Former Deputy FBI Director McCabe Launches Legal Defense Fund

“There were no prostitutes; there were never prostitutes”, Comey recalled Trump saying in one of the memos. DOJ plans to transmit unredacted copies of the memos on Friday.

‘I can not imagine why an FBI director would seek to essentially cash in on a book when the investigation is very much alive, ‘ she told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, pointing toward the Mueller probe.

The memos were provided to Congress as House Republicans escalated criticism of the Justice Department, threatening to subpoena the documents and questioning officials. And Trump appeared to enjoy Comey’s Thursday interview on CNN – or at least the part in which Comey responded to news of a criminal referral against McCabe. “And so that is one of the reasons I’m confident the answer is there are not adequate people around him to stop impulsive behavior”. “This book is created to trick you into reading a leadership book”, he said, noting that just three of 14 chapters are about the current president.

That Mr Comey wrote these memos shortly after the events in question either provides damning substantiation of his claims of possible presidential obstruction of justice and improper pressure or proves the then-director was out to get Mr Trump from the start.

Comey concluded: “I don’t dislike him, I actually feel sorry for him as a person”. He then blamed Flynn for a delay in returning a congratulatory call from an worldwide leader, telling Comey he would be upset if he had to wait six days for a returned phone call. “While the Federal Bureau of Investigation is part of the Justice Department and communication between the two agencies is inevitable, Meadows’ letter also suggests some at the Federal Bureau of Investigation were concerned about the perception it was not acting independently in a politically explosive case”.

“The average American, if they were to lie to the FBI, and we see that a little bit in the [Robert] Mueller investigation with people like Mike Flynn, I mean, the FBI won’t hesitate to nail them to the wall”, said DeSantis, a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Trump was referring to the memos Comey wrote documenting his conversations with Trump before he was sacked.

The Trump legal confidant, who was briefly considered for the position of the president’s lead personal attorney on the Russian Federation probe, replacing John Dowd, believes Comey will be charged over leaking his notes about conversations with the president.

In a joint statement, Reps.

Golden showers, Russian sex workers and allegations of hotel romps were all included in James Comey’s memos.

One wishes Comey would follow Michelle Obama’s mantra, “When they go low, we go high”.

“They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend and they’re ready talk”, Trump said, prompting Comey to laugh.

“President Trump’s interference was a blatant effort to deny justice, and Director Comey was right to document it as it happened – in real time”, Cummings said.