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To: Sdgla who wrote (1020304)	6/9/2017 10:15:10 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

The President wasn't cleared of anything.

To: Sdgla who wrote (1020304)

6/9/2017 10:20:48 PM

From: Brumar89

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9. Is there anything out there that could be used to blackmail Trump?'''

Biggest reveals of Comey day were what couldn't be said in open session:
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9. Is there anything out there that could be used to blackmail Trump?'''

Sen. John McCain c onfused a lot of people with his opening line of questioning, in which he appeared to conflate the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the campaign with the closed probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

Later on, McCain asked Comey if he was aware of anything that would “lead you to believe that the president or members of the administration or members of the campaign could potentially be used to coerce or blackmail the administration?”

Comey responded: “That’s a subject for investigation. Not something I can comment on sitting here.”

5. Did Trump collude with Russia?

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Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas who along with Marco Rubio was one of the members of the committee to dine with Trump two days prior, asked Comey: “Do you think Donald Trump colluded with Russia?”

Here’s Comey’s full response:

“That’s a question I don’t think I should answer in an opening setting. As I said, when I left, we did not have an investigation focused on President Trump. But that’s a question that will be answered by the investigation.”

2. The secret channel with Russia

Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, asked Comey about the reports that the Trump transition team considered setting up a secret communications line with Russia. (Heinrich didn’t name him, but media reports have specified that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was behind the idea.)

Heinrich’s question was generally on the risks posed by such a move, and didn’t ask Comey to verify those reports.

But Comey began by stating for the record he couldn’t comment on “whether that happened” in the open setting of the hearing, before continuing on to describe what the risk of such a setup might be. “You spare the Russians the cost and effort to break into our communications channels by using theirs. You make it a whole lot easier for them to capture all of your conversations. Then to use those to the benefit of Russia against the United States.”

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