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In reply to the discussion: My own 2 cents on James Comey [View all]Wwcd
(6,288 posts)..step out publicly as he did.
In the end, there was NOTHING to the email scandal, except the scandal. And that was the entire point of dragging Clinton as soon as she announced her candidacy.
As for Comey , he also knew of the criminal behavior of Donald Trump from ongoing investigations over the years.
He knew Clinton was clean & well knew that Trump never was.
If he felt it so urgent that the public should be told of a "new development" in the Clinton email scandal, that MAY be true or MAY be false, he should have perhaps also informed the public of the ongoing investigations which MAY be true or MAY be false, into Trump's mob related, money laundring. Something that had been in the eye of Feds for years.
His answer as to why he made a POSSIBLE YET UNCONFIRMED scandal the center of the news at a critical time in the election, for many listening last night, still has yet to be an honest answer.
Why "Clinton's possible" last minute hail mary pass from the Right, and never Trump's criminal dealings the FBI had been monitiring for years?
He had ZERO reason for his action.
That is the unforgiveable act & that is the answer we will never truly hear from him.
There were many nefarious players readied to unseat democracy in favor of fascism.
Comey stepped out on "Breaking News", the eyes of the world watching, and chose to speak of an issue, manufactured for impact in the final days of campaign 2016, concerning Hillary Clinton, while staying dead silent about the criminal behavior of her opponant, Donald Trump.
He chose this act.
Why? We ask again & again because the reason he is giving still doesn't answer that question, and but..but..but just isn't the truth.
It is a dance around the truth.
He can say a mea culpa, clear his name, write a book, do a TV interview & move on with his life.
The many who have lost much & stand to lose yet more, with Trump as president, those families separated, and those lives lost due to the cruelty of Trump, need not have happened at all.
This is on Comey's decision in those final days, this is also on everyone who contributed, for Money & Media, Power or Position to stop the USA from being a nation of ALL people over a nation of the creulty of fascism.
There were two choices.
Comey was well aware of both of them.