Comey October Surprise "I found some stuff! I do not know what it is!"

[gotsnowgotslush]

Another example of waving an empty envelope, and advertising something they do not have.

Exciting new information! Innuendo!


Democrats said Friday that the lack of detail from the FBI allowed Republicans to mischaracterize its actions. Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon told CNN that Comey was “unleashing a wildfire of innuendo.”


According to U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, the FBI was “reopening” the investigation. But this was wrong.


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...16/10/why_the_weiner_emails_won_t_matter.html


FBI's Director, James Comey has sent a letter to Congress

Dear Messrs Chairmen:

In previous congressional testimony, I referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s personal email server. Due to recent developments, I am writing to supplement my previous testimony.

In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.

Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, I believe it is important to update your Committees about our efforts in light of my previous testimony.

So, they will look at the emails?

It does not mean they are reopening the investigation.


The stuff that Comey's dreams are made of, are not from Hillary Clinton,
or her server.

Huma Abedin emails to Anthony Weiner? Wiener emails to Huma ?
They found the emails while looking at Weiner's devices.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/us/politics/fbi-hillary-clinton-email.html?_r=0

Let the Republican lies and hypocrisy begin!


Jason Chaffetz just set some sort of modern record for flip-floppery

October 26, 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ort-donald-trump-just-vote-for-him/?tid=a_inl

According to Congressman Jason Chaffetz, the FBI is reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server for state business.

On 28 October 2016, Utah representative Jason Chaffetz sent a tweet saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation would be reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's e-mails:

"Case reopened!"


Is the case reopened ?


http://www.snopes.com/2016/10/28/fbi-reopening-clinton-e-mail-investigation/

No!


The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), issued a blistering statement Friday expressing shock at the FBI’s vague announcement, which she said “played right into the political campaign of Donald Trump.”


The FBI has a history of extreme caution near Election Day so as not to influence the results,” she said. “Today’s break from that tradition is appalling.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html

 

[RUlookingup]

Just click your heels and say, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home"

 

[srgreene]

Hillary is now saying she wants to get to the facts! Funny, she didn't seem so concerned about that a while ago, when she told us there was no classified information on her personal email server.

How pathetic that the United States is poised to elect such a lying scumbag to POTUS ... and that her main rival is such a jerk.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Trump is shouting to his fans- "This is bigger than Watergate!"

The Director of the FBI distracted the public with a headline that smeared Hillary.

A powerful distraction was needed.


Miss Finland of 2006, Ninny Laaksonen became the 12th woman to expose Trump as a serial sexual predator.

Trump squeezed her backside before “The Late Show with David Letterman” in New York while the two were posing for a photo with Miss Australia, Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Colombia.

"Trump stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt. He really grabbed my butt,” Laaksonen told the Finish newspaper. “I don’t think anybody saw it but I flinched and thought: ‘What is happening?’”


http://www.salon.com/2016/10/28/12-...and-says-donald-trump-sexually-assaulted-her/


Trump's daughter

"I'm not in every interaction my father has. But he's not a groper."

July 21, 2016

Trump gropes his daughter on campaign stage.

He pulled her in for a hug by grabbing her upper arms.
Moved his hands down until they were low enough to grab her squarely by the hips.

(What does it mean, when a man grabs a woman by the hips ?)

You can see Ivanka's discomfort with it as she twists away from Trump.

Donald Trump has once again creeped out the Internet, this time with a “so inappropriate” embrace of his daughter Ivanka.

http://motto.time.com/4418524/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter-touching-reaction/

Why announce emails concerning Hillary, right now ?

"I do know that the FBI issued a subpoena for Weiner's cellphone and records well over a month ago. The timing of Comey's letter is suspect."

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/fbi-director-comeys-blatant-interference


Trump said to his fans-

Big announcement!

Big day!

This is bigger than Watergate.

This is bigger.

In my opinion.

"They are reopening the case into her criminal and illegal conduct that threatens the security of the United States of America," Trump said, as the crowd chanted, "Lock her up!"

Trump continued, "Hillary Clinton's corruption is on a scale we have never seen before. We must not let her take her criminal scheme into the Oval Office.



(Trump recited a rehash of old accusations.)

How much excitement can Trump whip up, about an empty envelope ?

