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29. In the hearing...
Tue May 9, 2017, 01:10 PM
May 2017

He behaved as though 'they' were searching for Hillary's missing emails.

That was a Trump campaign issue. She deleted emails which were not submitted to the government (because they were personal emails, not because they were incriminating) she had attorneys overseeing the deletions.

He made it seem (in the hearing) as though the FBI had broad authority to seek out by any avenue possible the content of those lost emails.

OK, so Weiner's wife had inappropriately handled a couple of emails, that's what they were looking at, he had concluded his investigation of 'Hillary Clinton's emails' and had made a statement that there was nothing Hillary had done that could be prosecuted.

He made it seem like there was an ongoing investigation to find Hillary's lost emails (in the hearing) but that investigation was over. If he was investigating an improper action by Weiner's wife, it was a different investigation, and did not rise to the level of notifying congress because the candidate herself was not involved except to send emails to her COS and she had the authority to receive the emails. Hillary was doing nothing wrong, and Comey should have opened a new investigation on Weiner's wife (which he would not be able to comment on) if events unfolded as he claimed.

Comey has serious consistency issues. He can't comment on a Trump investigation, but he's investigating Weiner's laptop and he can comment on that investigation.

It's bullshit.

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WaPo just put up a breaking BumRushDaShow May 2017 #1
Somehow, her emails were being forwarded to Anthony Weiner, including classified information, karynnj May 2017 #7
"If Huma simply had her email account on his laptop " BumRushDaShow May 2017 #17
f**k Comey. still_one May 2017 #10
Time for a Freedom of Information Act request to force the FBI to come clean. n/t spooky3 May 2017 #2
asshole. huma got a lot of attacks fRom the right wing JI7 May 2017 #3
K & R athena May 2017 #4
Did He Testify Under Oath? Me. May 2017 #5
Doesn't matter, lying to Congress is against the law karynnj May 2017 #14
Comey lied to congress. DURHAM D May 2017 #6
The article also states that her Blackberry was automatically..... virtualobserver May 2017 #8
EXACTLY. This is a non issue, really. Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #12
Actually, The Point Is His Credibility Me. May 2017 #18
doubt has been cast as political spin..... virtualobserver May 2017 #34
Totally Disagree Me. May 2017 #35
it is the accusation of lying that is spin virtualobserver May 2017 #40
Nonsense Me. May 2017 #43
your plan to get rid of Comey worked virtualobserver May 2017 #48
! Me. May 2017 #49
So he was compelled to have the truth out there immediately before the election, HopeAgain May 2017 #9
That's good to know she didn't do that. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #11
I hope I am wrong NewRedDawn May 2017 #13
This is Comey deliberately muddying the water again. yallerdawg May 2017 #15
I saw Comey's testimony... Blanks May 2017 #16
According to the article, she did forward classified information to someone without clearance hughee99 May 2017 #19
The article quoted suggests otherwise. athena May 2017 #22
Perhaps I don't understand this theory. hughee99 May 2017 #24
It sounds to me like athena May 2017 #26
If you have a blackberry that could potentially have access to classified information, hughee99 May 2017 #28
I'm sure you're completely perfect athena May 2017 #30
I'm not "outraged" by this, though nice try to paint my argument as something that it's not. hughee99 May 2017 #37
My emails go to multiple devices I own. It's the email account, not the device, that stores them. mainer May 2017 #25
Not everyone uses the same setup. athena May 2017 #27
In the hearing... Blanks May 2017 #29
All of this is true, and I'm not here to defend Comey, but it seems like hughee99 May 2017 #31
If Huma's blackberry... Blanks May 2017 #39
I think the investigation into the server already covered Huma (and others using the server). hughee99 May 2017 #41
I didn't say there was NO classified data there... Blanks May 2017 #42
The OP suggested that Comey's testimony was inaccurate, and I agree. hughee99 May 2017 #44
He was definitely in a no win situation... Blanks May 2017 #45
I agree. hughee99 May 2017 #46
Lordy, Lordy! What happens when the head of the FBI WhiteTara May 2017 #20
Comey misstated the facts to justify his improper letter. SunSeeker May 2017 #21
Ummm.... Its a Felony when ,,,, Cryptoad May 2017 #23
Fishy! Fishy!! Fishy!!! hamsterjill May 2017 #32
Comey behaved in a shameful manner, from beginning to end. StevieM May 2017 #33
Comey threw the election jpak May 2017 #36
"Inaccurate" is such a genteel word... Blue Idaho May 2017 #38
None of the emails were marked classified at the time Huma received them wishstar May 2017 #47
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