We have the watch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303956)

but we did learn that Comey had his friend Richman leak to the NYT.

if that's the theory of prosecution i don't see what's wrong with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303324)

https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303343)

*inserts tweet from BigTexFBall69*

*goes to lunch*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303424)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303415)

JFC liberals have literal shit for brains

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304013)

Mr. Comey: (01:52:43) I can only speak to my testimony. I stand by the testimony you summarized that I gave in May of 2017.

Senator Cruz: (01:52:50) So your testimony is you've never authorized anyone to leak? And Mr. McCabe, if he says contrary, is not telling the truth, is that correct?

Mr. Comey: (01:52:58) Again, I'm not going to characterize Andy's testimony, but mine is the same today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303384)

the problem is that McCabe has lied over and over again, even under oath. hard to build a perjury case upon the testimony of a serial perjurer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303502)

So how are you going to convict Comey based upon the "truth" of McCabe's statement when a Grand Jury didn't believe he committed a crime?

LOL!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303516)

doesn't that bolster McCabe?

it's not the leak that is the basis of the new indictment; it's the alleged lying about it. it's a process crime.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303522)

McCabe said that he spoke with Comey THE DAY AFTER the article came out and told Comey that he (McCabe) authorized the disclosure.

So when did McCabe ever say, "Yes, Comey authorized me to leak the information."

???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303525)

link? where did McCabe say he got authorization only after the leak? it's a good argument if supported.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303531)

Cruz told the Justice Department in a letter three months later that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted knowing about and authorizing the leak.

McCabe insisted that Comey was aware of his decision to authorize the disclosure, while Comey “has denied this claim,” Cruz wrote.

“Mr. Comey and Mr. McCabe’s statements are irreconcilably contradictory,” Cruz wrote. “Mr. McCabe says that he told Mr. Comey of the leak and that Mr. Comey approved — effectively authorizing the leak after the fact. Mr. Comey, on the other hand, has said that he neither authorized the leak nor knew of Mr. McCabe’s involvement.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/james-comey-indicted-fbi-trump.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303570)

authorization means pre-approval in the normal sense and if the argument is that it's retroactive then the statement is way too variable in meaning to support a perjury indictment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303575)

"Look, McCabe is telling the truth when he said the told Comey BEFORE the leak, and Comey gave implicit approval of it!"

The problem is that in that same investigation the DoJ's Inspector General said that McCabe "he lacked candor about an episode involving the release of information to a reporter."

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/14/806052193/former-fbi-official-andrew-mccabe-wont-face-charges

So McCabe was telling the truth when he "lacked candor" and that is the basis for proving Comey was lying?

LO-FUCKING-L!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303582)

idk man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303586)

The compelling argument is,

"You have no proof that Comey knew about the leak BEFORE the article was published. More importantly, you can't prove that Comey AUTHORIZED the disclosure. So how are you going to prove that Comey lied in 2020 when Cruz questioned him?"

L-O-FUCKING-L!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303615)

- Comey knew about the leak BEFORE the article was published;

- Comey authorized the disclosure of the information to the reporter;

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303631)

maybe that is a lie but maybe it isn't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303637)

I said LINK TO THE TESTIMONY.

Not LINK TO CRUZ SUMMARIZING WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303642)

(US Attorney for Eastern District of Virginia)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303650)

There's a reason that CAREER PROSECUTORS WITHIN THE FUCKING EDVA refused to bring this horseshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303662)

Comey: I didn't know about the leak until after I saw the article was published and McCabe told me that he authorized the disclosure.

McCabe: Comey didn't know about the disclosure until after the article came out and I spoke with him the day after. He didn't really seem upset about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303776)

McCabe never said that Comey authorized or even KNEW about the leak prior to the article being published.

If the DOJ had such testimony in their backpocket, they wouldn't have waited 5-fucking-years to bring an indictment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303854)

Libs: "This is a stupid nothing crime... political persecution!!!"

Weird how the very same people angrily shouting this from the rooftops now were openly sneering at this very same line just a few years ago, when precisely these sort of "gotcha" technicality crimes were being used to throw Trump officials and allies in prison as "felons."

Very strange... but I'm sure it was all totally different (and also totally OK) back then, for principled and legitimate reasons of course, haha yeah haha...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303584)

And be sure to explain it to me like I'm a 5 year old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303618)

Happy to do that right after you do exactly the same thing re the "felony convictions" against BLONDALF DRUMPFTH.

