We now know James Comey really did apply two different standards to Trump and Clinton
In James Comey’s FBI, it appears that one set of rules applies to Hillary Clinton, and another applies to Donald Trump.
FBI Director James Comey’s decision to send a vague letter to Republican congressional committee chairs suggesting that Hillary Clinton may — or may not — be facing further FBI investigation turned him into the most criticized man in Washington. As former Deputy Attorneys General Jamie Gorelick and Larry Thompson explained, the Justice Department operates “under long-standing and well-established traditions limiting disclosure of ongoing investigations to the public and even to Congress, especially in a way that might be seen as influencing an election.”
As it turns out, however, Comey did honor these traditions. Or, at least, he did so when he discovered information that could hurt Donald Trump.
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence concluded that the Russian government was behind recent hacks into the email accounts of Democratic organizations and high-ranking operatives that have embarrassed Clinton and her party. In a statement, the two agencies announced that “the U.S. intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,” and that “these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process.”
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