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# "Self-Centered, Self-Serving Jackass": FBI Insiders Furious After Comey Interview

Current and former FBI agents are furious after former Director James Comey gave his first interview since President Trump fired him last year to ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday night, reports the Daily Beast - which was privy to a play-by-play flurry of text messages and other communications detailing their reactions.

> Seven current or former FBI agents and officials spoke throughout and immediately after the broadcast. There was a lot of anger, frustration, and even more emojis—featuring the thumbs-down, frowny face, middle finger, and a whole lot of green vomit faces.

> One former FBI official sent a bourbon emoji as it began; another sent the beers cheers-ing emoji. The responses became increasingly angry and despondent as the hourlong interview played out. -Daily Beast

“Hoover is spinning in his grave,” said a former FBI official. “Making money from total failure," in reference to Comey plugging his book, A Higher Loyalty.

Jana Winter of The Beast adds that when a promo aired between segments advertising Comey's upcoming appearance with The View, the official "grew angrier."

“Good lord, what a self-serving self-centered jackass,” the official said. “True to form he thinks he’s the smartest guy around.”

A current official with the FBI said it was strange how Comey seemed so pleased with how things played out. “It’s how happy he looked on TV while cashing in on the biggest mistake in history. His mistake,” they said. “Jim Comey made that mistake. We all just wonder what could have been and what we could’ve done to change it.”

Not all the current and former FBI officials had problems with the interview, however - as one official who spoke out in support of Comey said “I thought he was highly trustworthy and very transparent, like watching someone in confession,” the former official said. “It seems like he’s still wrestling with it.”

The majority, however, were all negative on the former Director's interview - with one even souring as the interview progressed:

> One longtime Team Comey source—who is still an FBI agent—sent thumbs-up emojis repeatedly during the first half hour, but even this loyalist began to lose patience by the halfway mark—sending a frowny face. A few minutes later there was a nauseous emoji, and then a poop emoji after the final segment. -DB

Sources confirm to ZeroHedge that a frowny face emoji is indeed very bad. In a stunning development, Comey's interview even encouraged a former FBI official to start using emojis.

> Another former FBI official not historically known for their use of emojis, sent a bowing emjoi which—they explained in a follow up message—they believed to mean “slamming my head into something, obviously.”

Another source who works frequently with the FBI said they wouldn't watch the extended cut of the interview.

“Didn’t watch it—I don’t care, he’s basically a scumbag. I don’t know how they’re letting him write a book in the middle of an investigation that he’s part of. I wonder if he had his book cleared by the intelligence community? He’s supposed to but I bet he didn’t.”

Comey was fired by President Trump on May 9, 2017, after which he leaked memos he claims document conversations with Trump to the New York Times, kicking off the special counsel investigation headed by Robert Mueller - whose team started out looking at Russian influence in the 2016 election, and is now investigating the President's alleged decade-old extramarital affairs with at least two women. Truly looking out for national security there Bob...

Hillary Clinton and her supporters blame Comey as a major factor in her 2016 loss to Donald Trump - as Clinton insiders have told the Daily Beast that Comey should "beg for forgiveness" and not try to use his book to explain away his actions.

> Days before the election, Comey publicly announced that he was reopening the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server, but he made no mention of the simultaneous inquires being made into Russian links to members of Trump’s team.

> This was seen by many inside the FBI as Comey inserting the agency into the campaign, which was especially unwise coming so close to the election, when the agency tries to abstain from anything that could have political consequences. -Daily Beast

In his book, Comey - who said he was on the "verge of tears" after Obama gave him a pat on the head, and whose wife and children were admittedly giant Hillary fans, also admits that he expected Clinton to win, and that he feared that - if he didn't disclose the reopening of the probe - that it would make Clinton an "illegitimate" president.

> Mr. Comey acknowledges that he thought Mrs. Clinton would win the presidency and said it is "entirely possible" that he decided to reveal that the email investigation had started up again 11 days before the election because he was primarily concerned that if he concealed the renewed investigation, it would make her an "illegitimate president."

