James Comey's behavior looks worse and worse

[DonViejo]

By James Downie February 15 at 1:11 PM

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To recap: Less than two weeks before Election Day 2016, Comey announced that the FBI was again investigating whether there were previously unreleased emails from Hillary Clinton on a laptop that she did not own. Comey felt voters needed to know this even though the search warrant showed that the FBI had “no new evidence” that Clinton had done anything wrong. Now we know that when Comey spoke up about Clinton while remaining silent about allegations of contact between Trump’s team and the Russian government, not only were there mere allegations but also concrete evidence that such contact was frequent and ongoing.

It gets worse for the FBI director. The Post reported Tuesday that near the end of the transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, outgoing CIA Director John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. wanted to tell the Trump team that Michael Flynn had misled incoming Vice President Pence and others on his contacts with Russian officials. Comey disagreed:

The FBI director pushed back primarily on the grounds that notifying the new administration could complicate the agency’s investigation. The bureau, Comey also insisted, shouldn’t be “the truth police,” according to an official familiar with his thinking at the time. “In other words, if there’s not a violation of law here, it’s not our job to go and tell the vice president that he’s been lied to.”

This is, to put it politely, utter garbage. Comey believed that the entire country needed to know that a presidential candidate might be connected to information on a laptop that she didn’t own, but the vice president did not need to be told privately that a key presidential adviser was definitely lying about his relationship with a foreign government. The inconsistency leaves one speechless.

To be clear, Comey’s disgraceful intervention was not the sole cause of Clinton’s loss. But every way of looking at the numbers show that it was the most decisive factor. Without Comey intervening, the Oval Office would be likely be occupied by a different person right now. And with every new revelation, the interference appears less and less justified. The sooner he faces the consequences for his colossal mistake the better.

Full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/02/15/james-comeys-behavior-looks-worse-and-worse/?utm_term=.240b8d98833c&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1

[Raster]

1. For the love of God...

...Many in the Beltway talk about what a "principled" guy Comey is. Sorry, not seeing it. The more I hear, the more I think Harry Reid was right:

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday blamed FBI Director James Comey for Hillary Clinton's loss in the presidential election.

"Comey helped [President-elect Donald] Trump significantly," Reid said in an interview with CNN.

"A week before the election, he came out with this, 'Oh, we found some more emails,' and, as a result of that, we lost Senate seats, and, I think, we lost the presidency."

When asked if Comey "singlehandedly" swayed the election, Reid said Clinton "would have won" had Comey not "written that letter" shortly before Election Day.

"We would have picked up at least two more Senate seats," he added.

Reid also said it is "obvious" Comey was "partisan in all this."

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/309964-reid-blames-comey-for-hillary-clintons-loss

[SharonAnn]

9. Lesson: Never put a Republican anywhere near a position of power. They're scorpions.

[Squinch]

2. If Comey isn't a really dumb guy, there has to be some quid pro quo for all that he did

for Trump and against Hillary.

If he IS a really dumb guy, dumb enough to do what he did for no reason other than his own twisted values, then he is not qualified to do the job he is doing.

[Bill USA]

3. Comey will go down in history as the worst political hit-man in our history. what Fukkin scumbag!!

[central scrutinizer]

4. "Colossal mistake"?

Bullshit waffle word. Premeditated hatchet job.

[safeinOhio]

5. I don't know. J. Edgar Hoover will be

very hard to top.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. K&R

[milestogo]

7. Why do we have impunity for assholes in high positions?

We are no better than a third world dictatorship; we are a shitty example of democracy.

[Solly Mack]

8. Mistake? Snort. Comey knew exactly what he was doing and he did it intentionally.

This wasn't some oopsie. This was malicious intent.