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Yoo raises his ugly head again -- about Comey! (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2019 OP
How about a two sentence summary... No Fox clicks from me... hlthe2b Aug 2019 #1
good idea Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #2
more Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #3

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
2. good idea
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 02:28 PM
Aug 2019

The inspector general's report on ex-FBI Director James Comey showed President Trump didn't obstruct justice as some critics claim but instead "freed" it, according to former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo.

Yoo, who served in the George W. Bush administration, said Friday on "The Ingraham Angle" that by firing Comey, the president removed an individual from the FBI who had acted in his own interests.

"I'm sad to say after I read the IG report Trump didn't obstruct justice, Trump freed justice," he said.

OBAMA-ERA OFFICIALS CLAPPER, BRENNAN DEFEND COMEY IN WAKE OF IG REPORT

"Trump freed the Justice Department of a man -- a self-righteous crusader -- who rejected the results of our constitutional system and democracy that was, President Trump won the 2016 election."
Yoo: Trump freed the Justice Department of James Comey

Grasswire2

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Sat Aug 31, 2019, 02:30 PM
Aug 2019

On "The Ingraham Angle," Yoo said Comey acted outside Justice Department and FBI regulations in regard to the memos, which catalogued some of his interactions with Trump.

"He decided the normal basic rules of the Department of Justice didn't apply to him in his crusade to stop President Trump, and that basic rule is, 'We don't, as Justice Department prosecutors or FBI agents, willingly and freely share the results of confidential investigations with the New York Times or the press to attack people we don't like,'" Yoo said.

"This is a guy who should never have been FBI director."

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