Comey’s top FBI lawyer James Baker admits he’s ’nervous,’ opens some distance between himself and the conspirators

May 12, 2019 By Thomas Lifson

We just got a glimpse of the coming lines of defense for the deposed political cabal that formerly ran the FBI, as well as the limits of loyalty among them.

Former FBI General Counsel James Baker spoke in public Friday, before a very friendly crowd at the Brookings Institution, where his pal Benjamin Wittes, a fellow there, organized a public event where the two men spoke. He revealed some useful indications of what’s going on among the cabal that weaponized the FBI’s counterintelligence apparatus against candidate and then President Donald Trump.

Jerry Dunleavy of the Washington Examiner reports:................

So, he’s blaming “mistakes” not conscious planning for the abuses he knows will be uncovered. He has not turned state’s evidence.  But most importantly, Baker seems to be allowing that others may have committed crimes and concealed them from him:........He went to define himself as not a conspirator, not a rat, but maybe a dupe:.......Baker also is sticking to the Party Line that the FISA warrants were lawful: .............Read more

My Take - Does anyone besides me think these people suffer from a severe case of cognitive dissonance?  And is it possible for Comey to say anything that doesn't incriminate himself and the FBI for treason?  Comey calls it 'totally normal' to plant an FBI spy in a political campaign?

I think this cartoon says it all.