Former FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the bureau “doesn’t spy” and that he “had no idea” why Attorney General William Barr used that language to describe agents’ investigation of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“I have no idea what [Barr’s]) talking about. The FBI doesn’t spy. The FBI investigates,” Comey said on “CBS This Morning.” “The Republicans need to breathe into a paper bag. If we had confronted the same facts with a different candidate, say a Democrat candidate ... they would be screaming for the FBI to investigate, and that’s all we did.”the Senate Appropriations Committee that spying is “not the term I would use” to describe the bureau’s probe into Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“Lots of people have different colloquial phrases,” Wray said during testimony on the FBI’s budget for 2020. “I believe that the FBI is engaged in investigative activity, and part of investigative activity includes surveillance.” Trump has claimed the FBI “spied” on his campaign and that subsequent investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including by special counsel Robert Mueller, were part of an “attempted coup” against him.
Comet you and your protégés decide to spy , your wasn’t an investigative
James Comey was a serious professional. He was railroaded by realDonaldTrump
Ha ha ha ha ha
Bullshit
He used it to damage the reputation of the organization. Pretty clear Trumpian move.
The Obama administration officials who knew and authorized the spying and the FBI administration like Coney better lawyer up as Barr is coming after them.
Somebody find Comey a good dictionary
Barr was looking for a buzz word.
'Spying' is very accurate, probably the Most Accurate! an 'Attempted Coup' is in fact a Treasonous Act! they should ALL be taken out and SHOT! // my favorite President Thomas Jefferson once shot a man on WH Lawn for Treason! we so need TJ & the Boys NOW!
Jail time Comey!
He doesn’t know why? Because it sounds nefarious it’s sounds as if there was a conspiracy. Trump and his minniond are choosing the word very carefully. Trump has inappropriate contact with foreign entity and deserved to be under surveilance.
Someone should buy Comey a proper dictionary. Point out the word spy and explain to him the FBI under what has obviously evolved into the corrupt agency that it now is still meets definitions of their actions like just like the rest of us. He must have missed those lessons.
BS. He's going to jail
James Comey is a criminal that needs to be arrested..
Every time one if these deep state pos get busted they turn it into argument of words n definitions. Pretty pathetic and a tell as to how guilty he knows he is! Look at slick Willy Clinton arguing the def of word 'is' is!
Comey's butt must b really puckering up abt now
Hey guy, you know if they breathed into a paper bag they would suffocate themselves!😡
But gosh Hillary’s emails were so troubling
Collusion isn’t same as conspiring
Because Barr told the truth & all you do is lie Comey
Still lying 😳😳😳😳😳
Bigger question is how would Politico refer to what the fbi did?
Bec he’s a Grifter like CrookedTrump. Bec at the end of the GriftersCantStopGrifting
The FBI doesn’t spy? Hahahahaha....ok Comey! Call it what you want, it’s spying...
Barr is doing everything trump asks of him - why? Wanna bet he’s promised Barr a Supreme Court seat!
To please the guy in the WH!!! Who else would benefit
Unlike Comey who turned a blind eye on Hillary and all of her crimes. 🙄👎🤥
Because Putin gave the order
What the FBI did was spy...I take AG Barr's word over liar/leaker Comey any day. Comey must have chatted with Wray.
Alright 007 here is what we gonna do.. we just spy on them
Tell Barr that
This guy is a FUCKEN SNEAK
. Let's take .jimcomey's assumption as a logical point. If .BarackObama's DOJ mislead the FISA Court and withheld exculpatory evidence, to engage in surveillance of .carterwpage, then why did the surveillance of an opposing political campaign continue after he left?
Finally, someone with a little backbone in the group.
The FBI spies. Comey needs a semantics class.
Liar.
Lock him up lock him up
.Comey better practice bending over and coughing.
Because he called a spade a spade, you may try to change the term but using fake information for a fisa warranty is worse than Nixon at watetgate
Why is it I ‘KNOW’ why Barr said such a thing?! And I’m a nobody on the political spectrum! Barr’s been given FAR too much past creed since his criminal behavior w/daddy Bush! I saw every bit o/this coming! When r t Dems gonna get it?! March this A-Hole 2the brig & let him stew!!
Barr did use this word, That was very unprofessional of him.
He used that language because it would rile up moron Trump supporters.
Because it’s Teumo’s language.
Barr lies.
Generous of Comey not to speculate
That's because Mr. Comey has difficulty telling the truth.
Really, Jim? No idea, Jim? C'mon Jim. You know why. He's an effing liar...
Yeah they do. Using hidden cameras, gps devices & broadcasting feeds is spying.
I know why Barr did. Who does he work for? That same person has used that exact language. Call a spade a spade. Trump is bombastic and crass and others can’t be afraid to be the same way.
What Comey really meant was, the FBI doesn't USUALLY spy, but he allowed it to happen, and he's going to prison for it.
Comey is right The rank and file FBI doesnt spy illegally only a few criminals like him spy illegally
WETHEPEOPLE DO NOT CARE WHAT THAT PUNK HAS TO SAY 🤠
Hes helping tfump
Really jamescomey you have no idea why Barr used the word “spying” ? Jim Comey has to be the dumbest, most gullible FBI agent ever. What a tool!
Comey id running for the hills. Desparate!! POS!!!
Well, half of that is true; he has no idea.
So FBI doesn't do any of these things? All synonyms of spying: observe furtively, keep under surveillance, watch, keep a watch on, keep an eye on, keep under observation, follow, shadow, trail, informaltail, or raresurveil Then how do they ever catch anybody, e.g., drug czars?
He use it to incite Trump’s base. They are so transparent and Trump’s base is so easy to manipulate it doesn’t take much spinning.
The FBI had reason to investigate. Note how many Russians were indicted in Mueller's investigation.
