Book: Trump’s Letter Firing Comey Was Initially Sent To The Wrong WH Printer

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President Donald Trump’s letter firing then-FBI Director James Comey was initially sent to the wrong printer, according to a new book excerpted in Axios Wednesday morning.

Investigative reporter Vicky Ward’s new book “Kushner, Inc.” details the the moment Trump’s letter firing Comey “appeared to have been sent to the wrong printer”: 

[National Economic Council Director Gary] Cohn told his aide to take the letter straight to [then-White House counsel] Donald McGahn, who also had an office on the second floor of the White House (and whose printer it had clearly been meant for). Upon receiving it and realizing it had been printed in the wrong place, McGahn said, “Oh, f!@#!”

Read Trump’s letter firing Comey here.

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  1. double posting from Schiff thread

    Jared Kushner challenged on conflicts of interest by Trump aides, book claims
    Revealed: Donald Trump’s son-in-law challenged by Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn for mixing personal interests with US foreign policy
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/13/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-conflicts-of-interest-rex-tillerson-gary-cohn
    The confrontations are detailed in Kushner Inc by the journalist Vicky Ward, who also describes interference in foreign relations by Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump. The book is scheduled to be released on 19 March. A copy was obtained by the Guardian.

  2. How is this letter not proof of his firing comey the investigation…it’s clearly on his mind when it was written…it’s referenced in the letter? This was directly obstruction of justice.

  3. Damned hackers!

  4. Thanks, Obama!

  5. Once again, clear evidence for only the best people

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