I think you make a very compelling case. I believe the key here is the fact that the July 5th case ender had the following components:
1. The FBI agents on that case all were required to sign Non Disclosure Agreements. This reigned them in, if they went out to the public with what they knew, they would be fired, lose pensions, etc.
2. Comey was told what conclusion he would come to. If he presented the first 13 minutes of his speech of July 5th to any grand jury, they would have indicted. It was preposterous to say otherwise. I am open to Comey being a good guy forced to do this, against his will, but I am about equally convinced he wanted to maintain her candidacy, so forced or not, he did not indict her as he should have.
3. Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton colluded on the result. Any doubt?
4. So July 5th, the fire was put out, but the embers were still burning. The agents with NDAs, did not roll over as planned but were ready to mutiny en masse. Also, I think the overwhelming criticism of Comey’s decision really affected him.
5. The unexpected event was NYPD looking at Weiner’s computer and finding Hillary emails. Now the NDAs have no real value. Too many people could hold a press conference and let the public know a lot. So Comey had to tell congress the case was reopened.
The Justice Dept (Lynch) wanted to quench the case until after the election, but Weiner and independent investigators prevented it from happening.
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