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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Comey: AG Lynch Directed Me to Call Hillary Email Investigation a ‘Matter’

2017-06-09

[BREITBART] Thursday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, former FBI Director James Comey said former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch had asked him to call the FBI investigation into former Secretary of State and then-Democrat presidential candidate

Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
’s handling of classified information on a private email server a "matter."

Comey said, "There were other things that contributed to that. One significant item I can’t. I know the committee’s been briefed on. There’s been public accounts of it which are nonsense. But I understand the committee has been briefed on the classified facts. Probably the only other consideration I guess can talk about in an open setting is at one point the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation but instead to call it matter, which confused me and concerned me. But that was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude I have to step away from the department if we’re to close this case credibly."

Posted by:Fred

#19 So what exactly was the wording of this directive?

1) Call it a "matter".

2) It would be nice if it were called a "matter".

Posted by: gorb 2017-06-09 15:39

#18 Sounds like he didn't report Lynch's attempt at Obstruction of justice.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2017-06-09 14:34

#17 Federal Bureau of Matters

Posted by: Frank G 2017-06-09 14:26

#16 Fidelity. Bravery. Integrity.

Since childhood I'd thought that to be the motto of the F.B.I.
.

Posted by: OregonGuy 2017-06-09 14:17

#15 Comey, as a result of his testimony yesterday, may provide entry into the DNC shenanigans, Hillary's election rigging, selling our uranium to Russia, pay-for-play, white-collar crime, etc...kind of like Harry Reid and his nuclear option--the gift that keeps on giving.

My fervent prayer.

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-09 13:33

#14 Comey, as a result of his testimony yesterday, may provide entry into the DNC shenanigans, Hillary's election rigging, selling our uranium to Russia, pay-for-play, white-collar crime, etc...kind of like Harry Reid and his nuclear option--the gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-09 13:29

#13 4. The media is evil and often gets it wrong.

Should be:

4. The media is evil and often gets it wrong but I won't do anything to correct them because I think (without proof) Trump is a liar.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-06-09 12:57

#12 And Comey Took Notes of Every Trump Meeting But Did Not Record Hillary’s 3 Hour Interrogation

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-06-09 12:55

#11 Comey keystroked those memos on an FBI computer while, he was the Director of the FBI. Those are not his memo's to own and then leak. They are "work product" subject to FBI info handling protocols.

Exactly, and NONE of the emails that Hillary received and sent (whether deleted or retained) were HER'S--they belonged to the Citizens of this Nation. I cannot believe that so many of our people lack this fundamental understanding. It doesn't matter her "intent", nor does it matter what the content of the emails were. They simply DID NOT BELONG TO HER, and any action she took to the contrary was a VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

Posted by: Crusader 2017-06-09 12:32

#10 Comey is the Vicar of Bray.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-06-09 11:24

#9 Comey keystroked those memos on an FBI computer while, he was the Director of the FBI. Those are not his memo's to own and then leak. They are "work product" subject to FBI info handling protocols.

Posted by: Capsu78 2017-06-09 10:13

#8 Lynch is now saying Comey is a liar. She never told him to call the investigation of Hillary a matter.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-06-09 09:31

#7 Did Comey also perjure himself under oath? Comey leaked privileged information to a friend, some of which was classified? The NYTs was also involved in this boondoggle.

Does this drama queen face time in the Greybar Hotel? Mueller going to look into this?

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-09 08:29

#6 So Loretta Lynch obstructed justice and tried to manipulate the election to favor Hillary from her office as AG? Comey was a fellow traveler?

Following her Sky Harbor Airport meme, whatever she did, she did it for the grandchildren.

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-09 08:20

#5 So Loretta Lynch obstructed justice and tried to manipulate the election to favor Hillary from her office as AG? Comey was a fellow traveler?

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-09 08:15

#4 It's fun listening to lefties muttering "The fact that there is no proof proves nothing..."

Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-06-09 06:33

#3 The idea that they used him and now throwing him away beginning to penetrate?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-09 05:50

#2 To recap:

1. Clinton is a clueless rascal who can't handle classified, but we won't pursue due to lack of 'intent.'
2. The Russians are evil manipulating bastids.
3. Trump is a liar whom can't be trusted.
4. The media is evil and often gets it wrong.
5. Jeff Sessions and the Russians are in cahoots.
6. Lynch manipulated the FBI mission, but I went along with it because she was my boss.
7. I am a besieged paragon of virtue and patriotism (think Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket), but sometimes I have trouble sleeping.

If more than four or five of the people within your inner circle are really messed up and stupid, perhaps it isn't them.
~ author unknown

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-09 02:42

#1 Put Comey and Lynch in adjoining cells at Supermax, and call it "Protective Custody".

Drain the swamp.

Posted by: Lone Ranger 2017-06-09 01:47

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