What is bigger than Watergate to Trump ?

What is the meaning of Trump saying it is bigger than Watergate ?

Is he referring to the emails on Weiner's devices and computer?

Meanwhile, Russia is operating a Watergate of its own.

Hacking an elected American official's emails is not harmless.

Wiki leaks is not harmless.

Comey's announcement is not harmless.

Shortly after the New York Times report, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta issued a statement calling Comey's decision to make the announcement 11 days before the election "extraordinary":

Upon completing this investigation more than three months ago, FBI Director Comey declared no reasonable prosecutor would move forward with a case like this and added that it was not even a close call. In the months since, Donald Trump and his Republican allies have been baselessly second-guessing the FBI and, in both public and private, browbeating the career officials there to revisit their conclusion in a desperate attempt to harm Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

FBI Director Comey should immediately provide the American public more information than is contained in the letter he sent to eight Republican committee chairmen. Already, we have seen characterizations that the FBI is 'reopening' an investigation but Comey's words do not match that characterization. Director Comey's letter refers to emails that have come to light in an unrelated case, but we have no idea what those emails are and the Director himself notes they may not even be significant.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/fbi-clinton-email-server-anthony-weiner


According to Paul Krugman, the FBI tipped the scales.

 

[sr71plt]

Hillary is now saying she wants to get to the facts! Funny, she didn't seem so concerned about that a while ago, when she told us there was no classified information on her personal email server.
.

And that doesn't give you a clue that the e-mails in question (apparently none from her) aren't as damaging as the impression given?--a position that even a scheming politician (and, yes, she's a scheming politician--for some of us that ain't always a bad thing to have in a president. Better than a stumbling dolt) wouldn't take if she didn't know this was the best position to take--ergo that it doesn't really implicate her in anything.

The classified information angle doesn't mean nearly as much to someone who has worked in the government with classified information as it does to someone on the outside who just wants to take any opportunity they can to string her up. When you're on the job, there's some leakage in the gray areas of what was from classified sources and what wasn't, and we're talking about a miniscule number of e-mails that had any classification on them. I doubt there's anyone who was in government during the period she was who didn't experience some of that minor leakage. I can guarantee you that if she'd been using State communications rather that her own server, there would be a massive amount of classified information leaking out--that's what State is famous for. And please do try to wrap your head around the 22 million e-mails under subpoena that the Bush administration destroyed without you giving a peep. All depends on who you're after and who you're not, right?

 

[yukonnights]

Hillary is now saying she wants to get to the facts! Funny, she didn't seem so concerned about that a while ago, when she told us there was no classified information on her personal email server.

How pathetic that the United States is poised to elect such a lying scumbag to POTUS ... and that her main rival is such a jerk.

Actually, Secretary Clinton demanded that the FBI Director release the facts in regard to this new discovery ASAP. I think this indicates that she is not trying to hide anything that may come of it, but refuses to accept the ridiculous statement from the Director indicating he had no idea how long it would take to resolve this...or even if there was anything to be found! It seems to me that the FBI should have done a little bit more investigation before making any statement. Bottom line, in my opinion, there better be a lot of agents working around the clock so a full disclosure can be made tomorrow. Either shit or get of the pot, but this whole thing is looking like the 'Keystone Cops', regardless of what is or isn't in the emails.

And if everyone might recall, Secretary Clinton has always said, 'to the best of my recollection' she never sent classified info.

I think we should all be open minded...if she's found to be a crook, then we can say that...if no charges can be made after the millions of $$ spent trying to find something (anything), then maybe calling her a crook (or lying scumbag) is a bit premature?

 

[akatrex]

Democrats said Friday that the lack of detail from the FBI allowed Republicans to mischaracterize its actions.

That's why its called . . .

TOP SECRET you ID10T!

 

[sr71plt]

What's top secret? You do realize that confidential doesn't mean top secret? Neither does classified necessarily mean top secret. Where are you getting the "top secret" reference from?

If you don't have an answer to that, shouldn't you feel the idiot for screaming it? If you don't respond to this, you didn't have an answer--and you know then who the idiot was, right?

 

[yukonnights]

That's why its called . . .

TOP SECRET you ID10T!

