Why did Comey wait so long to announce his results?

[kentuck]

Was there something that happened to cause him to get off the dime?

We are only days from the convention to nominate the candidates for the Presidency. Did he plan on not making an announcement before the convention?

Should we assume that he is a man of integrity and that he would not operate in such a partisan manner?

Someone once said that nothing happens by accident in Washington...

[JoePhilly]

1. Chris Stevens contacted him from beyond the grave.

[DonViejo]

2. Sec'y Clinton wasn't interviewed until last Saturday...

when would you have liked to seen "his results"? Sunday? The 4th of July?

[lame54]

11. the interview should have come much earlier...

it was obviously timed for the convention
they just didn't get the results that they wanted
wake up

[gordianot]

3. Ad nauseam Comey will be expected to explain himself

[OnyxCollie]

4. .

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[Yo_Mama]

5. I would assume the Clinton interview was required first.

Before that a bunch of aides.

Hey, at least it's done before the convention - which was never promised.

[Rex]

6. Maybe the case was coming to a final conclusion, so it was time to wrap it up?

All cases have an eventual ending. As for partisan, Comey was selected by Dubya as his deputy AG. Republicans seemed to like him back then.

[brush]

7. Simple. That sly fox Big Dog saw his opportunity on the tarmac and forced the issue.

He made them get off the pot. What was it, 4 days later his wife was finally interviewed and 3 days after that Comey coughed up his recommendation?

Comey seemed angry too that he had to do it ahead of when he planned.

[scscholar]

8. And he had no new information that we didn't already know a year ago

I guess the pressure from the Republicans to not say she was innocent was just too great until he finally had to say she was innocent.

[floriduck]

9. Tarmac convention caused Lynch to agree to accept the recommendations. Since she pushed back,

Comey had to do something.

[LongtimeAZDem]

10. It may be a coincidence, but the announcement was precisely mid-way between

the end of the Democratic primaries, and the start of the Democratic Convention.

IF there was a desire to minimize interference in the political process, that was the day to do it.

[bemildred]

12. +1. nt