interesting how sticking to policy wasn't really important when hillary was investigated.

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comey didn't seem to have a problem making negative editorial comments about her actions.

comey didn't seem to have a problem making statements that could influence well inside of the 60 day limit on such things.

comey didn't seem to have a problem essentially saying the investigation was being reopened before even looking to see if he actually even had any new evidence (of course he didn't).


but mueller has to stick to "policy" and can't indict a sitting president, make a sealed indictment against a sitting president, or even clearly state that he would have indicted if he could (he left the question opened, but unanswered).

because, you know, that would be "unfair"....

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1. Republicans Always Circle the Wagons-Party Before Country

[Chin music]

2. Dems need to encircle their circle.

We way outnumber them. See any protest since he's been elected.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Mueller followed a written DoJ policy; Comey violated an unwritten norm of the FBI.

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5. i think mueller went beyond even what's written

i haven't read the actual 1973 policy, or any updates, but i suspect your observation may be accurate in terms of not indicting a sitting president, but not in terms of not commenting on whether or not he would have been indicted were it not for this policy.

more generally, i kinda feel like your observation approaches a distinction without a difference, or at least without a meaningful one.

honestly, i really don't feel any better knowing that comey merely violated a "norm" instead of a "policy".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. If you're interested in what the OLC memos said, here's a reference:

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/2000/10/31/op-olc-v024-p0222_0.pdf

The difference, I think, is that the memos set forth in great detail, and on the basis of extensive research, the reasons for the conclusion that a sitting president can't be indicted. The FBI "norm" is just something they always did, more or less by consensus and without analysis. After reading both the OLC memos and the Mueller report, I can state with confidence that Mueller did not go beyond the conclusions of the memos.

[Fullduplexxx]

7. Two party system has two sets of rules because the dems dont fight back