Comey told FBI there was significant risk in Clinton letter

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

On the October day that he sent a letter to Congress notifying lawmakers of new evidence connected to Hillary Clinton’s email investigation, FBI Director James Comey told his employees that there was “significant risk of being misunderstood” and warned about creating “a misleading impression” regarding the case, according to a newly released email.

In an email to FBI agents on Oct. 28, Comey acknowledged the intense political gravity of his letter, which some Democrats have claimed swung the election toward Donald Trump.

Yet he insisted that the move was motivated by his previous pledge to keep Congress informed of developments in the Clinton investigation, which had been wrapped up for months.

“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,” Comey wrote to the FBI in one of three emails obtained by Esquire and published on Tuesday. “I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record.

“At the same time, however, given that we don't know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don't want to create a misleading impression,” he wrote. “In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/310137-comey-told-fbi-there-was-significant-risk-in-clinton-letter

[Botany]

1. So he had to tell congress about "the Clinton letter" but skipped about Russia hacking the election?

Comey = Treason

[DURHAM D]

2. Rationalizing putting himself above country...

He gets the Ratfucker of The Year Award.

[world wide wally]

3. ABSOLUTE bullshit from a weasly traitor

[n2doc]

4. Too Late, F**ker- Resign! n/t

[hughee99]

8. Resign? Why hasn't he been fired? n/t

[groundloop]

32. That's exactly what I've been wondering. He interfered in an election - fire his ass.

He unquestionably used his position to influence an election, he should have been sacked immediately. Of course there's probably a handsome payoff on the way from tRump.

[rockfordfile]

6. Comey is a scumbag

[GeorgeGist]

7. Maybe if the dumbfuck had ...

marked it


he wouldn't have needed to be misunderstood.

[still_one]

9. f**k you comey, you asshole, you knew exactly waht you were doing

[Gothmog]

10. Comey is pond scum and lacks any professional or other ethics

[DURHAM D]

11. That isn't true -

Comey has Republican professional ethics.

[Gothmog]

34. Which are non-existent and so cannot be considered

[ReverendHeretic]

41. No, they do exist.

We simply cannot understand just how shallow, assbackwards they are.

[crosinski]

12. Just trying to make himself look less partisan. Classic weasel move. n/t

[jack69]

13. What is the modern penalty for trreason

?

[harun]

20. A high paying job with Fox News or a Lobbying Firm. (n/t)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. I wish barack Obama would've taken the Scorpion and the Frog fable to heart when making some of these

selections.

[NTOZamboni]

36. Yeah. He's so measured and

mature, he doesn't expect adults to act like children having tantrums. At least, that's what I tell myself is going on.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

38. You would think after getting kicked in the balls the first ten times by the same

collection of assholes. One would learn.

[Skittles]

40. well he doesn't fucking learn, does he?

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like we all couldn't tell from how they treated the Clintons how corrupt and disgraceful republicans are

[Zambero]

15. Ya think?

A nice bit of CYA and positioning himself for plausible deniability once those final election results are in as anticipated and hoped for. And Comey's "proactive" response upon learning of the CIA report in regards to Russia's hacking of the U.S. election process in order to favor a particular candidate? Crickets....

[CanonRay]

16. Comey distraced the entire FBI

[crosinski]

19. HA! Exactly!! Hey, look over here! Do not look at those strings connected to Trump! n/t

[kairos12]

17. Fucking Putin Puppet. He is a scumbag traitor who sold his country out to the Russians. Fuck him.

[Wuddles440]

18. After spending 30 years...

in Federal law enforcement and conducting numerous joint investigations with the FBI, none of what transpired is the least bit surprising to me. All most all of the FBI agents I encountered were very conservative in their politics and this ideology influences a lot of their practices. Also, many were some of the most ethically and morally challenged individuals that I ever encountered. It seemed that they were always ready to question the integrity of others, but maintained a much more "liberal" and nebulous standard when it came to their own actions. The vast majority I did not entirely trust and never will.

[JI7]

28. that is pretty much everything i have read about them

[ananda]

21. Full of craven bullshit, as usual.

The emails were a whole lot of nothing.

Russian interference, on the other hand,
was the only thing worth reporting -- and
the FBI really had an obligation to make
this public and a big deal!

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Hypocrite!

Get a job at Fox News where you belong, Comey. On the other hand, you'll fit right into a Trump administration, which may have been your objective all along.

[get the red out]

23. CYA attempt

Typical

[lagomorph777]

24. Fortunately he wasn't "misunderstood." We DO understand that he is a traitor.

Ship the whole RePutin Party off to the Gulags.

[pbmus]

25. Comrade Comey

[lark]

26. Lying, election stealing repug hack.

He deliberately created the confusion to cause thr most damage to Clinton possible and by deliberately underplaying Russia's and Drumpf real criminal collusion. He's beyond despicable and deplorable and is a total traitor.

[JI7]

27. fuck him and all the right wing shits there

[cstanleytech]

29. Oh I think we "all" understand exactly why Comey sent the letter that helped Trump on the eve

of the election.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. " in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season"

No it wasn't in the "middle" of and election season.....IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE THE END YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT.

[trueblue2007]

31. no matter what he says, COMEY IS A TRAITOR. There was NOTHING to the emails on Weiners laptop

COMEY IS A LIAR. GIVE HIM HARD TIME, BREAKING RUBBLE WITH A HAMMER FOR THE NEXT 35 YEARS.

PUT HIM OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, SUN, RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW.
Keep him in the Stocks at night and let people throw rotten veggies at him.

ha ha ha, that is what i would do to him if i was a judge.

[wordpix]

33. he waffled and made a bad decision. Now we must live with it, traitor :-(

[0rganism]

35. well, so much for Comey's "plausible deniability"

history will not look upon him kindly.

[Skittles]

37. FUCK YOU COMEY

YOU FUCKED AMERICA

[Generator]

39. Whatever

Just shut up and learn to speak Russian you fucking traitor.

[Beartracks]

42. Comey: There was significant risk in Clinton winning

There, I fixed it.

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