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Former AG Mike Mukasey: 'Might Not Be a Bad Idea' for Comey to Quit FBI
Newsmax ^ | Saturday, 14 Jan 2017 05:15 PM | Todd Beamon

Posted on 01/14/2017 9:44:25 PM PST by Olog-hai

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Saturday that “it might not be a bad idea” if FBI Director James Comey resigned amid an investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general of his handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe.

“The public has to have confidence in the chief law-enforcement officer — and I don’t know that we can await the outcome of all of these investigations until we find out whether we can have that confidence,” Mukasey, 75, who served under former President George W. Bush, told Uma Pemmaraju on Fox News.

“He has been compromised that much,” he added. “It is his own, not that he has been compromised by his own people.” …

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; comey; fbi; hillary; mukasey
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1 posted on 01/14/2017 9:44:25 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Ya think?

He helped us with that last minute investigation. But it wasn’t out of feeling of duty or doing the right thing.

There had to be a catch.


2 posted on 01/14/2017 9:47:25 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

Lock her up.


3 posted on 01/14/2017 9:47:56 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Perfect job for Rudy 2-4 years.


4 posted on 01/14/2017 9:50:54 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: dp0622
The catch was Wiener's laptop! Too many people knew ‘what’ about Wiener's insurance file, Comey could no longer control the investigation...
5 posted on 01/14/2017 9:51:15 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Olog-hai

Comey has long been a Clintoon enabler.


6 posted on 01/14/2017 9:51:44 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Just mythoughts

Very possible.


7 posted on 01/14/2017 9:56:17 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

I think a lot of maneuvering is going on here by guilty parties still gaming the system. My guess is Comey knows where some bodies are buried.


8 posted on 01/14/2017 10:04:45 PM PST by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: dp0622
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3910766/We-ve-got-hands-Congressman-says-Republican-lawmakers-set-Anthony-Weiner-s-650-000-emails.html

“’We've got our hands on all of them!’ Congressman says Republican lawmakers have their own set of Anthony Weiner’s 650,000 emails”

9 posted on 01/14/2017 10:05:19 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Olog-hai

In my opinion, Comey has been due to leave ever since June of 2016, when he refused to indict Hillary. His judgement is poor or heavily compromised.
So yes, he should leave, like yesterday.


10 posted on 01/14/2017 10:40:33 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Just mythoughts

Good Lord.

He was voted among NYC’s most eligible bachelors about 10 years ago.

My how the mighty have fallen :)


11 posted on 01/14/2017 10:47:22 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lee martell

“You’re out Tom” - Michael Corleone from The Godfather

“You’re out Comey” - Donald Trump from real life.


12 posted on 01/14/2017 10:48:43 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Olog-hai

Hardly an original idea.

I am just hoping that Comey will out-wait Obama’s departure so that President Trump will be given the opportunity to name his own new FBI Director!


13 posted on 01/14/2017 11:02:48 PM PST by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Olog-hai

Lyncher, ValJar and Hussein first...


14 posted on 01/14/2017 11:09:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Olog-hai

I would also investigate those investigators, and prosecute and jail them.


15 posted on 01/14/2017 11:24:07 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: lee martell

Agreed. Now any cooperation he gives may influence his prison sentence.


16 posted on 01/14/2017 11:27:54 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dp0622

I see it as he helped Hillary. He exonerated her for a second time. The first time he said she broke the law but wouldn’t be prosecuted. The second time he cleared her completely of the rumors of what was on Weiner’s laptop.


17 posted on 01/15/2017 12:10:42 AM PST by Terry Mross (I'm trying to be more tolerant of everyone. Including ignorant people.)
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To: Olog-hai
Comey needs a pay raise. He's been working in the public sector for too long.

I mean, back when he was General Counsel at LMT, he was pulling down $6m / year. No prole, that James!

Thinking back to 5 July, it could have been worse. Comey could have called for an indictment. The DNC could have booted the Hildebeest in favor of Bernie. Crazy Bernie could have won the general! Well, not that likely, but more likely than Hillary!

But Comey chickened out. I mean he laid out all the elements of the crime and then declared her Not Guilty. So, in due course, Wikileaks booting Poodlehead for having F-ed Bernie, the DNC nominated her, and the rest is history.

So, what should happen to James?

Should he be fired for failing to take out HRC? (And leaving the task to the Donald?) Or, as the Donks will say, should he be fired for burying the Hildebeest in Carlos Danger's emails just days before Election Day (he did promise Congress he would notify them if anything came up, and Carlos came up)?

The truth is, the Hildebeest was a vile candidate who was destined to lose in any case. Bernie was marginally better, but only because he didn't have Obama's legacy on his back quite to the extent Hillary did. But in all likelihood, the outcome would have been what we will have next Friday. President Donald J. Trump!

18 posted on 01/15/2017 12:49:02 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: Just mythoughts

I would tend to agree with you....once Wiener’s laptop came into the picture, and the NY Police Department knew the full contents and had access to the email folder with Hillary’s ‘copy’....the whole thing was in free-fall.

Comey could have just stood back and let the NY cops do all the talking and the full blast would have occurred just days prior to the election. You would have had a more negative affect upon Hillary’s campaign and lost an additional 200,000 voters across the US. In some ways, Comey was doing Hillary a favor by putting this bad situation out in front and give her at least two weeks to work this out.


19 posted on 01/15/2017 12:54:23 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: dp0622

Comey has a long history of helping to let H->! slide.


20 posted on 01/15/2017 1:32:56 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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