Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testifies that then-FBI Director James Comey went 'rouge' with the Michael Flynn interview; former DOJ Deputy Public Affairs Director Ian Prior reacts.
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When you heard about the,
when you heard about the
interview you got upset didnt
you,
I was upset that director
Comey didnt coordinate with
that and acted unilaterally.
Yes, I was
okay.
Did Comey go rogue?
You could use that term. Yes,
Brian. Could I insert a term
fall guy
Sally Yates, calling out James
Comey during her testimony on
Capitol Hill, claiming the former
FBI director went rogue during
the Russia probe
here were the top takeaways here
to analyze. The top. Take aways is
former Doj spokesperson Ian
prior
Ian. First off your take on the
give and take
yeah, I mean. First of all, I
think James Comey has been the
biggest Piata in Washington
over the past four years.
Nobody, whether democrat or
Republican, that worked for him
or with him trusts him to do the
right thing.
He went rogue during the Clinton
investigation came out and
Exxonner rate offed her, which
was not his job and went rogue
on her again.
The mainstream media attacked
rod Rosenstein memo. Perhaps we
need new leadership at the FBI,
because James Comey could not
follow orders.
I think we see that you know I
tend to doubt that you know
its all James Comeys fault
here.
The point is somebody who has
fallen so far. You know, I guess
his tweets in the middle of the
forest arent getting to Sally
Yates,
Brian, on all the books written
about this period or
investigation. He gets the show
time special based on his, which
should have been the fiction
side of this whole thing.
Meanwhile, the question is,
after all, the information we
have now and the push by the
attorney general to Exxonner
rated Flynn and say
investigation was unwarranted
and which is something I
believe Sally Yates was asked
from what you know now with the
falsifies is a report and all
would you still do the
investigation?
Listen.
Did you authorize that
interview?
No, I did not
thats, not the same thing as
saying I dont believe there
wasnt a legitimate basis for
it,
so you believe there was a
legitimate basis for the
interview.
Yes, I did,
it was not a look back.
It was a counterintelligence
consult
Brian, so she disseminates that.
What do you think
I dont understand what the
counterintelligence issue is
here.
Clearly, what we saw was FBI
agents using the Logan ACT, a
one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine law. There has been two
prosecutions: zero convictions,
inand the last prosecution was
one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
They use that to go interview
Flynn to try and get him to lie,
so she can spin it as a counter
intention investigation. All she
wants, but the bottom line is
they were using a law that
nobody cares about, including
every administration that comes
in. They were using that to
investigate Flynn and try to get
him to lie.
Brian. The big story is, I dont.
Remember is the phrase used when
it came to who brought up the
Logan ACT.
Do you know why?
Because Peter Strzoks Notes
said Joe Biden did,
and the last thing you want to
do, if you are Sally Yates, is
hurt Joe Biden now, because you
despise President Trump
thats exactly right.
I have got the notes right here.
Peter Strzok, Vp Logan ACT.
He is the one that came up with
the idea.
Sally Yates, conveniently doesnt.
Remember that she doesnt
remember any of that, but she
does remember. No attempt was
made by Biden or Obama to
Influns the investigation,
Peter Strzok in his
contemporaneously notes, say it
differently.
I wouldnt be surprised if Sally
Yates is on the very short list
of attorney general in Biden
administration.
She is not going to go out there
and do anything that is going to
jeopardize his chances
Brian bye. The way the
overriding fact is. They put
sanctions on Russia after the
election
when they didnt have immediate
reprisal. There has got to be
something wrong.
We want reprisals.
What happened is after
conversation, we Michael, we didn
anything to do with that.
We are going to have a different
philosophy when we take office.
There is nothing wrong with that.
For the Obama administration,
they should have been bubble,
wrapping stuff and mailing stuff
home.
Instead, they seemed to be
cutting out. The knee was of the
next administration and
certainly Michael Flynn. It
seems personal.
I cannot wait to see what
emerges John Durham is set to
interview John Brennan, which
could signify the end of his
investigation. Ian, which means
we are calling you again
is that all right.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-06.