October 31, 2025 • 15 mins
🔍 1. Black Lives Matter (BLM) Investigation:
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly investigating the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and other affiliated organizations for potential fraud.
- The investigation centers on whether BLM leaders misused tens of millions of dollars donated during the 2020 racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd.
- Allegations include the purchase of a $6 million Los Angeles property using donated funds.
- BLM leaders deny wrongdoing and claim they are not targets of any federal criminal investigation.
- The probe reportedly began under the Biden administration but is receiving renewed attention under Donald Trump’s presidency, aligning with his campaign promise of “accountability.”
- The investigation is being run out of the Central District of California, though the top prosecutor there was recently disqualified from several cases.
🔍 2. James Comey Indictment and Motion to Dismiss:
- Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to have charges of lying to Congress dismissed.
- His legal team argues that Senator Ted Cruz’s questions during a 2020 Senate hearing were too long and confusing, making Comey’s answers “literally true” despite being misleading.
- The charges stem from Comey’s denial of authorizing leaks to the media, which prosecutors claim is false.
- The defense claims the questions were ambiguous and that Comey’s statements were not intentionally deceptive.
- The case involves references to Andrew McCabe, Daniel Richman, and Hillary Clinton, with Richman allegedly being the person Comey authorized to leak information.
- The commentary mocks Comey’s defense, suggesting it portrays him as either dishonest or incompetent.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The sad thing is I have my highest numbers that
I've ever had, as I should. I ended eight boys,
and we have the greatest economy in history. And by
the way, energy prices are way down. Everything's way down.
Beef is a little bit high. We're going to get
beef down to when prices are down and the economy
is up. The only thing that's not down is the
stock prices and the four oh one case and through
(00:22):
the roof everyone's four o one case hitting records.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Good Friday morning.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Nice to have you with us in the forty seven
Morning Update, and we've got two very big.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Stories for you.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
First up, accountability, The Justice Department is now investigating whether
the leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded their
own donors who contributed millions and millions of dollars. We'll
have the latest on that and what it means for
the investigation. Also, in a shocking filing in the courthouse,
(00:57):
former FBI Director James Comy now it's demanding that the
line to Congress indictment against him be tossed out line
because apparently he's too dumb to understand questions that he
was asked by Senator Ted Cruz. They literally said in
the court filing that the questions were quote too long
and just confusing, so therefore he couldn't have actually lied
(01:20):
to Congress. I'll break that down for you as well,
but first I want to tell you about our friends
over Patriot Mobile. Every so often, something happens that reminds
us just how fragile our freedoms are. We can't afford
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Speaker 4 (03:16):
It's a forty seven morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Accountability is part of what Donald Trump ran on, and
he promised that those that were abusing their power within
the government, or those that were abusing their power outside
of the government getting protections from the Biden administration, could
be held accountable.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
We now know what some.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Of that accountability is going to look like, and this
time it involves Black Lives Matter. The Department of Justice,
we're now being told, is probing Black Lives Matter for fraud.
Sources are saying the Justice Department investigating whether the leaders
in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed
tens of millions of dollars during the racial justice protests
(04:00):
in twenty twenty that, according to multiple people familiar with
the matter, In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have
issued subpoenas and at least one search warrant as part
of an investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.
And other black led organizations that helped spark a national
(04:22):
reckoning on systemic racism. Said the people who were not
authorized discuss an ongoing criminal pro by name and spoke
on condition of amininity to the Associated Press. It was
not clear if the investigation was a result in criminal charges,
but its mere existence invites fresh scrutiny to a movement
that in recent years has faced criticism about its public
(04:46):
accounting of donations and what they've received. The recent burst
of investigative activity is also unfolding at a time when
civil rights groups have raised concerns about the potential for
the Trump administration to target it a broad variety of
progressive and left winning groups, they claim that have been
critical of him, including those affiliated with Black Lives Matter,
(05:08):
the transgender rights movement, and they claimed the anti ice protesters.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department decline a comment on Thursday.
One of the people said the investigation had been initiated
during the Biden administration, but is getting renewed attention because
of the Trump administration. A second person confirmed that the
(05:30):
allegations were examined as well in the Biden administration. So
what is this really all about? Massive amounts of money
that came in, and the question is where did it
all go. The foundation said it actually took in over
ninety million dollars in donations. Following the twenty twenty murder
(05:50):
of George Floyd, a black man whose last press under
the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer, sparked protests
across the US and around the world. Critics of the
nonprofit foundation and of the Black Lives Matter movement broadly
accused organizers of not only not being transparent about how
(06:12):
it was spinning the donations, but that criticism grew even
louder after the BOM Foundation leaders in twenty twenty two
confirmed that they in fact used donations to purchase a
not one, not two, not three, not four, not five,
but a six million dollar Los Angeles property that includes
(06:33):
a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms. Leaders previously denied
wrongdoing and publicly released the tax documents. No prior investigations
into the nonprofits finances had yielded proof of quote impropriety.
