Pic Of The Moment: Comey, You Got Some 'Splainin To Do

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61. I'm not arguing that Comey was right to send that message to congress, although I will concede

that the republicans have him boxed in. He can either come out with info on an ongoing investigation (which he shouldn't) or he can keep his mouth shut and be accused of giving false testimony to congress. I think he attempted to split the baby in two and just made things worse.

But, or course none of this has anything to do with what I've been arguing, which is the state of the Trump-Russia investigation. Now I think we can agree that this investigation can be in one of three states... not started, in progress, or complete. You've suggested that it might be not even started

"In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government"

If this investigation hasn't even started, then the explosive information isn't from the investigation, so why doesn't Reid just release it. If the investigation is in progress and produced this explosive information, then Comey is doing exactly what he wanted Comey to do in the Clinton investigation, and say nothing about an ongoing investigation. Except that Reid said he wanted Comey to release this information MONTHS ago. If the investigation is complete, and has found this explosive information, why is he not demanding that the information be turned over to the AG's office, which would be the normal process?

All his statement really did was put out there that this information may exist, and that the FBI is covering it up, putting Comey in another bad spot, where he would have to comment on an ongoing investigation, or stick to protocol and look like he's covering it up.