It appears that Comey broke FBI policy.

[kstewart33]

A tweet from Norm Ornstein to noted Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith:

Jack, is Jeff Toobin correct that it is FBI policy not to release controversy information within 60 days of an election?

Norman Ornstein added,
Jack Goldsmith @jacklgoldsmith
Exactly. 😀 https://twitter.com/normornstein/status/792126822678925312 …

[Tess49]

1. Can he be charged with attempting to influence the outcome of a Presidential election? n/t

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

2. Let's hope

And I have a feeling that someone in the FBI with ties to Trump and his ilk were sitting on this and took it to Comey now to try to impact the election.

[Tess49]

8. Hope this comes back to bite them in the ass. n/t

[workinclasszero]

26. Of course

Comey's BS letter was the republicans 'October Surprise'!

Didn't one of drumpf's kids say they had something up their sleeve a day or so ago?

And here it is! Don't tell me that Trump didn't know ahead of today about this crap!

[geek tragedy]

18. No, just fired nt

[Tess49]

20. That's something, but not good enough. nt

[geek tragedy]

33. Ending his career will have to do.

He can go work for Giuliani.

[Tess49]

34. Well, that would be a horrible fate. I'd rather go to jail than spend a minute around Giuliani. nt

[Lord Magus]

36. Actually he could be.

Probably won't though, Dem officials would be too scared of being accused of "politicizing" things even though Comey politicized it.

[awake]

3. The Attorney General needs to requrier Comey to publicly explain way he broke with FBI policy

[Tess49]

5. Absolutely. Maybe this will be Comey's undoing. n/t

[BlueStateLib]

4. Comey CYA

Comey was either affected by republicans criticism or he is a partisan hack

[okaawhatever]

16. I genuinely don't feel like Comey is a partisan hack. He is the one who refused to sign the

surveillance order when Ashcraft was in the hospital. He thought the spying under Bush was unconstitutional. I believe the story is in Wiki or some other source. He also was questioned by Congress as to whether he thought the Attorneys General firings under Alberto Gonzales' were politically motivated and he said "yes".

I'm really wondering what Comey's position on this is. He's gone from being Republican to an Independent probably due to Trump.

[Cosmocat]

22. O for fucks sake

This asshat was knee deep in whitewater.

Just because he had a spasm of humanity in one moment doesnt mean he isnt a clinton hating hack.

He either a moron or didnt know the cosequences of going out of procedure and the bullshit he spewed 4 months ago and wrote today ir he purposely teed up the gop and media to slam hillary.

He isnt a moron.

[okaawhatever]

23. IMHO I don't see him doing this for the GOP. I think the answer will come out that it was some

sort of blackmail or something like that. He wasn't afraid to burn the GOP in the past when the stakes were much, much higher. Besides, he easily could have charged Hillary and had a much greater effect on the campaign. These things don't add up. I think we'll find it's something else, maybe something coming from a third party.

[Cosmocat]

25. H E H A D N O C A S E A G A I N S T H I L L A R Y

That he didnt set himself up for a career ending disastrous effort to try to prosecute her doesnt mean he isnt a clinton hating hack.

[okaawhatever]

28. He can be a hack without being a hack for the GOP. I genuinely believe he totally f'ed up and

interfered with the election. I think he sucks and I would throw him in jail if I could. That being said, Comey can be doing this for ego, blackmail, pride, who knows. He hasn't shown that kind of party loyalty in the past. I still think his motivation is something other than loyalty to the GOP. I also wouldn't be surprised If some hackers from Russia played a part in all this.

Claiming he is just a partisan hack for the GOP closes the door on a third party being involved. When Hillary is President, we need to have a Senate investigation into the letter Comey wrote. I think that may be the next Watergate.

[Cosmocat]

32. Blackmail?

You are making it WAY more complicared than it is.

Did you watch his hatchet job on hillary four months ago?

No one had a gun to his head there, he has very real and genuine disdain for her and bill, the standard gop clinton hate

Again, HE WAS A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR THE WHITEWATER SENATE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION. that is what he cut his teeth on. He did the dirt on them 20 years ago, hes doing it again.

[BlueStateLib]

24. I heard that the constant harping from trump and congress was getting under Comey's skin

[marybourg]

30. He is protecting his own credibility with Congress,

since he "promised" them he'd continue to investigate should other information come to light.

He made a decision to value his reputation with Publican committee chairs above protecting the integrity of the electoral process. Had he done otherwise, he might have been forced to resign by these Publicans, once the e-mails came to light after the election.

In my opinion, that would have been the honorable thing for a Publican appointed by a Democrat to do.

[Skittles]

40. he behaved like a partisan hack with that promise

the man needs to go

[JRLeft]

17. I think he wanted to appear not to be partisan for HRC.

The Republicans had been killing him on that.

[rockfordfile]

6. First Comey resignation in November

Never should have been FBI director. Embarrassing for them.

[BSdetect]

7. Yes, and he could have just given them a heads up with no details to cover himself. Confidentially

telling them that there was no suggestion of foul play in his opinion and to keep this quiet. And send to all committee members - not just republicans.

If he really had to release any news that is.

So he found out that morning and releases a statement without checking sources etc etc Sounds like a potential Putin puppet.

[0rganism]

9. he may have violated policy, but he also saved his butt from perjury charges

i think, long term, this will actually help HRC win.
1. nothing new or incriminating was released/reviewed/whatever
2. imagine if Comey had followed FBI policy and sat on the info, then it leaks while HRC is serving as POTUS. the GOP-led house would almost certainly push for perjury charges against Comey, and try to find a way to tie HRC to his alleged violation of law in deference to FBI political policies.
3. it adds to the "crying wolf" ambiance that has surrounded the email accusations of late.

i do think HRC needs to get a new FBI director and i'd bet Comey's gotten damn tired of it all by now anyway.

[anneboleyn]

10. Why would Comey be charged with perjury? He wouldn't have been lying but waiting until the

investigation was solid enough/complete enough to comment instead of sending out a vague, clearly deliberately inflammatory letter.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

11. Agreed. n/t

[elmac]

15. Yes, I'm not getting this perjury talk

how can anyone be charged with perjury for something that happens after the fact even if he did say he would inform the committee of any new investigations.

[Lord Magus]

35. She doesn't just need to get a new FBI director.

Hillary needs her AG to file an indictment against Comey for his repeated violations of the Hatch Act.

[Augiedog]

12. What hope do any of us have when the FBI goes rogue and becomes a criminal org itself?

[MoonRiver]

13. The country survived Hoover,

and he was much worse than Comey. I think Comey will resign shortly after Hillary takes office.

[George II]

14. I actually think it will be shortly after she becomes President-elect. This is if he's not fired.

[MoonRiver]

19. I hope so.

Bottom line is he needs to go. He has proved himself to be a partisan hack and there is no place for him in her administration.

[ffr]

21. Uh-oh, someone's going from the frying pan and into the fire.

[humbled_opinion]

31. Comey should resign immediately.

and apologize for this reckless nonsense. These are most likely duplicate emails, the theater here is to try and disrupt Hillary's momentum.

[Skittles]

39. NO SHIT