On a couple of threads I have commented that Comey should be fired but alternatively,

[Monk06]

that he is playing a stalling game to keep the RW from using the issue of new emails as an election issue

On the other hand there was no urgency, in terms of the nature and content of these new emails, for Comey to initiate a new investigation, especially 12 days from an election

What I can say with confidence is that Comey's announcement is unprecedented by the the director of a, division of the DOJ during the last remaining days before an election

There is a hidden game being played here I'm just no longer sure what the game is or who is playing it

Clinton is most certainly going to be elected president by an impressive majority in the next week and a half So what is this gambit all about?

This is an open comment post with no agenda in mind

Comments either way are greatly appreciated

One stipulation, the premise of this discussion is that Clinton is going to win regardless so concern trolls stay out of this discussion

[Trust Buster]

1. This may have nothing to do with Hillary. Huma Abeden might have a Martha Stewart problem.

It seems impossible to me that the FBI would not have asked Abeden if she was in possession of any related emails. If Ameden answered "no" under oath, then Abeden has a Martha Stewart problem. I think that is why the specifics of the emails did not need to be known to convince Comey to continue the investigation. Abeden and Blumenthal should be shown the door by Hillary.

[Maeve]

3. Abeden should resign and talk to her lawyer

About increasing her claims against Weiner in the divorce.

[Monk06]

7. Weiner is obviously mentally ill and unreliable Putting pressure on a madman is not a good idea

especially in a divorce with political ramifications

Don't for a minute think that the RW are drooling at the prospect of messy depositions in the divorce case

[Monk06]

4. My question is, what is Comey's strategy? This is obviously a strategy on his part but is it

part of a personal agenda or is he working a third party game?

In short who is he allied with and what is his motive

If he is setting up Abedin in order to give an opening to a future impeachment move by a GOP dominated congress then this is unprecedented in another way.

It has a the makings of an historical move to destroy the mandate of a president elect even before she is elected

It falls within the pattern of how the US has destabilized uncooperative nations since the US coup of Iran coup of Iran in 1952

The right wing have demonstrated in the last eight years that they will attempt to destabilize US governments that don't serve their purposes

What is new is that they mean to do this during the last days of an election cycle

That by definition is a palace coup

[Trust Buster]

6. Not necessarily. If Ameden testified under oath that she was NOT in possession of work related

emails unknown to the FBI, then Ameden has a Martha Stewart problem. That would answer the question as to why Comey could justify continuing the investigation merely based on the subject lines of the emails alone. This might have nothing to do with Hillary specifically.

[Monk06]

14. And to complicate things further what would Weiner do and say if he thought Amedan was

turning her back on him in a divorce proceeding

Presumably he wants future employment even though he is going out of his way to make himself a pariah

The man is unbalanced like Ussange. He's not only a loose canon but you can't even be sure what deck he is loose on

[Trust Buster]

16. I agree but Huma was naturally attracted to the guy. Think about that.

[Hortensis]

17. CYA as reason and also excuse to help Congress

stay under Republican control.

[BlueStateLib]

12. What if Huma used her yahoo email account as a print queue and deleted after each printing

and the deleted emails were found using forensic data recovery of the HDD, I don't see why Huma would collect and save 1000s of emails. Well, thats what I would have done

[Trust Buster]

15. I don't know. I'm just saying that Abeden might be the issue with the FBI and not Hillary personally

[UCmeNdc]

2. GOTV!

That is how the Democratic Party should respond to this attack!

GOTV!

[still_one]

5. Comey is in violation of the Hatch Act. Too late to do anything about that now. What we will do is

the campaign and its surrogates will get on as many news programs as possible, and state the facts that this has NOTHING to do with any emails to or from Hillary, or Hillary's email server, and there is NO investigation regarding that

I also believe that Hillary will give another press conference no later than Monday, and reiterate those points in a very clear and concise manner, so there is no doubt that this has nothing to do with Hillary or her emails

For everyone else, we need to do what we can to Get Out The Vote

We will get through this

[Monk06]

8. Rule number one after Nov 8 should be no more giving Republicans high end positions in a Democratic

executive

Comity and fairness means nothing to Republicans They are scorpions hitching a ride on the back of a frog

Whoa be the frog that falls for the plea for generosity by a murderous insect

[still_one]

11. I agree

[dalton99]

13. You can never trust them, and there is no pacifying their hatred.

Besides, there are more qualified Democratic candidates willing and able to take the job.

[dalton99]

10. ^ This. And Fuck James Comey.

[Monk06]

20. My opinion is that Comey knows he's history no matter who wins but his calculation is

that post election Clinton impeachment will be on the front burner and he is setting the stage for it with this announcement

He is out to destabilize a Clinton presidency because he knows she will win and he wants to keep his RW bona fides in order to stay in Washington as a player

He's just like Issa, Chaffetz and the rest of the RW career poiiticical vandals

They don't want a stable government they want chaos because political instability puts money in their bank accounts

[NCTraveler]

9. The letter doesn't make sense.

It has to be agenda driven. I'm not sure what that agenda is or who is driving it. I'm at a loss on that one. I do believe it is in support of conservatives as it was done while the Clinton campaign was firing off on all cylinders.

This is going to fire up Clintons base. The people giving money, volunteering, and driving people to the polls. That has to be known by those in the loop as well. Still, it was done at a time when Clinton and company were flat out steamrolling.

The next couple of days will be interesting.

[OnDoutside]

19. What we DO know is

1. Hillary has already been cleared by the FBI

2. Comey followed that up with a gratuitous hit by holding an unprecedented new conference

3. Comey is Republican, who changed his registration to Independent, but we don't know why.

4. Comey followed that again by his "performance" at the Republican show trial (Congressional hearing), where he gave free ammo to
the Republicans to use against her.

5. Comey has drip fed emails out in batches, ensuring that "THE EMAILS" were constantly in the news cycle, and hurting Hillary.

6. Comey sent this latest letter, 11 days before the GE, ONLY to Republican Congressmen (and iirc Rep Senators), NOT to Democratic members.

7. Comey simply HAS TO HAVE KNOWN the effect this would cause, and still went ahead with it.

8. The FBI have had this laptop for the last FIVE weeks, and only now he released this ?

9. Comey has prided himself on his integrity. He must be challenged by senior Democrats to explain how this maintains his integrity, when what he has done is now a major issue in the Presidential campaign and hurts one side to the favour of the other.

I heard Congressman Cummings on with Rachel Maddow, and he shied away from criticising Comey directly. I can understand WHY he is doing that, but at this stage I think that is a mistake. Comey needs a baseball bat squarely between the legs. What he has done is outrageous, utterly partisan and finally strips away any notion at integrity. Hang the F**ker out to dry.

[Monk06]

21. Maybe Comey wants to be the next J Edgar Hoover, keeping his job for life by blackmail and

intimidation

It is an FBI tradition from the beginning after all

[OnDoutside]

22. IF that was case he'd have gone to the Clinton campaign first, but he went straight to the Repubs

and never said anything to the Democratic congressmen.

He WILL say that it was the Republicans who asked for the further info, but he's fooling no one by saying that because it's as plain as day how sensitive this would be.

[GulfCoast66]

24. When later this fall

It proves much to do about nothing, I predicted President Obama will fire him with cause. Violation of the Hatch act and poor judgment in the performance of his duties.

Clearing the table for President Clinton.