INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former U.S. Attorney to the District of Columbia — discussed #ReleaseTheMemo, Comey, new FBI text messages report latest on Hillary emails, and Menendez trial.
- COMEY: James Comey to teach course on “ethical leadership” at his alma mater. (washington Examiner) — Former FBI Director James Comey will teach a course on ethical leadership for the College of William & Mary. Comey graduated from the public university in Williamsburg, Va., in 1982 with a double major in chemistry and religion.
- RELEASE THE MEMO: GOP congressman reveals House Intel Committee will release top secret FISA memo to public
- FBI TEXT MESSAGES: FBI ‘failed to preserve’ five months of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. From Dec. 14, 2016 to May 17, 2017, the day that Mueller was picked as special counsel. Congress seeks answers after FBI claims texts missing in Trump-Russia
- HILLARY: Newly released Clinton emails reveal ‘new smoking gun’ — and more classified information. Judicial Watch, a conservative government watchdog group, released another batch of emails from Hillary Clinton’s private email server on Friday and said a “new smoking gun” was revealed in the emails. The group received another round of emails from the State Department on Friday, which is releasing the emails on an ongoing basis as part of the group’s Freedom of Information Act request. The 78 new pages of emails released revealed that Clinton knew of the potential security risks that came with using a personal, unsecured server. The emails also contained three more messages with classified information. According to Judicial Watch, the emails also appear to be among those that Clinton’s staff tried to purposely hide or delete.
- REPORT: Loretta Lynch Knew In Advance That Comey Would Let Hillary Off The Hook. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch knew well in advance of FBI Director James Comey’s 2016 press conference that he would recommend against charging Hillary Clinton, according to information turned over to the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Friday.
- Newly Released Text Messages Suggest Mueller Team Members Knew Hillary Wouldn’t Be Charged In Email Scandal
- MENENDEZ: Justice Dept. will retry Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). The bribery case against him ended in a mistrial in November.
