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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApparently Comey has left the WH after an hour-long visit
and this is interesting:Caroline O.? @RVAwonk 6h6 hours ago
Reminder: FBI Director Comey confirmed in January that Republicans were also hacked by Russia, despite their denials http://cnn.it/2jA2d7B
I'm starting to think Comey is not the bad guy we all thought he was. Yes, he totally screwed HRC just before the election, but he may be trying to rectify that.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)maggot called him there for a reason......
oh to be a fly on the wall.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)still_one
(92,204 posts)BainsBane
(53,032 posts)Sounds right to me.
djg21
(1,803 posts)And I don't think he was motivated by partisanship. Rather, I'm convinced he had some misguided notion that he was protecting the integrity of the FBI when he announced the investigation of the Clinton E-mail. I'm pretty sure he would agree in retrospect that it was unfortunate and a very bad call.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Recall this? 'Comey Breaks Silence: White House Tried To Force Incapacitated Ashcroft To Back Spying Program.'
In March 2004, President Bushs warrantless domestic spying efforts were temporarily suspended after then-acting Attorney General James Comey refused to sign on to an extension of the program amid concerns about its legality and oversight.
Today, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Comey detailed the extraordinary and potentially illegal efforts made by Alberto Gonzales and Andrew Card then White House counsel and chief of staff, respectively to attempt to force John Ashcroft to overrule Comey, despite the fact that Ashcroft was debilitated in a hospital with pancreatitis.'>>>
https://thinkprogress.org/comey-breaks-silence-white-house-tried-to-force-incapacitated-ashcroft-to-back-spying-program-66fb293ac29#.bd97m7qj2
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)I think he did that in order to to protect the much more important Trump/Russia investigation.
But the plain truth is that none of us know squat. We're just speculating based on our feelings and biases. Maybe we'll find out something later, maybe we won't. But for me it's a waste of energy to hate the one man who has a chance of sorting this clusterfuck.
elleng
(130,925 posts)Much too much 'hate' around here.
haele
(12,659 posts)Comey can meet with McGann and warn him that they've got to stop or they'll be charged...
He can't meet with the President or any of the other staff.
Haele
Do you have an link?
haele
(12,659 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Not to mention Giuliani who orchestrated the whole "email investigation is on again" scam. Possibly in collusion with the Russians.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)The reason the NYC Field Office was subverted in the first place was to protect Russian mob money.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)If it was (and I don't know if it was), why was it played as being so surprising?
Abouttime
(675 posts)Resign or be prosecuted. tRump will be gone in a few weeks at the most.