The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his bombshell

WaPo ^ | December 22, 2016 | Sari Horwitz

[GreenHornet]

Hillary could have used government email like other officals did and there would not have been any issue. Hillary has no one to blame but herself.

Blaming James Comey is like sitting in a bar all night getting loaded, then blaming your DUI on the cop who pulled you over on the way home.

[RegulatorCountry]

Blaming James Comey is like sitting in a bar all night getting loaded, then blaming your DUI on the cop who pulled you over on the way home.

It's actually more pitiful than that. It's like blaming the cop who pulled you for suspicion of DUI but let you go with a warning, after you've crashed your car and killed several people.

[gr8eman]

I always thought like you do, but no way bozo wanted Trump in there. Look how he’s trying to punk Trump now!

[Jeff Vader]

It’s even worse than that, the cop had pulled you over a second time and let you off with another warning

[DJ Frisat]

From the article:

"Into that vacuum stepped Comey, an FBI director who prides himself on having a finely tuned moral compass..."

Hmmmm... false pride that goeth before the fall. Think again, James...

[CptnObvious]

They were “concerned that it would have an impact on the election”

And I thought Justice was suppose to be Blind to things like this. Scuse me.

[Ray76]

> they huddled to figure out how to stop what they viewed as a ticking time bomb.

“They” need to be fired.

[NTHockey]

Starting New Years resolution early. If it’s NY Times, LA Times or Washington Post, I won’t waste my time reading it.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

“They need to be fired”

Absolutely. A bunch of the CIA needs to go too. Drain the swamp!!!!

[Steve_Seattle]

Speaking of our Attorney General, when is she going to warn protesters that trying to shut down a presidential inauguration is a federal crime? When will the poofters at the NYT and WaPo editorialize against a shutdown?

[Ray76]

Their job is not to stifle an investigation because it may cause political problems for the subject.

[Steve_Seattle]

“We were in­cred­ibly concerned this could have an impact on the election.”

Isn't an ongoing investigation of a presidential candidate something that the public HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW? Wasn't the Justice Department's dilemma SOLELY caused by the fact that the person under investigation was a Democrat?

Does any sane person think the press or Justice Department would hold back from reporting on any potential scandal or investigation involving a Republican? Wouldn't they WANT such an investigation to affect the election?

[kearnyirish2]

The settlement with Paula Jones SHOULD HAVE BEEN the story; he sexually harassed her, and THAT case was the only reason Monica was subpoenaed.

The feminazis I’ve worked with would sputter that the affair was his personal life, then shut their stupid mean faces when I asked about the sexual harassment. Impossible to justify or defend; Paula wasn’t one of his sluts, but a victim of sexual harassment/flashing. Conspiracy theorists couldn’t dismiss her as they did the rape allegation of Broadrick; Paula Jones, who never had a relationship with BJ Clinton, described his tallywhacker...

[Engedi]

But, he is staying in Washington to sabotage Trump any way he can. I truly believe he hates Clinton’s more than Trump.

[Obsidian]

“The sun will come up tomorrow”—translation—”We need not fear a Trump presidency”. Lol