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11. Comey wrote letter before applied for warrant so no, its on Comey and FBI

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 04:47 PM

Dec 2016

If magistrate judge had denied warrant, that would have sent shock waves. But the damage was done because Comey acted so badly. Maybe Comey should have sent letter and marked it classified.

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The Subpoena That Rocked The Election Is Legal Garbage, Legal Experts Say [View all] deminks Dec 2016 OP

This isn't on Comey, or the FBI Captain1way Dec 2016 #1

The name of the judge that approved the warrant is on the warrant. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #4

Then he needs to be held accountable Captain1way Dec 2016 #6

+1, or he needs to let us know why he approved it in the first place uponit7771 Dec 2016 #20

What?! FBI requesting agents aren't responsible Hortensis Dec 2016 #5

Well, their action was ... Captain1way Dec 2016 #10

Captain, these guys are suspected of plotting subversion Hortensis Dec 2016 #13

Requesting a radical ruling that you know isn't Ilsa Dec 2016 #19

Absolutely. Hortensis Dec 2016 #29

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #40

Nobody gets a pass rockfordfile Dec 2016 #31

Not really. Comey went to the judge AFTER he botified Congress of his suspicions. If the judge napi21 Dec 2016 #7

Is "botified" what a bot does or is it just that the keys are next to each other? n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #17

;o) Naw. It's a new word! Haven't you heard it before? ;o) nt napi21 Dec 2016 #33

That was a Manhattan judge also, almost certainly Hortensis Dec 2016 #30

I read it was a magistrate. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #38

That was a Manhattan magistrate also... :) Hortensis Dec 2016 #45

The warrant allowed her name to be cleared. The problem is Comey making a big public prayin4rain Dec 2016 #9

So, explain the timeline then. The warrant is two days after the Comey letter. Coyotl Dec 2016 #14

Time line is: napi21 Dec 2016 #36

Sure it is, he violated the hatch act still_one Dec 2016 #27

Not true. THINK. Comey dropped his first letter bomb 2 days before pnwmom Dec 2016 #43

Agreed this is on Comey but Dems seem powerless to do anything about it. lancelyons Dec 2016 #47

This has to be the dirtiest election in American History. The things that mfcorey1 Dec 2016 #2

Amen and Amen, that's bout what I posted this morning; even Twitler defenders say there's something uponit7771 Dec 2016 #21

Comrade Comey and Giuliani ... pbmus Dec 2016 #3

and Trump's private platoon of ex-FBI guys. Coyotl Dec 2016 #15

We can expect the MSM to ignore this story with the same intensity stopbush Dec 2016 #8

Comey wrote letter before applied for warrant so no, its on Comey and FBI Justice Dec 2016 #11

let's not forget Rep. Jason Chaffetz, -R, Liar/Hypocrite, UT-... Raster Dec 2016 #18

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #22

Excellent point. Chaffetz is a criminal. So he was right about illegal activity having taken place StevieM Jan 2017 #48

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #12

The FBI shit was much more destructive to the campaign than anything Russia did. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #16

+1, and more measurable ... 538 has indicated the numbers fell after Comey uponit7771 Dec 2016 #23

Can the head of the FBI be sued? Ilsa Dec 2016 #24

WHY is Comey still employed? BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #25

That is what I want to know onecaliberal Dec 2016 #28

because Der Orangefeuhrer would appoint someone worse. lastlib Dec 2016 #34

The new right wing meme from the cave is--- it was the judges fault. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #26

Yeap, even Twitler defenders know there's something really fucked up with what Comey did and don't.. uponit7771 Dec 2016 #41

so they were acting as operatives of the REPUBLICAN PARTY, and possibly PUTIN Skittles Dec 2016 #32

It's called repuglican Hypocrisy. lastlib Dec 2016 #35

This whole thing is just so, so... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #37

I don't see how the warrant was illegal TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #39

YES !!! That's what Comey can hide behind but he knew or should have known it would be leaked uponit7771 Dec 2016 #42

The basis for the probable cause was extremely "thin." pnwmom Dec 2016 #44

Was ashamed to see those on the left call for her to step down ehrnst Dec 2016 #46