James Comeys reference to Hillary Clintons emails... was a legally terrible decision

[deminks]

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/21/james-comeys-reference-to-hillary-clintons-emails-which-may-have-altered-the-election-was-a-legally-terrible-decision/


A Freedom of Information Act request by a Los Angeles attorney has revealed that the FBI warrant which helped derail Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election campaign was about “nothing at all.”

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Nate Silver, the statistician who runs FiveThirtyEight.com, has cited polling evidence to argue that “late-deciding voters broke strongly against Clinton in swing states, enough to cost her MI/WI/PA” and that “Comey had a large, measurable impact on the race.” Despite concluding in July that “no reasonable prosecutor” would bring a case against Clinton based on her email scandal, Comey publicly told Congress less than two weeks before election day that they were revisiting the investigation. If Schoenberg is correct and Weiner’s laptop did not contain probable cause for the FBI to conclude that they needed to inform Congress, it will raise serious questions about Comey’s motives for acting as he did.

It also raises questions as to why the FBI, despite seeming to know about Russia’s attempts to hack the election in order to swing it to Trump, did not reveal this information before election day while reviving a dead charge against Clinton.

In November, The Guardian reported that many in the FBI had a pro-Trump and anti-Clinton bias, and there were warnings in advance that the FBI might have had a partisan agenda. Two days before Comey released his letter, former New York City mayor and Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani — who has close connections to the FBI — told Fox to expect “a surprise or two that you’re going to hear about in the next few days. I mean, I’m talking about some pretty big surprises.”

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We know the motive.

[malaise]

1. Duh!

That said he should never have been appointed by Obama

[uponit7771]

3. I don't think Obama knew Comey would be this unpatriotic... Comey might be an asshole

... but this is an undercut of democracy.

[uponit7771]

2. Comey did America wrong and if there's no consequences we will all pay. What's to stop another

... agency head from sending another memo during election time that another staffer can leak?

NOTHING

This sends America into the Banana Republic territory; were all candidates will under some investigation for something days before an election

[LaydeeBug]

4. But it was a political masterpiece. And since no one will call him on his criminal behavior

he is showing his ass to the world.

And he'll get away with it.

Just like Bush and Cheney got away with their war crimes.

NOTHING will happen to Comey.

Oh wait, something might happen: he will get a promotion and a slush fund.

[OnDoutside]

6. Yup, he's a Republican hero now.

[LaydeeBug]

8. He didn't get 'famous enough' among them with Whitewater, but THIS

should certainly do it.

And they don't think it's them.

[OnDoutside]

10. Most certainly. Makes a joke of this Man of Honor rubbish...

[world wide wally]

5. And as long as he holds that position, he will do it again and again

[Initech]

7. This wasn't just a terrible decision, it was an act of treason.

[LaydeeBug]

9. Yep. It sure was. And yet, there will be apologists here saying it's not. nt

[MadDAsHell]

11. "did not contain probable cause for the FBI to conclude" - "Probably cause" was the judge's decision

, not the FBIs.