Harry Reid accuses Comey of sitting on proof of Trump-Russia ties, possible Hatch Act violation

[ProudProgressiveNow]

Source: CBS News

The pugilistic Reid, who plans to retire after finishing out this term in Congress, penned a blistering letter to Comey Sunday, accusing the FBI chief of holding back “explosive” information about Donald Trump’s close Russian ties while possibly violating the Hatch Act by reviving the Clinton email investigation.

“Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another,” Reid wrote, adding that through Comey’s “partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”

One example Reid posited of the “selective approach”: Comey’s methods in investigating Donald Trump and his campaign’s possible ties to the Russian government.

“In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government - a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity,” he said. “I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public...and yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.”

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-reid-letter-fbi-james-comey-clinton-emails-trump-russia-ties-hatch-act/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=30506383

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Wow.. just wow...

I believe this is the big oppo dump coming.... Russian ties to his campaign financing...

He has NO credit.. he has stiffed his creditors... who else would loan him money. Could it be... the Russians...?

"In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government - a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity,”

Full letter: http://www.reid.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Letter-to-Director-Comey-10_30_2016.pdf

[bench scientist]

1. K & R for visibility

Go get them Harry!

[lucca18]

3. Go get him Harry!

[onecaliberal]

5. I hope very much this is true but I just don't believe Dems have anything else to dump.

They should have already come out with it.

[wordpix]

10. Reid is getting up to speed: stop playing nicey nice with the repukes

even "moderate" ones like Comey are back-stabbing assholes with a repuke/conservative agenda. To me that means criminality, insanity, violence, cutting necessary services and infrastructure repairs, sex trafficking and so on.

[elmac]

19. It is quite possible that those in the know

were holding back, maybe taking the high road knowing the info would eventually come out after the election, not wanting to play the Comey game. But, now that Comey has played his politically motivated hand those in the know may find it in everyone's best interest to spill the beans on Trump, the political Coup de gras.

[Plucketeer]

6. Tell me again...

WHY is Comey in that job???

[wordpix]

11. Dems playing nicey with the repukelicans but Comey still bit

us

[LisaL]

18. Bit that hand right off.

[LisaL]

17. Democrats trying to play nice and work with republicans.

Read Reid's letter. Reid admits he was wrong when he fought to have Comey become director of FBI.

[Skittles]

22. because Obama kissed repuke ass

[Plucketeer]

28. Here's hoping HRC does NONE

of that "appeasement" shit. Kick out every Repuke we can!

[Skittles]

29. Hillary would NEVER have done that

she already knew what they were like, and Obama should have gotten the message watching them trashing Hillary non-stop

[SomeGuyInEagan]

33. Because Dems don't play to win

Only to appease.

LBJ would've crushed this shit a long time ago.

[SwankyXomb]

41. Frogs and scorpions

Far past time for Democrats to play the frog, and instead be the heavy boot that crushes the Republicans.

[wordpix]

7. bring it on, Reid, now you've pulled the curtain back to find

Wizard of Trump. Better late than never, Reid

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Harry knows there's a motherlode somewhere

and he can float a whale of a trial balloon of his own!

[Nictuku]

9. Most likely related to Manafort

... the former Campaign Chairman. He himself is in legal trouble, because he was a foreign lobbyist an never registered as such with the U.S. Which is a felony.

"Under federal law, U.S. lobbyists must declare publicly if they represent foreign leaders or their political parties and provide detailed reports about their actions to the Justice Department. A violation is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c01989a47ee5421593ba1b301ec07813/ap-sources-manafort-tied-undisclosed-foreign-lobbying

After that story broke in August, Manafort was fired, and the media yawned. But the revelation sparked an investigation into Manaforts activities, and that is what I think Reid is talking about.

Clinton didn't make a big deal out of it (possibly because the Podesta Group was also involved), so the Democrats are not exactly angels:

"The founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, Tony Podesta, is the brother of longtime Democratic strategist John Podesta, who now is campaign chairman for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton."

Gone are the days before (Political) Americans put Country before their own Greed.

Sickening.

[wordpix]

12. yes you are right and we must get rid of Citizens United. Repukes poisoned the well

with that and it's impacting US all.

[elmac]

21. And Harry Reid's statement is a clear example of why we need to crush CU

He could never be that honest, straightforward if he had to run for another term knowing that millions of Koch and Sheldon Adelson dollars would target him, not to mention Putin PAC money.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

38. Harry was a big time prosecutor in Las Vegas...

... and don't you forget it. We have asked why he didn't kick this side of him into gear in the past. He was working on his sleuthing and timing...

[spooky3]

24. I think it involves Trump, not just Manafort.

There is reason to believe that Trump has neither the assets nor the income he claims to have. Given his huge debt load, SOMEONE has propped him up with an expectation that favors would be repaid, or loaned him money, and US lenders very likely weren't the source.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

27. +1 nt

[jmowreader]

35. ABC has determined it's Trump himself

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-trump-political-conflict-zone/story?id=42263092

[BumRushDaShow]

13. If someone were to do an oppo dump

it could be Elijah Cummings. Whenever he was playing the dozens with Issa or Chaffetz in the past, he always dropped huge, unskewed reports out to put whatever either the loons released, into full context.

[Duppers]

16. Folks, send this one out.

Kick & recommended.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Our guys can make more noise than their guys

and we have more guys, and we just might neutralize this or even
create enough public outrage to gain a hair from it

Keep working harder!!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

23. @

:large

[Ligyron]

25. Now that's the spirit!!!

We need a lot more of this.

We've been far too nice and far too fair for far too long.

It doesn't pay and has always comes back to bite us. Every.Single.Time.

Didn't someone once say that repeating the same mistake over and over again and expecting a different result was ....

We need to kill this corporate funded, Bigoted, Racist ,RW GOP and their useful fools and drive a stake into their putrid, unfeeling heart now and forever.

Starting in Jan of 2017, we might just get the chance and we better not blow it this time.

[cilla4progress]

26. Hey, everything is happening so fast

This election cycle... I used to download Friday morning podcasts from NPR to listen to while weeding or doing other mundane tasks later in the day. Now it's old news before it's even over!

I have been impressed with Hillary's campaign management this cycle. I think it's likely they were savvy enough to hold onto an oppo dump for the last week before the election. My hope, anyway

[still_one]

30. Another reason Comey threw Weiner's emails into the pot, with half-assed speculation

that somehow "Hillary was involved", in spite of the fact that there is no evidence of anything of the sort.


The FBI has definitely been comprimised

[calimary]

31. Cough it up, Comey!

If you can issue public insinuations about Hillary's emails, then why can't you tell us what you believe is going on between Trump and Putin? Cough it up, dude. Let's not have such a FLAGRANT double standard here, since you do work for the JUSTICE Department (for the time being, anyway). Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander.

[AngryAmish]

32. Harry Reid was right about Romney never paying taxes

[SCVDem]

34. The truth is out there.

Trust no one!

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. Kick n Rec

[dalton99]

37. Reid's letter is a must read

[TryLogic]

39. Democrats need to turn the heat up on Comey... WAY UP!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

40. +1 nt