Not to pile on....but, the FBI Director said himself that he didn't even know if it would be of any relevance at this time. So I ask too; where are you getting this Top Secret stuff?

 

[Hypoxia]

From today's Media Matters Weekend Update email bulletin:

A dumb Friday evening media freak out

It was a usual Friday afternoon in late October, when all of a sudden seemingly the entire media freaked out. FBI Director James Comey had sent a formal letter to Congress about reviewing new materials related to Hillary Clinton's email server when outlets lost it and ran with breathless, unconfirmed, and ultimately erroneous coverage. Instead of due diligence, media outlets substituted the spin of Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz. They completely ignored that Chaffetz just days earlier had promised to launch endless investigations of Clinton from the moment she was sworn in. As more information came out, journalists began criticizing outlets for so easily failing for false Republican spin. This led to the humiliating spectacle of outlets being forced to walk back their over the top headlines within the span of an hour. The fact is that Chaffetz had spun the media with patently false information previously and the media should have known better.

Yeah, I also posted this on another thread. So sue me.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Hatfields and McCoys were two feuding families.
The McCoys were Union.
The Hatfelds were Confederate.

If you did not side with one family, you were surely judged to have sided with the other family.


There has never been a similar precedent in a modern presidential election when the FBI director, acting unilaterally, disobeys his boss—the U.S. Attorney General—and injects the agency and an unrelated investigation into smearing a presidential candidate on the eve of an election


Comey could not nail Hillary in the courts of law.
He failed to give the Hatfelds a victory.

The persecution of Hillary Clinton appeared to be as ridiculous as a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Comey played the part of Elmer Fudd.

Comey gave the Hatfields a weapon.
He could not nail Hillary, but he could smear her.
He failed to protect the integrity of the election.
He proved that he was a Hatfield.
He broke precedent.
He broke protocol.
He failed in his job.

They had all of Weiner's devices a month, ago!
Why alert congress now?

They had his smart phone,his iPad, his laptop.

Hillary Clinton said-

"We’ve called on Director Comey to explain everything right away. Put it all out on the table, right?


They cannot put it all on the table.

September 21, 2016 Almost all of the whole world was told that Anthony Weiner gave the law a reason to look into his online communications, and investigate him for sexual misconduct.

In the course of searching Weiner’s laptop, the FBI came across emails in Abedin’s email account that appeared to the agents to be relevant to the Clinton email server case. According to news reports, the FBI now is planning to get a warrant to search the laptop for emails related to the Clinton server case. They haven’t obtained that warrant yet, however, so the Weiner computer has not yet been subject to a comprehensive search.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...llary-clintons-emails/?utm_term=.0ad897b5fc7c




Conflicting obligations of Comey
He knew of sources of emails, that were available for fishing.
The devices of Anthony Weiner contained Emails from or to Huma.

Anthony Weiner selfishly left the Hillary Clinton campaign wide open to attack.
He gave the FBI an excuse to go fishing in his Emails!


Comedy was obligated to inform his allies and his government associates about his intentions.

The Trump supporters would be likely to scream about suppressed information if he did not say anything.

The Wingnuts out to get Hillary would likely scream that they were robbed of another opportunity to put Hillary in the hot seat.

Republican Congress members would be likely to scream Betrayal!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rector-cryptic-letter-clinton-emails-response

http://www.alternet.org/election-20...tor-comey-ignored-his-boss-breaking-doj-rules


Letter Comey sent internally

http://www.mediaite.com/online/here...t-to-fbi-employees-explaining-clinton-letter/


October 29, 2016

As of Saturday night, the Federal Bureau of Investigation still did not have a warrant to view the Anthony Weiner emails

(It is purportedly investigating in the reopening of its case regarding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State.)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/we-...mped-the-gun-with-clinton-email-announcement/


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/att...nst-releasing-letter-on-abedin-emails-report/


DOJ goes out of its way to avoid publicly discussing investigations close to election… Not just public discussion either. Often won't send subpoenas or take other steps that might leak until after an election is over… Why? Because voters have no way to interpret FBI/DOJ activity in a neutral way. Who is the target of an investigation? What conduct?… This might be totally benign & not even involve Clinton. But no way for press or voters to know that. Easy for opponent to make hay over… Which takes us back to the original rule: you don't comment on ongoing investigations. Then multiply that times ten close to an election… For whatever reason (& there are many theories), Comey continues to ignore that. But only for Clinton… FBI is undoubtedly investigating links between the Russian hack, Manafort, & the Trump campaign. But aren't commenting on it. Good! … They shouldn't be commenting on investigations! But that should apply to all. Instead Clinton consistently treated differently/worse."