Leaders of the Foundation of received subpoenas now and in
statements email to the Associated Press on Thursday, the Foundation
(06:56):
said it is not a target of any federal criminal
invas investigation quote unquote, saying this, we remain committed to
full transparency, accountability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated
to building a better future for black communities, the foundation
said now.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
The Black Lives Matter movement first.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Emerged in twenty thirteen after the acquittal of George Zimmerman,
the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who killed a seventeen year old
tray Von Martin in Florida, but it was in the
twenty fourteen death of Michael Brown at the hands of
police in Ferguson, Missouri, that made the slogan black Lives
Matter a rallying cry for progressives. Now, the movement founders
(07:39):
and organizers also pledged to build a decentralized organization governed
by the consensus of BLM chapters. But as the movement's
influence crew, so did the number of organizations that became
affiliated with BLM. In twenty twenty, there was a tidal
wave of public contributions in the aftermath and the protests
over Floyd's murder, and they came mainly to the BLM Foundation,
(08:03):
although other organizations and resources came in from funds as
well leaders. However, the foundation opened up about finances an
organizational structure in twenty twenty two, revealing detailed accounting of
their expenditures. The latest Form nine to ninety filings show
the BLM Foundation had twenty eight million in assets for
the fiscal year ending June twenty twenty four. Now, the
(08:26):
investigation we're also being told is being run out of
the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California
in LA. The top prosecutor there was in fact disqualified
from several cases earlier this week after a federal judge
concluded that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary
job longer than allowed by law. It's not clear whether
(08:48):
that judge and its disqualification will impact the BLM investigation.
So what we know now is this, you have BLM,
and it's been characterized by many in the media as
a radical organization, and there's many that believe that the
money coming in was not actually going to help black
lives or the community at all, Which brings us back
(09:08):
to the accountability aspect of all of this. President of
United States America made it very clear that he was
going to hold those accountable, especially those that were committing
crimes or defrauding the public. Will have to wait and see,
but this is certainly a major step forward when it
comes to transparency.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Now, story number two.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You can file this next story under things you just
can't make up. Ex FBI Director James Comy has just
come out saying he wants the line to Congress indictment tossed.
Why he's complaining now that Senator Ted Cruz's questions were
too long and too confusing for the FBI director to follow.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
James Comy is now arguing that the criminal gase against
him for allegedly lying to Congress.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Should just go away because.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Senator Cruz's question of him was just too confusing and
too long, and the former FBI director's answer was quote
unquote true regardless. Attorneys for James Comy and I repeat
this is not a joke claim his congressional testimony that
he didn't approve leaks to the media about his investigation
of President Trump wasn't a lie, and that the comments
(10:23):
were made after the Texas Republican senator allegedly rambled his
question quote. The indictment conspicuously admits the lengthy, confusing questions
that prompted mister Comy's testimony. The lawyers wrote and their
documents filed Thursday in Alexander, Virginia Court, which quoted from
a Senate Judiciary committee on September the thirtieth of twenty twenty.
