I agree the contrast with Kash can seem disconcerting.
My take on it is that if you are doing a true investigation with legal requirements in place for actual prosecution, then you have to be very careful with what is and isn’t said to prevent a potential for pretrial publicity that can taint the jury pool.
Excessive pretrial publicity has been found to violate the 6th amendment in the past. Irvin v Dowd (1961), Rideau v Louisiana (1963), and Sheppard v Maxwell (1966) all resulted in the SC overturning convictions.
That’s a very good point. I understand that, even though it was revolting to hear Comey and Wray skate through hearings repeating the “investigation” mantra until the cows come home.
I expected that transitioning for Kash, and Bongino, quite a cautionary one.
But you’re right to apply the rule, in some measure, to that period of total silence, as well.
It has been a relief to hear from them at all, more recently, and without that tiresome mantra. HA!
I haven’t heard it from Pam, either, but then I’m not positively convinced she had been working hard enough to need to use it.😄