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mercuryblues

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53. Comey also sent a letter to the FBI
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 03:58 PM
Oct 2016

He stated he was briefed on the emails, which means he has not seen them. He goes on to say that he doesn't even have them.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/28/read-the-letter-comey-sent-to-fbi-employees-explaining-his-controversial-decision-on-the-clinton-email-investigation/?utm_term=.e3727b4b1b4f


This morning I sent a letter to Congress in connection with the Secretary Clinton email investigation.  Yesterday, the investigative team briefed me on their recommendation with respect to seeking access to emails that have recently been found in an unrelated case.  Because those emails appear to be pertinent to our investigation, I agreed that we should take appropriate steps to obtain and review them.
Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed. I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record.  At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression.  In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bombshell-letter-to-congress-before-fbi-had-reviewed-new-emails-220219586.html

At the time Comey wrote the letter, “he had no idea what was in the content of the emails,” one of the officials said, referring to recently discovered emails that were found on the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation for allegedly sending illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl.
As of Saturday night, the FBI was still in talks with the Justice Department about obtaining a warrant that would allow agency officials to read any of the newly discovered Abedin emails, and therefore was still in the dark about whether they include any classified material that the bureau has not already seen
no surprise there... chillfactor Oct 2016 #1
The truth is exposed, Comey keeps flailing, he'll keep sinking deeper into a quagmire of shit. NBachers Oct 2016 #2
Comey-Stain IS the "quagmire of shit"! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2016 #77
Couldn't happen to a nicer liar DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #3
Why hasn't that asshole been fired? vlyons Oct 2016 #4
minimum...he should be asked for his resignation.... beachbum bob Oct 2016 #9
Lynch needs to be ordering Comey to get in front of the cameras and clean up his silly mess. RBInMaine Oct 2016 #10
or else "you're fired", which he should be anyway wordpix Oct 2016 #29
I was thinking the same thing. PunksMom Oct 2016 #81
Post removed Post removed Oct 2016 #5
What kind of logic is this? Hav Oct 2016 #6
He wasn't exactly praised. He was condemned. He had nothing to charge her with. misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #7
Fuck that Cosmocat Oct 2016 #14
His presser was a clusterfuck. I was never thrilled with him. boston bean Oct 2016 #16
Nobody HERE was praising him. Chemisse Oct 2016 #18
Go ahead, let it all hang out. nt JTFrog Oct 2016 #21
Praised by whom? Surely you're not pulling this out of your ass.... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2016 #22
there was no "screw-up" invovled. beachbum bob Oct 2016 #8
Exactly! He needs to be prosecuted!!!! AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #68
Comey never said the email were or weren't. Wilms Oct 2016 #11
Maybe he didn't intentionally lie, but he has truly and royally fucked up. Totally botched this. RBInMaine Oct 2016 #12
That's fine. There's a lot to point out and argue about him, at best, screwing up. Wilms Oct 2016 #13
WTF? Cosmocat Oct 2016 #15
If they were not sent from Clinton's server, which was a major part of the subject uponit7771 Oct 2016 #20
Your first paragraph is a reasonable argument. Wilms Oct 2016 #23
More bullshit! Making excuses for Comney that you know are lies? He doesn't know the email headers. bettyellen Oct 2016 #41
I made a logical argument based on what information we have. Wilms Oct 2016 #42
Bullshit- he has NOT seen the emails, their headers, nothing. You're making shit up to defend Comey. bettyellen Oct 2016 #43
I'm sure he'll be able to back up why he thinks it's pertinent... Wilms Oct 2016 #44
You're defending him based on a lie that they saw headers. Why carry Trumps water? bettyellen Oct 2016 #45
You are the one not telling the truth. Wilms Oct 2016 #46
Comey did not see "subject line" headers or anything - why lie to cover for him? Why carry water for bettyellen Oct 2016 #47
Do you have a link to support that? Wilms Oct 2016 #48
