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In reply to the discussion: Bad intel from Russia influenced Comey's Clinton announcement: report [View all]deurbano
(2,894 posts)36. Exactly. Even if it HAD been true, that would have been an indictment of Lynch, not Clinton.
So, how was smearing Clinton (as he "cleared" her in July) a remedy? I think he just wanted to seriously weaken her, thinking ahead to when he assumed she would be president and he'd still be head of the FBI. (And he also was hoping to score some points with his fellow Republicans, though that was a miscalculation since they would only be satisfied with her incarceration or execution.)
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Bad intel from Russia influenced Comey's Clinton announcement: report [View all]
babylonsister
May 2017
OP
Can you link to the Washington Post article? It has much more detail and the original authors
seaglass
May 2017
#6
WAPO: How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBIs handling of the Clinton probe
emulatorloo
May 2017
#9
Thank you emulatorloo, I guess I should just break open the wallet and buy a subscription. :-) n/t
seaglass
May 2017
#10
Yep, I bought when they were having a sale. It's been worth it to keep up with
emulatorloo
May 2017
#12
Hope Comey never forgets they set him up to be the patsy from the very beginning.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2017
#8
Big-ass smokescreen.... now the House and Senate hearing will have to address this....
4139
May 2017
#17
Exactly. Even if it HAD been true, that would have been an indictment of Lynch, not Clinton.
deurbano
May 2017
#36
This seems consistent with the (admittedly speculative) premise . . .
MousePlayingDaffodil
May 2017
#39
Wow, the Russians were heavily involved in cultivating the GOP narrative surrounding
StevieM
May 2017
#27
I never watch Greta but stumbled on the program while she was discussing this.
erinlough
May 2017
#37