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https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/18-04.pdf

pg 293

Meeting between Comey and Coleman on October 4

Comey’s Outlook calendar for October 4 contains an entry for “Morning

Briefs” from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. that is immediately followed by an entry for

“Meeting w/EAD Coleman” from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Coleman told us that he

could not recall this briefing with Comey. Coleman stated that staying behind to

brief Comey would be consistent with normal practice, but added that he did not

recall this specific instance. Coleman told us that it would be unusual to have a

one-on-one meeting with Comey and told us someone else would typically be

present at these briefings, such as the DD or ADD. While not remembering this

meeting, Coleman speculated that this may have been a one-on-one meeting with

Comey to discuss Coleman’s upcoming retirement from the FBI in December 2016.

pg 294

Coleman told us that he kept regularly took notes in a journal. Coleman’s

notes from October 4 contained the following entry:

(1) Anthony Wiener [sic]

(2) [Unrelated]

(3) Wiener [sic] – texting 15 yo – Sexually Explicit

9/26 – Federal SW – IPhone/IPAD/Laptop

Initial analysis of laptop – thousands emails

Hillary Clinton & Foundation

Crime Against Children

We asked Coleman about these notes and he told us that, given their placement in

his notebook, the notes would most likely represent information he was briefed on

first thing in the morning by his subordinates in the Criminal Investigative Division.

Coleman stated that he may have passed this information to other FBI executives

after the morning briefing with the Director, but he could not remember if that

occurred here.

Comey told us that he did not recall the briefing by Coleman reflected in his

calendar. We asked Comey if this briefing could have been the time in early

October that he recalled being told about the connection between Midyear and the

Weiner investigation. Comey stated:

It’s possible, possible this is what is knocking around in the back of my

head, but I really, see I know the frailty of memory from having done

a lot of this work, at least in my memory it’s much more of an informal

than a meeting about it, but it’s possible.

We showed Coleman’s notes from October 4 to Comey. Comey did not recall being

briefed on the information contained in the notes. When asked about Coleman,

Comey said he “thought very highly of him” and described him as a “straight

shooter.”

We asked Comey if this information was something that he likely would have

“put out of his mind” after being informed of it in early October. Comey responded,

“I don’t think so unless, unless the way it was passed to me was with some, you

don’t need to do anything. We’re doing, we’re running it down or something.

Something that pushed it down on my priority list.”

When asked if he recalled this meeting between Coleman and Comey, Rybicki

stated that he did not. Bowdich told us that it is possible that he would have been

at this meeting between Comey and Coleman, but he had no recollection of it.

McCabe continued to be on travel and was not in Washington, D.C., on October 4.