DiGenova: Brennan A Witness Against Comey?
Joe diGenova gave a very interesting interview this past Monday on WMAL . In the interview--for which I've transcribed most of his remarks--he touches on a number of important points, some of which we haven't heard much about and some of which also contradict the conventional wisdom:
1. Joe argues strongly that Brennan is probably in the clear--unless he lied to Durham. But, he also argues, that almost certainly means Brennan will now, willy nilly, be a witness against Comey.
2. Joe also believes that Bill Priestap--who I previously thought may have cooperated with the investigation--is now in the crosshairs, because it was Priestap who lied to the Senate about the Danchenko interview. The fact that Priestap has refused to testify voluntarily seems to confirm this.
3. Joe further believes that John Carlin, who presented false certifications to the FISC, is also a target. I have to wonder whether that is just the tip of the DoJ iceberg in this Durham investigation.
4. Finally, Joe offers his view on the Chris Wray situation, arguing that Trump can't afford to fire Wray--much as he undoubtedly wants to. I think his position on this is pretty sound. It's one thing for the Dems to invent one hoax issue after another, all of which are pretty transparently bogus to the bulk of the public. It's another thing for Trump to initiate a brouhaha when he's trying to focus on his positive achievements. That's been my position in the past--that Wray is safe through the election--and it still seems the best bet. After the election, all bets are off.
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Joe diGenova: Mr. Comey remains delusional to this day. I don't know whether he's a target or not. I can't conceive of the fact that he isn't , given the Kevin Clinesmith guilty plea last week. But there's no doubt that Comey is at the center of the investigation. The fact that he has not been interviewed and the fact that the FBI, it is obvious, is now the central focus of the Durham investigation. The fact that Brennan's representatives said that he was interviewed for 8 hours at the CIA by Durham and was told that he was not a subject or a target, I have to believe that. I can't imagine that his spokesman would make a false statement about the nature of the relationship with Durham which Durham could quickly correct.
So, I'm assuming that Brennan is free. As a result of that he has become a witness against James Comey--not willingly , but I think he's been forced to become a witness. And I think it's pretty clear right now that, what they're doing is, they're following up on Bill Barr's prescription, which is: Not every abuse of power is a crime. And that is what Brennan got the benefit of. Assuming that what we were told is true, and I'm assuming that it is, that he's not a target, his interview at Langley was his "get out of jail free card" as long as he told the truth .
Now, if he lied to Durham he can be indicted for that--just ask Michael Flynn.
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There's no doubt that James Comey views the entire world through a prism that neither you, nor I, nor any law abiding citizen can understand. He's a very strange man, he's a man bereft of a soul. He thinks he's the most soulful individual in the Western hemisphere. He's, in fact, a creepy guy--a very deranged dirty cop who destroyed the FBI on July 5th, 2016, when he exonerated Hillary Clinton illegally. But he's clearly the focus of the investigation. With Priestap in the center of the hairs along with him, who was the former head of counterintelligence, who clearly lied to the Senate intelligence committee about Christopher Steele's sources.
So, I think it's pretty clear now that Durham is focused on the FBI and the senior levels of the Department of Justice. Remember, we haven't heard anything about the senior DoJ people--that's Yates, the head of the National Security Division, John Carlin, who filed several false certifications with the FISA court. Watch that one! That's kinda coming out of nowhere. John Carlin was the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division under Loretta Lynch and Sally Yates. He filed regular certifications with the FISA court that everything that the FBI and the DoJ lawyers were telling the court were truthful. We now know--and the FISA court told us in a written opinion--that John Carlin's certifications were false. So, he may be sitting in the wings, waiting to be the next tree that falls in the forest.
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The problem for the president is that he's boxed in. He can't fire another FBI Director right now. That might very well lose him the election. That would be the new issue, that would be worse than the coronavirus which is so stupidly being sold by the Democrats. But nonetheless it's being bought by a lot of people and so you have to be very careful what you do right now. The president is on an upswing. He's starting to look good. He doesn't need something like this to set him off.