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| The Clinton campaign team throws FBI Director Comey under bus |
| 2016-10-30 |
| [Guardian] Hillary Clinton's campaign chair on Saturday led a chorus of Democratic party fury over the FBI’s decision to review a new batch of her staff’s emails, which was announced just 11 days before the presidential election in a striking break with law enforcement tradition. The Clinton campaign launched an extraordinary criticism of James Comey, the director of the FBI, who faced anger for his dramatic and late intervention in the race, which deviated from FBI protocol. Comey stood accused of betraying the bureau’s political neutrality, and came under growing pressure to make public everything he knows. The latest twist in a topsy turvy election arrived on Friday afternoon, when Comey said in a letter to Congress the FBI would review whether there was any classified information in new "emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation". In a carefully worded letter, the director said he wanted to "supplement my previous testimony" about the original Clinton email investigation, which he told Congress had closed this summer, and said: "The FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant." On Saturday, Clinton campaign chair John Podesta said: "By providing selective information, he’s allowed partisans to distort and exaggerate in order to inflict maximum political damage and no one can separate what is true from what is not because Comey has not been forthcoming with the facts. "What little Comey has told us makes it hard to understand why this step was warranted at all." Con't. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #16 Ooh. Villager, dammit. Villagers. Edit to taste. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-10-30 22:53 |
| #15 In China, they've dammed the Three Gorges; We Yankees just damn our three Borgias. In either case, leaking Precipitates freaking And brings out the pitchforks and torches. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-10-30 22:52 |
| #14 The reported 650K emails is a lot on a computer I assume she rarely used. I suspect she accessed an account or more than one and the email client went and downloaded every email in the account(s). I'll further speculate she didn't know this had happened. Could be a treasure trove. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-10-30 22:08 |
| #13 I've suggested that he NEVER be without SS guards, let his medicine out of his sight, or eat anything that someone else hasn't tasted first until about a week after the election, no matter who wins, #12 anon. Just think of the sympathy vote his sudden death would give Shrillery if he kicked the bucket a few days before election day. I'll bet she has. /conspiracy theory |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-10-30 21:39 |
| #12 This is the face of a man genuinely afraid I'm guessing he hasn't got long to live https://i.sli.mg/6lkc9t.png |
| Posted by: anon1 2016-10-30 21:07 |
| #11 hmmm blossom... hillary skates and HUMA skates "I just did what the lawyer told me" |
| Posted by: anon1 2016-10-30 20:13 |
| #10 Dingy Harry is concerned that Comey may have done something illegal . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-10-30 18:59 |
| #9 Next under the bus: Huma Abedin swore under oath she had given up all her devices that had State Department emails on them - FBI found government-related emails on laptop Abedin shared with disgraced husband Anthony Weiner - The laptop was seized during a separate investigation involving alleged sexts Weiner sent to a 15-year-old girl - Abedin said in June 2016 she looked for all devices she may have used to send and receive emails while working for Clinton at State Department - She gave two laptops, a Blackberry and some paper 'files' from her apartment to her attorneys to review - Abedin said her attorneys were the ones who determined 'what was federal record' and needed to be turned into the State Department - FBI is determining if classified information obtained by Abedin could have been accessed on her computer or forwarded on to unprotected accounts - None of the emails were exchanged directly between Abedin and Clinton ...and Clinton skates... |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-30 18:42 |
| #8 Employs Katie Courie |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-10-30 18:23 |
| #7 Watched Fox News Sunday today. Robby Mook was on getting grilled by Mike Wallace. Lotsa smoke and mirrors and some tap dancing to boot. Mook referenced "Yahoo News" 3x. Guess I know where to go when I want to read the Progressive line. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-30 17:37 |
| #6 What's his escape plan in the event she loses or legally goes down? Convincingly faking his own death. |
| Posted by: charger 2016-10-30 16:57 |
| #5 What's his escape plan in the event she loses or legally goes down? There's the Ecuadoran embassy, for one. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-30 14:08 |
| #4 Exactly when is the deadline for opening or reopening an investigation? July? August? September? October? November? I mean, Hillary was running for President back in 2000 when Bill left office, probably even before then. Any investigation between now and then would have had an impact on her chances. So when is the deadline? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-30 11:06 |
| #3 Wikileaks has told us a lot about Podesta. What's his escape plan in the event she loses or legally goes down? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-10-30 10:36 |
| #2 What these people do to keep the Hildabeast in the running will be TRULY deplorable. |
| Posted by: Hupomomp Spigum8597 2016-10-30 05:03 |
| #1 The Guardian taking Hillary's side. No mention of the extraordinary criminality that prompted the release in the first place. |
| Posted by: Thumper Dribble5791 2016-10-30 00:17 |