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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/13/james-comeys-secret-role-in- smearing-trump-finally-revealed-n4942653

Newly released FBI documents paint a damning picture of James Comey’s role
in a coordinated intelligence operation against Donald Trump, an effort we
know that Barack Obama ordered and that John Brennan, James Clapper, and a network of loyal operatives carried out.

The “Arctic Haze” documents reveal that the FBI not only knew that
sensitive information was leaking to the media, but it was also
orchestrating the leaks. At the center of this effort was Columbia
University law professor Daniel Richman, whom Comey personally arranged
for the FBI to hire and grant top security clearance. Richman acted as
Comey’s go-between with reporters, helping to shape the Russian collusion
hoax and polish Comey’s public image.

Hard evidence now backs what many have long suspected: the willful weaponization of U.S. intelligence against a duly elected president.

“The FBI concluded numerous legacy news media stories that crafted the
false Russia collusion narrative contained illegally leaked classified intelligence but failed to definitively identify the leakers,” reports
Just the News. “But agents did force a stunning admission that ex-FBI
Director James Comey used a special conduit to the Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times in his bid to polish his image and push for a special
prosecutor to take down President Donald Trump.”

Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman admitted to agents in interviews he routinely communicated on behalf of Comey, his longtime
friend, with Times reporter Michael Schmidt, whose work was among the newspaper's 2018 Pulitzer-winning stories on Russian election
interference. The goal, Richman told the FBI, was "to correct stories
critical of Comey, the FBI and to shape future press coverage" outside of
the bureau's official press office, according to internal FBI memos that current Director Kash Patel delivered to Congress this week.

Just the News notes that the media publicly quoted Richman in news stories
as a Comey advocate. What’s new, however, is that "he admitted to agents,
who were part of the FBI’s Arctic Haze classified leaks inquiry, that
Comey gave him access to what turned out to be highly classified
information up to the SCI level and sometimes provided information to
reporters on an anonymous basis."

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According to the FBI memos, Richman claimed he didn’t think he had passed classified information to reporters but admitted he couldn’t be “100%”
sure. In fact, he told agents he was only confident “with a discount” that
he hadn’t told New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt about the
classified material. That’s not exactly the kind of airtight denial you’d expect from someone with top security clearance.

Earlier this week, we learned that a veteran career intelligence officer,
who spent over a decade working for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, repeatedly warned the FBI starting in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had personally signed off on leaking classified information to
smear President Trump during the Russiagate hoax.

Despite this and other evidence pointing to potential leaks, the Justice Department shockingly chose not to press charges against Comey, his inner circle, or even now-Sen. Adam Schiff. Their excuse? They just couldn’t be certain who leaked what and when. Convenient.

The deep state’s betrayal runs deeper than we feared. Comey orchestrated a media smear campaign against President Trump while leaking classified
info.


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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump. We look
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Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama
/ Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.

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