holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
Meeting between Comey and Coleman on October 4
Comey’s Outlook calendar for October 4 contains an entry for “Morning
Briefs” from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. that is immediately followed by an entry for
“Meeting w/EAD Coleman” from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Coleman told us that he
could not recall this briefing with Comey. Coleman stated that staying behind to
brief Comey would be consistent with normal practice, but added that he did not
recall this specific instance. Coleman told us that it would be unusual to have a
one-on-one meeting with Comey and told us someone else would typically be
present at these briefings, such as the DD or ADD. While not remembering this
meeting, Coleman speculated that this may have been a one-on-one meeting with
Comey to discuss Coleman’s upcoming retirement from the FBI in December 2016.
Coleman told us that he kept regularly took notes in a journal. Coleman’s
notes from October 4 contained the following entry:
(1) Anthony Wiener [sic]
(2) [Unrelated]
(3) Wiener [sic] – texting 15 yo – Sexually Explicit
9/26 – Federal SW – IPhone/IPAD/Laptop
Initial analysis of laptop – thousands emails
Hillary Clinton & Foundation
Crime Against Children
We asked Coleman about these notes and he told us that, given their placement in
his notebook, the notes would most likely represent information he was briefed on
first thing in the morning by his subordinates in the Criminal Investigative Division.
Coleman stated that he may have passed this information to other FBI executives
after the morning briefing with the Director, but he could not remember if that
occurred here.
Comey told us that he did not recall the briefing by Coleman reflected in his
calendar. We asked Comey if this briefing could have been the time in early
October that he recalled being told about the connection between Midyear and the
Weiner investigation. Comey stated:
It’s possible, possible this is what is knocking around in the back of my
head, but I really, see I know the frailty of memory from having done
a lot of this work, at least in my memory it’s much more of an informal
than a meeting about it, but it’s possible.
We showed Coleman’s notes from October 4 to Comey. Comey did not recall being
briefed on the information contained in the notes. When asked about Coleman,
Comey said he “thought very highly of him” and described him as a “straight
shooter.”
Page 293-294
https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice
Review of Various Actions by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Department of Justice in Advance of the
2016 Election
Oversight
https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download
Not sure if this is implicating the Clinton foundation in crimes against children or not.
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