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/...irector-James-Comey-did-the-wrong-thing-again


Donald Trump held a Saturday afternoon rally in Golden, Colorado today. He held another rally in Phoenix, Arizona

Trump statement-

"Everybody's deepest hope is that justice, at last, can be properly delivered."

Trump mused aloud during his rally about whether Clinton was “going to keep Huma,” adding that Abedin has “been a problem.” He hurled insults at Weiner, warning again that the former congressman posed a national security risk because of his access to information through his estranged wife. Abedin, a close Clinton confidant who is a near constant presence in the campaign, was not travelling with Clinton on Saturday.


Ant hill becomes a mountain range in Trump's speech

Trump seized on FBI Director James Comey's announcement Friday that he is at least temporarily continuing an inquiry he had previously declared closed. Democrats frantically demanded answers about the scope of Comey's additional inquiry and questioned the timing and motives of his announcement.

"As you've heard, it was just announced yesterday that the FBI is reopening their investigation into the criminal conduct and the illegal conduct of Hillary Clinton," Trump said.

That was a broad overstatement. Comey recommended in July that Clinton not be charged in the case and his letter to Congress on Friday said that it is unknown if the emails now being reviewed are significant.

But the crowd at the Trump rally roared.

"Hillary has nobody but herself to blame for her mounting legal difficulties," he said.

"Her criminal action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful," he continued. "Hillary set up an illegal server for the obvious purpose of shielding her criminal conduct from public disclosure and exposure," he said, "knowing full well that her actions put our national security at risk."

Trump floated his own theories, shifting focus away from his own controversies in the hope of scoring a last-minute surge in an race that even his staff admits he's losing.

He said the only explanation for the FBI move is that "very, very serious things must have been found."

Trump stuck closely to a theme that has held resonance throughout the long presidential campaign - the idea that the nation's political system is corrupt and weighted toward those who already have power and money.

"Hillary Clinton's corruption is corrosive to the soul of our nation and it must be stopped," he said.

He invoked the history of scandal or controversy attached to Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton.

"Haven't we had enough drama with the Clintons?" he asked.

As he did earlier in the day in Golden, Colorado, Trump congratulated himself for suggesting that former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner's connection to Clinton could trip her up.

"I had no idea it was going to be that accurate," he said.


http://www.durangoherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20161030/AP/310309994&template=mobileart

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

acckkk

My spell check insists that Comey is Comedy.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

This lack of information about the newly discovered emails, as well as the timing of Comey's announcement, has drawn scrutiny from former officials. One former senior DOJ official, who requested anonymity because he has pending matters at the department, told NPR that Comey's first mistake came in July, when he held a press conference to announce the findings of the FBI's investigation into Clinton's email use.

"You don't hold press conferences to announce that someone should not be charged with a crime and then proceed to dump all over that person and to publicly discuss the evidence against them," he said. "That's kind of one of the 10 commandments for being a federal law enforcement officer. And another commandment would be —

you don't publicly announce that you're conducting a criminal investigation against someone. And you especially don't do it if that person is a candidate, 11 days before an election. That's true whether it's a presidential election or an election for dog catcher."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...clinton-email-investigation-days-before-elect

 

[Hypoxia]

In or out of a 'normal' election season, Comey would be unemployed tomorrow (Monday), fired for insubordination and violating long-standing department and bureau policy -- which would only feed the Trompsters' frenzies.

Comey could save his job tomorrow by announcing prosecution of Tromp on charges of fraud, bribery, finance violations -- to the same effect, probably provoking arson at federal offices around the nation.

Comey done stomped into deep shit. What comes next will be even shittier.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Why would Comey do this ?

Comey is on his way out.
He had the power to influence a presidential election.
He was a good Republican soldier that broke the law.
He is a lawyer, and a Director of the FBI.
He has plenty of answers to give to the judge that oversees his case.
Plausible deniability of responsibility ?
It was not his intention to harm Hillary Clinton's campaign.
It was not his fault, when Trump jumped to conclusions and gained an advantage over Hillary Clinton.