> Would he have made a different decision if Mr. Trump had been ahead in the polls? "I don’t know," Mr. Comey concedes. -AP

Prior to becoming the DNC's most wanted, Comey and his team notoriously let Hillary Clinton off the hook for her private server and mishandling of classified information - having begun drafting Clinton's exoneration before even interviewing her, something which appears to have been "forgotten" in his book.

Comey also called out Obama and Lynch in his book - defending the FBI's top brass and counterintelligence investigators charged with probing Clinton's use of a private email server and mishandling of classified information, reports the Washington Examiner, which received an advanced copy.

“I never heard anyone on our team — not one — take a position that seemed driven by their personal political motivations. And more than that: I never heard an argument or observation I thought came from a political bias. Never ... Instead we debated, argued, listened, reflected, agonized, played devil’s advocate, and even found opportunities to laugh as we hashed out major decisions.

We're sure there was a lot of laughing in Comey's office - right up until 1AM on November 9, 2016.

It appears that James Comey isn't making any friends, anywhere - except perhaps at his bank.

> Shorter Comey: I felt the extremely careless candidate was leading, so I drafted her exoneration figuring she’d beat the morally unfit candidate, against whom I have evidence of obstruction, which I did nothing with for 11 months but buy my book.

> — Razor (@hale_razor) April 16, 2018

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ExPat2018 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:17 Permalink

He has the same shit eating grin on his face as the Orange Genius

Both are self serving asswipes.

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stinkhammer ExPat2018 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:18 Permalink

Mama says, "Stupid is as stupid does."

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RafterManFMJ stinkhammer Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:21 Permalink

Hoover is spinning in his grave,” said a former FBI official. “While wearing a silk shift and cum stained pink panties.”

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nope-1004 RafterManFMJ Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:23 Permalink

Why the need to come out and do some splainin?

He wanted to tell a story. He told a story. Story time is over.

Jail time.

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IridiumRebel nope-1004 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:25 Permalink

Comey the cunt

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solidtare IridiumRebel Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:26 Permalink

williambanzai7 nailed it:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-10/jackass-comey

h/t to Jim Thompson: POP. 1280

"Well, maybe that's because you ain't real bright," Ken said. "Why, I'll bet you
there's a woman right in this town that would really pree-fer [Comey] to a fella like
you. I ain't saying that you ain't a plenty good lookin' fella yourself, but probably
you ain't got as long a dingle-dangle as he has - they tell me them idjits are hung
like a stud-hoss. And, anyways --
"Well, now, I don't know about that," I said. "I ain't never had any complaints in
that department yet."

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Bitchface-KILLAH solidtare Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:35 Permalink

Special agents flinging around emojis.

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???ö? Bitchface-KILLAH Mon, 04/16/2018 - 17:56 Permalink

<--- Immediately Push Button

<--- Think for 5 Seconds and then Push Button

In your imaginary world you have an imaginary button to vaporize an imaginary former FBI director.

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FireBrander ???ö? Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:36 Permalink

I'll bet there is no shortage of "young guns" in the FBI and Justice Department that would LOVE to go into the History books as the person(s) that put Bush, Hillary, Obama and the rest of war mongering, corrupt scum in prison...Trump just needs to set them loose! Release the Hounds Mr. Trump!

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BullyBearish FireBrander Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:42 Permalink

like it or not...cumey gave us the orange clown...i'd trade them both for RON PAUL as president RIGHT NOW!!

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nmewn BullyBearish Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:49 Permalink

Elections have consequences.

You sayin you voted for Rand? ;-)

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Oldguy05 nmewn Mon, 04/16/2018 - 20:54 Permalink

Cumey is nothing but a small man in a big car.

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hxc Oldguy05 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 21:57 Permalink

I would rather have RP if he had the charisma/gusto and also tactical genius of DT. However, I worry that Ron, as a guy that delivered babies and educated people on nonagression, as opposed to running a something-billion dollar cutthroat RE empire, might be more at risk of A) being unable to overcome political roadblocks and destabilization, and B) something bad happening to him.

