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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSusan Collins nearly always disappoints me (Statement on Comey)
Here's her statement on the Comey firing:
Todays announcement is likely the inevitable conclusion of Director Comeys decision last July to bypass the longstanding protocols of the Justice Department and publicly announce the reasons he had decided not to recommend an indictment of Hillary Clinton and to offer his personal views of Mrs. Clintons actions.
That decision, while well-intentioned, embroiled Director Comey into political controversies that unfortunately continued to this day.
Any suggestion that todays announcement is somehow an effort to stop the FBI's investigation of Russias attempt to influence the election last fall is misplaced. The President did not fire the entire FBI; he fired the director. I have every confidence that the FBI will continue to pursue its investigation. In addition, I am certain that the Senate Intelligence Committee, on which I serve, will continue its own bipartisan investigation and will follow the evidence wherever it leads.
I hope that the next FBI Director will have the same kind of integrity, intelligence, and determination that Mr. Comey exhibited, but perhaps better judgment on when it is appropriate to comment publicly on the results of an investigation.
https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/us-senator-susan-collins%E2%80%99-statement-director-comey
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)Collins is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The other ones don't bother hiding what they are.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,160 posts)Stop thinking they are ever going to stand up to Trump.
Cosmocat
(14,563 posts)fired him for his attacks on Hillary Clinton ...
librechik
(30,674 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,369 posts)chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)But, he didn't.