Posted on 05/11/2016 1:59:11 PM PDT by Red Badger
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he feels "pressure" to complete the federal investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server competently and quickly.
However, Comey said the pressure is similar to other high-profile cases the bureau handles such as terrorism investigations.
"We want to do it well and we want to do it promptly. I feel pressure to do both of those things," Comey told reporters during a roundtable at FBI headquarters. "As between the two things, we will always choose 'well.'"
Comey indicated he's not taking into account political events, including the upcoming conventions or the fall election.
"I don't tether to any external deadline," the FBI chief said.
Comey also swatted away a series of questions about the status of the investigation, describing it only as pending. He did repeat that he is tracking the probe closely.
"I remain close to that investigation to make sure that it’s done well and has the resources that are needed...My goal in any investigation is to do it well and do it promptly, especially investigations of intense public interest. All of that remains true,” Comey said at the outset of the hour-long session. “It remains under investigation.”
Asked about complaints from some security clearance holders that they would be in jail if they acted similarly to Clinton, the FBI director declined to comment directly, but said: "There's no special set of rules for anybody that the FBI investigates."
The FBI began investigating Clinton's e-mail set up last summer, after the intelligence community's inspector general reported to the Justice Department that classified information appeared to have gotten outside authorized channels.
The State Department has declared classified more than 2,100 of the messages on former Secretary of State Clinton's private server, including 22 deemed "top secret."
Clinton has said that none of the messages were marked classified at the time she received them. She has also disputed that any contained highly sensitive information and said that she wants all the messages made public.
Several top Clinton aides have reportedly been interviewed by the FBI in recent weeks, including former Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills and former Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin.
Clinton and her team have made a point of not describing the FBI's work as an "investigation," but alternately as a "security review" or "security inquiry." They've also noted that the issue was referred to the FBI not as a criminal matter but as an intelligence breach.
However, in response to a question Wednesday, Comey said he wasn't familiar with the term "security inquiry" that Clinton and her aides have used. The FBI chief said he considers the work agents are doing to be an "investigation."
"It's in our name. I'm not familiar with the term 'security inquiry','" the director said.
However, he passed up the chance to repeat a reporter's characterization of it as a "criminal" probe.
WHY did he have a presser???
TO make it look like he is being fair and thorough before the coverup.
The very existence of the server is more than enough.
Imagine if she did this as Secretary of State for Russia or China.
LOL
Gotta wrap this thing up and her declared totally innocent before November.
Snort, the GOPe just called begging for money.
Turf war, he is serious and will not be deterred of the law, yet State and DOJ tried to twix the law via Cheryl Mills recently
And why his exampled message was was silver lined
Not like it is his job or something.
Hasn’t it been long enough?
Trump should make the points — do people want a president who makes a mockery of national security?
She should be in jail, not running for president.
The fib only does three things;
Investigate and they don’t do that very well,
Arrest, as long as your poor white and not guilty that they do that pretty good.
And assassinate, their specialty is assassinating honest US Christian Patriots.
Every once in a while they eliminate one of the presidents enemies or threats, HilLiary is a threat, she could spill her guts and even the Boston Globe would have to turn on the Kenyan, so the fbi at the orders of herr obamait, may be opening a path for Bernie.
“We want to do it well and we want to do it promptly. I feel pressure to do both of those things,” Comey told reporters
Translation: We have been working for 2 years now doing everything possible to COVER UP AND DESTROY ANY and ALL Evidence that points to her guilt, I think we have ELIMINATED almost ALL EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, our Report will reflect the same.
Yeah, what a load of nonsense and a waste of time.
Sounds to me like they’ll be “investigating” up until Hillary is elected and in office.
What a joke. Like we are surprised.
Here’s my conspiracy theory. They will wait till late october, clear her and she will bill herself as innocent and ride a wave of self-righteousness into the WH.
Anyone else would already be in jail.
There will be no indictment.
As well you should!! Comey's already failed on doing it promptly, and if he doesn't seek to arrest HilLIARy at all, he failed in doing it well.
I believe it is taking a long time because there is plenty to investigate. Lots of evidence to examine. A lot of leads to chase down. A lot of people to interview.
If there was only "scant" evidence available they would have been done months ago.
What is more appalling is not just the national security gross negligence, but that the obvious evidence is that it was done in cover up of millions and millions and millions of dollars in actively solicited foreign bribes.
How possibly could the FBI has missed that and not recommended indictment by now?
Pressure? As in “that’s a wonderful mother you have there.It would be a shame if something were to happen to her” perhaps.
The pressure is being applied from two places. The Dems of course but it is also coming from those who want Cankles hide who are very, very powerful. I think the investigation is going longer because they are looking to catch Bozo red handed on Benghazi and arming ISIS with premeditation. They are also close to this. Comey is protected by the good guys and the admin is in denial like the GOPe is about Trump’s victory. The whole house of cards is about to collapse.
They have their orders.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Obama has the paperwork ready for her pardon, just in case it’s needed.
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