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sweetroxie

(776 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 02:58 PM Jan 2017

DOJ Opens Investigation into Comey

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/justice-department-opening-probe-fbi-actions-during-2016-campaign

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian Intelligence Activities. Cliff Owen/AP Photo

The Justice Department is opening an investigation into whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation's decisions during the 2016 presidential campaign were appropriate, Reuters reports.

According to a statement released by the department's inspector general, the review will examine the following:

Allegations that Department or FBI policies or procedures were not followed in connection with, or in actions leading up to or related to, the FBI Director’s public announcement on July 5, 2016, and the Director’s letters to Congress on October 28 and November 6, 2016, and that certain underlying investigative decisions were based on improper considerations;
Allegations that the FBI Deputy Director should have been recused from participating in certain investigative matters;
Allegations that the Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs improperly disclosed non-public information to the Clinton campaign and/or should have been recused from participating in certain matters;
Allegations that Department and FBI employees improperly disclosed non-public information; and
Allegations that decisions regarding the timing of the FBI’s release of certain Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents on October 30 and November 1, 2016, and the use of a Twitter account to publicize same, were influenced by improper considerations.

The Justice Department's announcement on Thursday follows growing evidence FBI director James Comey's decision to inform members of Congress that it had comes across a new batch of emails connected to the Hillary Clinton campaign swung the election in favor of Donald Trump.
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jeanmarc

(1,685 posts)
1. I hope he gets an ulcer
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:00 PM
Jan 2017

No one like him deserves to sleep peacefully after what he did.

He's a menace to our country.

Justice

(7,188 posts)
2. Not Comey, about policies but other individuals at DOJ and FBI as well.
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:09 PM
Jan 2017

GOP wants individuals investigated.

Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs is Peter J. Kadzik who went to law school with Podesta - close friend. Donated to Hillary's campaign. His wife worked for President Clinton's adminstration.

FBI Deputy Director is Andrew McCabe - claim potential conflict of interest related to donations from the political action committee of Governor McAuliffe to the state Senate campaign of his wife, Dr. Jill McCabe.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. I think we need an INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION....one that will drag on for 4 years and can't be
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:09 PM
Jan 2017

stopped....one that will look into Comey's "associates" -- e.g. the Putin asset Rudy Giuliani, who can't find his ass with both hands, doesn't associate ASDFG-space/semi-LKGH-space with a keyboard, and can't pick a fucking dentist to save his life....yeah, he's the PERFECT guy (in PUTIN-WORLD) to oversee our national "cybersecurity" -- he'll probably be worrying if the gubmint updated their NETSCAPE....

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