COMEY sworn in for his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.
GRAHAM keeps misstating Carter Page's relationship with the CIA. He was an "operational contact" which is different than a "source" or someone being "tasked" by the CIA.
Comey keeps pointing this out.
Here is the explicit distinction, as explained in the Horowitz report. Being an operaitonal contact "does not allow for operational use of a U.S. person or tasking of that person." justice.gov/storage/120919…
IMPORTANT: COMEY says that if he used the term "legit" to describe Flynn's calls to the Russians, it was meant to say the calls were "authentic" and not "fabricated."
Flynn team has used the "legit" phrasing to suggest Comey meant the calls were appropriate and above-board.
In fact, Flynn's attorneys in court yesterday used this interpretation, which Comey says today under oath is incorrect.
NEW: Comey says he's concerned about DOJ's decision to drop the Flynn case and that a key page of FBI notes cited by the Flynn defense has been incorrectly interpreted. w/ @AndrewDesiderio
COMEY now says that neither Obama nor Biden made any suggestion about investigating Flynn under the Logan Act. That conflicts with another Flynn-team interpretation of the same set of notes — one Trump echoed on the debate stage last night.
GRAHAM says that FBI agents purchased liability insurance because of the Flynn investigation.
But William Barnett, the lead Flynn agent who Graham just cited approvingly, said that suggestion was improbable and that the liability insurance discussion wasn't tethered to Flynn.
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1) An exhausted Pelosi, after successfully certifying Biden’s victory, praised Mike Pence before saying Trump had to “pay a price” for what he did to the Capitol and country. politico.com/news/2024/08/2…
2) During her evacuation, Pelosi repeatedly expressed anger at being forced to leave the floor, describing delay as a win for the rioters. And venting about assurances from security officials to at the Capitol was prepared for the worst. politico.com/news/2024/08/2…
BREAKING: A grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. retaining the same four core charges against him for trying to subvert the election.
MORE: The biggest change appears to be that Jeff Clark, coconspirator 4, and the details about Trump's effort to commandeer DOJ in support of his effort, have been removed: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
JUST IN: It appears that Loraine Pellegrino — one of 11 Arizona Republicans who acted as false electors for Trump — has pleaded guilty to a reduced state charge, per new filings on the docket.
I believe she would be the first false elector in any state to accept criminal responsibility for their involvement in the scheme. Several in Georgia accepted immunity and charges in MI/NV/GA have not been resolved.
NEWS: One of Donald Trump’s fake electors in Arizona has become the first to plead guilty for her role in the scheme. She received a misdemeanor sentence of 3 years probation and community service as part of the deal.
One of the Secret Service’s only preserved text messages from Jan. 6, per the now-public inspector general report. A text to the chief of the Capitol Police. oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/…
Diagram underscores just how instrumental Capitol Police were in steering rioters away from Pence oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/…
Tony Ornato delayed responding to the IG’s questions for four months, then said in writing that he had no recollection of speaking with anyone about Trump’s purportedly contentious motorcade ride. oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/…
NEWS: Jeff Clark should be suspended from the practice of law for two years, a DC bar hearing committee recommended Thursday — a steep sanction but short of the disbarment that investigators sought.
NEW: Jeff Clark's "recklessness risked disabling the Justice Department, throwing the Presidential election into chaos, and even potentially causing riots in the streets," a D.C. bar panel ruled Thursday, recommending the 2-year suspension of his license." politico.com/news/2024/08/0…
The panel found that Clark repeatedly ignored the warnings from virtually every senior DOJ and WH official of the catastrophic consequences his letter to GA would have on the country — and that he skipped opportunities for due diligence offered by bosses. politico.com/news/2024/08/0…