I hear those were very straightforward and serious / real crimes with ironclad legal reasoning undergirding them, so I look forward to your explanation. Remember, keep it real simple tyia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303626)

Me: Can you explain what crime he committed?

You: TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303628)

Link to me saying Comey's guilty of committing a crime? AFAIK, everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law (except for BLONDALF "HITLER" DRUMPFTH, of course), and at this point he's only been indicted, IMO.

Weird that you won't just answer this simple question, though. I said I would go right after you went, and I'm asking because all of these years later I'm still extremely confused about the theory of the case there and you seem like a really smart and legally sophisticated guy who could finally help clarify that for me. You scratch my back, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303634)

we're getting much older. So please don't hurt yourself moving those goal posts in this thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303644)

Agreed, brother.

Anyway, lmk when you answer my question and I'll happy turn to answering yours. That seems fair to me. Appreciate it in advance!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303646)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/09/24/nbc-reports-james-comey-expected-to-be-indicted-in-eastern-district-of-virginia/#more-276404

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303649)

I could just say a lot of things, but there's a bigger point being made here IMO AFAIK.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303652)

- The indictment alleges that Comey lied to Congress in 2020 when he told Cruz that he didn't authorize the leak.

- The leak was McCabe releasing information to a reporter about the Clinton investigation in 2016.

- Comey said he didn't even know about the leak until AFTER the article was published and he spoke with McCabe. . .again, AFTER the article was already published.

- There is no evidence that Comey authorized anybody to disclose the information.

- The statute of limitations was set to expire in less than a week and NUMEROUS career federal prosecutors refused to bring this bullshit case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303657)

1) Comey knew about the leak before the article was published; &

2) Comey authorized McCabe to leak the information to a reporter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303668)

I'm done with this sub-thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303680)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303659)

He knew Trump was gonna come for his peppered angus since Nov. of 2024.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303749)

Yeah, because he's lived the life of a beggar ever since losing his government job.

It's not like he's been a media darling for the past 8 years and has published several NYT Best Sellers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303862)

at the same time, DC voted 95% for hillary in 2016 so the odds of conviction are extremely low even if the prosecution was slam dunk (and pam bodhi is retarded)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303608)

I also don't think lying should be a crime.

That said, Comey literally charged other people with this same crime and then did it himself (if not more egregiously).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303759)

TYIA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303767)

Lying to government officials?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303902)

I don't mean Ted Cruz's summary of what McCabe said, but some link where McCabe says,

"Yeah, I talked to Comey about the leak prior to the article coming out. That's where i got the greenlight from"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303920)

Looks like the grand jury thought there was something there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303969)

You: Comey lied!

Me: Can you point out where he gave a statement that was false?

You: Well. . .eventually the jury will sort all this stuff out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303979)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49303850)

LMAO

What percentage of registered voters who were going to vote GOP in 2026 will either stay home or Vote Blue because James Comey was indicted?

I would love to hear your best guesstimate on this.

Here’s mine: <100, total. Nationwide. That’s an absolute number btw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49305907)

so i have zero sympathy for comey or anyone else who gets hit with charges that are a total reach. the deep state/dems opened this door.

hopefully it stops after drumpfgh leaves office, but we'll see what unfolds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304521)

i wish trump would have made a speech talking about how they could have indicted comey or pardon him now, and say that although he is guilty, we cannot continue down the path to a banana republic. that would give us the clear moral highground over the libs. this just paves the way for more tit-for-tat prosecutions, even though i agree that the “tat” here is far more justified than trumps completely invented crimes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304606)

i hope this kind of behavior stops with trump.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304628)

the country is so bitterly divided and deadlocked. id like to see the GOP extend one final olive branch before we go full on acceleration. but maybe were already past that. i definitely dont see this ending with trump and this gives libs a rhetorical casus belli to justify more trumpian charges.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304646)

i think we may be past it stopping anyway, so let's just sit back and LOL heartily.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304652)

i also think comey is going to get off on some sort of “it depends what your definition of is is.” i doubt he explictly said “i authorize you to leak this information.” he probably passed it along, made an exaggerated wink, and said “boy it sure would be bad for trump if this information got out!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49304915)

No offense bro but if any part of you believes for even a second that Drumpfth going easy on these faggots would have led them to think, “Hmmm maybe we shouldn’t prosecute our political enemies and shamelessly wage lawfare against them next time we have a chance…” you’re legitimate an unironic retard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49305914)

Best of luck in actual court before a jury

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780014&forum_id=2)#49305043)