Schweizer: Comey Intentionally Conspired To Undermine The American Government
President of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Schweizer, told FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo that former FBI Director James Comey “intentionally manipulated the intelligence system in an effort to undermine Donald Trump” in the conspiracy known as “Russiagate.” “So you have intentionality. And the question is: what was the goal here?”
PETER SCHWEIZER: Yeah, I think what we clearly have is intentionality-that James Comey intentionally manipulated the intelligence system in an effort to undermine Donald Trump. Let’s remember, when the FISA court scandal erupted and the inspector general report came out and said there were 17 inaccuracies or errors, Jim Comey said, Oh, it was just sloppiness. Then you go to what Chairman Devin Nunes was talking about-specifically the rewriting of this intelligence assessment in December of 2016, after they had briefed Congress days earlier that Putin had no intentionality of intervening, that he had no preference between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. They rewrote that intelligence assessment, and James Comey was central to it. So you have intentionality. And the question is: what was the goal here? Barack Obama was leaving the White House. Donald Trump was coming in. The intentionality was to disrupt and undermine the normal functioning of the American government. So if there’s any classical definition of a conspiracy to undermine the government’s function, this, to me, seems to fit it. MARIA BARTIROMO: Do you two believe that if the Republicans lose the midterm elections, that these investigations die? What do you think, Devin? DEVIN NUNES: No, I think the investigation is going to go on. What we’re seeing down in Florida right now-at least what’s being reported-the fact that subpoenas are going out, I feel very confident these investigations are going to continue. MARIA BARTIROMO: OK. Peter, final word. PETER SCHWEIZER: I think they’ll continue, but the Democrats in Congress will try to hamstring them with budgets and other kinds of pressures. So it will be a street fight.
