The Plot to Betray America by Malcolm Nance

Author:Malcolm Nance
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

OBSTRUCTION IN PLAIN SIGHT

On February 14, 2017, after a scheduled counterterrorism briefing with the president and the intel community, Trump asked others to clear the room so he could speak with Comey in private. Once alone, Trump began with, “I want to talk about Mike Flynn… I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”24 Comey demurred and returned to the FBI, where he briefed subordinates and made an exact memo of what was said in the meeting. A few weeks later Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee confirming that there was indeed an investigation into the Trump campaign. Trump called Comey on March 30, 2017, to ask him to “lift the cloud” on the investigation.25

On April 11, 2017, in an exchange with Comey, Trump “asked what I had done about his request that I ‘get out’ that he is not personally under investigation. I replied that I had passed his request to the Acting Deputy Attorney General, but I had not heard back. He replied that ‘the cloud’ was getting in the way of his ability to do his job.… He said he would do that and added, ‘Because I have been very loyal to you, very loyal; we had that thing you know.’ I did not reply or ask him what he meant by ‘that thing.’ I said only that the way to handle it was to have the White House Counsel call the Acting Deputy Attorney General. He said that was what he would do and the call ended.”26

That was enough for Donald. At Trump’s insistence, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned a letter recommending Comey’s removal. Almost laughably the excuse was that Comey’s July 2016 press conference regarding Clinton’s email investigation was the wrong one. Rosenstein cynically noted that his decisions were “a textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.” He indicated that Comey should have followed Justice Department protocol regarding the sensitivity of releasing information close to an election.27

On May 9, 2017, he received a termination letter from Trump, brought to FBI headquarters by his personal bagman, Keith Schiller, a former NYPD cop. It read:

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