Fox & Friends sent a misleading tweet. Then Trump accused James Comey of a crime.

[DonViejo]

Updated by Garet Williams [e-mail] Jul 10, 2017, 11:41am EDT

President Trump tweeted Monday morning that former FBI Director James Comey “leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION” when he provided the New York Times with information about his meetings with the president.

There’s no evidence that is true. The president’s tweet apparently came from a segment on Fox & Friends, which was a misleading interpretation of a report from the Hill newspaper on the contents of Comey’s memos.

Link to tweet

The Hill said that, based on interviews with unnamed “officials familiar with the documents,” more than half of Comey’s memos contained classified information. Because of this, the circumstances of the creation and storage of the memos that did contain classified information could have run afoul of FBI protocols. But the report does not claim that Comey actually leaked classified information to the New York Times or anyone else.

The president retweeted this misleading Fox & Friends video concerning these allegations less than 10 minutes before his outburst.

Link to tweet

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/10/15946878/trump-comey-twitter-leak-classified-fox-and-friends

[spanone]

1. K&R...

[PJMcK]

2. Trump is an idiot (n/t)

[SharonClark]

3. "Misleading tweet", I think you meant LIE

[Takket]

4. This from the fuckwit that gives classified intelligence to Russia

[writes3000]

5. I've been saying it over and over again. Comey did NOT leak memos at all. He said they exits.

And I believe he told his friend specific contents of the memos. There is no evidence anyone outside of the government has seen the actual memos. And the press has never seen them or they would have printed them.

[OKNancy]

6. also author of the Hill article is a Sinclair Broadcasting lackey n/t

[Squinch]

7. The Hill.