That's a lot more of a veiled request to lay off of her than saying Trump came close to saying about Flynn.
That’s very serious.....the fact Comey played it all the more so...
“Attorney General Lynch instructed James Comey to call the investigation into Hillary Clinton a ‘MATTER’ and not an investigation.”
That’s a lot more of a veiled request to lay off of her than saying Trump came close to saying about Flynn.
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I would call that a direct order...and Lynch explicitly gave it twice in the same conversation.
Comey said he was troubled by it because her directive to him aligned DOJ wording with Clinton campaign wording, and he knew it was a “criminal investigation” and not “a matter”
Nevertheless, he followed her directive because he didn’t consider the wording to be “a hill to die on. “
He further justified his obedience to Lynch by the end results (can’t recall his exact words)...but essentially-—turned out to be no big deal.
I would call him a coward, but his “cowardice” always seems to advantage one particular team.