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CNN: Comey Acted on Russian Intel He Knew Was Fake

‘According to sources close to Comey, the FBI director felt that the validity of the information really didn’t matter because if it became public they had no way to discredit it without compromising their sources’
By Grabien Staff

RUSH EXCERPT:

BASH: "CNN has learned that the then FBI director James Comey knew in a critical piece of Russian information related to the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation was fake, but he felt that he needed to take action anyway because he was so concerned that if the information became public it would undermine the investigation and the justice Department itself, so this comes to us, according to multiple source talking to my colleagues, and these concerns were a major factor in Comey deciding to publicly declare that the Clinton probe was over last summer without consulting then attorney general Loretta lynch. Now, you may remember that earlier this week “The Washington Post” reported on this intelligence and doubts about its credibility. The fact that Comey felt he had to act based on Russian disinformation is a stark example of how Russian interference impacted the decision-making at the highest levels of the U.S. Government during the 2016 campaign. The Russian information at issue claimed to show that then attorney general Loretta lynch had been compromised in the Clinton investigation because of e-mails between then DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and political on sieve saying lynch would make the FBI a probe of Clinton go away. According to one government official in classified briefings Comey told lawmakers that he was afraid the information would, quote, drop and undermine the investigation, but Comey did not tell lawmakers that he doubted the accuracy of the information, even in that classified setting. Now, according to sources close to Comey, the FBI director felt that the validity of the information really didn’t matter because if it became public they had no way to discredit it without compromising their sources."

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