House Republicans just released the transcript of their closed-door hearing with former FBI Director James Comey. It’s very long, to the tune of about 173 pages, so I haven’t had a chance to read through it.
But here’s the PDF if you want to peruse through it yourself:
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Open in new tab UPDATE: Here’s a snippet on slippery Comey to wet your whistle:
Trey Gowdy asked Comey about his memo regarding a meeting with Reince Preibus on 2/8/17. His answer was fascinating. First, let's recall memo says Priebus wondered what was up with the bizarre briefing of the pee tape and dossier and how everything was leaking to the press.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 18, 2018
I'll personally note the clumsy briefing of false/silly dossier items had to feel like blackmail to the incoming administration even before it was immediately leaked to compliant media. Anywho, Priebus asks if FBI is leaking and seems to have real concern about it.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 18, 2018
So that's the context for the next line. Which is: "He then asked me if this was a 'private conversation.' I replied that it was." Trey Gowdy asked him about this and Comey's answer is so slippery and on-its-face ridiculous that it's really something.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 18, 2018
Here's the beginning of that exchange (it goes on in this manner for a while, but here's the gist):
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 18, 2018
Mr. Gowdy. What did you mean by "it was"?
Mr. Comey. That the two of us were speaking together alone,
that there was nobody else participating in the conversation. pic.twitter.com/ZyX5mUICQm
Comey, who was yesterday pontificating on rule of law, says when he assured Preibus that a conversation he was planning to memorialize for various reasons (including to enable leaking to compliant media) was private, he just meant that the two guys were talking alone in a room.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 18, 2018