Comey's letter on "reopening" email indicates following protocol not "We've found something awful!"

[Godhumor]

Unrelated case being investigated found some previously unseen emails

New emails being examined for classified into and pertinence to email server investigation

No indication material is significant


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Not re-examining or reinterpreting previous info or even officially opening the case again. Just following protocol due to previously unexamined emails.

Whatever.

Actual Comey letter is here:
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/792050013555810304

[Farmgirl1961]

1. But it will get spun by MSM as being something suspect

Wonder if the Hillary campaign folks will address this in any way?

[democrattotheend]

2. Doesn't mean the media/Trumpsters won't have a field day with it

Grrr. Will this ever go away?

[Farmgirl1961]

3. And it just becomes a major distraction....

time for a Trump Dump....

[onecent]

35. Yes, Now lets have the "Trump Dump"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NightWatcher]

4. All Middle America hears is "FBI reopens Clinton Email Probe"

That alone will cost undecideds

[herding cats]

5. The media isn't going to make that distinction.

And a lot of the population won't understand what it is.

[Farmgirl1961]

6. Exactly!

I think the HRC campaign needs a bit of a counter punch here.

[Democat]

7. Obama supported this loser

Democrats never seem to learn. What Republican would support a Democrat as head of the FBI?

[doc03]

8. This going to dominate the MSM for the next 12 days, they got their

horse race.

[geek tragedy]

10. the letter itself is an attempt to influence the election

he didn't bother to wait until they reviewed these new emails for classified information

[anneboleyn]

15. I can't fucking believe this. CNN is going to cover this as breaking news all day.

[emulatorloo]

18. Completely unprofessional of Comey. It is basically an innuendo based smear job.

[Godhumor]

21. He couldn't wait

If he had waited, say three weeks, and it turns out there was something actually "wrong" in the emails, the very first question he'd face is "when were you made aware of these emails?" Has to inform when he was informed.

I don't like Comey, at all, and there is little chance we're going to see nuanced analysis by the media. But, I do not fault this notification, and the language he used, if he was truly notified by the investigative team in the past 24 hours.

And I don't think this changes the trajectory of the election. It reinforces the views of those who think she is a criminal, but they already were not voting for her. And emails have been in the news for so long that undecideds who would be influenced by them probably already have been.

[MyNameIsKhan]

25. he testified under oath, so he had to inform

[geek tragedy]

29. easily could have said "didn't want to influence the election"

No he doesn't have to issue a virtual press release when he finds out there's a lead to chase.

I can guarantee you now that Trump wins Ohio and Iowa. There's nothing that will cause undecideds to break towards Clinton and the early vote metrics in those states already indicate greatly depressed Democratic turnout compared to 2012.

[hedda_foil]

34. I hate to say it but I completely agree.

This also shines a new light on Comey's peculiar announcement that she wasn't being prosecuted in the first place. Do you think he was ordered not to recommend charges contrary to his own recommendation, so gave that damning speech to paint her as badly as he could without prosecution.

Of course, that would lead right back to the horrible optics of Bill's ill-conceived meeting with A.G. Lynch in her plane on the tarmac a couple of days before Comey's announcement. It's so f**king frustrating.

[MattP]

11. House oversight chair lied Comey needs to step up!

[anneboleyn]

12. The problem is that the media is spinning this as Clinton corruption. I can't fucking believe this!

I have never felt so scared that that unbelievable fucker Trump might actually get elected. I mean he would be horrible! Now the repubs get an endless talking point until the election, following protocol or not.

[Dem2]

13. Holy f****** s*** the rending of garments here by people is hilarious

[geek tragedy]

17. remember what happened to Clinton's poll numbers when he

announced he wasn't prosecuting her? Her numbers went into the tank.

[Dem2]

20. Lol

Good luck with that

[anneboleyn]

19. Really? The media is going to cover this shit nonstop. Bad, bad, bad optics and coverage.

[Thrill]

22. The only time Trump has gained any traction was with this email bullshit

no need to act like its no big deal

[Dem2]

27. Oh my God we're going to lose we're going to lose Everybody Run Everybody Run

Are you kidding me?

Turn your God damn TV off

[geek tragedy]

32. Clinton's going to win, but it's going to be narrow. Under 300 EVs

and this very well could cost us the Senate.

No more Republicans in the DOJ under Democratic presidents. Purge them.

[Wounded Bear]

16. So, basically, he said....

"Well, might be something here, maybe not. But let's take it all public now to throw shade on Hillary Clinton."

[femmocrat]

23. That is how I understood it too.

I don't get all the hair-on-fire reporting on MSNBC! The Clinton campaign needs to get out there and explain this right F-ing now. The trump campaign is already jumping on and distorting it.

Kasie Hunt is explaining it pretty well though.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Folks need to go to the nearest hardware store,

purchase a fire extinguisher, aim it at their hair and pull the handle. Yes, the GOP will try to spin it and the media will oversimplify it. But the investigation itself is not being reopened; all the letter says is that some other emails were discovered and they are being reviewed. Considering that the FBI does not move quickly, this story will be a big whoop for a day or two and then the media will start chasing the next shiny object, which will probably have to do with Trump groping yet another woman.

Keep calm and carry on.

[emulatorloo]

28. My hair isn't on fire. Just pissed at Comey for pointless innuendo, and annoyed at media

for not thinking this shit through before giving their knee jerk reactions.

[BSdetect]

26. Good old msnbc spinning themselves into BS pretzels

Just keep your news feeds busy with crap

[oasis]

30. The entire FBI investigation was bullshit from the beginning.

This is just more added on.

[Cooley Hurd]

31. Kick and Rec!

Everyone needs to calm down. This is NOT an indictment or even a "re-opening" of the previous case (it's been mischaracterized by the repugs as such).

Comey, by law, has to review the new emails.

Of course, Drumpf is going to make some hay out of it. But his fate has been sealed.

She will still win.

[DarthDem]

33. Read the Responses to the Tapper Tweet Linked in the OP

They're running about 4-to-1 or greater in favor of "can't believe the media is still pushing this," "I'm tired of this," "I already voted for her," "I am voting for her anyway," "What about Bush's deleted e-mails," and so on.

People overestimate the reach and influence of the 24-hour news networks. This will be a "story" for about a day, nothing will come of it, and no American citizen cares about Hillary's e-mails. Election impact: none. The major impact will be here on DU, where concern trolls will reappear and a number of other posters - who've already started in - will show visible signs of panic instead of just thinking things through rationally or, better yet, getting out and voting or phone banking for downballot candidates.

[AmericanMan1958]

36. MSM will be doing some walking back.

We don't know if these are Clinton's emails or if they are significant or how significant.
Every one wants a scoop!!!