Comey also sent a letter to the FBI mercuryblues Oct 2016 #53
Oh. I see. Wilms Oct 2016 #56
Yes, you should mercuryblues Oct 2016 #58
But you're stretching. Wilms Oct 2016 #59
the 3rd party mercuryblues Oct 2016 #61
I put forth a basic idea. Wilms Oct 2016 #62
They were not involved mercuryblues Oct 2016 #64
I guess it really is that hard. Wilms Oct 2016 #65
Weiner was/is married to Abedin. Abedin is an aide to Clinton. Guilt by association. duffyduff Oct 2016 #55
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #60
Comey said they had a bearing on the Clinton case they don't Demsrule86 Oct 2016 #26
Oh. "they don't" have "bearing on the Clinton case". Wilms Oct 2016 #28
Definitely... Demsrule86 Oct 2016 #35
Just trying to keep it real. Wilms Oct 2016 #37
It actually would- to be directly related to Clinton- but keep on trucking... bettyellen Oct 2016 #38
Are you agreeing that it could "be directly related to Clinton"?? Wilms Oct 2016 #39
No matter how you Comey and Trump try to spin this- if there is no direct connection to her server bettyellen Oct 2016 #40
No matter your protest, I have put forward a rational set of ideas. Wilms Oct 2016 #63
Ideas excusing Combey based on a fabrication? He never saw the emails and has no idea.... bettyellen Oct 2016 #66
OK. I give up. Wilms Oct 2016 #67
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #17
The pressure HAS to be kept on Comey, Democrats have done a great job since this broke on Friday, OnDoutside Oct 2016 #19
main issue is, what on the computer relates to the closed investigation that Congress wordpix Oct 2016 #30
Whether there is or not is actually not as important right now because we won't know one way OnDoutside Oct 2016 #49
Yes exactly! There is nothing else more important at this point. anamandujano Oct 2016 #31
Comey couldn't care less if the emails were between Huma and Amazon dalton99 Oct 2016 #24
It is also clear that Comey colluded with Chavez Demsrule86 Oct 2016 #25
Chaffetz is the weasel in the mix. Investigate their emails misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #27
^^Yep!^^ PearliePoo2 Oct 2016 #34
that's a good point but the sheeple will not "get it" if Chaffetz is wordpix Oct 2016 #32
Yes! I think it was Jennifer Granholm on MSNBC that brought this little tidbit up! PearliePoo2 Oct 2016 #33
Jennifer Granholm fan here also. If she's publicly bringing in Chaffetz misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #36
+1 Yep, it's an excellent attack point, and probably factually true as well, which makes it even OnDoutside Oct 2016 #50
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #51
I disagree Jarqui Oct 2016 #52
I disagree DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #69
He may be as you say "wilfully insubordinate and reckless" Jarqui Oct 2016 #70
Irregardless what part of the country thought DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #71
Lynch recused herself after meeting Bill on the tarmac Jarqui Oct 2016 #72
You are watching too much Faux news. DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #74
I don't have cable and cannot watch FOX news. Nor do I commonly visit their site. Jarqui Oct 2016 #75
I am sorry if you thought I was attacking you for DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #82
Evidently, so is Barack Obama Jarqui Oct 2016 #84
What about we won't defend or criticize leads you DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #85
No it is absolutely not merely "a statement of neutrality". Jarqui Oct 2016 #86
Apparently I am not the only one reading into that DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #87
First of all, Jarqui Oct 2016 #88
Again I was alluding to your comment that Comey DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #89
I didn't say for example there was a " (treasure) trove in the e-mails" Jarqui Oct 2016 #91
By the way DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #90
And somewhere in my posts today is my disgust with Comey that he Jarqui Oct 2016 #93
Of course not. duffyduff Oct 2016 #54
Good grief! They don't make October surprises the way they used to. McCamy Taylor Oct 2016 #57
And a former ethics lawyer under GW is filing a burrowowl Oct 2016 #73
He should be fired liberal N proud Oct 2016 #76
Post removed Post removed Oct 2016 #78
Fuck off, troll. roamer65 Oct 2016 #79
unfortunately it is semantics Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #80
Comey's letter said "in the middle of the election season", NO, it's the END of the election season! OnDoutside Oct 2016 #92
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