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In reply to the discussion: Comey has royally screwed up! He should be standing at attention in Lynch's office. Check this out: [View all]mercuryblues
(14,522 posts)53. Comey also sent a letter to the FBI
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 dont 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 dont know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I dont 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.
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 dont 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 dont know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I dont 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
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
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Comey has royally screwed up! He should be standing at attention in Lynch's office. Check this out: [View all]
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
OP
The truth is exposed, Comey keeps flailing, he'll keep sinking deeper into a quagmire of shit.
NBachers
Oct 2016
#2
Lynch needs to be ordering Comey to get in front of the cameras and clean up his silly mess.
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
#10
He wasn't exactly praised. He was condemned. He had nothing to charge her with.
misterhighwasted
Oct 2016
#7
Praised by whom? Surely you're not pulling this out of your ass.... nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Oct 2016
#22
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
If they were not sent from Clinton's server, which was a major part of the subject
uponit7771
Oct 2016
#20
More bullshit! Making excuses for Comney that you know are lies? He doesn't know the email headers.
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#41
Bullshit- he has NOT seen the emails, their headers, nothing. You're making shit up to defend Comey.
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#43
You're defending him based on a lie that they saw headers. Why carry Trumps water?
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#45
Comey did not see "subject line" headers or anything - why lie to cover for him? Why carry water for
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#47
Weiner was/is married to Abedin. Abedin is an aide to Clinton. Guilt by association.
duffyduff
Oct 2016
#55
It actually would- to be directly related to Clinton- but keep on trucking...
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#38
No matter how you Comey and Trump try to spin this- if there is no direct connection to her server
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#40
Ideas excusing Combey based on a fabrication? He never saw the emails and has no idea....
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#66
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! 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