Too much heat for Comey?

 

"The FBI on Friday dropped a bombshell on Hillary Clinton’s campaign less than two weeks before Election Day, announcing that it is reviewing new evidence in its investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state.

In a letter to several congressional committee chairmen, FBI Director James Comey wrote that, “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to this investigation.”

Comey said he was briefed on those emails on Thursday and that he “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.”

He did not specify where the additional emails came from.

Comey wrote that the FBI does not yet know if the new material is “significant” and did not provide a timeframe for investigating."  Politico

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I understand that Ryan has asked the DNI (Clapper) to stop giving classified briefings to Clinton based on her demonstrated untrustworthiness.  What a joke!

The perjurer Clapper never saw a boss's ass he did not want to kiss.  pl  

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/fbi-reopens-clinton-email-server-investigation-230454

Comments

[Edward Amame]

Old Microbiologist

For what?

After 8 years of Bush/Cheney I was just glad it was over. You're advocating for a bananna republic.

[Edward Amame]

LeaNder

Article? He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Asking him to write a bumper sticker would be more appropriate.

[Edward Amame]

Fred

Leave it to you to jump to conclusions without any facts.

By now you should know where the 'new' emails came from.

[Fred]

Edward,

So who is he going after, Lynch for meeting with Bill while Hilary was being investigated the first time or Comey?

[J]

Colonel,

One of the supermarket gossip rags had front page this week alleging that Hillary blackmailed the FBI, as Hillary's crew had the goods on one of the FBI investigators for gay-sexting.

[turcopolier]

Edward amame

Your evident panic has led you to write a number of insulting personal attacks this AM. I have deleted these leaving a few that are just passable. pl

[Edward Amame]

different clue

Impeached for what? Seriously, you have gone over the deep end if you think that Clinton's gonna privatize Soc Sec. That was in the Ryan Budget, not in any Dem plans. Is your short term memory so short that you've forgotten which side of the aisle fought GWB's effort to privatize?

[Edward Amame]

Cee

Not trying to "hide something." Print something. There appear to be major tech issues at DoS.

[Edward Amame]

Col Lang

I'm guessing it would be difficult, but apparently an angry former chief White House ethics lawyer for Bush II either thinks there's a chance. As he says, what Comey's done is "an abuse of power. Allowing such a precedent to stand will invite more, and even worse, abuses of power in the future."

[Fred]

Edward,

Facts? Pray let us all know what they are. I believe that requires an actual "investigation" with subpoenas and testimony under oath.

[Edward Amame]

Fred,

He's going after Comey for abuse of power. The F.B.I. doesn't conduct an investigation like this in the public eye.

[Tyler]

LeaNder,

I don't have time, but all I can say is that the MSM is trying to create a narrative in order to attempt to kick off a preference cascade.

If you really believe that Hillary is winning by bigger margins than Obama I've got a bridge to sell you.

[Edward Amame]

optimax

The emails did not come from Hillary Clinton, nor did they come from her private server.

[Edward Amame]

Fred

None of the Weiner emails are to/from HRC. Claiming this is cause to reopen an investigation less than two weeks before the election was designed to damage HRC's campaign.

Said Comey himself in sworn testimony to House Judiciary Committee September on 28, 2016:


Conyers: ... Is the FBI investigating the activities of Mr. Trump or any advisor to the Trump campaign with respect to any line of communication between the campaign and the Russian government?

Comey: I cannot say sir. As as I said in response to different question, we do not confirm or deny investigations.

[Edward Amame]

Fred

None of the Weiner emails are to/from HRC. Claiming this is cause to reopen an investigation less than two weeks before the election was designed to damage HRC's campaign.

Said Comey himself in sworn testimony to House Judiciary Committee September on 28, 2016:


Conyers: ... Is the FBI investigating the activities of Mr. Trump or any advisor to the Trump campaign with respect to any line of communication between the campaign and the Russian government?

Comey: I cannot say sir. As as I said in response to different question, we do not confirm or deny investigations.

[BabelFish]

Thank you for the recommendation.

[The Beaver]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-agents-knew-of-clinton-related-emails-weeks-before-director-was-briefed/2016/10/30/657ed266-9eb1-11e6-8d63-3e0a660f1f04_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_clintonfbi-121pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

The FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server knew early this month that messages recovered in a separate probe might be germane to their case, but they waited weeks before briefing the FBI director, according to people familiar with the case.

Wonder why they waited that long to inform their boss!

[kao_hsien_chih]

I'd have likened Trump to Zhirinovsky, keeping with the Russian theme. Equally clownish and unprofessional, drawing on similar impulses.

[Keith Harbaugh]

An extensive account of the multiple FBI probes,
the internal controversies they have roused within the FBI,
and severe conflict with the far-less-interested-in-investigating-the-Clintons DOJ:
"FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe",
Updated Oct. 30, 2016 4:58 p.m. ET:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957