(10:47):
The lone star state politician asked Coomy to quote recall
statements that he had made three years earlier, and just
simultaneously addressed statements that Senator Cruz incorrectly claimed were made
by Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI. This
is again what their attorneys are saying, and the filing
(11:07):
for former Director James Comy.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Quote viewed in contact.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Senator Cruz's questions cannot form the basis for the charges
against Comy because they were fundamentally ambiguous and regardless mister
Comy's answers to them were literally true, the attorneys added
in their twenty three page filing.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
The false statements.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
They also said charges that rests on a particular interpretation
of a fundamentally ambiguous question must be dismissed. The indictment
brought by the interim US Attorney Lindsay Halligan, charged the
former FBI boss with one count of making a false
statement to Congress and one count of instructing a congressional proceeding.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
If convicted, James Comy could serve a maximum sentence of
five years in federal prison. Comy has pleaded not guilty
and claimed the case was brought against him for political
reasons at President Trump's pest in retaliation for Comy's probe
into alleged collusion between Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign and
(12:12):
Russian officials. By the way, James Coby knew the FBI
had taken that still dossier and classified it as user generated,
meaning he knew that it was all made up from
the very beginning. Now back to Cruz, at the time
of the hearing, was seeking to point out discrepancies and
statements made by both James Comy and Andrew McCabe in
(12:33):
separate congressional and federal inquiries. McCabe had told the Justice
Department Inspector General's Office that his boss at the Bureau
said it was quote good he was passing certain information
along to the Wall Street Journal. That information presented in
October thirtieth, sixteen. Article contained details about a pending investigation
(12:54):
of the Clinton Foundation, and the FBI director and deputy
director discussed the disclosures the day after. According to the
DOJ and OIG report released in February of eighteen, Cruise's
meandering line of questioning was also less direct than the
inquiry he referenced may by Senator Chuck Grassley. The attorneys
(13:14):
for the former disgrace FBI director state three years prior
on the subject of the FBI leagues, prompting Comy's defense
team to argue for total dismissal of the first count
against him. Saying this, Director Comy, have you ever been
an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to
the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation? Grassley asked in
(13:38):
May of twenty seventeen. Never, Comy replied question two, Have
you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be
an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation
of the Clinton investigation? James Coby answered that question by
saying no. In twenty twenty, he affirmed, I stand by
(13:59):
what the testimony you summarized that I gave in May
of twenty seventeen. Federal prosecutors now allege in their indictment
that the statement was false because, as James Comy then
and they're new, he in fact had authorized Person three
to serve as an anonymous source in news reporting regarding
the FBI investigation concerning Person number one. Thursday's motion to
(14:24):
dismiss noted that Halligan's team had since identified Person one
as ellery Clinton in Person three is Daniel Richmond, a
Columbia law school professor and former prosecutor. Nott McKay Senator
Cruz questions are fundamentally ambiguous, the lawyers went on to say,
because people of ordinary intellect would not be expected to
understand that he means to ask a broad question about
(14:47):
mister Comey's interactions with anyone at the FBI, including Daniel Richmond. So,
just so we're all on the same page, what the
lawyers for James Coby are now saying is James Comy,
the FBI Director, is too dumb to understand basic questions
coming from Senator Cruz. So therefore he didn't break the
law lie to Congress when he claimed he had never
(15:11):
had leaked information go to the press or told anyone
to leak to the press. This, my friends, is gonna
be very interesting moving forward, because I have a feeling
there's a lot in the courtroom that aren't gonna believe
kmy on this one either.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
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and we will see you back here tomorrow.
You know.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The sad thing is I have my highest numbers that
I've ever had, as I should. I ended eight boys,
and we have the greatest economy in history. And by
the way, energy prices are way down. Everything's way down.
Beef is a little bit high. We're going to get
beef down to when prices are down and the economy
is up. The only thing that's not down is the
stock prices and the four oh one case and through
(00:22):
the roof everyone's four o one case hitting records.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Good Friday morning.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Nice to have you with us in the forty seven
Morning Update, and we've got two very big.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Stories for you.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
First up, accountability, The Justice Department is now investigating whether
the leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded their
own donors who contributed millions and millions of dollars. We'll
have the latest on that and what it means for
the investigation. Also, in a shocking filing in the courthouse,
(00:57):
former FBI Director James Comy now it's demanding that the
line to Congress indictment against him be tossed out line
because apparently he's too dumb to understand questions that he
was asked by Senator Ted Cruz. They literally said in
the court filing that the questions were quote too long
and just confusing, so therefore he couldn't have actually lied
(01:20):
to Congress. I'll break that down for you as well,
but first I want to tell you about our friends
over Patriot Mobile. Every so often, something happens that reminds
us just how fragile our freedoms are. We can't afford
to take our rights for granted. We must draw a
line in the sand, and our friends at Patriot Mobile
have been doing just that for more than twelve years.
(01:42):
The truth is there is only one provider that boldly
stands in the gap for Americans who believe freedom is
we're fighting for, and that company is Patriot Mobile. Not
only are they leading the red economy, they're also outpacing
the competition and technology. Patriot Mobile is one one of
the only carriers offering premium access to all three major
(02:05):
US networks, giving you nationwide coverage and service that you
can count on day after day. They also offer unlimited
data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming, internet backup in so
much more, and switching has never been easier. You can
activate in minutes on your phone from your home or
your office, and you keep your same number. You've got now,
(02:28):
keep your same phone or upgrade to a new one.