Will Comey declare that he did not intentionally engage in misconduct.
(Despite the fact he was warned not to interfere with the election by his boss at the DOJ.
His actions were not an indication of disloyalty against the United States.
(He wrote a letter to Congress to inform. He wrote an explanation.
He documents outline his intentions.)
His efforts were not intended to interfere with a presidential election.

Not his fault that others jumped to the conclusion that the case against Hillary Clinton would be reopened, and that there was evidence in the new Huma emails that implicate Hillary.

July 7th, 2016 during FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress

July 5, 2016
Comey recommends no charges for Hillary on emails
No intentional misconduct.
No indications of disloyalty.
No efforts to obstruct justice.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-comey.html

Comey failed to note in his letter that the emails were not on Clinton’s server and not sent or received by Clinton.

Comey sent his letter in violation of the wishes of his boss, Attorney General Lynch. His letter was also in violation of Justice Department policy not to comment on investigations within 60 days of an election to avoid influencing the outcome.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/29/1588310/-Did-FBI-Director-Comey-Break-the-Law


The FBI regularly and deliberately oversteps constitutional boundaries

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/in-...-emails-did-the-fbi-violate-the-constitution/

Interference in election by employees of federal, state, or territorial governments

FBI Director James Comey may have committed a crime similar to Watergate: using the power of his office to try to illegally influence the outcome of a presidential election.

The Hatch Act, officially called “An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities“ is a longstanding law that prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government from active support for political candidates or campaigns

The Fourth Amendment was written in response to the abusive use of search warrants by the government of King George III. Specifically, Americans objected to searches of the homes of political dissidents, which examined all a person’s private papers in hopes of finding evidence to imprison him.

1765

Ransacking a man’s secret drawers and boxes to come at evidence against him is like racking his body to come at his secret thoughts. Has [the government] a right to see all a man’s private letters of correspondence, family concerns, trade and business? This would be monstrous indeed; and if it were lawful, no man could endure to live in this country.”


1756, the colony of Massachusetts enacted legislation that barred the use of general warrants. This represented the first law in American history curtailing the use of seizure power. Its creation largely stemmed from the great public outcry over the Excise Act of 1754, which gave tax collectors unlimited powers to interrogate colonists concerning their use of goods subject to customs. The act also permitted the use of a general warrant known as a writ of assistance, allowing tax collectors to search the homes of colonists and seize "prohibited and uncustomed" goods.

 

[domroger]

If Clinton loses could she sue him for her failure to get elected ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Leaky Cauldron of Government Secrets

The New Yorker brings up the subject of leaks.


http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/james-comeys-letter-and-the-problem-of-leaks

All of those people that claimed that could not speak out in an official capacity.

Unamed law officials, unnamed government officials, unamed senior officials, speaking off the record.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/polit...email-probe-tied-to-1477689018-htmlstory.html

What was the actual evidence that prompted Comey’s letter ?
What do the e-mails say?

Comey wrote this letter-

Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed.

I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record. At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression. In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood.

Jeffrey Toobin points out that Comey did create a misleading impression.

That helped Trump create one of his favorite things- False impressions.
(Did you read about how Trump created the false impression that he was a philanthropist ?

Trump would lie, cheat, steal, and commit fraud to do it. He made many people angry because he used them to perpetuate a fraud, without their permission. The sad part is Trump pulled tricks on children that were hoping for help.

Fake check, fake promise, and no money.

Trump said it himself-

"Those who don’t (give) are nothing more than parasites."

Trump ought to know, because he was a parasite, consuming the good publicity and honest philanthropic glow from people who gave money and did the work. Trump is only involved with charity when he can make money for himself or get something.

Trump was hoping to play his usual trick of getting complimentary glory for nothing.
He got caught and had to give money because someone was watching and caught Trumo pulling his scam. What did Trump say about the journalists that found the truth ?

