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2016-10-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition

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Posted by Frank G 2016-10-29 12:18|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 And, yes, yes, I AM enjoying this. Why do you ask?

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-29 12:32|| 2016-10-29 12:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Popcorn Frank?

Posted by DarthVader 2016-10-29 14:32|| 2016-10-29 14:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "But in the end he did the self-protective thing. Was it the right thing? Put it this way: it isn’t what previous Administrations have done.”

So much to parse in that last sentence.

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-29 14:35|| 2016-10-29 14:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Well Bill claimed that he and Lynch discussed grandchildren during that secret meeting on the tarmac.

Perhaps she moved her children and grandchildren to a safe place.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-10-29 14:56|| 2016-10-29 14:56|| Front Page Top

#5 All Comey did is report to Congress that his previous report on the Clinton e-mails MAY have been incomplete, because of POSSIBLE new information in the recently-obtained Abedin-Wiener documents. This is not necessarily a shocking new development, it is just keeping Congress informed as he is required to do - THAT is the break with recent DoJ tradition.

Posted by Glenmore 2016-10-29 16:18|| 2016-10-29 16:18|| Front Page Top

#6 It is said to be quite common for government officials to keep material that compromises important figures, as protection for their own jobs and bonuses.
Wiener kept his wife's emails, perhaps for that same purpose.
When she dumped him, and he kept doing his demented email things, the FBI got to look at her emails.
They were so incriminating that FBI agents viewing them insisted that something be done about them, or else.
Comey did something.
Had Secretary Clinton turned over all her official emails upon leaving office, as required by law, there would have been no issue to consider. She broke the law and had delayed and destroyed, and that is the cause of the present situation.
Notice that there is no mention by the New Yorker of the party of the politicians that the government has protected.
I seem to remember a Republican Senator from Alaska who was indicted on a charge (that later fizzled) just before an election. He lost the election.
But there is no precedent of having such things happen to a Democrat!

Posted by Grins Snese4215 2016-10-29 17:48|| 2016-10-29 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 It is said to be quite common for government officials to keep material that compromises important figures, as protection for their own jobs and bonuses.

Hmmmm. J Edgar Hoover comes to mind.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-29 17:51|| 2016-10-29 17:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I must say I find this problematic and Comey is interfering with the elections. Just because it's about Hillary doesn't justify his actions.

Comey said: "The FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant."

Sorry, but first assess this and then go public.

Imagine the FBI was investigating some serious business fraud and Trump is mentioned in the material and the FBI goes public and says: The FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant in relation to Trump.

A candidate would be a victim of speculations, would have no proper way to respond, and after the elections the FBI determines that the material is indeed not significant?

Something is not right here.

Posted by European Conservative 2016-10-29 17:52|| 2016-10-29 17:52|| Front Page Top

#9 panem et circenses

Posted by Si vis pacem 2016-10-29 18:01|| 2016-10-29 18:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Darth, I had to go get more floss for all the kernels stuck in my teeth the last two days

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-29 18:26|| 2016-10-29 18:26|| Front Page Top

#11 EC, it wasn't right for NBC to hold that tape of Trump in his locker room conversation with Bush. It wasn't right when Comey refused to prosecute in July. It wasn't right for hackers to hack Podesta's email account and it wasn't right for Weiner to send those text messages to a 15 year old girl. None of this stuff is right. But it is amusing to see it happening to Hillary.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-29 19:17|| 2016-10-29 19:17|| Front Page Top

#12 remember Cap Weinberger's indictment (later dismissed) right before the election, or how about W's DUI right before the election?

Suck it,Dems. Karma bitches

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-29 20:44|| 2016-10-29 20:44|| Front Page Top

#13 I wonder if he drives his own car? Or does he own a single shot, bolt action .22 weapon? Maybe he takes long walks in dangerous areas of town?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-10-29 21:07|| 2016-10-29 21:07|| Front Page Top

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