Comey considered a 'bad choice' for FBI post by Clinton aide

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press

By STEPHEN BRAUN
Nov. 4, 2016 3:32 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior aide to Hillary Clinton privately dismissed FBI Director James Comey as "a bad choice" in October 2015, according to newly released emails from WikiLeaks. The blunt assessment foreshadowed the dramatic tension that has escalated between Comey and the Democratic presidential candidate in the final days before the election.

Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri forwarded to colleagues a news article in which the FBI director suggested that crime could be rising because police officers were becoming less aggressive as a result of the "Ferguson effect," anti-police sentiment following unrest earlier that year in Ferguson, Missouri. Comey was widely criticized over the remarks.

Palmieri wrote, "Get a big fat 'I told you so' on Comey being a bad choice." She sent the email to Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, and to the private email address of someone who appeared to be White House spokesman Eric Schultz. Neither responded, and Palmieri did not appear to write further about the subject. Palmieri was the White House director of communications when Comey was appointed FBI director by President Barack Obama in September 2013.

The disclosure came days after Comey notified Congress that during an investigation of Clinton aide Huma Abedin's now-separated husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, FBI agents found indications that a laptop used by Weiner contained some emails related to the FBI's earlier probe of Clinton's private computer server and emails. The disclosure roiled the presidential campaign, and last week Palmieri openly criticized Comey about the notification.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7e3bf1609c4446c0848ea1cda23fb361/comey-considered-bad-choice-fbi-post-clinton-aide

[regnaD kciN]

1. I hope HRC remembers this when picking her own administration…

…rather than following Bill's (and, yes, Obama's) past habit of appointing Republicans in the spirit of "bipartisanship." I think she already knows, from the Dick Morris fiasco, how that can blow up in your face, and Comey would only confirm that.

[DK504]

4. Hoping she fire the entire NYC FBI bureau

She hasn't forgotten a thing in her life. Her political "enemies" will be shunned from DC politics if she is elected, as they should be.

[still_one]

2. ok, so it was a bad choice, is that really news? Wow, WikiLeaks sure is pointing out something we

all aren't aware of by now. Thanks julian assange, you POS, I hope you rot in the ecuadorian embassy for a long time

[putitinD]

3. Fire his ass, and the 100 or so breitbart boys on the team while you are at it. They cannot be

trusted.

[dalton99]

5. Palmieri was 100% correct.

[GnosticCyn]

7. Firing him isn't good enough

It's time some of these people were put under a microscope and had every aspect of their lives inspected. Then "leak" some of the more embarrassing information to the press. If he's just fired, he'll go out and cause more trouble. His life should become a living hell. Make an example of him.