Are you still denying your part in this Fake Russia BS? You should be in a cell right now! Don't worry, you and your merry band of thieves did NOT cover all your bases. Everything bad always comes to the surface, eventually. As always Karma is a B***h.
What a liar. Hand this guy a dictionary. The first definition of spying is surveillance.
Really
Call it what you want, but there is factual evidence that proves FISA warrants were issued under false pretenses in order to listen/watch/infiltrate/monitor/SPY on Trump's campaign while running for President, which continued even after he was duly elected💁🏻♂️
Um, The Black Panthers would beg to differ, Mr. Comey.
Barr used it to echo Trump's language & please him. He also wanted to convey the idea that the FBI might of done something illegal even though he hasn't found anything to indicate that they had,
Says the LIAR.
Coney Spied
Collusion: Barr & Trump. The Kool aid is great!
What he did to Hillary and Trump, will go down in history as very bad judgement. No one will ever know what would have happened, if he had not made those bad decisions. He is now in the book selling business.
Well, Comey lies. Big surprise!
Because he’s a toady?
Better check with clapper he just called it that now. Lmao
Monitoring people without their knowledge, listening in on their phone calls, and monitoring their email accounts is not spying?
Comey is a disgrace for the fbi
Investigates super secretly...which has a synonym in English... 'Spying'.
Tic Toc Dirty Cop. TTDC
Let’s remind folks that jim Comey went to that “DUMP TRUMP TOWER” & filled SENILE LOW IQ DONNIE in on what “FBI” was doing ! He even has “notes” about it ! A “Russian bank “was hooking up to a “server” in trump tower. CRIMINALS
A peeping Tom “investigates” too.
Barr said it with lips pressed against Trump's behind.
Semantics...what a slime ball.
Oh please. The FBI spies. Just under the guise of doing undercover data gathering. Ask MuckRock for the history.
'Had no idea'? He's a douche bag republican that's why he said it. A Trump apologist to the Nth degree.
Comey will be going to jail soon enough...ahem for illegal spying.
Oh come on, we all know why he use that language. He wanted to far up Trump’s ignorant base.
Comey is a Traitor.
Explain it away before his prison time.
Lawful investigation..........
Crap was going on under Comey’s watch and people have been fired and we are still waiting on the IG report. Comey has nothing to say that is credible until we see the IG report. Comey needs to continue his walks in the forest!!
Guilty
LOL
Of course there was no spying,just another lie from liar in chief!!
Comey practicing his perp walk...
You said FBI doesn’t do a lot of things you lied
🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
Lol 😂
I love that the left is crapping their khakis over this!!
It's the very purpose of the FISA Court.
Jimmy are you hearing the footsteps hopefully you will be hearing a cell door close.
Comey needs to shut up. He’s at least 1/3rd to blame for this mess. GoodbyeConstitution
🤥🤥🤥!
We'll see Mr. Comey. Hope you have a paper bag to cover your head when the truth comes down. Hopefully that happens soon and can't be stopped. As an independent, free American, hoping to see those involved in the coup do the perp walk. If not, freedom comes closer to extinction.
Not enough, sir
Wiretapping was spying on a campaign using an illegal, proven false, dossier. That was against the law.
Really. He had no idea why.
LOL. Intercepting people's communications is spying. Sometimes it is investigating. Sometimes not. Always a political decision whom to 'investigate.'
Because “spy” sounds better in realDonaldTrump’s reality tv plot line he is feeding his ignorant, ill informed base who don’t read or know the difference. Just say what it is.
Duh
Because the AG is clearly acting as counselor to the President. He is the Presidents protector. AG Barr must resign or be removed. Republicans can no longer ignore the obvious. Congress must exercise its oversight role
He might want to lawyer up.
RIGHT. LOL LOL LOL
SmashYourCell or spy for the NSA
However Hillary stated the confidential emails were not marked confidential. Your office needed to go through each email. It needs to be done now!!!!
Lol at they don’t spy. Do these people think we’re that stupid
. ThusSpakeZaRussianCash PUTINtrump2020 MAGA = ManipulatingAmericasGullibleAspirants GOP = GuzzlingOrangePiss
The FBI spies.
Comey’s f**ked. 😂
Comey you did not do your job. You stated you found thousands of Hillarys emails on Weiner’s computer and it would take several months to go through each one. You took an invalid action/Wrote a program that would throw out those emails with the word “confidential”. Hillary
If your story starts with “James Comey says”... you’ve probably lost the argument.
Mr Comey. Why not run for President. You are young, very clever, articulate and I just know James Madison would be thrilled!
Barr used the word because he is DerangedDonald political hack
Comey is the worst
AG Barr used & explained his use. It is spying
Because he’s a shill for Trump. He’s part of the team to help try and cover up the crimes for the good of the party.
It's an attempt by senatemajldr and GOP and realDonaldTrump - only one of many - to reframe concern about foreign (Russia) interest & interference favoring their (elected) candidate, as a politically motivated effort in favor of the (defeated) opponent. Comey states it well.
stakeouts? LMAO!!
lyin James Comey is starting to sound like a man caught beating his WIFE & claiming they was just having rough sex
Oh James you have an idea! It starts with a T... Ends with RUMP.
If it was MLK it was OK if the FBI spied but since it was on a president you know
He knows why Barr said it. We all do. AG Barr is a partisan zealot and coverup specialist. He has no integrity. Truth means nothing to him.
Oh I know why Barr used that phrasing - because it casts a PR cloud over what was done. If Barr had spoken using the words he ought to have used, he'd have said that the FBI practiced a legal process to find wrongdoers which would have made trump look bad.
Defendants usually state they are innocent. It's what defendants do.
The fbi doesn’t spy? Hmm. I can’t believe this guy ran the agency. Holy moly.
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