And this is where the magic happens. Every month, about
five percent of your bill is given back to conservative
causes at no extra cost to you that stand up
for our First and our Second Amendment rights, the rights
of unborn children, and are wounded warriors and those that
have fought for a country and wear a badge. So
(02:50):
take a stand today. Go to Patriotmobile dot com slash
Ben forty seven or call nine to seven to two
Patriot and if you use the promo code Ben forty seven,
you're going to get a free month of service. That's
Patriot Mobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine
(03:12):
to seven to two Patriot and make the switch today.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
It's a forty seven morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Accountability is part of what Donald Trump ran on, and
he promised that those that were abusing their power within
the government, or those that were abusing their power outside
of the government getting protections from the Biden administration, could
be held accountable.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
We now know what some.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Of that accountability is going to look like, and this
time it involves Black Lives Matter. The Department of Justice,
we're now being told, is probing Black Lives Matter for fraud.
Sources are saying the Justice Department investigating whether the leaders
in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed
tens of millions of dollars during the racial justice protests
(04:00):
in twenty twenty that, according to multiple people familiar with
the matter, In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have
issued subpoenas and at least one search warrant as part
of an investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.
And other black led organizations that helped spark a national
(04:22):
reckoning on systemic racism. Said the people who were not
authorized discuss an ongoing criminal pro by name and spoke
on condition of amininity to the Associated Press. It was
not clear if the investigation was a result in criminal charges,
but its mere existence invites fresh scrutiny to a movement
that in recent years has faced criticism about its public
(04:46):
accounting of donations and what they've received. The recent burst
of investigative activity is also unfolding at a time when
civil rights groups have raised concerns about the potential for
the Trump administration to target it a broad variety of
progressive and left winning groups, they claim that have been
critical of him, including those affiliated with Black Lives Matter,
(05:08):
the transgender rights movement, and they claimed the anti ice protesters.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department decline a comment on Thursday.
One of the people said the investigation had been initiated
during the Biden administration, but is getting renewed attention because
of the Trump administration. A second person confirmed that the
(05:30):
allegations were examined as well in the Biden administration. So
what is this really all about? Massive amounts of money
that came in, and the question is where did it
all go. The foundation said it actually took in over
ninety million dollars in donations. Following the twenty twenty murder
(05:50):
of George Floyd, a black man whose last press under
the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer, sparked protests
across the US and around the world. Critics of the
nonprofit foundation and of the Black Lives Matter movement broadly
accused organizers of not only not being transparent about how
(06:12):
it was spinning the donations, but that criticism grew even
louder after the BOM Foundation leaders in twenty twenty two
confirmed that they in fact used donations to purchase a
not one, not two, not three, not four, not five,
but a six million dollar Los Angeles property that includes
(06:33):
a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms. Leaders previously denied
wrongdoing and publicly released the tax documents. No prior investigations
into the nonprofits finances had yielded proof of quote impropriety.
Leaders of the Foundation of received subpoenas now and in
statements email to the Associated Press on Thursday, the Foundation
(06:56):
said it is not a target of any federal criminal
invas investigation quote unquote, saying this, we remain committed to
full transparency, accountability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated
to building a better future for black communities, the foundation
said now.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
The Black Lives Matter movement first.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Emerged in twenty thirteen after the acquittal of George Zimmerman,
the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who killed a seventeen year old
tray Von Martin in Florida, but it was in the
twenty fourteen death of Michael Brown at the hands of
police in Ferguson, Missouri, that made the slogan black Lives
Matter a rallying cry for progressives. Now, the movement founders
(07:39):
and organizers also pledged to build a decentralized organization governed
by the consensus of BLM chapters. But as the movement's
influence crew, so did the number of organizations that became
affiliated with BLM. In twenty twenty, there was a tidal
wave of public contributions in the aftermath and the protests
over Floyd's murder, and they came mainly to the BLM Foundation,
(08:03):
although other organizations and resources came in from funds as
well leaders. However, the foundation opened up about finances an
organizational structure in twenty twenty two, revealing detailed accounting of
their expenditures. The latest Form nine to ninety filings show
the BLM Foundation had twenty eight million in assets for
the fiscal year ending June twenty twenty four. Now, the
(08:26):
investigation we're also being told is being run out of
the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California
in LA. The top prosecutor there was in fact disqualified
from several cases earlier this week after a federal judge
concluded that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary
job longer than allowed by law. It's not clear whether
(08:48):
that judge and its disqualification will impact the BLM investigation.
So what we know now is this, you have BLM,
and it's been characterized by many in the media as
a radical organization, and there's many that believe that the
money coming in was not actually going to help black
lives or the community at all, Which brings us back
(09:08):
to the accountability aspect of all of this. President of
United States America made it very clear that he was
going to hold those accountable, especially those that were committing
crimes or defrauding the public. Will have to wait and see,
but this is certainly a major step forward when it
comes to transparency.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Now, story number two.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You can file this next story under things you just
can't make up. Ex FBI Director James Comy has just
come out saying he wants the line to Congress indictment tossed.
