Will Comey Cost Hillary The Presidency?

[Claudette]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

One can only hope.

 

[Claudette]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

Reckless Federal malveasance?? Good Lord. Comey is doing exactly what he said he would do.

He told Congress that if they came up with anything else he would advise them which he did.

If your weren't such a biased asshole you would be interested in what these new e mails have to say. I sure am.

But since you are a biased asshole you are hoping it will al go away. Good luck with that you fucking idiot.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

I don't think so, in fact Comey's action more than likely benefited Hillary Clinton. Everyone knows what Comey did was against long standing DOJ protocol, which was you do not make an announcement like this within 60 days of an election. He was warned by the Justice department NOT to do this, and he did it anyway. And everyone knows that James Comey is getting steam rolled over basically opening a door and shouting more emails, then slamming the door shut 11 days prior to a National Election. He did it without a single shred of evidence, he didn't even have those emails in his possession. And we find out this is about Huma's emails not Hillary Clinton's emails the following day, that are probably more than likely duplicates of ones the FBI has already reviewed.
Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’

Comey was meeting with Loretta Lynch today, and I imagine it was to discuss his resignation. He may be prosecuted also, because it's clear he is in violation of the 1939 Hatch Act. Deliberately inteferring in an election in order to sway a National Election. He admits his intent in this email, when aids questioned him about his motive. "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."

FBI James Comey

He is being accused of undermining our Democracy. In fact it's possible that Comey helped her in a couple of ways.

The general public has a proportional sense to them, and since March of 2015 they've heard over 600 news media reports about emails. In fact 73% of the American public stated in July, 2016 they were sick and tired of hearing about emails and her server.

So what has happened

1. Comey's actions has really fired up Hillary Clinton's base, they are PISSED, and rightfully so. 500,000 volunteers are on the phones and walking the streets making certain those ballots get in.

Most importantly
2. Those people who have been sitting on the fence, now see something she has been saying for a couple of decades and believe her now. That there is INDEED a vast Reich wing conspiracy against her. And that there is also a double standard. Women are treated differently than men, because Comey DID not notify the public that Trump was being investigated for his ties to Russia.

Trump and the Reich wing will continue to believe that Hillary is the worst "criminal" in history. But the vast majority, including Republicans don't believe that. And they aren't going to sacrifice this nations security, to install the most incompetent, unqualified, DANGEROUS, immature, emotionally unstable, vile, sexist MALE drama queen to ever seek elected office, over emails.

Dear Hillary: How Very Dare You!
The FBI's Nothing Burger

Get out there and VOTE, and vote early.

Maybe she really did make $100,000 trading cattle futures.
DERP!

 

[oreo]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

I don't think so, in fact Comey's action more than likely benefited Hillary Clinton. Everyone knows what Comey did was against long standing DOJ protocol, which was you do not make an announcement like this within 60 days of an election. He was warned by the Justice department NOT to do this, and he did it anyway. And everyone knows that James Comey is getting steam rolled over basically opening a door and shouting more emails, then slamming the door shut 11 days prior to a National Election. He did it without a single shred of evidence, he didn't even have those emails in his possession. And we find out this is about Huma's emails not Hillary Clinton's emails the following day, that are probably more than likely duplicates of ones the FBI has already reviewed.
Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’

Comey was meeting with Loretta Lynch today, and I imagine it was to discuss his resignation. He may be prosecuted also, because it's clear he is in violation of the 1939 Hatch Act. Deliberately inteferring in an election in order to sway a National Election. He admits his intent in this email, when aids questioned him about his motive. "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."

FBI James Comey

He is being accused of undermining our Democracy. In fact it's possible that Comey helped her in a couple of ways.

The general public has a proportional sense to them, and since March of 2015 they've heard over 600 news media reports about emails. In fact 73% of the American public stated in July, 2016 they were sick and tired of hearing about emails and her server.

