FBI reopens Clinton investigation as new emails found PART 3

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Just now:

"The President's assessment of his [Comey's] integrity and character has not changed. For example, the President doesn't believe that Director Comey is intentionally trying to influence the outcome of an election. The President doesn't believe that he is secretely strategizing to benefit one candidate or political party. He's in a tough spot."

--Josh Earnest, Press Secretary

The official position seems to be to neither defend nor criticize Comey.
That's the smart position. There's no need to vilify Comey. He's not a villain here. I think he has a bit of a backbone problem, but he's also under pressure we can't imagine.
 
He has to inform congress if he reopens the can of worms, I believe (that is what I've read from a bunch of sources but I can't be sure). So within that universe, his choices are to either sit until the election (the non-interventionist choice) or to look into it the week before (the shit storm choice). Both are morally and legally defensible. Tipping the balance for Comey were the internal and external pressures, including losing his job in shame if he didn't pick the preferred option of the Republicans after he dared go against politics and failed to prosecute Clinton. It makes perfect sense when looked at as a face-saving move.

Are you sure? I've read he was under no such obligation, unless there was actually going to be an indictment and/or hearing of course.

From his own explanation:

Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed.
 
You're accusing me of mental gymnasics.. then you post that.

Cute.

If you are running for office, you're not a private citizen. Period.

Trump is not special, he should release his tax information just like everyone else that ran before him.


In a thread about Clinton being under FBI investigation for the second time this year, you're talking about tax returns.
 
That's the smart position. There's no need to vilify Comey. He's not a villain here. I think he has a bit of a backbone problem, but he's also under pressure we can't imagine.
It's "damned if he does, damned if he doesn't" kind of situation for Comey.
 
Are you sure? I've read he was under no such obligation, unless there was actually going to be an indictment and/or hearing of course.
I'm not sure at all (it looks like you're right)- if it wasn't a legal dilemma then it was certainly an ethical one- so my opinion is about the same.
 
In a thread about Clinton being under FBI investigation for the second time this year, you're talking about tax returns.

Only because it's about the same kind of value as this.

Comey says they might have found something that may or may not be new and may or may not be important to this election.

I think Donald Trump's taxes may or may not contain something new and may or may not be important to this election.

I am doing the same thing as you. Assuming guilt with no actual evidence.
 
Just now:

"The President's assessment of his [Comey's] integrity and character has not changed. For example, the President doesn't believe that Director Comey is intentionally trying to influence the outcome of an election. The President doesn't believe that he is secretely strategizing to benefit one candidate or political party. He's in a tough spot."

--Josh Earnest, Press Secretary

The official position seems to be to neither defend nor criticize Comey.

I posted the same up above. Here is a link to an article about it brother

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/31/p...ames-comey-clinton-emails/index.html?adkey=bn
 
Another thing. The FBI has been aware of these emails for several weeks now, but they were denied a search warrant. It took Comey going public with the info for the warrant to be issued. Comey is an honest cop who hates corrupt politicians preventing him from doing his job.
 
Just now:

"The President's assessment of his [Comey's] integrity and character has not changed. For example, the President doesn't believe that Director Comey is intentionally trying to influence the outcome of an election. The President doesn't believe that he is secretely strategizing to benefit one candidate or political party. He's in a tough spot."

--Josh Earnest, Press Secretary

The official position seems to be to neither defend nor criticize Comey.

That's not good for Hillary at all. That sounds like they are slowly stepping away from the situation. It could just be that they don't want to say anything and criticize him. The CTer in me though can see this as them slowly moving away.
 
I don't think many people are saying that they're no longer biased. The consensus seems to be that they bungled the original investigation/recommendation and are now covering their asses and/or completing a prematurely closed case.

Which is absurd. They bungled the first time but this time it's accurate (or it was accurate the first time but now it's being bungled) - is the same level of partisan hackery that I find frustrating. When they reached a conclusion people didn't like - it was bungled. Now, it's not bungled because it's a position that those people do like. I don't take anyone seriously whose opinion on the FBI shifts depending on if its actions helps or hurts a specific candidate.
 
Obama nominated him didn't he?
A lot of Comey's defender's say he's just covering his arse, and it's a situation dictated by his previous actions in the investigation, but that doesn't really justify the vague pronouncement to me.

What is much more interesting and important is that Obama's statement is diametrically opposed to Hilary's position.
 
Dude would have been POTUS if he ran this year. I almost feel bad for creepy uncle joe; timing can be a real bitch.
yeah...

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Which is absurd. They bungled the first time but this time it's accurate (or it was accurate the first time but now it's being bungled) - is the same level of partisan hackery that I find frustrating. When they reached a conclusion people didn't like - it was bungled. Now, it's not bungled because it's a position that those people do like. I don't take anyone seriously whose opinion on the FBI shifts depending on if its actions helps or hurts a specific candidate.

Then you can't take either candidate, or their supporters, seriously.

At the end of the day, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It was always thus.
 
Obama nominated him didn't he?
A lot of Comey's defender's say he's just covering his arse, and it's a situation dictated by his previous actions in the investigation, but that doesn't really justify the vague pronouncement to me.
It seems a screwed situation all around. If he doesn't say anything, and it comes out after the fact that there's something huge on her, he's going to get absolutely blasted for a partisan approach there. That looks worse than a vague heads up to Congress, in my opinion.
 
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