2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumComey covering up Trump–Russia connection?
O.K., this is getting political!
By Mark Sumner Monday Oct 31, 2016 · 6:03 AM PDT
Harry Reid wrote a scathing letter to FBI Director James Comey, warning Comey that he may have broken the law.
I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.
Which is a remarkable enough. But its far from the biggest charge in Reids letter.
In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity. The public has a right to know this information. I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public. There is no danger to American interests from releasing it. And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.
Harry Reid is saying that the FBI not only knows of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, but that the FBI is deliberately shielding this information, while misdirecting public attention toward the email scandal without any valid information.
If Reid is right, then James Comey is guilty of something that goes far beyond just using his office to provide a competitive advantage to a candidate. Comey is using the full weight of the FBI to swing the election to a man he knows is in service to a foreign power.
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napkinz
(17,199 posts)THAT should be BREAKING NEWS this morning!
Where is the talk of a BOMBSHELL?????
Imagine if it were ""possess explosive information about close ties & coordination between HILLARY CLINTON ... and the Russian government," the MSM would be in a total frenzy right now.
Gothmog
(145,253 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)since day one.
They have created this news-ratings monster and he is riding them for all they are worth.
yardwork
(61,619 posts)He's using to help an admitted sexual predator as it is
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)What is the timeline? When the warrant was served, Trump campaign knew about it and their actions now have a new context.
FBI has warrant for Trump secret server connected to Russia.
Cha
(297,240 posts)Thank you!
Hokie
(4,286 posts)He is right about Comey's partisan actions but the charge against Trump working with Russian government is serious stuff. If Harry is correct this will be his legacy that he stepped forward to get this story in the news.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Meanwhile:
Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs
Trump says Hillary Clinton will let 650 million people pour into the United States and "triple the size of our country in one week"
Who's credible?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Does the Russian dictators reach extend into the FBI as well???
That's a constitutional crisis level event right there eh? Just what kind of ****ing game is Comey playing huh?
Double agent??
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Let's not go all CT around here.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The old anti-Russian rethugs are dead.
They are all Putin lapdogs now.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Take it back, it is ridiculous.