Why he's complaining now that Senator Ted Cruz's questions were
too long and too confusing for the FBI director to follow.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
James Comy is now arguing that the criminal gase against
him for allegedly lying to Congress.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Should just go away because.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Senator Cruz's question of him was just too confusing and
too long, and the former FBI director's answer was quote
unquote true regardless. Attorneys for James Comy and I repeat
this is not a joke claim his congressional testimony that
he didn't approve leaks to the media about his investigation
of President Trump wasn't a lie, and that the comments
(10:23):
were made after the Texas Republican senator allegedly rambled his
question quote. The indictment conspicuously admits the lengthy, confusing questions
that prompted mister Comy's testimony. The lawyers wrote and their
documents filed Thursday in Alexander, Virginia Court, which quoted from
a Senate Judiciary committee on September the thirtieth of twenty twenty.
(10:47):
The lone star state politician asked Coomy to quote recall
statements that he had made three years earlier, and just
simultaneously addressed statements that Senator Cruz incorrectly claimed were made
by Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI. This
is again what their attorneys are saying, and the filing
(11:07):
for former Director James Comy.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Quote viewed in contact.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Senator Cruz's questions cannot form the basis for the charges
against Comy because they were fundamentally ambiguous and regardless mister
Comy's answers to them were literally true, the attorneys added
in their twenty three page filing.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
The false statements.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
They also said charges that rests on a particular interpretation
of a fundamentally ambiguous question must be dismissed. The indictment
brought by the interim US Attorney Lindsay Halligan, charged the
former FBI boss with one count of making a false
statement to Congress and one count of instructing a congressional proceeding.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Now.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
If convicted, James Comy could serve a maximum sentence of
five years in federal prison. Comy has pleaded not guilty
and claimed the case was brought against him for political
reasons at President Trump's pest in retaliation for Comy's probe
into alleged collusion between Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign and
(12:12):
Russian officials. By the way, James Coby knew the FBI
had taken that still dossier and classified it as user generated,
meaning he knew that it was all made up from
the very beginning. Now back to Cruz, at the time
of the hearing, was seeking to point out discrepancies and
statements made by both James Comy and Andrew McCabe in
(12:33):
separate congressional and federal inquiries. McCabe had told the Justice
Department Inspector General's Office that his boss at the Bureau
said it was quote good he was passing certain information
along to the Wall Street Journal. That information presented in
October thirtieth, sixteen. Article contained details about a pending investigation
(12:54):
of the Clinton Foundation, and the FBI director and deputy
director discussed the disclosures the day after. According to the
DOJ and OIG report released in February of eighteen, Cruise's
meandering line of questioning was also less direct than the
inquiry he referenced may by Senator Chuck Grassley. The attorneys
(13:14):
for the former disgrace FBI director state three years prior
on the subject of the FBI leagues, prompting Comy's defense
team to argue for total dismissal of the first count
against him. Saying this, Director Comy, have you ever been
an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to
the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation? Grassley asked in
(13:38):
May of twenty seventeen. Never, Comy replied question two, Have
you ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be
an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation
of the Clinton investigation? James Coby answered that question by
saying no. In twenty twenty, he affirmed, I stand by
(13:59):
what the testimony you summarized that I gave in May
of twenty seventeen. Federal prosecutors now allege in their indictment
that the statement was false because, as James Comy then
and they're new, he in fact had authorized Person three
to serve as an anonymous source in news reporting regarding
the FBI investigation concerning Person number one. Thursday's motion to
(14:24):
dismiss noted that Halligan's team had since identified Person one
as ellery Clinton in Person three is Daniel Richmond, a
Columbia law school professor and former prosecutor. Nott McKay Senator
Cruz questions are fundamentally ambiguous, the lawyers went on to say,
because people of ordinary intellect would not be expected to
understand that he means to ask a broad question about
(14:47):
mister Comey's interactions with anyone at the FBI, including Daniel Richmond. So,
just so we're all on the same page, what the
lawyers for James Coby are now saying is James Comy,
the FBI Director, is too dumb to understand basic questions
coming from Senator Cruz. So therefore he didn't break the
law lie to Congress when he claimed he had never
(15:11):
had leaked information go to the press or told anyone
to leak to the press. This, my friends, is gonna
be very interesting moving forward, because I have a feeling
there's a lot in the courtroom that aren't gonna believe
kmy on this one either.
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