For real. The writers must be holding their heads in their hands in defeat.
CNBC: FBI's Comey opposed naming Russians, citing election timing
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For real. The writers must be holding their heads in their hands in defeat.
Removal from office is the only penalty.
Lol I'm sure this election delivers
BobTheFork
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At best, he chose to serve his private political view over his duty to his country.
At worse...isn't he aiding and abetting foreign espionage?
Is attempting to hide the connections between Trump and Russian cyber terrorists treason?
At worse...isn't he aiding and abetting foreign espionage?
Is attempting to hide the connections between Trump and Russian cyber terrorists treason?
DragonSworne
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Plus past pay and even retirement plan.
gutter_trash
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Comey is going find his place in Giuliani's slime team, both are friends
Knuckle Sandwich
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Hey hey
ho ho
Comey's got to go
ho ho
Comey's got to go
No. Comey not commenting on Russian actions on the election is actually an example of him doing his job properly. Unless there's a smoking gun, the FBI isn't supposed to say a damned thing.
No, there is nothing wrong with not informing the American public of the details of an uncertain and ongoing investigation. This is standard operating procedure. This is about Comey selectively choosing which investigative details to leak, a choice which happens to benefit one political party over the other. That is a big whoopsie for the head of the FBI who is not supposed to be driven by party politics.
edit: beaten
No, he was still doing his job investigating it and it's normal for stuff like this to not be public while it's still under investigation. The only thing he violated by not publicly announcing it while at the same time announcing the email stuff is the hatch act.
People jump to treason waaaaay too quickly in these situations.
Edit: Double beat.
titiklabingapat
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Now release the letter about the Russian investigation and we're even.
It was obvious he jumped the gun for his own reasons.
whyamihere
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If you come for Hillary, don't miss.
SpeedySwaf
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Huffington Post now reporting the story. They're citing their own source is independent of CNBC's.
RPGCrazied
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Says this but just this last Friday he throws Hillary under the bus. Why does this man still have his job is a serious question I have.
The direct connection isn't even hidden, it's Paul Manafort. He got outted as still working on Russias dime (technically their puppet party in Ukraine) when he moved back to the US.
There was no way he wasn't under investigation. But no one said a word.
Tranqueris
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The man has basically trashed the FBI, his own people are turning against him, the only ones praising him at the moment are Trump and some Benghazi hearing republicans.
This is the only way out for Comey now.
https://youtu.be/X0GGndnnOqw?t=69
Metaphorically speaking of course.
This is the only way out for Comey now.
https://youtu.be/X0GGndnnOqw?t=69
Metaphorically speaking of course.
Definitely not. It would be just as bad for Comey to release details of the Trump investigation as it is for him to release details of the Clinton campaign. This goes beyond politics and elections, and speaks to the core of what a functional democracy is. Two wrongs in this scenario would be a lot worse than one.
And really, Clinton didn't get hurt that much by this mess, so it's enough to crucify Comey after the election.
FBI’s James Comey Opposed Naming Russia As An Election Meddler, Source Confirms
edit: So that's two independent sources leaking the same info. Comey is done
Him getting fired in the middle of the email investigation is a conspiracy theorist's wet dream. Best to let this go till he's done with his investigation, and then throw him aside when he finds that there's nothing.
NobleGundam
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The timing of releasing his letter and Assange's wikileaks (email dump updates) being around the same time strikes it very odd to me...
Comey is done.
SpeedySwaf
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They've been dumping e-mails every day, haven't they?
Pretty much.
When has Wikileaks not been making email dump updates?
gutter_trash
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NobleGundam
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Yes but the last ones is supposedly said to be the emails to definitely "lock her up".
The same reason he didn't lose his job after standing up to the bush white house over domestic surveillance . His reputation in DC and the Bureau was amazing and almost mythical. Wonder what it is about Hillary that would make him throw it away.
BoboBrazil
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Fire this fuck immediately.
Earthstrike
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Was probably a safe gambit. It was pretty obvious.the connections were there. So he could easily assume the intelligence and law enforcement aspects of the government knew.
teruterubozu
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He knew he was already fucked which is why he slashed and burned. We're just yelling at a man who already knows he's fucked.
Nazgul_Hunter
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I've been thinking what would make this disclosure inappropriate. Russia is a foreign state, not a political campaign. Disclosing this shouldn't look bad on Trump, unless...
diablos991
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Well shit.
If these emails don't produce fruit and don't do so fast then Comey is going to get railed.
Bam Bam Baklava
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When you've lost diablos991...
Like, I really don't think Comey has some kind of personal or political vendetta against Hillary Clinton or anything like that. I suspect he was probably worried about further political attack from the right if/once it was revealed that he hadn't informed the American public about Huma's emails until after the election, despite this being standard operating procedure. Basically, I suspect this is probably more a case of cowardly appeasement of an increasingly lunatic GOP ( a la his press conference) than it is active sabotage of the Democratic party. But the effect of course is still indistinguishable from active sabotage and dude is unfit for his job because of it.
Chiggs
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Yeah, there has to be something. Otherwise he's toast. I mean, he's got to know that, right?
So far, Wikileaks has once again upstaged the FBI with today's news about Brazile.
Yep.
"Waaah But the Big Mean Republicans might yell at me if I do my job!!!" Is not in anyway an excuse to not do your job or break protocol.
Send Comey to the arena.
They've been saying that with pretty much every email dump
Mercury Fred
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Would you like to explain what you meant by
Or are you going to continue to make bizarre, inflammatory, unsubstantiated claims then never follow up?
I agree. I also think at that point you need to step down if you can't deal with the headache of an increasingly militant faction of an unreasonable minority party.
"The Democrat's don't whine" isn't reason for GOP appeasment that goes against decades of historical precedent.
Monocle
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Or furiously taking notes for future seasons.
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