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Home Front: Politix

Clinton book: Not going after Comey 'was a mistake'

2017-09-07

[The Hill] Hillary Clinton believes that it "was a mistake" for her to not go after FBI Director James Comey during the 2016 election, according to a newly released excerpt from her upcoming book "What Happened."

Clinton wrote that she wanted to "hit back hard" at Comey for calling her "extremely careless" for using a private email server as Secretary of State but that her campaign advised her against it, according to excerpts of the book published by The Daily Beast Wednesday.

"My first instinct was that my campaign should hit back hard and explain to the public that Comey had badly overstepped his bounds ‐ the same argument [Deputy Attorney General] Rod Rosenstein would make months after the election," Clinton wrote.

"That might have blunted the political damage and made Comey think twice before breaking protocol again a few months later. My team raised concerns with that kind of confrontational approach."

"In the end, we decided it would be better to just let it go and try to move on. Looking back, that was a mistake."

Comey later reopened the investigation into Clinton’s use of private server weeks before the election as part of the investigation into Anthony Weiner's underage sexting scandal, which Clinton wrote caused longtime aide and Weiner's then-wife Huma Abedin to "burst into tears," in a previously released excerpt.

"What Happened" is set to be released on Sept. 12.

Posted by:Besoeker

#14 There's a typo in the book title, they left out the question mark at the end.

Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-09-07 19:44

#13 Eltoroverde, the way I understand it, the standard plan is to have the DNC buy enough copies to pop it onto the best seller list. At that point sales are nearly assured. The DNC would then give the things away to donors.

It will be telling if the DNC doesn't buy up a ton of her books and it just flops.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-09-07 16:42

#12 Which all begs the question, who is going to pay good money for this joke of a book?

I was back in Michigan last week and the local paper reported that a visit by Cankles to Grand Rapids was sold out.

So what kind of people? Stupid, really stupid ones, and she is the best thing the GOP has going for it right now concerning mid-terms....

Posted by: USN, Ret. 2017-09-07 14:58

#11 You know about those T-shirts they print for both Super Bowl teams declaring them champions, and then they ship all of those T-shirts of the losing team to Africa for the kids? That's what's gonna happen to most of the copies of this book.

Posted by: Raj 2017-09-07 13:29

#10 I have no idea what kind of advance she received but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a poor business decision

Business has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-07 13:26

#9 In all seriousness, who cares what this pathetic excuse for a woman thinks about anything anymore, her inner-circle and the "true-believers"-- which are akin to cult members-- notwithstanding?

No Republican or Conservative cares enough to buy her book. Most, if not all, "Feel the Bern" Democrats or Liberals don't care enough to buy her book. What remains are Clintonian insiders, sycophants, and bottom-feeders (aka the ruling class), many of whom will probably receive a free copy for their years of loyal service.

Which all begs the question, who is going to pay good money for this joke of a book? I predict not many.

I have no idea what kind of advance she received but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a poor business decision. Of course, LAMe (the Liberal-Academic-Media complex) will fail to acknowledge or learn from it, as they've been doing for decades now.

Posted by: Eltoroverde 2017-09-07 13:09

#8 A mistake? A mistake is that this criminal is still walking around on the streets.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-07 11:13

#7 Well, CF, that certainly would have avoided the problems with Comey finding her emails on Weiner's laptop.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-09-07 10:12

#6 You have to understand that when a Clinton says the word 'hit' - it means something entirely different then what you think it means. Just ask Seth Rich and dozens of others...

Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-09-07 09:28

#5 she wanted to "hit back hard"...
but that her campaign advised her against it...
In the end, we decided it would be better to just let it go...

How...very...ummm...Clintonion.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-09-07 09:15

#4 Hey, you gotta maintain discipline within the familia.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-07 05:25

#3 Comey was the Clinton's creature all along. Now he's taking the fall for her failures. What a loyal man.

Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-09-07 04:28

#2 Not giving her (and her wife Huma) a perp walk for mishandling classified materials was a mistake.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-09-07 03:31

#1 Sure, Hillary. We all believe you, Hillary. Try again in 2020 after the smoke clears and see how far you get.

Posted by: gorb 2017-09-07 02:42

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