OMIGOD Feinstein just dropped the ball.

[Goodheart]

Comey retreated behind a defense that he could not in good conscience or practice CONCEAL the matter of an investigation into Anthony Weiner's computer containing emails from Hillary Clinton.

The legitimate, logical response question would have been "then why didn't you apply the same standard to the Trump Russia investigation?" Feinstein failed to ask that, and it appears now that this hearing is moving forward without an answer.

[madaboutharry]

1. The Senators coordinate questions.

Someone else has the job of going there.

[Flo Mingo]

2. RIGHT!!?!!

It was just laying there. Begging to be asked. WHY DIDN'T YOU EXPOSE THE TRUMP RUSSIA CONNECTION?

Dayum, I can only hope it's strategic. Otherwise, what the actual fuck?

[virtualobserver]

3. the difference was that the Hillary investigation was static....there would be no new emails...

Announcing a Trump investigation would inform those being investigated that something was happening.

[Goodheart]

4. That was Comey's duty to answer.

[2naSalit]

5. Exactly.....nt

[brush]

13. What? The reason for announcing he re-opened email investigation because he said there were new ones

[virtualobserver]

14. newly discovered

you can't blame Comey if an aide to Hillary Clinton forwards classified emails to an ex-Congressman whose laptop is then being examined for his escapades with an underage girl and those emails are then discovered and then have to be examined.

[brush]

15. I see you're behind on this. Those allegedly new emails were planted on Weiner's laptop

by operatives and Comey announced a new investigation before the FBI even looked at them to verify that they were new.

They were not new so yes, you can blame Comey for announcing a re-opening of the investigation without even looking at them.

Research the "new emails" story and find out for yourself.

And a question: Why are you defending Comey, the guy who swung the election to trump?

[virtualobserver]

16. no, that is not what Comey said today...

This is what he said...

“Somehow, her emails were being forwarded to Anthony Weiner, including classified information,” Comey said, adding later, “His then-spouse Huma Abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding emails to him for him to print out for her so she could deliver them to the secretary of state.”

That is not "planted on Weiner's laptop by operatives".

I don't blame Comey because all of these things were self-inflicted wounds. Huma should not have been forwarding those emails under any circumstances. I don't need to even state what Anthony Weiner shouldn't have been doing. Put those together and you have a problem for Hillary that involves the FBI that those two created out of thin air.

[brush]

17. Well, if you believe that to be true, fine.

Still why defend Comey for coming out publicly with re-opening a "new investigation" of Hillary while not divulging he was also investigating trump?

DU is the last place you expect to keep on hearing, "but what about her emails".

It was and still is a repug talking point not worth sh_t, and was proven not to be worth sh_t with his second letter absolving her which he knew was well timed and too late for Clinton's campaign to salvage the election.

[virtualobserver]

20. I just don't think that it is fair to expect him to find something that.....

relates to a closed investigation and not inform Congress.

Comey did not say that he was re-opening or that this was a new investigation .

It was Republican spin that said that.

[brush]

21. And you think Comey thought the Oct. letter was going to stop with Caffetz and not be made public?

Come on! He's a repug who knew damn well what was going to result from that letter.

Which is why he kept the trump investigation secret.

He wanted a repug in the White House and to his sorry, sorry credit he gave it to the sorriest, sorriest president ever — one colluding with Russians to meddle in our election for God's sake.

[Samantha]

22. The NY prosecutor was investigating the Weiner matters at this same time

He contacted Comey and told him his investigation included emails he (the prosecutor) was sure pertained to Comey's investigation. In particular, the prosecutor was extremely upset about the child trafficking issues he had unearthed. He informed Comey he would be forwarding the emails to him, and it was this batch Comey was referencing when he announced he had acquired new emails.

The prosecutor told Comey he would give him two weeks to start making arrests, and if this did not happen, the prosecutor would call a press conference and make the information known publicly, along with announcing arrests.

Comey had said in his earlier Congressional testimony, that if he received any new information, he would inform Congress. He made this statement under oath and was required by that sworn promise to reveal he had received new emails.

Sam

[virtualobserver]

23. I knew about his promise, but not about....

anything relating to child trafficking. Where did you get that information?

[Samantha]

24. The New York Times did some reporting on it and Comey made a public announcement about the results

of the arrests the FBI made. I will try to find that video and post it when I get the chance.

Sam

I think this is it:

http://investmentwatchblog.com/10-days-after-recovering-anthony-weiners-computer-the-fbi-busts-sex-trafficking-ring-rescuing-82-children-and-arresting-239-pimps/

[Satch59]

6. Yes let it be Franken!

And the question needs to be asked why Chaffetz went viral in a sec... And the question of why he didn't think a campaign possibly committing treason wasn't as important as Hillary's stupid emails???

Go Leahy!!

[yardwork]

7. What difference would it have made if she asked that follow up question?

[Goodheart]

8. Difference to what?

To the election? None, obviously.

To the perception that he didn't play ethically? Perhaps quite a lot.

[Skidmore]

9. Leahya sked the follow up on his time.

[awesomerwb]

10. Don't they have intelligent aides?

Feinstein said someone in her staff reminded her of something.....maybe someone in her staff should've reminded her to ask why the different standards.

[jpak]

11. Leahy asked the question

n/t

[underpants]

12. Opening statement

“I join those who believe that the actions taken by the FBI did, in fact, have an impact on the election,” Feinstein said in her opening remarks. “What’s worse is that while all of this was going on in the public spotlight, while the FBI was discussing its investigation into Senator Clinton’s email server in detail, I cannot help but note that it was noticeably silent about the investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian interference into the election.”

[bettyellen]

18. She opened with it! And Leahy brought it up again. Teamwork matters.

[DefenseLawyer]

19. I'm not sure if you know this

but Diane Feinstein isn't exactly a liberal firebrand in the Senate. If she hadn't been trying to get re-elected in California all these years she would probably be a Republican.