NYT: Comey Distrusted Lynch on Clinton

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New York Times
via The Hill
April 22, 2017


FBI Director James Comey distrusted former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and senior officials at the Justice Department, believing they might provide Hillary Clinton with political cover over her email, according to a new report published Saturday by the New York Times.

The Times described Comey's "go-it-alone" strategy in the Clinton probe as emerging largely from his suspicions that Lynch and others at Justice might seek to subtly downplay the Clinton investigation.

As an example, the Times reported that Lynch, during a meeting in 2015, called on Comey to use the word "matter" instead of "investigation" when publicly discussing the case, three people who attended the meeting told the Times.

Lynch reportedly reasoned that the word "investigation" would raise a number of other questions.
Furthermore, she argued that the department should maintain it's policy of not confirming investigations.

More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/330047-nyt-comey-distrusted-lynch-on-clinton


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[Justice]

1. Comey thinks he know better than everyone. Literally, everyone.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. The true picture is starting to emerge.

The Fix with Comey was in from the get go.

[OnDoutside]

3. The same emails that were a nothing burger ?

[octoberlib]

4. Well, he cost her the election. Hope he's happy with the incompetent buffoon sitting in

the Oval Office.

Link to tweet

Nate Silver?Verified account
@NateSilver538


Clinton experienced a sharp, 3-point drop in her polls after the Comey letter came out. Then on 11/8, she lost FL, WI, PA & MI by <=1 point.

[red dog 1]

7. I admire Nate Silver, but HRC was 11 points up on Trump by Oct. 28, 2016,

when James Comey sent his Hatch Act-violating letter to Congress.

Although HRC & Trump had been running "neck & neck"...until the Access Hollywood tape came out, ("I grab 'em by the pussy&quot

After Comey's letter, she lost most of that 11 point lead,
(and we all know what happened after that)

[uponit7771]

12. +1, negative effect of Comeys timing is no doubt measurable

[L. Coyote]

9. Comey did not leak his letter to Congress, Chaveffz did that. And he's on his way out now.

Link to tweet

[alwaysinflux]

5. So he trusts Jeff Sessions now?

... if so we're screwed.

[Sculpin Beauregard]

6. Active measures. I've sure noticed a lot

of anti-Comey articles just a few days before the next public hearings on RussiaGate. Coincidence?

He is one of the few people investigating this. Remember how Trump was possibly going to fire him?

Remember, Chaffetz squealed the contents of the letter that was never meant to go public.

[BootinUp]

8. Why not address the content, if u can.

[Sculpin Beauregard]

11. Because the important thing, the most important thing

Is to get Trump out of office. Throwing shade around at current investigators just does not help in that goal. Do a post mortem after Trump is out. This kind of thing just muddied the waters.

[red dog 1]

10. Didn't Rudolph Giuliani also "squeal the contents of the letter"

before it was even seen by Democratic leaders in Congress?

How did he know about the letter before they did?