U.S. attorney general did not order FBI to withhold Clinton-related emails: source

[Miles Archer]

U.S. attorney general did not order FBI to withhold Clinton-related emails: source

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-comey-idUSKBN12V2D2

As Comey and Lynch aides debated last Thursday whether alerting Congress about the emails would comply with longstanding Justice Department policy against announcing overt investigative steps that would influence an upcoming election, Comey asked whether he was being explicitly directed not to do so.

Lynch never gave Comey the order not to send the emails, a senior government official said.

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The memo instructs employees to "never select the timing of investigative steps... for the purpose of affecting any election."

But the Justice Department made no effort to block the FBI from obtaining a search warrant to review the emails, which the agency received on Sunday. The department is working closely with the FBI on the case.

[GeorgeGist]

1. Nothingburger.

She or her deputy advised against it.

[still_one]

2. ok which is it. Lynch advised Comey against sending the letter to Congres

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/303424-report-lynch-advised-against-sending-letter-to-congress

Who is misrepresenting the facts

[sharp_stick]

3. It sounds like she asked him not to

but didn't outright order him not to do it.

[still_one]

4. Interesting how they parse words. When my manager asked me to do something

and I didn't do it, what should I expect?