James Comey reportedly is being investigated for possibly lying to Congress during testimony in 2020 about whether he authorized a leak of information.
“Mr. Comey and Mr. McCabe’s statements are irreconcilably contradictory,” Cruz wrote. “Mr. McCabe says that he told Mr. Comey of the leak and that Mr. Comey approved — effectively authorizing the leak after the fact."
This statement itself is “irreconcilably contradictory”. Did he “authorize” the leak before or after it occurred? Cruz seems to be implying that he found out after, but approved. Which means he didn’t know before hand, and therefore couldn’t have actually authorized it.
That’s a whole different set of words, that don’t mean the same thing as what he’s being accused of, though.
They’re claiming that he authorized the leak…which means he either did or he didn’t…and it would have had to have happened before the leak occurred in order for it to be true. So, “after the fact” is not how that would have to have happened.
If all they were concerned with was why he didn’t punish the guy, then that is a completely different accusation than him authorizing it.
This statement itself is “irreconcilably contradictory”. Did he “authorize” the leak before or after it occurred? Cruz seems to be implying that he found out after, but approved. Which means he didn’t know before hand, and therefore couldn’t have actually authorized it.
“effectively authorizing the leak after the fact” They mean he made no effort to punish the leak.
That’s a whole different set of words, that don’t mean the same thing as what he’s being accused of, though.
They’re claiming that he authorized the leak…which means he either did or he didn’t…and it would have had to have happened before the leak occurred in order for it to be true. So, “after the fact” is not how that would have to have happened.
If all they were concerned with was why he didn’t punish the guy, then that is a completely different accusation than him authorizing it.