In fact, it is Comey who is totally UN-reasonable to say that “no reasonable prosecutor” would indict based upon this fact pattern and statutes. That was a totally egregious, unnecessary assertion by Comey. If he did not have the judgment and guts to publicly recommend indictment, he could have kicked the political football to AG Lynch and required her to take the heat of deciding. Instead, he tries to make it easy for Lynch to let Hillary off the hook.
That was the entire object lesson of what he did.
It was Comey's job to take the pressure off of Lynch since after having her meeting with Bill Clinton revealed she was put in a precarious position.
Comey was the "go to" guy to fall on his sword so that Lynch was no longer on the hook.
The American justice system took a "direct hit" orchestrated by the governing elite
He did indeed. And yet it was the most helpful screw America ever got. Because he did finish the actual report, and it did provide the evidence necessary to indict, if not also convict, and then and ONLY then did he declare it inadequate. Even then, though, he declared the requirements for indictment that clearly included what Hillary actually did, before he bizarrely declared them unfulfilled.
I guess that what I'm saying here is that this whole thing is very odd - Comey did literally everything he could to declare that he was wrong in his final conclusion, while simultaneously providing everything everyone needs to convict Hillary.
It's very, very strange - he could have lied about the findings - but he didn't. He could have trumped up some legitimate sounding justification - but he didn't. He could have cited different statutes - but he didn't. He's all but screaming "reject my conclusion!"
As one result, though, media sources and Trump can legitimately call Hillary a criminal now, because Comey did in fact say she fulfilled the criminal statute requirements. So the Clintons can't sue to stop that, since the FBI Director's own testimony stands against her objections.
I’ve heard of the reasonable person standard in criminal law, but Comey makes a new judicial standard: the “reasonable prosecutor” standard. People in government ARE the standard, you peon!
'The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.' - Dante