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HippieHaulers hxc Tue, 04/17/2018 - 00:12 Permalink

"One longtime Team Comey source—who is still an FBI agent—sent thumbs-up emojis repeatedly during the first half hour, but even this loyalist began to lose patience by the halfway mark—sending a frowny face. A few minutes later there was a nauseous emoji, and then a poop emoji after the final segment."

Peak Idiocracy?

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DaiRR HippieHaulers Tue, 04/17/2018 - 01:44 Permalink

Comey is so blatantly one sided. "Informal interviews" that go nowhere are appropriate to investigate DemoRats acts of treason, same with investigating FBI employees flaunting the laws to favor DemoRats. An example needs to be made of the deluded, partisan criminal that is Comey. His Hitlery loving family sure has made a big deal of their anti-Trump activities with the MSM also. All those Comeys love the limelight. Somewhat reckless of them. Now they're all on a list.,

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Justin Case nmewn Tue, 04/17/2018 - 01:26 Permalink

Elections have consequences.

Ya, that's why I quit voting 45 yrs ago. It's all yoar fault b/c you voted,.

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just the tip Justin Case Tue, 04/17/2018 - 02:09 Permalink

and in your Case, you never cease complaining about the results.

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Oldguy05 Justin Case Tue, 04/17/2018 - 03:58 Permalink

Huh. I never would have pegged you as older than I am.

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Fish Gone Bad FireBrander Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:43 Permalink

I once saw this on a T-shirt:

Those who think they are the smartest person in the room, really piss off those of us who are.

Comey is a narcissistic traitor.

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mkkby Fish Gone Bad Tue, 04/17/2018 - 04:09 Permalink

No, no -- please NOT THE EMOJI. Comey got the pie-in-face emoji. Bet that really hurt his feewings... one tear sad face emoji.

The internet has made everything gay. It shows 99% of humans are just monkeys screaming for attention.

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ejmoosa FireBrander Mon, 04/16/2018 - 20:07 Permalink

Their psychological profiles prevent those young guns from ever getting hired.

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Ajax-1 FireBrander Mon, 04/16/2018 - 20:28 Permalink

I fear that 90% of them are corrupt.

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Oldguy05 Ajax-1 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 21:42 Permalink

My good friend was a SOG medic. SOG medics carry weapons and kill until they can help. He told me....all those cool commercials you see doing awesome things.....it really sucks when you have to actually do them. It took him years to realize he had been brainwashed. Nowadays, I'm glad he's on my team.

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are we there yet FireBrander Mon, 04/16/2018 - 23:39 Permalink

Comey's reputation goes down as Trump's popularity continues to go up. Trump does tend to win at things.

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SilverRhino ???ö? Mon, 04/16/2018 - 22:37 Permalink

FBI Agents should take the Long Walk in the Cursed Earth .... to bring law to the lawless (like Africa) ....

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NoDebt Bitchface-KILLAH Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:00 Permalink

Comey was always the most enigmatic figure to me in this sad, troubling series of events involving the FBI.

THE GOOD NEWS: Everyone hates him now. The Rs hate him, the Ds hate him. Who's Christmas party did he get invited to last year? I'm guessing the invitations were few. His own ego has turned him into plutonium. And he deserves even worse than that.

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Bitchface-KILLAH NoDebt Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:03 Permalink

Every agency has a Jim Comey in it... you know the guy. Their CV just has an implied "team skills and natural ability to get a deep brown nose" at the very top of it.

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???ö? Bitchface-KILLAH Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:05 Permalink

We thought millennials were a bunch of fags ...

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Bitchface-KILLAH ???ö? Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:09 Permalink

I wonder what kind of Snapchat filters they are using? Fairy sparkles or bow wow dog ears and nose?