So what has happened

1. Comey's actions has really fired up Hillary Clinton's base, they are PISSED, and rightfully so. 500,000 volunteers are on the phones and walking the streets making certain those ballots get in.

Most importantly
2. Those people who have been sitting on the fence, now see something she has been saying for a couple of decades and believe her now. That there is INDEED a vast Reich wing conspiracy against her. And that there is also a double standard. Women are treated differently than men, because Comey DID not notify the public that Trump was being investigated for his ties to Russia.

Trump and the Reich wing will continue to believe that Hillary is the worst "criminal" in history. But the vast majority, including Republicans don't believe that. And they aren't going to sacrifice this nations security, to install the most incompetent, unqualified, DANGEROUS, immature, emotionally unstable, vile, sexist MALE drama queen to ever seek elected office, over emails.

Dear Hillary: How Very Dare You!
The FBI's Nothing Burger

Get out there and VOTE, and vote early.

You don't live on the same planet with the rest of us. I don't even think you're in the same universe. I understand you are angry and mad, and all of you die-hard Hillary supporters are lashing out over this. You've had a few days to digest this and glean sympathy from your little support groups with each other, and now you're ready to come out swinging again.

It's a very tight close race and it just got tighter and closer. I don't know if it's enough to swing the election to Trump... we'll see on November 8. All you're doing is blowing off steam and showing people exactly how a partisan hack behaves when under pressure. It won't change any minds or votes. The very real prospects of this woman being criminally indicted on some very serious crimes might indeed change minds and votes. If she is elected, this could turn into a constitutional crisis. Some are now saying a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for Tim Kaine.

When you have over 100 former Justices sign off on a letter blasting Comey--both Republican and Democrat there is much more to this--than you can poo-poo away.

Out of the thousands of emails that Comey looked at there were a total of 3 that had a small c on them, and the testimony he gave to congress at the time reflects a lot. Because c doesn't necessarily mean classified. A very good article on this from factcheck.
Revisiting Clinton and Classified Information

Former Attorney General Eric Holder and more than 100 other former Justice Department officials signed a letter on Sunday night.

The letter slammed FBI Director James Comey and his decision to alert Congress and the media that there might possibly be some emails “pertinent” to his bureau’s interests on a laptop computer used by Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her estranged husband, former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner (D).

“Many of us have worked with Director Comey; all of us respect him. But his unprecedented decision to publicly comment on evidence in what may be an ongoing inquiry just eleven days before a presidential election leaves us both astonished and perplexed,” the letter said.

“We cannot recall a prior instance where a senior Justice Department official—Republican or Democrat — has, on the eve of a major election, issued a public statement where the mere disclosure of information may impact the election’s outcome, yet the official acknowledges the information to be examined may not be significant or new.”

Until Sunday, no one at the FBI had obtained a warrant to read the “new” emails, so, as many have pointed out, Comey had no idea whether or not his investigative team had already seen the emails during another part of the investigation or not, what their content is or even whether they were read or sent by Clinton herself.

The fact remains that the Director’s disclosure has invited considerable, uninformed public speculation about the significance of newly-discovered material just days before a national election.”
Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’

So we know that Comey was warned by the Justice Department to NOT send a letter to congress, he did it anyway. He broke long standing protocol of the Department. This is WARNING.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/u...nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

Then when his aids questioned his motive he sent this email: " "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." This is INTENT.

So in all of Clinton's emails that Comey has reviewed over the last YEAR. (He was looking for warning and intent) which he NEVER found. Now he has committed to warning & intent in one letter and one email of his own. Clearly and deliberately to sway a National Election.

This is an FBI agent that was so determined to bring down a Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton, that he would violate DOJ policy and the Hatch Act of 1939. Why? To make a name for himself. Frustrated that he never found anything of substance to bring her down with, he chooses this.

A very bad judgement call that will most certainly cost Comey his job, charges and prosecution.

