Posted on 10/31/2016 4:19:17 PM PDT by mojito
The Comey-Lynch confrontation unfolded on Thursday, some time after Comey was fully briefed on the existence of the trove of emails uncovered by agents investigating Anthony Weiner's sexting of a 15-year-old girl.
Lynch made it known that she thought his decision violated department policy, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
As Comey and Lynch aides debated last Thursday whether alerting Congress about the emails would comply with longstanding Justice Department policy against announcing overt investigative steps that would influence an upcoming election, Comey asked whether he was being explicitly directed not to do so. Lynch never gave Comey the order not to send the emails, a senior government official said.
Comey's letter on Friday notifying members of Congress that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had discovered new emails apparently pertinent to the Clinton server probe has upended the presidential race and given new hope to Republican candidate Donald Trump that he can make a comeback and win on November 8.
Lynch's office informed the FBI on Thursday that sending the letter conflicted with a memo containing official guidance that is sent to all Justice Department employees during presidential election years, according to the official.
The memo instructs employees to 'never select the timing of investigative steps... for the purpose of affecting any election.'
But the Justice Department made no effort to block the FBI from obtaining a search warrant to review the emails, which the agency received on Sunday.
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Agree. Trump would be winning even without justice catching up with the Clinton crime family.
Trump will win.
Comey brought his on himself by selling out in July.
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back Loretta, go home
Put on yo’ red neck sweata Loretta. And get back.
Please let Trump see to it that they are indeed taken down.
"Lynch's involvement in the latest development in the email saga came despite her recusing herself in July from making a decision on whether to prosecute Clinton or her aides.LOL. Bill may be losing a bit of sleep these days thinking about the wisdom of meeting with The Recused One on the plane. It looks like Comey ended up with a little more authority than anticipated by the Clinton Crime Syndicate.Comey was instead delegated the decision after it emerged that she had a secret half-hour meeting with Bill Clinton when both their private planes were on the tarmac at the same airport.
Very well played !!!
She’s also arrogant and can’t resist delivering a smarmy lecture on every topic.
When the Clintons are pursued and punished Obama will likely skate due to his Apex Token status. But I hope Lynch has to face the music.
I haven’t seen anything substantial yet come out other than speculations by some questionable websites.
Legal minds here.... question.
Is it possible that all of the emails found on Huma’s laptop be duplicates of ones they have already gone through during initial investigation? At FOX Herridge and Baier keep going back to this cloud server, implying that her iCloud account may have been logged into to this computer as well, thereby saving all of them without her knowledge possibly.
I worry that if nothing concrete comes out in the next few days, no new information, the media will start the assault on the FBI and Comey, start portraying her as the victim in all of this.
That’s why Trump should paint just the broad corruption strokes while hammering on Obamacare, jobs, trade, guns and the court. Do not overplay this.
Actually, she never technically recused herself.
She simply made a public statement that she would accept whatever recommendation Comey gave her.
She continued to have the power of oversight of the DOJ prosecutors working the case and the power to make decisions on the case as she wishes.
And you know damn well that if it were Trump, or any other Republican in Hillary’s sensibly flat shoes, they’d have no qualms with making the same announcement.
I’m fairly confident. Yes.
“Put on your high-heel sneakers, Loretta,
“Wear your wig-hat on your head
“Ya know you’re looking mighty fine, baby
“I’m pretty sure you’re gonna knock ‘em dead.
;^)
It is astonishing that Obama is supporting the FBI director who he appointed and who is an Independent (former Republican til 2016) over his AG Lynch who he also appointed and who is a Democrat ad well as Hillary and Reid, who are at the top of the Democrat party.
“There should also be a Citizens Bureau of Investigation that is focused on prosecuting federal employees including elected officials and the FBI.”
Yes. With the ever growing size and scope of federal and state employees, this is an idea whose time has come.
This is all a set up to create a fake crisis so when Trump wins they can blame the government and not allow him to take office because they know he’s ahead.
This is all a set up to create a fake crisis so when Trump wins they can blame the government and not allow him to take office because they know he’s ahead.
Dear Lyncher, Put it in an email and send the email to all Americans.
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