Attorney regarding McCabe getting mixed up in political leaking and then lying to cover it up, including lying under oath. Some honorable man McCabe is!
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