PULSE POINTS
WHAT HAPPENED: Federal prosecutors revealed personal emails showing former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey expected to work for Hillary Clinton and was aware of efforts to provide information anonymously to the media before the 2016 election.
WHO WAS INVOLVED: Former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI special government employee Dan Richman, acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, Deputy Tyler Lemmons, and Hillary Clinton.
WHEN & WHERE: The emails and events occurred in 2016, with new details revealed in a court filing on Monday.
KEY QUOTE: “Well done my friend. Who knew this would. E so uh fun [sic].” — James Comey
IMPACT: The emails and court filing raise serious questions about Comey’s truthfulness in testimony to Congress and his role in media leaks concerning high-profile cases.
IN FULL
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey was anticipating that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election, according to personal emails and other documents presented by federal prosecutors on Monday. In addition, Comey had an FBI employee assigned to keep him informed on media leak efforts to help push the election in Clinton’s favor.
“Well done my friend. Who knew this would. E so uh fun [sic],” Comey wrote in a November 2016 email. Comey had just been briefed by former FBI special government employee Dan Richman, during which the two discussed efforts to provide guidance to The New York Times on how best to cover the issue of Clinton’s private server and retention of classified information.
“Consistent with the above-described correspondence, Richman corresponded extensively with members of the media regarding or on behalf of the defendant, including in an anonymous capacity,” the court filing stated. Comey is charged with making false statements and obstructing Congress. This specifically involves statements made during testimony in 2020 when he specifically denied he approved anonymous leaks from the FBI to the media regarding Clinton’s private server and the promotion of the Russia collusion hoax targeting President Donald J. Trump
The filing also revealed that prosecutors have handwritten notes, hidden in a secret FBI room, indicating Comey was aware of intelligence in 2016 suggesting Clinton approved a plan to link Trump to Russian interference. Despite Comey’s 2020 testimony claiming no recollection of such intelligence, his notes from September 26, 2016, explicitly read: “HRC plan to tie Trump.”
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