 

[Boss]

I don't care what anyone says about what Comey did, I don't think he had any other choice. Keeping it a "secret" that the FBI was re-opening the investigation into Clinton's emails wouldn't have been appropriate either. The public has a right to know but Congress most certainly had a right to know.

Now all these so-called "experts" can weigh in all they like, they're not privy to the information Comey has and they don't have any idea of what has been uncovered. Comey may not even know at this point, in fact, he has said that he doesn't know if anything is significant to the case or not at this point. The fact that he had testified to Congress that he had closed the investigation can't be ignored here. If he hadn't informed them, they would have crucified him if he waited until after the election... that certainly would have looked like partisan political hackery. You may not like to admit that but you have to know that's the truth.

 

[Boss]

Also... why the hell is Loretta Lynch weighing in on this? She recused herself after her meeting with Bill Clinton on the tarmac. She needs to keep her trap shut.

 

[PK1]

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Are pictures & cartoons the extent of your intellectual capacity for TRYING to understand facts? Typical of your kind of voter, apparently. LOL !!!
How about facts?
FACT: Hillary has never been convicted of any crime.

Donald lies more than Hillary.
So, YOU are Trump's bitch.

 

[2aguy]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

no...hilary being the most corrupt, and criminal human being we have ever seen in public office will have cost her the Presidency.....

 

[2aguy]

Hillary may cost Hillary the Presidency. Had she released all her emails to begin with, instead of destroying them, and trying to obstruct justice this would all have been handled during the initial investigation. There would be no new eveidence, or emails. Hillary chose this outcome.

She had to destroy the emails because they showed her selling her office as Secretary of State...that is why she had the private server in the first place.....

 

[Clementine]

Why? Even if there is no proof of wrongdoing? You think that's fair?

Hillary had a chance to turn over all emails long ago. Instead, there is evidence they tried to destroy them after they were issued a subpoena. Her own actions created the problem and delayed the investigation. Why are we supposed to feel sorry for her now?

 

[oreo]

Also... why the hell is Loretta Lynch weighing in on this? She recused herself after her meeting with Bill Clinton on the tarmac. She needs to keep her trap shut.

She is intervening into this because of Comey's actions Friday. She had a meeting with him yesterday, and it was probably to talk about his resignation.

He was warned, he ignored those warnings, he shows deliberate attempt to insert himself in the middle of a national election 11 days prior to that election, when protocol is you don't mention anything within 60 days of an election.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Also... why the hell is Loretta Lynch weighing in on this? She recused herself after her meeting with Bill Clinton on the tarmac. She needs to keep her trap shut.

She is intervening into this because of Comey's actions Friday. She had a meeting with him yesterday, and it was probably to talk about his resignation.

She should fire him. Tomorrow!!!

 

[oreo]

Why? Even if there is no proof of wrongdoing? You think that's fair?

Hillary had a chance to turn over all emails long ago. Instead, there is evidence they tried to destroy them after they were issued a subpoena. Her own actions created the problem and delayed the investigation. Why are we supposed to feel sorry for her now?

These are NOT Hillary Clinton's emails. They are her aids emails, and more than likely they're duplicates of ones they have already seen, as Huma testified to the FBI that she often forwarded emails to her server in order to print them out.

 

[sarahgop]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

After we learn tonight that the clinton foundation is a criminal enterprise even liberal fools should demand she step down. Comey didnt cause any trouble for hillary. As Obi wan said to Anakin Skywalker about everyone turning against him, "You have done that yourself" fits very well for hillary.

 

[oreo]

Also... why the hell is Loretta Lynch weighing in on this? She recused herself after her meeting with Bill Clinton on the tarmac. She needs to keep her trap shut.

She is intervening into this because of Comey's actions Friday. She had a meeting with him yesterday, and it was probably to talk about his resignation.

He was warned, he ignored those warnings, he shows deliberate attempt to insert himself in the middle of a national election 11 days prior to that election, when protocol is you don't mention anything within 60 days of an election.

