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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere was Peter King going with those questions to Comey about "who was in the room"?
Seems to me he was going after Jared Kushner, Kellyanne Conway or someone of that ilk/level in the campaign.
cilla4progress
(24,729 posts)testifying. Boggles the mind about what he did to HRC in Novemberr.
poli3
(174 posts)Comey tried to swing the election to help the Republicans in the election. You need to remember, the election was not just about Trump, it was also about a ton of non-Trump republicans like Issa, who barely won their races by very slim margins.
That's why Chaffetz re-endorsed 24 hours before Comey's announcement, they all knew it would have an impact.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)Goppers were more concerned with winning downballots. Toting them as the sole way to "keep Clinton in check", a popular idea for those that thought voting for her was the "lesser of two evils".
Comey didn't realize how big his mistake was until November 9th though.
poli3
(174 posts)The fact is that they risked Trump, even if the intentions weren't necessarily to help Trump win.
They put party before country, it's as simple as that.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)"BELIEVE me...I'm not saying it was YOU."
He was trying to sweat Comey.
erinlough
(2,176 posts)Could it be that the FBI knew they had a much more serious crime in the interference of the elections by Russia and the release of emails and subsequent clearing of any problem, even though it hurt Hillary, was a calculated risk for a more serious issue. He was obviously being pressed to release the emails by Trumps campaign and if he didn't the investigation into Russian hacking could be damaged. I admit that I have come to believe that what is happening now is bigger than any candidate, this is about our freedom. I hate what happened to Clinton more than you could know. We are now fighting for our lives with the whole Republican Government in power.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)Or he's Barrack Obamas version of Severus motherfuckin Snape.
poli3
(174 posts)GOP wanted him to help out the downballot, even if it meant risking Trump. He's a partisan hack, everything he does is at the behest and to the benefit of the GOP establishment.
There was literally no need for Comey to call Clinton 'careless', he did that out of a political motivation.
poli3
(174 posts)But they were willing to risk Trump, it's as simple as that.
They got greedy, and put Trump over the top.
A ton of downballot candidates were effected by what happened, mcginty, feingold, kander were looking like they would win, even issa almost lost his seat.
Frogg
(365 posts)He is trying to pin down a possible leaker from Obama's IC. Dossier was public knowledge. Nothing to see here pervy King!