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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1060779)

3/16/2018 9:38:08 PM

From: Brumar89

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Scoop: Kelly says Trump probably contributing to staff chaos stories

[ Duh, Common knowledge. He stays up nights ranting about his staff and taking advice from old pals, making decisions based on who he talks to last in the wee hours. Then he reads stories and doesn't realize they reflect his own leaks. He leaks on his own WH and is too dumb to realize it. Tillerson is right, he's a f'ing moron. ]

John Kelly acknowledged in an off-the-record session with reporters today that his boss, Donald Trump, is likely speculating about staff moves to people outside the White House and that reporters are then talking to those people. And that’s how a good deal of news is likely being made about all the possible replacements.

How we know this: Axios was not invited to the off-the-record session and is therefore not bound by the rules. We got our information from three sources familiar with the meeting, who paraphrased the discussion.

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What we're hearing:Kelly acknowledged to the reporters it’s likely that Trump is talking to people outside the White House and that reporters are then talking to those people. Kelly cast Trump’s own conversations as a significant contributing factor to stories about the staff changes. (Kelly was making the point that he’s not around for a lot of Trump’s conversations so can’t be sure what he’s telling people over the phone.)

Kelly disputed the reports about H.R. McMaster imminently leaving the White House. He said there are no active plans to replace him, and added that it would be great if the Army gave McMaster a 4th star.

Kelly also defended HUD Sec. Ben Carson, who is under pressure for spending $31,000 on a furniture set. Kelly said $31,000 sounds like a lot of money, but to put it in context he asked a reporter how much they think the chair they’re sitting on costs. Kelly said it’s probably worth hundreds of dollars but it will last a long time. He rationalized Carson’s $31,000 outlay by saying the table could last for 80 or 100 years. Kelly was pressed on whether the President was going to fire Carson. He made a military analogy. He said whenever he makes a decision, he makes sure that it’s legally permissible and from that line he takes five paces back — to allow for optics, ethical and other considerations. Kelly said he wants all decision-making across government to be like that and the impression reporters were left with was that Carson is not going to be fired.

Kelly said he has been telling Trump that Jeff Sessions is doing a good job. Kelly went above and beyond to defend Sessions, and told the president that the press only reports about 3% of what he does.

He said Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray are also doing good jobs.

Kelly also said that Larry Kudlow’s past cocaine habit won’t be a problem for his security clearance, as it is public knowledge. Kelly joked that the 1990s were “a crazy time.”

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1060779)	3/18/2018 12:57:16 PM
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Corrupt FBI directors shouldn't throw stones form the office with glass windows.... Perjury? whodathunk it? Law Prof: Did McCabe Just Throw Comey Under The Bus For Perjury? by Tyler Durden Sun, 03/18/2018 - 11:05 0 SHARES Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have just thrown former FBI Director James Comey under the bus - perhaps intentionally. Recall that McCabe was fired for, among other things, an "improper media disclosure." In other words leaking. In a Saturday morning appearance on CNN with host Michael Smerconish, Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley suggested that McCabe's statement following his firing "immediately" raised a flag, which may lead to serious consequences for his former boss. McCabe's statement reads in part: The OIG investigation has focused on information I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor. As Deputy Director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the Director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter. Turley notes "There was one line in the case statement last night that I immediately flagged. Because he said that he had authority to do this and he conferred with the director - the director at the time was James Comey." "Now, the problem there is that James Comey said under oath that he never leaked information and never approved a leak," said Turley. "So, if the Inspector General believes this was a leak to the media, it raises serious questions about Comey’s previous testimony and could get him into serious trouble." This directly contradicts Comey's statement under oath that "he never leaked information, and never approved a leak." Turley continued. "So if the Inspector General believes this was a leak to the media, it raises serious questions about Comey's previous testimony that could get him into serious trouble." Watch: Law Professor Jonathan Turley: McCabe firing suggests Comey lied to Congress while under oath about 'never leaking or approving a leak.' pic.twitter.com/7y0z7qGZhe — Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 17, 2018 Turley writes in The Hill: McCabe is accused of misleading investigators about allegedly giving information to a former Wall Street Journal reporter about the investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family’s charitable foundation. McCabe asserts in his post-firing statement that he not only had authority to “share” that information to the media but did so with the knowledge of “the director.” The FBI director at the time was Comey. -The Hill Turley continues: If the “interaction” means leaking the information, then McCabe’s statement would seem to directly contradict statements Comey made in a May 2017 congressional hearing. Asked if he had “ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation” or whether he had “ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation,” Comey replied “never” and “no.” Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker said on Friday that the upcoming OIG report will contain some " pure TNT," whenever it comes out - which should shed more light on the FBI's transgressions surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. The timing of McCabe's statement and Comey's apparent perjury comes at an inconvenient time for the former FBI director, who's selling $100 tickets to attend stops on his upcoming book tour to promote: “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership.” As Turley notes, "If he gave McCabe the green light for his “interaction,” the title could prove embarrassingly ironic." McCabe asserts in his post firing statement he not only had authority to “share” info to the media but did so w/knowledge of “the director." He's referring to 2016 WSJ leak & I believe he just incriminated Comey for lying to Congress 1 -McCabe statement 2 -Comey testimony 5/3/17 pic.twitter.com/d79opNVbEE — Nick Short ???? (@PoliticalShort) March 17, 2018