Posted on 07/09/2016 5:56:24 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
The FBI director is a talented lawyer, but even he could not mount a convincing case for his actions.
In a quarter century in law enforcement, I never encountered anyone more confident, or with more reason to be confident, than Jim Comey. The former Bush Justice Department deputy attorney general turned Obama Justice Department director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has earned bipartisan plaudits for a reason: He is as able as it gets. The nation got to see that this week: first, in his tour de force press conference both damning and clearing Hillary Clinton; then, just 48 hours later, in his deft jousting with a Republican-led House committee.
So well did Director Comey perform that you barely noticed his rationale withering away.
In arguing that Mrs. Clinton should not face felony charges of grossly negligent mishandling of classified information, the director illustrated that Mrs. Clinton is overwhelmingly guilty of grossly negligent mishandling of classified information. It made me wonder how many dozens — scores? hundreds? — of defendants Comey, in his 15 stellar years as a federal prosecutor, had convicted on a bare fraction of the proof he outlined against the former secretary of state.
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The bureau’s job is to develop evidence that proves the essential elements of criminal offenses proscribed by Congress — and yes, the agents appear to have done the job very well here. Yet, the FBI is not there to analyze the validity of the statutes. And even more attenuated from the investigator’s role is the FBI’s assessment of legal claims a defendant might make about the propriety of a prosecution.
That is the Justice Department’s job. Director Comey should have let them do it. They have become expert at defending the indefensible.
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Don’t forget John Corzine.
Nope...but how many have died in defense of their country?
Comeys act was cowardly at best....Treason at worst....
I think the number one flaw was lack of consideration of spoliation during an investigation.
Exactly. James Commie…another unaccountable bureaucrat endorsing one of the greatest criminals in the history of the republic. He and her can ESAD.
We know that Zer0 has the power to commute a sentence. I imagine that, in Zer0’s mind, he thinks he could go one step further by preventing a prosecution. That’s the ticket.
They got Comey to say that he did not recommend prosecution. Then his recommendation rested in Lynch’s in-basket for about a nano-second while she mulled over whether to accept the recommendation.
It was transparent, white-washed kabuki theater that no one but Democrats applauded.
Fidelity
Bravery
Integrity. The FBI
and Dept. of Justus
Exactly what I thought of...the OJ Jury. The FIX WAS IN, and I was stupid enough to believe people that said Comey was NOT CROOKED and NOT CORRUPT!!! STUPID ME.
Comey plays Marc Anthony to Hillary’s Brutus.
Marc Anthony’s repetitive “Brutus is an honorable man” becomes “Hillary doesn’t need to be prosecuted”.
With any luck, today’s public will turn against Hillary as the Roman crowd did against Brutus.
He was picked by Barry to be the director which was all I needed to know.
Exactly.....Obama does NOT HIRE ANYONE CLEAN!! Neither do the Clintons! EVERYONE around them are DIRTY and CORRUPT!!!
Hillary is more protective of her speech transcripts to Wall Street investment firms than she was with our security.
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