Posted on 10/30/2016 5:46:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Sunday claimed FBI Director James Comey may have violated a federal law when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Reid was reportedly preparing to send a letter to Comey saying he appears to be aiding one political party over another. He further claimed that may violate the Hatch Act, which bars government officials from using their position to influence an election.
“I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act,” the Senate minority leader wrote, according to a draft of the letter provided to The Wall Street Journal. “Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”
A spokesman for the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The opinion from Reid, a supporter of Clinton, carries more political weight than legal significance and comes as Democrats aim to circle the wagons around their presidential nominee in the final days of the campaign, noted the newspaper.
Comey has come under intense criticism for the timing of his announcement and bucking the Justice Department’s guidance not to tell Congress about the development.
However, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, dismissed Reid’s assertion that Comey’s actions were partisan.
“Director Comey is updating his previous testimony, and he should do that,” Chaffetz said in an interview on Sunday. “Hillary Clinton can only blame herself for this mess. She created this problem, not Director Comey.”
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Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest!
So There are emails from Dingy on the Weiner’s device.
Hey Harry, go kiss a treadmill you crook!
May be of interest.
lol... yeah... If its one thing democraps care about it would be following the law.
“reportedly preparing to send a letter to Comey “
What! He didn’t even send the letter and the media gave him so much coverage?
What scum.
Uh, so what’s the downside of that? Obviously breaking the law while in the gov doesn’t mean anything these days. Ho.....hummmmm
Just following the leaders. Never seems to bother them.
Nothing conveys confidence and a winning attitude more than circling the wagons.
But he paid his taxes, Harry.
Liar.
Total BS. Alleged crimes don’t take a backseat to politics. Only in the Democratic world do they showing how corrupt they are.
WSJ now reporting Clinton Foundation being investigated for bribery.
When did that smarmy little pencil-necked weasel named Harry Reid EVER give a rat’s rump about The Law?
Just curious...
He is trying to commit—truth! To Dingy Harry that is anathema and a crime! Dingy Harry has studiously been careful to never commit truth.
Dingy’s still suffering effects from that beating he took a while back.
How stupid does Harry think people are?
Breaking that law would probably mean someone in the position of Comey stepping forward, for no reason, and saying he did or didn’t like one of the nominees, therefore using his position to influence an election.
Proceeding with an investigation based on newly found evidence is hardly the same thing. So Comey should bury all of this new information, leaving the American people in the dark? He did the right thing....finally.
Comment about a letter somebody might send?
Hillary is a poster child for political corruption ... we can’t have that be taken seriously!
Umm...hasn't Obama, a government official, campaigned for Clinton AND disparaged and attacked Trump?
Reid thinks anyone who doesn’t aid Democrat corruption should go to jail. Under different circumstances, he’d be as ruthless as Stalin.
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