No criminality in Clinton emails - FBI

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BBC

The FBI has found no evidence of criminality in the new batch of Hillary Clinton emails.

In a letter to members of Congress, FBI director James Comey said the agency had finished its review and found nothing to change its position.

In July, he said Mrs Clinton had been careless but not criminal in handling sensitive material on her private email server while secretary of state.

The issue flared up again with the discovery of new "pertinent" emails.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37892138

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[LisaM]

1. I suppose we should be "grateful" for the timing.

Overall, though, I am still pissed.

[Egnever]

7. Nah this timing is shit too

The letter is still too vague. It allows people to read things into it.

Just another attempt to move the needle by bringing it back up.

[LisaL]

10. I don't think what you can read into it other than there was nothing criminal about these emails.

[Egnever]

13. Maybe

But I will be willing to be you see Trump drones saying it doesn't clear her.

[andym]

14. It means the whole re-energized email flap led to nothing. NT.

[Egnever]

18. Agree but

it won't change Trumpeters opinions. I guarantee you konway will be saying it did not clear her because it does not specifically say so.

[lillypaddle]

38. trumpeters opinions

would not have changed no matter what. Coming before the election, albeit a mere day or two, it is good news. Although Comey is still an asshole and an investigation needs to be done. Better late than never.

[MFM008]

2. FUK YOU

asshole

[George II]

3. Take THAT you fucking rightwing assholes - Trump, Pence, Conway, Hughes, Epshteyn, etc.

You all suck!!

NOW what is Trump going to say at the next few rallies of his dying campaign? Will he even mention them?

Thanks for this great news, hope it's not too late.

[displacedtexan]

25. Well, now he can blame Comey & the FBI when he loses.

He'll claim that the Clinton Cabal pressured the FBI into making him lose.

[George II]

28. I'm sure you're right, but actually I don't care as long as he LOSES.

[ginnyinWI]

62. So I guess once more the election is rigged. nt

[KewlKat]

4. updated comey FBI letter

[Fla Dem]

5. Let's see if the media makes as much noise about this as they did with the other Comey letter.

[red dog 1]

53. + 1

[Beacool]

6. At least Comey released this information two days prior to the election. Creep!!!!

[LisaL]

9. Yea, at least there is that.

He could have done it next Wednesday.

[Coyotl]

45. Meanwhile, 50 million people cast their votes between the two Comey letters.

[center]

[Gidney N Cloyd]

70. Good point. Important point.

Termination worthy point.

[Beacool]

75. I would laugh, if I weren't so angry at Comey's interference 11 days before an election.

[KewlKat]

8. Thank you FBI for the manufactured crisis just prior to THE most important election in our lifetime.

[red dog 1]

54. + 1

[Coyotl]

71. No, during the first 50 million votes cast!

[KewlKat]

12. Nine days they can't take back...nine days the good people of this nation stressed, lost sleep,

and suffered because this clown jumped the gun!

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. AND tanked millions in the stock market!

[LisaL]

16. There is a good reason FBI isn't supposed to be commenting on on-going investigations.

In this particular case, it's plainly obvious. If Comey looked at the emails before sending letters to congress, he would have known that there is nothing there.

[red dog 1]

56. + 1000

Not even J. Edgar Hoover would have done what Comey did 9 days ago.

[andym]

17. Very important news. It lifts the cloud that the FBI placed on Hillary.

Should help on Tuesday!

[DallasNE]

20. There Was Never Any Possibility

That this review would turn up anything material to the Clinton email server and I said that on October 29th. A simple understanding of the architecture dictated that that would be the case. On October 28th Comey mischaracterized what the FBI had and he still hasn't cleared up that matter so Comey needs to be brought before Congress and justify his wrong-headed actions. His less than neutral actions in this matter means that he still needs to resign as FBI Director.

[red dog 1]

60. Al Franken: "I'm sure the FBI Director will be before us"

Franken going after FBI and Comey: "There will be hearings"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512591930

[LovingA2andMI]

21. GOTV Folks!! GOTV!!

Comey will be fired shortly by Madame President 45th!!

[judesedit]

22. OK. Now for Trump as Putin's puppet investigation please

[SunSeeker]

23. Fucker already did a lot of damage with the review coming during early voting.

He unfairly cast aspersions on Hillary and now we KNOW that innuendo was baseless and unfair.


Like everything else thrown at Hillary.

[rug]

24. Ooh, that's very different.

[lillypaddle]

39. Miss her

Can you imagine her during these times? Love to you, Gilda.

[The Wielding Truth]

26. Again, so vague. Couldn't he have just repeated his findings and make it clear so we don't have to

pull up his initial review determination?

Okay. Here it is:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system


..."As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case."...

[mitty14u2]

27. Trump Has 75 Ongoing Legal Battles -- Which Media Are Ignoring During Their Breathless FBI Letter Co

Media have breathlessly covered a new letter from the FBI saying the agency is looking into newly discovered emails surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server as secretary of state. But as outlets continue to obsess over Clinton, they are ignoring the many actual lawsuits and scandals associated with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/10/31/trump-has-75-ongoing-legal-battles-which-media-are-ignoring-during-their-breathless-fbi-letter/214211

[irisblue]

29. I'd like Mr Obama to accept Comeys' resignation letter in December

Cuz he will be nothing but freaking trouble.

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. Gee, thanks a f*****g bunch.