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JimmyJones Bitchface-KILLAH Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:55 Permalink

He really is a traitor

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DeathMerchant ???ö? Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:39 Permalink

Only the fucks on the left.

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hxc DeathMerchant Mon, 04/16/2018 - 22:44 Permalink

Don't worry, the old people will understand eventually. Even in California the left is being crushed under its own weight. LA and SF are overpriced collapsing shitholes and pretty much everywhere else is conservative/libertarian. Dem vs rep winning in CA is close to 50/50 and millenials are getting more conservative as they get older. Hell i'm in my late twenties and have never been a libtard. People will get it eventually

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Fishkiller hxc Tue, 04/17/2018 - 03:04 Permalink

Eventually.....

i hope sooner than later.

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FireBrander Bitchface-KILLAH Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:41 Permalink

Comey reminds me of all the "executives" I've known that married the owners daughter prior to getting hired.

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A Sentinel Bitchface-KILLAH Tue, 04/17/2018 - 00:15 Permalink

Just one Comey?

Your opinion of government is extremely inflated.

His narcissism and idiocy are absolutely characteristic of the majority of several sectors of government... The judiciary immediately springs to mind as a whole branch in which probably 90% of the occupants are essentially comey doppelgängers.

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nmewn NoDebt Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:19 Permalink

So, to review.

Comey was the FBI Director when warrants were issued to spy on Trump and his associates. Warrants gained in part or in whole by, false evidence (the Steele dossier) presented to a FISA court judge(s), gathered by, a foreign national former spy (Steele) who was in contact with his old Kremlin pals, who (Steele) was then paid by the DNC, Fusion GPS via Perkins Coie to give Hillary Rodham Clinton (affectionately known here as The Bitch of Benghazi) some distance from the fake "evidence".

Now besides Comey knowing the source of "the dossier" one of his deputies (McCabe) was at the same time "colluding" with a couple FBI agents (Strzok & Page) in a "counter-intel operation" (on the taxpayers dime) to gather dirt on candidate Trump. McCabe's wife (we might recall) got a sizable "donation" from Terry McAuliffe (another Klinton sleezebag) for her political run in Virginia.

And we haven't even touched on Comey's theft of government documents or his turning over those documents to his friend so the friend could turn them over to the Alinsky NYT's for the purposes of...getting his mentor Grand Inquisitor Mueller a gig as "special prosecutor" (as he admitted to under oath).

He should be arrested and sent to Gitmo.

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HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 nmewn Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:26 Permalink

I agree. After that the FBI should be shuttered, closed. What should be done with the building? Turn it into condos. Or a hotel.

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Jungle Jim HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:32 Permalink

How about a sexbot whorehouse?

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HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Jungle Jim Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:36 Permalink

Sure! At least it would be serving a purpose!

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JimmyJones HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 18:56 Permalink

And not working against us.

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Secret Weapon HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 20:49 Permalink

More like serving a HIGHER purpose.

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Offthebeach HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:38 Permalink

Branch Dividian fail

Ruby Ridge fail

First World Trade truck bomb fail

9/11 fail

Boston marathon fail.

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HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Offthebeach Mon, 04/16/2018 - 19:51 Permalink

Pulse nightclub fail.

Muslim cartoon contest shooters fail.

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tavistock 2.0 Offthebeach Mon, 04/16/2018 - 20:53 Permalink

Stoneham Douglas fail

Ft Hood fail

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CultiVader tavistock 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 22:28 Permalink

Viva Las Vegas?

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brown_hornet CultiVader Mon, 04/16/2018 - 23:12 Permalink

His name was Lavoy Fincicum.

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just the tip Offthebeach Tue, 04/17/2018 - 02:17 Permalink

unfortunately

murrah building success

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Oldguy05 HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 21:00 Permalink

There'd still be a spook in the secret monitoring camera/microphone room in the basement.

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Cloud9.5 HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 21:58 Permalink

They should have been shuttered after Waco.

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HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Cloud9.5 Mon, 04/16/2018 - 22:10 Permalink

You won't get any argument from me.

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