Comey was compromised every which way he turned.
He had to reopen that HRC email investigation because NYPD and the FBI NY Field Office was threatening to go public with contents of the Weiner laptop if Comey didn’t reopen the case.
Now note two very influential large organizations:
1. NYPD
2. FBI NY Field Office (NY field office is most influential in the bureau)
Comey didn’t want to reopen it. He was between a rock and a hard place. He was looking for any way possible to ‘legitimize’, exonerate HRC. Lynch had already given him his marching orders as to how to handle it, what to call it.
Comey had to quell the NYPD and FBI-NY. This was all building up over many weeks and had reached a head because those NY agents and LEOs could not live with themselves knowing what they knew. That’s saying something because usually lower ranks will keep quiet over rumors and chatter of things going on at the top. To have lower ranks insist that the case proceed or else is a testament to the grave nature of what was seen on that laptop.
All during Summer into Fall 2016 Loretta Lynch was working to contain the explosive content of the laptop. She was in frequent communication with Comey. It’s a good bet that Comey told her he was getting flak from NY over the laptop with a threat they would buck the chain of command and go public.
On 10/24/16, AG Loretta Lynch swaps out the federal investigative using the Justice Department to threaten the FBI and NYPD.
She called NYPD and threatened them on investigating an accidental choking case. She left it to Comey to handle FBI-NY. What could he do?
On 10/28/2016 Comey announced he was reopening the HRC email case. Three days later he closed it.
So Lynch took care of NYPD.
Comey took care of FBI-NY.
Comey had to go public on 10/28 to stop FBI-NY from doing so. If Comey had simply sent an official internal memo to reopen the case, the field office could have spoken to the media. But as Comey spoke to the media first, the field office was cut off from doing the same. Comey as Chief of FBI HQ took complete control.
There days later, he closed it saying that a ‘review’ of the new email documents (no way could a review have covered all the documents in 2 days), that the review brought the same conclusion as before.
What was FBI-NY supposed to do? They couldn’t go public before the press as that would butt heads directly with Comey, HRC polls showed she would win handily, Comey had taken over the case, ‘reviewed’ it, and declared it moot, there was less than a week before election day.
It looked as if Lynch and Comey had succeeded in quelling the uprising.
But she lost.
And now it’s all coming out and there will be a lot of pain.
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Exactly, Hostage. Here's the short version.
Comey took over the Weiner lap-top investigation in order to squash it, because NYPD was fixing to go public with it. Then Lynch squashed the NYPD with threats of the Eric Garner case.
Once NYPD was locked down, Comey squashed the Weiner laptop case.
That's how it's done in Deepville.
Bagster
Most excrement summary.
ThanQ
Excellent summary of events. They thought she’d win and all this would be right wing consprisy carp.
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The absolute horrible auto correct ever
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Stoopid fone
great accounting on the lap top investigation time line
OMG!!
So very sorry.
The absolute horrible auto correct ever
...Should have been “excellent”
Please forgive me.
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