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In May 2017, Ciaramella was instrumental in helping generate the “Putin fired Comey” narrative. A Ciaramella email the day after Comey's firing ended up in the media, which is reported to have allegedly called Comey “crazy, a real nut job.”
In May 2017, Ciaramella was instrumental in helping generate the “Putin fired Comey” narrative. A Ciaramella email the day after Comey's firing ended up in the media, which is reported to have allegedly called Comey “crazy, a real nut job.”
Ciaramella is said to have argued that “[[President Putin]] suggested that President Trump fire Comey.”<ref>''Mueller Report, page 71 footnote 486.''<small>Mueller cited two emails from Ciaramella to then-Chief of Staff [[John Kelly]] and other administration officials describing the details of a meeting between Trump and Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Trump met with them the day after he fired FBI Director James Comey.
Ciaramella is said to have argued that “[[President Putin]] suggested that President Trump fire Comey.”<ref>''Mueller Report'', page 71 footnote 486.<small>Mueller cited two emails from Ciaramella to then-Chief of Staff [[John Kelly]] and other administration officials describing the details of a meeting between Trump and Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Trump met with them the day after he fired FBI Director James Comey.
“The meeting had been planned on May 2, 2017, during a telephone call between the President and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the meeting date was confirmed on May 5, 2017, the same day the President dictated ideas for the Comey termination letter to [Trump aide] [[Stephen Miller]],” the Mueller report reads, citing Ciaramella’s emails in a footnote.
“The meeting had been planned on May 2, 2017, during a telephone call between the President and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the meeting date was confirmed on May 5, 2017, the same day the President dictated ideas for the Comey termination letter to [Trump aide] [[Stephen Miller]],” the Mueller report reads, citing Ciaramella’s emails in a footnote.