Kasie Hunt MSNBC reports lots of activity by Gang of 8, Comey re: investigation

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32. There are people (led obviously by Louise Mensch) who think Comey is playing an EXTREME long game

The theory goes like this:

Basically he needed to sandbag Hillary by doing the email announcement because he needs to be completely "clean" in terms of partisanship, which is why Lynch and Obama did nothing about it - if Lynch tells Comey not to release the emails, then it taints his investigation into Russia (really important given the virulence of Trump's supporters and fake news conspiracies and what not) which they would see as something MUCH bigger than just the 2016 election, especially if you think HRC will win anyway as it seemed she would up to the day the votes started coming in.

Trump actually winning seriously put a wrench in the plan, but the fact that Comey is seen as a "bad guy" by us on the Left makes it easier for him to do his job, because if and when he drops the hammer, that gives him cover (and I think he knows this, which is why he's calling out the Deep State; the thing is he's not entirely wrong, but it's not Obama, it's the fact that Trump is an existential threat to American interests, sovereignty and power, and those organizations literally exist to take guys like Trump down, it just so happens that THIS TIME it's not someone like Allende or Mosaddegh, it's a genuine, honest to god bad populist actor) as a "neutral" investigator. This is important because even if the Dems took the Senate, you still need enough Republicans on board to not undermine an investigation.

I don't know if this is the case, though it does explain why Lynch didn't tell Comey not to release the letter, but it's not implausible. The key premises of such a move would be:

- Hillary looks like she'll win on Oct 28, 2016
- Win or lose, the Russia attack is *much* bigger than an election, especially one seemingly in the bag, so it's "okay" to hurt HRC's poll a bit to maintain an aura of nonpartisanship, especially since Russian propaganda drives much of the populist flavored fake news that contributes to the dysfunctional politics of America since 2010
- There may be a slight fear of civil unrest if it's perceived Trump was "robbed".