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James Comey Acted on His Own in Clinton Email Disclosure, Violated Justice Department Policy
NY Mag ^ | 10/29/2016 | Chas Danner

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bfac; bhodoj; comey; fbi; hillary; hillarysemails; lynch; preetbharara
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

According to the WaPo and New Yorker, with the word “apparently” being thrown around a lot. What a load of drivel.


41 posted on 10/29/2016 12:42:22 PM PDT by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Comey has enough on Obama and Lynch to protect him and his job.


42 posted on 10/29/2016 12:42:37 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

It would be incredibly stupid of them make Comey a martyr. They wouldn’t be so thick as to make him a symbol for us to rally round, would they? They wouldn’t do that.


43 posted on 10/29/2016 12:42:48 PM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Read that first sentence.

“According to TWO HILLARY-SLOBBERING MEDIA OUTLETS.....”, Comey is a rogue! Oh noes!

What crap. But I guess this is the meme they’ll run with. Comey was their hero when he was part of the cover-up. Now, well hell, he’s on Trump’s payroll, he’s probably working with the Russians, etc. Good gawd, what a bunch of filthy liars!


44 posted on 10/29/2016 12:43:14 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Hey DOJ! He just acted on the prior precedent set by former FBI Dir Hoover.
45 posted on 10/29/2016 12:43:24 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: mewzilla

Looks to me like the presstitute who wrote this swill is trying to convince Obama to do something.


46 posted on 10/29/2016 12:43:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
This is a much hotter situation for the Obama/Clinton advocates than for us. They are really on the cusp of implosion into total confusion. One could write a book about the possible fall outs for whatever they do next.

Let us keep our intellectual powder dry for a couple of days, and watch the panic more fully develop.

47 posted on 10/29/2016 12:43:52 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Yea, but he violated Justice Department procedure the way he handled it the first time.

...not to mention one of the lead investigators being a beneficiary of a very large contribution via the Clinton Foundation.


48 posted on 10/29/2016 12:44:00 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: DAC21

Comey has done everything to help Clinton. Unrecorded interviews, never empaneling a grand jury, no subpoenas, asking the devices be turned over, an (unheard of) non-prosecution recommendation.

Comey is only doing this now because people under him want to skin him and put his pelt on the wall!


49 posted on 10/29/2016 12:44:28 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: chuck allen
Huma is NOT on Hillarys plane to Florida today!

So, she's already fled the country...

50 posted on 10/29/2016 12:44:41 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ. ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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To: JudyinCanada

For anyone following this saga, Lynch trying to squash this new information just reinforces the view that the Attorney General meeting with Bill Clinton was not a chance meeting. So now the FBI director that Hillary herself repeatedly refer to as her exonerator, is now the problem?


51 posted on 10/29/2016 12:45:07 PM PDT by phoneman08
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To: JudyinCanada
Normally, what the boss wants, the boss gets.

He has some independence, because he can only be impeached convicted, and removed by Congress, or fired by the President for cause. Lynch cannot fire him. She's more like a line supervisor of the FBI Director in that regard.

52 posted on 10/29/2016 12:45:25 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: b4me

Exactly. How in the world is covering up facts NOT an action that influences an election?


53 posted on 10/29/2016 12:46:25 PM PDT by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Expect a cue of women who will now accuse Comey of groping and assault them.
Gotta go by the playbook don’t ya know.


54 posted on 10/29/2016 12:46:51 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: JudyinCanada

Unless what he has implicates the boss as well????


55 posted on 10/29/2016 12:46:53 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Excuse me...Here's your nose. I found it in my business....again!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Piss on you, New York Magazine. Maybe one good violation (not prosecuting) deserves another.


56 posted on 10/29/2016 12:47:05 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They are focused on Comey while and Lynch violated Justice Dept. policy by meeting with Bubba on the Tarmac.


57 posted on 10/29/2016 12:47:08 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Fitzy_888

He’s not at-will. 0bama would need to fire him for cause, and I doubt violating a DOJ guideline is enough. Anyway, 0bama is not going to do a Saturday Night Massacre.


58 posted on 10/29/2016 12:47:39 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: chuck allen

Huma is changing safe houses faster than Pablo Escobar!


59 posted on 10/29/2016 12:47:44 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Skooz
Only because America had a news media back then has a news media that is an arm of the Democrat party
60 posted on 10/29/2016 12:47:52 PM PDT by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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