Posted on 10/29/2016 12:29:44 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
According to the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer and the Washington Post, F.B.I. Director James Comey acted on his own when he, 11 days before the election, disclosed on Friday that new emails had been discovered which may or may not be relevant to the agency’s closed investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while Secretary of State. Comey, by informing Congress of the evidence, apparently disregarded the opinions of Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Justice Department officials, who had reminded him of the department’s policy of not commenting on ongoing investigations nor acting in such a way as could influence an upcoming election.
Comey apparently understood we was violating these guidelines, but felt he was obligated to do so because he had promised members of Congress he would inform them of any further developments related to Clinton’s email server misuse, as well as because of the proximity of the impending election. In a letter he sent to F.B.I. employees after alerting Congress of the new evidence, Comey acknowledged that it was unprecedented for him to inform Congress of an incomplete investigation, but explained that:
"I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed. I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record. At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression. In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it."
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Comey sees the handwriting on the wall, and he wants to be on the right side of the prosecutions.
Then I demand that Obama fire him. Elliot Richardson, where are you?!
He was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t - all thanks to the Clinton Crime syndicate that runs people over with total disregard for anything other than their own wallets, power, and ego.
The MSM wants to make this about him instead of Hillary’s wrongdoings.
absolutely cannot be forced to resign under the post Watergate statute that gives him 10 term untouchable by the president. He may resign but it will be on his own.
Of course he did the right thing. He ran out of alternatives.
I wondered about this coming up. When I heard that Loretta Leech was against this notification coming out, I was confused because I thought she was his boss. Normally, what the boss wants, the boss gets.
We was?
Last move a desperate man, to regain his honor among his men.
He does resign....then we know what he found was bad. I don’t know what to think anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised if Weiner commits suicide just like in the movie The Shooter.
Obama could fire Comey with a phone call...and it’s probably the worst thing he might do.
No . the FBI director is not removable by the corrupted Loretta Lynch. She can’t touch him.
Well Hell, illary violated security protocols and “LAWS”
The "Saturday Night Massacre" was a disaster for Nixon.
I believe they meant “he”.
Is it even remotely possibly Comey didn’t know the shenanigans going on with his No. 2 McCabe and his Wife’s 750k windfall of campaign donations?
Maybe Comey undoing a wrong?
Comey is playing both sides against the middle. He wants to be able to point out to the eventual winner — be it Hillary or Trump — that he is owed. I hope Trump fires his him.
Wow, since when have libs given a rip about following the rules?
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