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(85 posts)calimary
(81,565 posts)I have such mixed feelings about James Comey. Not that thrilled with the idea of watching his many interviews (except for Maddow's) or buying his book. He'll be talking a lot, but he already said more than a mouthful as of July and October 2016.
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(85 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)She was confirmed as AG after Erica Holder. As an African American she knew she was in a cauldron of white hot rage that was easily manipulated by Fox Hate News and the GOP. There's no way she was going to do anything but go by the book.
Lynch told Comey to follow DOJ protocols regarding investigations and he didn't. That's on him. With that said, I will support his efforst to take down Trump but I draw the line at Loretta Lynch. He needs to keep her name out of his mouth.
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(85 posts)dalton99a
(81,673 posts)The Justice Departments handling of the Clinton email investigation under my leadership was no exception. It was led by a team of non-partisan career prosecutors whose integrity cannot be overstated and whom I trusted to assess the facts and make a recommendation one that I ultimately accepted because I thought the evidence and law warranted it.
Everyone who works for the Department of Justice has an obligation to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the work of the department. That is why, at the critical early stages of this case, I followed the departments long-standing policy of neither confirming nor denying the fact of an ongoing investigation. This policy both pre-dates my tenure in the Department and will live on long after the current debate is over. It neither misleads nor misinforms, but instead both protects investigations and guarantees equal treatment of those under scrutiny, whether well-known or unknown. Any suggestion that I invoked this bed rock policy for any other reason is simply false.
Throughout the process I did what I always do: rise above politics and uphold the law. At no time did I ever discuss any aspect of the investigation with anyone from the Clinton campaign or the DNC.
I have known James Comey almost 30 years. Throughout his time as Director we spoke regularly about some of the most sensitive issues in law enforcement and national security. If he had any concerns regarding the email investigation, classified or not, he had ample opportunities to raise them with me both privately and in meetings. He never did.
triron
(22,029 posts)KT2000
(20,601 posts)As someone who can't read twitter this is much appreciated - very thoughtful of you.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)...by putting his thumb on the scales of our election.
iluvtennis
(19,897 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)malaise
(269,256 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)statement on Comey.