Loretta Lynch Denies Telling James Comey to Call Hillary Investigation a “Matter” – Someone is Lying
Newly released Lynch Congressional testimony contradicts sensational Comey testimony that Lynch told him not to call it an “investigation”
Former FBI director James Comey is on the record, claiming that he was told by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch to classify the Hillary email investigation as a “matter” rather than an “investigation.” A newly released transcript of Loretta Lynch’s testimony contradicts that account.
Daniel Chaitin reports at the Washington Examiner:
Loretta Lynch denies telling James Comey to call Clinton email probe a ‘matter’
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch denied to congressional investigators last year that she ever instructed former FBI Director James Comey to minimize the Hillary Clinton email investigation by urging him to call it a “matter” instead of an “investigation.”
“I did not. I have never instructed a witness as to what to say specifically. Never have, never will,” Lynch told a joint task force of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees.
The transcript of the Dec. 19 interview, released Monday evening by House Judiciary ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., clashes with what Comey testified under oath.
He told the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2017 that Lynch “directed” him to call the investigation a “matter” during a September 2015 meeting. Comey brought it up in the context of describing his decision to do a press conference in the summer of 2016 in which he recommended no criminal charges against Clinton but called her handling of classified information “extremely careless.”
Here’s a short video of Rep. Collins announcing the release of the transcripts:
Today I’m releasing the remaining interview transcripts from @JudiciaryGOP’s investigation into decisions made at the Department of Justice and FBI. To read the transcripts, visit https://t.co/EcAYT7JPdA. pic.twitter.com/kYy9YKSIZI
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) May 20, 2019
It didn’t take long for people to spot the discrepancy:
Loretta Lynch DENIES telling Comey to refer to the Clinton email case as a “matter,” rather than an investigation, directly contradicting statements made by Comey. SOMEONE IS LYING. pic.twitter.com/qb0U4Jopp3
— Cory Groshek (@CoryGroshek) May 20, 2019
When Lynch was asked about this in April of 2018, she didn’t deny it, but of course, Lester Holt didn’t press her on it. Real Clear Politics reported:
Loretta Lynch on Requesting Comey To Call Clinton Probe A ‘Matter’: “Concerns Were Not Raised”
Holt grilled Lynch on the directive Comey claimed that he received, how she reacted and what really happened. According to Lynch, it was a meeting like any other and “concerns were not raised” by Comey.
“Comey says you wanted to call it the ‘Clinton matter,’ he wants to call it the Clinton investigation. To the extent though that he noted it, that it bothered him, did he go to you and question your credibility with regard to the Clinton case?” Holt asked the former AG.
“I can tell you though that it was a meeting like any other that we had, where we talked about the issues,” Lynch answered. We had a full and open discussion about it.”
“He didn’t raise any concerns about it?” Holt asked.
“Concerns were not raised,” she said.
See the video below:
In June of 2017, while offering testimony on this, James Comey made it perfectly clear that Lynch told him to refer to the investigation as a “matter.” Watch:
Who is going to win this dispute over what really happened?
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The two principals involved are both Commiecrats and lawyers to some degree,lying is their stock in trade.
We believe in the jury system, because after 200,000 of evolution as humans, we CAN read the minds of others.
Loretta was close enough to Barry, evil enough, and clever enough, to make up “matter” excuse. Though evil, Comey was not close or clever enough. That was above his pay grade.
One or both of them heard that Hillary was saddened to hear of their impending suicide. Now both are pointing fingers saying, ‘not me’. I would guess both are lying.
Surely there must be a scintilla of honesty in the combo of Comey and Lynch. To quote another well known crook, “At this poiint what difference does it make.”
So to help, split the difference and instead of a scaffold with a trap door, give them both 20 years wearing an orange jumpsuit breaking big rocks into small ones. With any amount of luck, they’ll be housed to share their life’s future history at the same facility as Hillary, John Brennan, James Clapper, Samantha Powers, Andy McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Sally Yates, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Bob Mueller, Rat Rod Rosenstein, Susan Rice, Jack Lew, John Kerry, and “The Kingfish, Barack Obola.
Boy howdy, I sure wish I fancied Comey, because then Loretta Lynch could hit the bricks, courtesy of Loretta Lynn.
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