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VLADIMIR PUTIN AND JAMES COMEY STABBED US IN THE BACKS
drray23
(7,876 posts)The fact that they bungled it and used it as a political weapon breaking the hatch act in the process ?
BeyondGeography
(39,958 posts)And the NYC rogue office? Hurry please.
uponit7771
(91,350 posts)LeftInTX
(29,678 posts)Nothing but clickbait to get our hopes up.
BeyondGeography
(39,958 posts)Which is lovely. That's about it though.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)will quietly fold up its tent and go home in 8 days. Call me crazy but I just don't see Sessions pushing this rather than squashing it.
triron
(22,240 posts)Why not sooner???
hatrack
(60,579 posts)Sparkly
(24,309 posts)BREAKING: Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI
No other info yet.
I hope Comey gets whatever he deserves.
Edit: An article is up, but it won't load... Probably getting slammed right now.
uponit7771
(91,350 posts)... of it.
oasis
(51,485 posts)They were involved, big time.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)get giully by the juglar...
GoCubsGo
(32,872 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)back tracked because he probably received this information from agents in NY who was trying to bring down HRC. Again it was wrong when Comey came out so close to the election and cast a large shadow of doubt on HRC and should not have happened by FBI director.
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)ffs!!!
Also Politico confirms that and also says they are looking in the Clinton Foundation as well. grrrrrr
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/justice-department-watchdog-opens-review-of-clinton-email-investigation-233549
In addition to the Clinton email investigation, it appears the new inspector general review will examine other Clinton-related matters the FBI worked on before the election, including preliminary inquiries into alleged misconduct at the Clinton Foundation.
Horowitz's statement alludes to claims by some FBI agents that Deputy Director Andrew McCabe should have recused himself from decisions on those matters because his wife, Jill McCabe, ran for the Virginia state senate as a Democrat in 2015 with backing from Gov. Terry McAuliffe. McAuliffe is a longtime friend of the Clintons and has worked closely with the Clinton Foundation.
While the review will be welcomed by many Democrats, Horowitz also plans to explore some allegations Republicans would like to see pursued: claims that Justice's top legislative affairs official, Peter Kadzik, "improperly disclosed non-public information to the Clinton campaign and/or should have been recused from participating in certain matters."
Some emails published by WikiLeaks show Kadzik using a personal email account to communicate with Clinton campaign chief John Podesta about upcoming action in Freedom of Information Act lawsuits related to Clinton.
Horowitz, an Obama appointee, is expected to remain in his job into the Trump administration.
world wide wally
(21,805 posts)That asshole shouldn't be able to show his face in public
disalitervisum
(470 posts)trump will be committing perjury the moment he takes the oath. Actively violating the Constitution while swearing to uphold it. Of course, no word ever given by this revolting bag of vomit has ever been honored.
hadEnuf
(2,610 posts)As if they give a flying fuck about the law and what people think of them....
Bottom line: Who is going to stop them and how will they be able to make them stop?
RiverStone
(7,241 posts)Comey can rot in hell and we are still saddled with a fascist unstable idiot for president.
Unlikely Comey will get more than a memo in his personnel file, no jail time.
mcar
(43,348 posts)Gothmog
(153,721 posts)Scruffy1
(3,415 posts)I just can't quite figure out Comey. It seems that by his nature he was honest even if a R. But L. Patrick Gray had the same rep and he obstructed justice in the Watergate investigation. Of course, nothing happened to him. except some investigations until the furor quieted down. It seems that once you leave it's ok. That's the way Washing toon works. He actually burned evidence. There must be something in the Republican mind that ethics and professionalism always take a back seat to tribal loyalty. The cynical side of me says they never appoint anyone they don't have control over. Blackmail comes to mind. Between the RNC and the Russians they could find some dirt on about anyone. Being in the party is almost an indictment in my book and Obama didn't understand the true nature of the Republican tribe because he was never in it. You can bet that any appointees have a large secrete dossier somewhere hanging over their head. I know it sounds like conspiracy crap, which I loathe, but I can think of no other explanation. Both Gray and Comey had reputations for honesty and professionalism but folded under pressure. The alternative is that the authoritarian mind always bows to power.
It's not really important at this stage, because the deed is done and the fascists have the reins. A new Department of Justice OIG will be installed and the whole thing will fade into history once the public is bored with it and returns to their sports entertainment. The only thing left is mockery and resistance.
Gothmog
(153,721 posts)I saw this on the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/01/12/there-will-be-an-investigation-of-james-comeys-conduct-we-might-get-some-accountability-after-all/?utm_term=.25630ca46fd1
The Inspector General Act authorizes the Attorney General to interfere with an IG investigation under certain exceptional circumstances, one of which relates to intelligence matters, which arguably could apply here. But the Attorney General would have to find that action is necessary to prevent the significant impairment to the national interests of the United States (and there are congressional notification requirements as well). I cant think of any precedent for taking this step, and politically it would be hugely controversial, and therefore unlikely.
It may be harder that we think for Trump to block this investigation
BTW Comey is pond scum