2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Comey has royally screwed up! He should be standing at attention in Lynch's office. Check this out: [View all]Jarqui
(10,122 posts)I just pointed out that it was possible.
If as Obama says, the letter was not partisan motivated, Comey had some other reason. What triggered that "other" reason likely was evidence on a laptop containing Huma's emails that has subsequently has been run past a judge to successfully get a search warrant.
Having FBI Clinton email experts go up to New York to look at that laptop, as has been reported. And having it reported that while they were there, they ran software against those emails to help them determine what they already had and what they didn't already have within those emails. It's increasingly hard for me to imagine them coming back to Comey and saying "we didn't find a thing!" and Comey rushing off to send that letter. People do things for a reason. Comey is people.
I like and trust Obama and although I do not blindly accept his vouching for Comey, if you combine what the White House said today with the above paragraph, and that they got approval for a search warrant, I'd say the odds that Comey's got some significant evidence from that laptop is increasing. And that evidence and report from those FBI agents who looked at it is looking more like a key part of the motivation for that letter.
But I'm still not there yet to say that's the only way it could be. I've always allowed consideration for it being a partisan act. In fact, that's where I started - I initially wanted Comey fired. Provide a link from FOX News asking that Comey be fired.