Stefan Passantino

Trump, we've just come in. I had no idea that Comey was having interviews with Mike Flynn recently. You know, at the same time, I had no idea this was happening, but I thought, well, we're all on the same team. Let me just invite all of the NSC folks in for the same briefing that I'm doing for the staff because we're all on the same team.

Trump, we've just come in. I had no idea that Comey was having interviews with Mike Flynn recently. You know, at the same time, I had no idea this was happening, but I thought, well, we're all on the same team. Let me just invite all of the NSC folks in for the same briefing that I'm doing for the staff because we're all on the same team.

Trump, we've just come in. I had no idea that Comey was having interviews with Mike Flynn recently. You know, at the same time, I had no idea this was happening, but I thought, well, we're all on the same team. Let me just invite all of the NSC folks in for the same briefing that I'm doing for the staff because we're all on the same team.

And so literally I do these briefings and I get phone calls two days later from the Washington Post saying, we have three people who are in your briefing who all said you said X and that this is this horrible thing for Trump. And I said, what? That's A, not true. Why would three people randomly select you, Washington Post reporter, to tell the exact same story to?

And so literally I do these briefings and I get phone calls two days later from the Washington Post saying, we have three people who are in your briefing who all said you said X and that this is this horrible thing for Trump. And I said, what? That's A, not true. Why would three people randomly select you, Washington Post reporter, to tell the exact same story to?

And so literally I do these briefings and I get phone calls two days later from the Washington Post saying, we have three people who are in your briefing who all said you said X and that this is this horrible thing for Trump. And I said, what? That's A, not true. Why would three people randomly select you, Washington Post reporter, to tell the exact same story to?

This kind of sounds like an op against the Trump administration. It was going to highlight, it was something that was not going to paint Trump in a fair light that the ethics lawyer had said, whatever the rules were. And that's when I realized...

This kind of sounds like an op against the Trump administration. It was going to highlight, it was something that was not going to paint Trump in a fair light that the ethics lawyer had said, whatever the rules were. And that's when I realized...

This kind of sounds like an op against the Trump administration. It was going to highlight, it was something that was not going to paint Trump in a fair light that the ethics lawyer had said, whatever the rules were. And that's when I realized...

We're not all on the same team here, that there's this operation that's going on, and there's a real sort of psychic disconnect for me because I had tremendous respect for these—I had tremendous respect for the FBI and the DOJ, and I have to say in all candor with respect to me— As far as I can tell, they've been honorable in everything they've done with respect to me.

We're not all on the same team here, that there's this operation that's going on, and there's a real sort of psychic disconnect for me because I had tremendous respect for these—I had tremendous respect for the FBI and the DOJ, and I have to say in all candor with respect to me— As far as I can tell, they've been honorable in everything they've done with respect to me.

We're not all on the same team here, that there's this operation that's going on, and there's a real sort of psychic disconnect for me because I had tremendous respect for these—I had tremendous respect for the FBI and the DOJ, and I have to say in all candor with respect to me— As far as I can tell, they've been honorable in everything they've done with respect to me.

But what you see on TV, there's a lack of trust. And my children, my children's friends, have zero institutional faith in these organizations that I grew up revering.

But what you see on TV, there's a lack of trust. And my children, my children's friends, have zero institutional faith in these organizations that I grew up revering.

But what you see on TV, there's a lack of trust. And my children, my children's friends, have zero institutional faith in these organizations that I grew up revering.

No, they were outside of the D.C. bubble. I left... D.C., you know, sometime after I graduated high school, but still sort of keep up. And I practice out of D.C. That's where I live. I go there. That's where I work. That's my life. But it's a much different core philosophy. It's a different view of how these institutions operate. And then

No, they were outside of the D.C. bubble. I left... D.C., you know, sometime after I graduated high school, but still sort of keep up. And I practice out of D.C. That's where I live. I go there. That's where I work. That's my life. But it's a much different core philosophy. It's a different view of how these institutions operate. And then

No, they were outside of the D.C. bubble. I left... D.C., you know, sometime after I graduated high school, but still sort of keep up. And I practice out of D.C. That's where I live. I go there. That's where I work. That's my life. But it's a much different core philosophy. It's a different view of how these institutions operate. And then

One of the things that if Trump were to win that really needs to happen is we need to restore these institutions, the faith in these institutions that if State Department is doing something, if the intel agencies are doing something, that they're doing it in the interest of the public. We can't have the... 51 intel officers suppressing. We can't have that happening anymore.

One of the things that if Trump were to win that really needs to happen is we need to restore these institutions, the faith in these institutions that if State Department is doing something, if the intel agencies are doing something, that they're doing it in the interest of the public. We can't have the... 51 intel officers suppressing. We can't have that happening anymore.