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Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“James Comey has 50 counts of TREASON. And John Brennan has 48 counts of TREASON.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2020

Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters:

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels• July 18, 2025

Robby Mook stated on October 30, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"There are Justice Department policies against" FBI Director James Comey discussing details of a federal investigation "so close to an election."

By Linda Qiu• October 30, 2016

Dan Koh stated on October 09, 2025 in remarks on CNN:

As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2025

Bloggers stated on February 01, 2018 in a story:

"Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election."

By Amy Sherman• February 12, 2018

Realtime Politics stated on December 11, 2016 in :

"Democrats Filing TREASON Charges Against Trump, McConnell, Giuliani, & Comey."

By Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2016

Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:

“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”

By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2025

Donald Trump stated on April 19, 2018 in in a tweet:

"James Comey Memos just out and show clearly that there was NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION"

By John Kruzel• April 20, 2018

Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2018 in In a tweet:

The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.

By Manuela Tobias• February 12, 2018

HoustonChronicle-tv.com stated on December 08, 2017 in a headline:

"Breaking: Trump fires deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, raising questions over Mueller’s fate."

By Amy Sherman• December 12, 2017

Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in a tweet:

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."

By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on September 06, 2022 in a tweet.:

“I had zero emails that were classified.”

By Jon Greenberg, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2022

Devin Nunes stated on February 02, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee:

Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2018

Donald Trump stated on December 04, 2017 in remarks to reporters:

"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."

By Miriam Valverde• December 5, 2017

Rush Limbaugh stated on May 17, 2017 in an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

By Lauren Carroll• May 18, 2017

PatriotCrier.com stated on May 16, 2017 in an Internet post:

"(James) Comey knew murdered DNC staffer, Seth Rich, was WikiLeaks source & covered it up for Hillary (Clinton)."

By Joshua Gillin• May 26, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."

By Lauren Carroll• August 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 18, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 06, 2022 in a television ad:

Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.

By Paul Specht• June 7, 2022

Hillary Clinton stated on September 07, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum:

"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."

By Lauren Carroll• September 8, 2016

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