CNBC: FBI's Comey opposed naming Russians, citing election timing
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DontBeThatGuy
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But what about the DNC favoring Clinton, huh, huh? That's the only kind of election "influence" I care about!
Comey may have thought that he understood the consequences, but he didn't seem to really grasp the magnitude of what he was doing. He will be a very good object lesson for future FBI directors (and anyone else in a similar position). Unfortunately for Comey, he will be playing the role of the dissection specimen.
TheCochese
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DontBeThatGuy
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Clockwork5, clearly.
diablos said it.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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Why do you believe that it's suspect, considering the USIC was so confident that they went public?
RustyNails
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17 government agencies have said Russia is trying to interfere in our elections.
Sweeney Tom
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Fire Comey before the election, imprison him after
Also a bunch of private investigations have shown evidence of Russian hacking of not only the DNC and Clinton campaign personnel, but also of organizations like the NYTimes.
He actually said that an FBI director trying to alter the results of an election is somehow less damning than someone giving Hillary an easy debate question?
Refuse to believe it. Nope.
Because Hillary controls the government, and therefore the media. Duh! Anything not reported by Alex Jones or Breitbart is BS
TheLostBigBoss
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tick tock
IamDodongo
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What an asshole.
DontBeThatGuy
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Just imagine what his numbers might look like if he didn't have Russia(and by extension, wikileaks) going all in exclusively for him. Rigged, indeed.
It's on this very page. Though he's saying that he doesn't believe a single source, not that the story is less damninh, despite multiple federal agencies saying the same thing.
The only laws he's potentially broken result in a fine or the loss of his job.
ShironRedshift
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Unfortunately, they probably wouldn't be much lower than they are, but still... It's insane how many people are going to bat and risking it all for a guy like this. The good thing is it won't make a difference, but still...
Ah... You must be one of those 100 ppp people.
But yes, there it is. That's certainly something.
Dreams-Visions
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Hope he enjoys his last days as Director.
Any other peeps want to argue we need to give Comey the benefit of the doubt? No? Oh!
Destroy. Every. Aspect. Of. His. Life. Hillary and Obama. Make it so he cant see straight he is mired in so much shit. Make it so he cannot so much step foot in a government agency and he has to work at Aldi's to make ends meet.
Destroy. Every. Aspect. Of. His. Life. Hillary and Obama. Make it so he cant see straight he is mired in so much shit. Make it so he cannot so much step foot in a government agency and he has to work at Aldi's to make ends meet.
Made the switch to 100 ppp a month ago and never want to go back
Ziltoidia 9
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If Trump wins should the election be nullified?
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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It's really really sad if we're at the point where even a position that's supposed to be unaffected by political bias is one you can't afford to offer to the other party.
RustyNails
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I see diablos991 and that clock dude vanished like a mouse fart in the wind.
Because of this? No.
Ziltoidia 9
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Because of anything. Russians, emails, etc.
Mercury Fred
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That's not what you said at all.
You said
Again, what is this supposed to mean here?
If anyone should be locked up it's Comey
FIREKNIGHT2029
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Why am I not surprised by this at all?
I hope he gets rekt hard once Hillary wins. Fire his ass and throw him in jail.
I hope he gets rekt hard once Hillary wins. Fire his ass and throw him in jail.
broncobuster
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It's crazy that it's a real possibility at this point.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Not sure the "Hatch Rule" has jail time associated with it. But depending on what an investigation uncovers, there may be something else. Someone who would do something so overtly political within 11 days of the election probably did something else wrong too.
His actions are extremely unethical and unprofessional, but Comey hasn't done anything illegal yet.
Yo, I realize this stuff happened before many of us posting were even born, but let's not act like the FBI has a long history of being impartial.
They tried to get Martin Luther King Jr to kill himself: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/...er-king-jr-and-dangers-unchecked-surveillance
And read up on COINTELPRO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
Not to mention there is tons of blatant open support for Trump in the general Law Enforcement community.
All that is to say, Comey's fucked up here but it's really not unprecedented in the slightest that the FBI would try to manipulate national politics.
Probably a violation of the Hatch act.
They tried to get Martin Luther King Jr to kill himself: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/...er-king-jr-and-dangers-unchecked-surveillance
And read up on COINTELPRO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
Not to mention there is tons of blatant open support for Trump in the general Law Enforcement community.
All that is to say, Comey's fucked up here but it's really not unprecedented in the slightest that the FBI would try to manipulate national politics.
Probably a violation of the Hatch act.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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So Comey destroyed his reputation and the FBI's for nothing?
Wow, he's so fucked now.
Thats was J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, I think today's FBI is a different organization
If only it was first post, it would have been perfect.
broncobuster
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True, hence the possibility. I imagine he'll resign, but that alone is a crazy turn in this election.
RustyNails
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J Edgar Hoover was a prick. But even he had the good sense of keeping his trap shut before elections.
This isn't, to the best of my knowledge, a criminal matter.
It's the same FBI; obviously the personnel is different as it's 50 years later. It's not remotely unprecedented for the FBI to meddle in national politics and it's naive to think otherwise.
They haven't done anything this blatant in a while tho, that comes to mind at least.
Yea Comey is fucked. When people on both sides of the political spectrum are calling you out. You fucked up.
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