"You know, you’re a nasty guy. You’re really a nasty guy."
(So, that is what nasty means to Trump! Someone who exposes Trump's lies, thefts, and false impressions.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html

The nasty guy, that followed Trump's boasts and claims.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ump-says-he-gave-1-million-to-veterans-group/

Trump said (FBI) “would never have reopened this case at this time unless it were a most egregious criminal offense."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...b01c528432dcf6#block-5813ff42e4b01c528432dcf6


"...the only explanation for the FBI move is that "very, very serious things must have been found."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...mp-accuses-clinton-emails-20161029-story.html

 

[Dream_Operator]

If Clinton loses could she sue him for her failure to get elected ?

Anyone can sue anyone for anything, that doesn't mean that they will win the case.

The key points are:

• Comey was not pursuing this case at the time. The new information came to light in a separate, unrelated investigation.
• The reason this new information was uncovered was because Huma Abedin lied to the FBI when she told them she had had turned over (in exchange for immunity) all of of her emails and devices; and because she was married to man who liked to perv on underage girls.
• The FBI investigators looked at the metadata of the 650K emails on Weiner's laptop for potential victims and discovered mail from\sent to the IP address assigned to the MX record of the clintonemail.com domain.
• The FBI used the metadata from the emails to obtain a search warrant (which was delayed for "unspecified reasons") to have legal standing to examine the senders, recipients and content of the emails.

Comey was basically fucked. If he didn't disclose the new information, which landed on his desk, he would have been accused of politically protecting HRC. If he did disclose the new information, he would be attacked, as he is now, by the Clinton campaign and the MSM.

As an Independent, with no dog in this hunt, I'm all for full and complete disclosure.

It's sad that, in this election, our only major candidates are such corrupt, morally reprehensible human beings.

 

[phrodeau]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/o...id-the-fbi-director-abuse-his-power.html?_r=0

On Friday, the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, sent members of Congress a letter about developments in the agency’s investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s emails, an investigation which supposedly was closed months ago. This letter, which was quickly posted on the internet, made highly unusual public statements about an F.B.I. investigation concerning a candidate in the election. The letter was sent in violation of a longstanding Justice Department policy of not discussing specifics about pending investigations with others, including members of Congress. According to some news reports, the letter was sent before the F.B.I. had even obtained the search warrant that it needed to look at the newly discovered emails. And it was sent days before the election, when many Americans are already voting.

Violations of the Hatch Act and of government ethics rules on misuse of official positions are not permissible in any circumstances, including in the case of an executive branch official acting under pressure from politically motivated members of Congress. Violations are of even greater concern when the agency is the F.B.I.

 

[VeraBad]

Somebody in the GOP must have some dirt on Comeytose.

Right?

 

[Dream_Operator]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/o...id-the-fbi-director-abuse-his-power.html?_r=0

On Friday, the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, sent members of Congress a letter about developments in the agency’s investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s emails, an investigation which supposedly was closed months ago.

No, actually this had nothing to do with Clinton or her emails. Wiener was under investigation for elicit contact with an underage (fifteen year old) girl.

Upon examining the shared laptop, they discovered that one (or more) email accounts had sent and received emails from the illegal\rogue clintonemail.com mail server.

At that point, the FBI requested a search warrant to examine the contents of the various email accounts on the laptop, which after being delayed, was finally granted.

 

[phrodeau]

No, actually this had nothing to do with Clinton or her emails. Wiener was under investigation for elicit contact with an underage (fifteen year old) girl.

Upon examining the shared laptop, they discovered that one (or more) email accounts had sent and received emails from the illegal\rogue clintonemail.com mail server.

At that point, the FBI requested a search warrant to examine the contents of the various email accounts on the laptop, which after being delayed, was finally granted.

So which is it? Nothing to do with Clinton's e-mails, or the opposite?

 

[Dream_Operator]

So which is it? Nothing to do with Clinton's e-mails, or the opposite?

Well, who knows at this point. The FBI has no legal standing to examine the emails on Weiner's laptop without a court order to do so, which has only just been granted. (after much delay). So, time will tell.

 

[akatrex]

HILLARY'S AIDE HUMA ABEDIN VANISHES AFTER ABEDIN'S 'DEADMAN' SWITCH 'LIFE INSURANCE' IS DISCOVERED BY FBI

 

[akatrex]

The Secret Service called the Former First Lady "Hillary Clinton"s helicopter Broomstick One!

WONDER WHY?