There was absolutely no rush on this because he didn't even have possession of these emails. He admits he hadn't seen them, and in fact as of Sunday night, 2 nights later he hadn't even filed a motion to obtain them.

That's how egregious this is. A blatant attempt to sway a National Election without one single thread of evidence that anything was there to look at.

Here is the Hatch Act of 1939.

The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials of that branch, from engaging in some forms of political activity.

Agencies and employees prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity

• Administrative law judges (positions described at 5 U.S.C. § 5372)
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Contract Appeals Boards (positions described at 5 U.S.C. § 5372a)
• Criminal Division (Department of Justice)
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Election Commission
• Merit Systems Protection Board
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• National Security Agency
• National Security Council
• Office of Criminal Investigation (Internal Revenue Service)
• Office of Investigative Programs (Customs Service)
• Office of Law Enforcement (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
• United States Office of Special Counsel
• Secret Service
• Senior Executive Service

Hatch Act of 1939 - Wikipedia

 

[oreo]

It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.

After we learn tonight that the clinton foundation is a criminal enterprise even liberal fools should demand she step down. Comey didnt cause any trouble for hillary. As Obi wan said to Anakin Skywalker about everyone turning against him, "You have done that yourself" fits very well for hillary.

The New York State Attorney General's office recently issued a cease & desist order on the Trump Foundation. They actually have in their POSSESSION 2 cancelled checks in the amount $258,000.00 in charitable donations that Trump used to settle non related legal claims and to purchase 2 full sized self portraits of himself. Full investigation ensuing. Trump's excuse when asked about this. He can't find the paperwork on it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/politics/trump-foundation-money.html
'I've never encountered anything so brazen': Report details shocking new revelations about Trump Foundation

And you DARE to talk about the Clinton Foundation, that has an A+ rating from Foundation watchers and are audited often. Are you really this stupid?

 

[Eloy]

The vague letter from Comey to Republican committee chairmen cannot be blamed when the real reason is the ignorance of the electorate.

 

[oreo]

I don't care what anyone says about what Comey did, I don't think he had any other choice. Keeping it a "secret" that the FBI was re-opening the investigation into Clinton's emails wouldn't have been appropriate either. The public has a right to know but Congress most certainly had a right to know.

Now all these so-called "experts" can weigh in all they like, they're not privy to the information Comey has and they don't have any idea of what has been uncovered. Comey may not even know at this point, in fact, he has said that he doesn't know if anything is significant to the case or not at this point. The fact that he had testified to Congress that he had closed the investigation can't be ignored here. If he hadn't informed them, they would have crucified him if he waited until after the election... that certainly would have looked like partisan political hackery. You may not like to admit that but you have to know that's the truth.

I don't care what you think. When you have over 100 former DOJ justices (both Republican & Democrats) sending a letter to Comey slamming him for his actions, that speaks volumes. They know the LAW you don't. They know protocol, you don't.

Here is the Hatch Act of 1939.

The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials of that branch, from engaging in some forms of political activity.

Agencies and employees prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity

• Administrative law judges (positions described at 5 U.S.C. § 5372)
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Contract Appeals Boards (positions described at 5 U.S.C. § 5372a)
• Criminal Division (Department of Justice)
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Election Commission
• Merit Systems Protection Board
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• National Security Agency
• National Security Council
• Office of Criminal Investigation (Internal Revenue Service)
• Office of Investigative Programs (Customs Service)
• Office of Law Enforcement (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
• United States Office of Special Counsel
• Secret Service
• Senior Executive Service

Hatch Act of 1939 - Wikipedia

It is more than clear that Comey has violated long standing protocol of the DOJ. (after being warned) and the Hatch Act of 1939, and he should be prosecuted for his actions.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

I've noticed that Trump's women issues have pretty much disappeared from the News Hawkers.

 

[ChrisL]

The desperation is getting strong. Kind of amusing actually.