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In Congressional testimony, Comey was asked if the FBI had also investigated the IRS targeting of Obama political opponents and other scandals

Comey said the FBI had investigated

He was then asked if they had uncovered any wrong doing and Federal criminal laws being broken

Comey said, “ we sure did, lots of it in fact. But it was just like with Hillary Clinton, we found no criminal intent, no mens rea, so we could not prosecute”

Comey was head of Obama’s clean up committee

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Comey said, “ we sure did, lots of it in fact. But it was just like with Hillary Clinton, we found no criminal intent, no mens rea, so we could not prosecute”

If I drive to a bar, get stinking drunk, get in the car to drive home and get pulled over and charged with a DUI, how does the 'no mens rea' defense not apply in my case? After all, I had no criminal intent: I just wanted to go home.