The first clue that the question of classification is complicated regarding memos written by then-FBI Director James B. Comey comes in the first paragraph of the first document. Comey wrote the memos to memorialize his conversations with president-elect and then President Trump, beginning with a meeting at Trump Tower on Jan. 6, 2017, and continuing to April 11 — less than a month before Trump fired Comey.
The release of the memos also reignited a question that has floated around since their existence was revealed in June: Do they contain classified material, and is classified material in the memo or memos Comey leaked to Richman?
That is why that first paragraph in the first Jan. 7 memo is so important.
There were seven memos in total. Four included classified information. Two were classified as “confidential,” the lowest level of classification. Two were classified as secret.
Let’s summarize. Comey is alleged to have shared four memos with Richman:
An unclassified memo that he gave Richman in May with instructions to share it with the Times. This was the only identified deliberate leak to the media.
Another unclassified memo dated either March 1 or March 30 that, like the three other memos, he shared at an unknown time.
A redacted memo that, if unredacted, would have been classified. A memo that is now classified but that apparently was not classified at the time Comey shared it. (“Apparently” because it’s not clear when he shared it or when it was reclassified.)
The Journal reports that the Justice Department is reviewing the situation. It seems unlikely, based on what we know now, that the department’s inspector general will side with Trump’s portrayal of what happened.
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Poster Comment:
Golden Shower Boy:
James Comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a Special Council? Therefore, the Special Council was established based on an illegal act? Really, does everybody know what that means?
"It seems unlikely, based on what we know now, that the department’s inspector general will side with Trump’s portrayal of what happened."
"Really, does everybody know what that means?"
Yes, Donnie, you're a dip-shit, and you love, more than anything else in the world, pointing this fact out to the world.
#conservativesownthisasshole
