It is time for Loretta Lynch to intervene.

[kstewart33]

The election is 11 days away. Comey has introduced the possibility of a crime committed by Hillary Clinton, with no evidence of criminality provided.

Comey's action can determine who will be our next president. He knew it when he did it.

Clinton in her press conference and Pence earlier today both stated that they want Comey to release all the information that they have before the election. Both campaigns want it done.

Loretta Lynch should get Comey into her office and tell him, "I don't care how you do it, but determine if a crime has been committed and inform the public within the next ___ days to give the American people time to digest it before Election Day."

Comey completely mishandled this, he created a national mess, and he must now clean his mess up. And his boss should tell him that he had better dang well do it now.

[Wilms]

1. That wouldn't be of help. n/t

[kstewart33]

4. Why not? nt

[Wilms]

7. It could lead one to believe that SHE was interfering with an election...

...and a Federal Investigation.

But I'm not a lawyer.

[kstewart33]

11. I doubt that the press or public would be aware of that conversation.

Of course, that assumes that Comey will act responsibly.

A quick 'search' command would immediately identify the duplicates - the emails sent by Huma on the laptop to Clinton's server that have already been reviewed by the FBI. Software can efficiently reduce the number of other emails that are not classified. What remains thereafter can be identified by individual review.

This is not rocket science. The FBI can move as quickly as it is told to.

[Wilms]

13. OKAY then.

[Koinos]

2. I don't think Loretta Lynch is strong enough to do that.

I really hope that Hillary appoints an attorney general with a bit more intestinal fortitude.

[kstewart33]

5. I think she is.

Lynch has aggressively established FBI investigations in cases where black men have been killed by police, and she did not trust local authorities. Her reputation as a prosecutor was that she is one tough broad and I say that respectfully.

She knows what is at stake.

[OKNancy]

9. His term isn't up until 2023 so he will have to be fired

It's not like he is in the cabinet.

[kstewart33]

12. If he does not act responsibly, he should be fired.

Comey's partisanship showed in his breaking with FBI policy in characterizing Clinton's actions before saying that no indictment was forthcoming.

According to attorney Jeff Toobin and noted Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith, the FBI has a standard policy of not releasing controversial information about a candidate with 60 days of the election.

Comey also broke that policy.

[vdogg]

3. Comey didn't mishandle shit, he meant to do this.

To say mishandle implies some sort of mistake, it was not. He got exactly the result that he intended.

[KingCharlemagne]

6. Comey has just politicized the administration of justice. He should be shit-canned

today.

[BlueCaliDem]

10. Agreed. He broke with longstanding norm NOT to interfere in major elections. He's a Republican HACK

who was panicking when he saw that the Senate AND the House were going Democratic...so he intervened with a letter that leaves a LOT of room for speculation against Hillary Clinton. And the do-nothing, know-nothing Republicans in the House have happily taken it and ran with it because, you know, they can't run on their abysmal record.

Democrats run on policy ideas and plans.

Republicans run solely on character-assassinations of Democrats.

[OKNancy]

8. No interference, no firings! It would bring up those stupid references to the Sat Night Massacre

Nixon and Watergate.

Things just need to cool down.

[emulatorloo]

15. Agreed.

[Lord Magus]

16. So Comey should get to act with impunity no matter what he does?

He shouldn't just be fired, he should be indicted.

[mwrguy]

14. Comey should be fired ASAP!