But in addition to carrying out Obama's orders, Comey was forced to own the final decision himself by making the idiotic declaration of "no reasonable prosecutor would ever bring charges in a case like this." Obama got a two-fer: humiliate Comey (whom he probably hates), and insulate Lynch with political cover ("Don't look at me, I'm just 'accepting' what the FBI Director recommended.")
Comey then retaliates with his announcement. He said no one knew he was making an announcement, or knew what he was going to say. I believe that. Yes, the no indictment part was baked into the cake already, but, it was that first part of the announcement, the part where he itemized all of Hillary's lies and guilt - that was the part no one knew he was going to say. It was Comey's way of making the Dems sweat for a while, and to dirty-up Hillary as much as he could before doing Obama's bidding.
Correct... a “reasonable” prosecutor would not want to risk the safety of his/her family by bringing charges.
‘Sounds pretty accurate to me.
Agreed.