Posted on 10/29/2016 8:58:48 AM PDT by bobsunshine
(CNN) -- Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates objected to FBI Director James Comey's decision to notify Congress about his bureau's review of emails related to Hillary Clinton's personal server, law enforcement officials familiar with the discussion said.
Comey decided to disregard their objections and sent the letter Friday anyway, shaking the presidential race 11 days before the election and nearly four months after the FBI chief said he wouldn't recommend criminal charges over the Democratic nominee's use of the server.
The officials acknowledged there was little Lynch and Yates could do given the fallout over Lynch's controversial meeting over the summer with former President Bill Clinton.
Lynch and Yates objected after Comey gave advance notice to top officials at the Justice Department before sending the letter to lawmakers, law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said. Justice officials didn't sign off on Comey's decision and he didn't seek their approval, one official said.
Instead, he made an independent decision to go against longstanding Justice Department and FBI practice to not comment publicly about politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election, the official said.
Comey later explained his decision to provide Congress with the information in a letter to FBI employees.
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She said it was not consistent with investigative procedure, like meeting Bill Clinton on the tarmac was?
Duh!!! Of course!!!! Freakin criminals!!!
Saturday Night Massacre II?
We need to avoid such speech . . . all we need is for the media to catch wind of it and Jim will be forced to defend his web presence! Please stop!
The liberal media are trying to make this look like Comey has gone rogue and has defied “decades of precedent” against influencing an election. But he promised Congress he would notify them, and he did. This was a courageous and patriotic act. A little belated, but just in time.
Maybe somewhere in this new round of emails obtained there is some proof or account of what was said in that meeting. In that case, alerting the head of DoJ what was found would be improper to say the least.
The plot thickens!!
Comey’s like a Shakespearean character.
He doesnt know where his loyalties lie. Clinton? the FBI? obama? Trump?!?! Himself?
Obama MUST have been able to stop this with threats if he really wanted to, no? It’s obvious now he knew about it before it was released.
What’s going on?
Yeah, the number of ironies reek. Also
the IRS audits and Tparty investigations come to mind. Horsesht on policy of not investigating when someone is running.
Not
investigating was partisan decision... oh irony
Yeah, and “decades of precedent” didn’t stop her from meeting with Hillary’s husband in her government-owned executive jet.
Hillary, the target of a felony investigation.
Nothing said yet about Obama emails that we know exist.
There may be more in this pot of stew the what was on the public menu .......foreign ties, Loretta’s fingers ....
I’ had popcorn for breakfast this morning.
He softened the blow as much as he could, left ambiguity about the severity and did the Friday news dump.
I honestly wonder if the was a threaten to arrest Comey for obstruction from within his own agency, if he took no action.
Is that the whole letter, I wonder.
Perhaps the checks were insufficient, or
those to her Staff were insufficient,
or the checks had not cleared, or
she just wanted a greater percentage of the payoffs.
Perhaps all.
Exact same theme. Talking points went out. Comey under the bus, no matter which side wins the election.
even on fox!!! Meme..blame Comey...OMG I HATE THESE PEOPLE!!!the botch got caught and they’re blaming someone else!!! Ludicrous! This is going to get ugly!! Comey better have the goods and shut them up or else ....they are going to destroy him and his family! This is going to get stomach wrenching!!! It is best to completely shut down all media outlets and save your health....CANT BELIEVE THE MEDIAPUKES!!
Almost everyone of Obama’s appointees are queer, lesbian, or some sick half-ass qualified fruit loop. They are all for sale to the highest bidder.
isn’t her last name lynch?
must suck to fill out forms with last name first data headers required, eh?
prologue becomes prophecy sometimes.
should have changed her name, along with her heart.
If the light one has is darkness how dark is their entire heart?!
Your a dark one, Mrs. Lynch (as opposed to Grinch in the song)
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