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-Lurid Crime Tales-

James Comey Should Resign Now for the Good of the Country

2016-09-09

[PJ] When FBI Director James Comey first let Hilary Clinton off the legal hook, I gave him a reluctant pass. I thought his dressing down of Clinton for being extremely negligent in the handling of national security material, while not indicting her, was vaguely Solomonic, even if I wished it weren't.

Boy, was I wrong! I am frankly embarrassed.

The revelations from the FBI interview with Clinton that were shamelessly slipped under the door like a throwaway paper in a cheap motel over Labor Day weekend made me think this:

If were I an FBI agent, I would despise James Comey. He has humiliated the FBI and all its employees. The institution will never be the same, at least not for decades to come. The FBI is no longer an instrument of justice. It is the reverse. It is an obfuscater of justice and an enabler of the rich and powerful. How depressing and disgusting.God help our republic.

Exaggerated? Not in the slightest.

Consider this:

Hillary Clinton, who had told us she had one cellphone, turned out to have had thirteen such phones and five iPads, all of which have mysteriously disappeared, two having been smashed by hammers -- this, although the information on all of them was legally government property. Was she arrested for this or even cited? Did the FBI even ask why she did this or why she had so many phones? Some wag on television said she must have been a crack dealer.

Posted by:Besoeker

#4 There are a great many of these apparatchiks who should resign for the good of the country. Maybe Trump can say to Obean at his inauguration: "You're fired."

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-09 09:26

#3 Not to mention the good of his soul.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-09 04:23

#2 Resign? So Obama can appoint another muslim to replace him. We do NOT live in "America" anymore.

Posted by: Percy McCoy7690 2016-09-09 01:01

#1 I thought that it was the duty of the FBI and of police in general to gather facts about violations of law, while the duty of district attorneys or attorney generals was to decide whether to prosecute.
Is there a precedent for the FBI to take over that second role?
And is there a precedent for allowing a co-conspirator to be present as attorney while a person is being questioned by the FBI?
It is impossible that Mrs. Clinton did not know that violating rules about classified information was a felony, whether intentional or not.
Why did Comey recommend non-prosecution on the basis of lack of motive for this felony which the evidence showed had been committed and for which there was a clear monetary motive?
He should be made to answer these questions.

Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-09-09 00:51

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