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http://www.businessinsider.com/why-was-james-comey-fired-trump-2017-5Rosenstein said that over the past year, "the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage" that has "affected the entire Department of Justice."
"I cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken," Rosenstein said. "Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives."
He pointed to Comey's July announcement of the FBI's view that "no charges are appropriate" in the Justice Department's investigation into then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state.
Holy shit. Buckle up, people. This is not even slightly OK.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Does this mean they are going to arrest Hillary?
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)Using this as an excuse.
IMHO, I think it was because he didn't indict her (and because his underlings are getting close in his case).
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)because comey should have arrested her?
Abu Pepe
(637 posts)And I am pretty old.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)This is all phony (stated reason versus the real reason).
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)What they could do is start up a grand jury to try to get an indictment - all to distract from the Russian stuff.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)I was angry and doing short hand. But you are right.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)with an administration that is out of control and slowly getting drunk with power (bolstered by the GOP cowards in Congress).
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)I for one say no, cant allow that.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)and spending the rest of the year looking like they are "investigating" to calm things a bit.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)by giving them that.
What it will obviously do is start some sort of civil unrest that will end life as we know it.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)But they are navigating uncharted waters (from their perspectives) and they are going to have lawyer up with REAL lawyers... not the old "trusted" business buddies from the past.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)grand jury on Clinton.
then I think the country explodes.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)Then whoever they pick will have to go through a confirmation hearing. It's going to be a process.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)How does it work, they form a grand jury then indict if they say so?
Is that the ONLY way to arrest her for emails?
(of course she did nothing wrong, I am just curious what they are allowed to do)
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)and if they try to manufacture something, they will be destroyed in court. They have to rely on career staff to put it together.
I know you are going hyperbolic within this thread but as much as they would want to do what you are suggesting, it's not going to happen instantly.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)it makes no logical sense.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)If they do that, I suspect the country explodes.
That would be OK with them if they survive, they dont care, at all, about any of us.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)stuff. It would be totally bizarre, but anything is possible.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)It's obvious Trump and Republicans are going to get away with treason.
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)anglesphere
(63 posts)...why fire him now?
Oh, that's right, because your administration is in deep doo doo.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Learned people don't talk like that in formal documentation.
MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)that you are exactly right! I'm thinking dump didn't go to a school of any kind. My 6th grader thinks and speaks circles around him.
MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)to go after Dump now?? You just know that somebody inside the FBI or DOJ has the goods on Dump and company....will someone leak the evidence and drop the dime on him - and soon??? This is a nightmare.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)There have to be some patriots left who do not want to see the US fall.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Arrest drumph now.