Now that the damage has been done.

Comey should be fired. Immediately.

[KewlKat]

33. Lying kelly on MSNBC now....says Hillary had her housekeeper print classified emails....etc.

WTH....why do they have her on the tv.........can't stand that liar!!!!!

[mehrrh]

35. CYA too little too late

Comey has to go. There is no alternative.
He started the problem when he editorialized his decision in July, then he made it worse last week when he said there is more to come, he had nothing more to say. He sowed the seeds of suspicion, giving strength to Trump and damaging Clinton. Now he says, "never mind." (Emily Litella, he's not!) There really is nothing there.
He can't control his rogue agents. He did not take the advice of the DoJ and others who knew better to just keep quiet; he wa risking violation of the Hatch Act.
Comey has angered and frustrated both parties - quite unnecessarily -- he has to go. Before he is fired, he needs to resign. That should come on Wednesday.

[Mr. A]

76. Comey

Better late than never.

[still_one]

40. Ok MSM start reporting it

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. HRC to-do list 1/21/17, Item #1 FIRE JAMES COMEY

[otchmoson]

42. Where's my tweet from Chavetz?

Wonder if he is as expeditious with his tweets when the news isn't what he wants to hear?

[Lulu KC]

44. Questions

1.Why can't President Obama dump him on Wednesday after Hilary wins?

2. Have I become hopelessly jaded by thinking this? Or just more realistic? He will be removed from his position. And then he will get some enormous job with a defense contractor.

Still, bye-bye. Bye-bye, Mr. Comey! Bye-bye!

[Coyotl]

46. He can.

[Lulu KC]

58. n/t just smiley

[ehrnst]

47. It's dead, Jim. (nt)

[neeksgeek]

49. Filed under "Yep, already knew that." nt

[SpankMe]

51. Looks like a last minute CYA.

Comey knows he's in deep shit for last weeks letter. And, the stories about the FBI being a Trump-promoting, Hillary-hating machine was causing such a backlash that I think he pumped out this letter quickly to try and patch things up real quick before the election - so it doesn't LOOK like the FBI's screwing with the election.

You can't un-ring a bell, as they say. Even if this letter un-does the "damage" from a political/electoral standpoint, the damage to Comey and to the FBI has been done.

I'll trust them to solve terrorism and organized crime cases. But, I'll never trust them again on political corruption investigations. Their bias has been exposed.

[TomCADem]

52. This Whole Thing Underscores Why the FBI Should Not Comment ...

...on pending reviews or investigations. Here, a big nothing burger threatened to upend the race. Likewise, this underscores how the media has managed to normalize Trump and push this false equivalency between Trump's numerous scandals and the witch hunt regarding Hillary's e-mail server.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

55. Comey is a total ASSHOLE not perfect but complete, the damage is done! RESIGN now!!!

[MichMan]

59. Letter said nothing about Huma being cleared

What is the possibility that Huma could be prosecuted?

[Red Mountain]

61. Fine. Thanks.

After the election the director (small 'd') has some questions to answer.

Preferably publicly in front of Congress but lacking Congressional fortitude to the President alone.

There maaaaayyyyy be a reasonable explanation for his actions but short of that I expect to see him gone.

[red dog 1]

63. K&R

"No criminality in Clinton emails - FBI"

But there WAS criminality in Comey's Oct. 28 letter to GOP leaders
(He made sure the Repubs got the news before the ranking Dems did)

And Comey still may be in violation of the 1939 Hatch Act.

[GliderGuider]

66. Comey Caved. nt

[Hugin]

67. No shit, Sherlock.

Ha! I've waited my entire life to make this point. Since it's Comey that makes it all the sweeter.

Now, resign Comey. :|

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

68. Just a gutless wonder

forced to chew his own tongue off.

I hope he chokes on the blood.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

69. The word is EXONERATED!!! FUCK CRIMINAL BS!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

72. The sounds you just heard

is the GOP collectively shitting themselves.

[Catherine Vincent]

73. We knew that and Comey et al knew it too

Rat b@stard.

[Stever]

77. this was expected.

[Coyotl]

78. 'Comey has unleashed a lot of the bad behavior'

Open thread for night owls: 'Comey has unleashed a lot of the bad behavior'

Taken together, it’s easy to come away with the conclusion that the FBI is out to get Hillary Clinton. The truth, though, is far more complicated. The FBI isn’t a monolith, and it isn’t the bureau as a whole that is targeting Clinton. Experts who study the FBI believe the leaks are coming from a small clique of agents who profoundly distrust Clinton and believe she deserves to be punished for what they see as a long record of ethically dubious behavior.

“Comey has unleashed a lot of the bad behavior by people down the line by signaling that it’s okay to treat Hillary Clinton differently,” says Matthew Miller, a Democrat who formerly served as a spokesperson for the Justice Department. “There certainly seem to be FBI agents who have taken a really hard partisan line and are just kind of blinded by their anger and hatred toward Hillary Clinton.”

The recent series of FBI leaks are particularly worrisome because they raise the prospect of a state security agency equipped with the full resources and investigative might of the federal government working to interfere in the elections. The FBI is so powerful — it can, with court approval, issue subpoenas, tap phones, intercept emails and conduct round-the-clock surveillance — that even a small coterie of its agents can find ways of influencing the political process. That’s the kind of thing we normally see in autocracies like Egypt or Turkey, not here in the United States.

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