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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomething about what Comey has said just doesn't jive with this.
Link to tweet
Why did Comey wait until the end of October??
Also he was not aware of any immanent leaking about them??
spooky3
(34,467 posts)into the possible leaks but that Trump fired him before the investigation was completed.
triron
(22,013 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Chaffetz is the missing link here. He was the leak of the information on the "reopening" of the investigation. Chaffetz forced Comey's hand. That little rat shouldn't be getting off so easily from this!
wishstar
(5,271 posts)Supposedly Comey had no knowledge until Oct 27 and he issued his letter Oct 28th. McCabe however had found out on Sept 28 but did not inform Comey. Reportedly some in FBI were suspicious over McCabe's delay in handling the emails, wondering if he was slow-walking until after election.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)It should have been so hands on deck verifying they were duplicates. That could have been done in a day or two. The announcement if one ever happened would have been no new information has been found.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)So presumably had Comey known a month earlier, he could have cleared her 3 weeks before election and before early voting when she would have had time to recover and not just a few days before election.
ananda
(28,874 posts)Period
He does have a verisimilitude of decency,
but it's only a sham.