It would give ammo to the Trumpians.

on the investigation.

Can the pee pee tapes be far away?

They are choosing to excuse his affair with a porn star for a year right after Melania had a baby. They are always justifying his immoral actions.

As he stated FBI will find a way to get info out.

so to go after them is stupid. He also said that they have all the secrets and dirt on everyone, including the moron and they could use if to screw The Donald back, like you said. Crazy + stupid= the stable genius.

to knock back Republican offenses. He also used to be the director of the FBI.

According to a former prosecutor I was listening to, a standard method for passing information to the public, and specifically the press, is to use former (no longer employed by the government) colleagues who have both the expertise and connections to do it competently. I

Interesting because if you recall, Comey did that regarding a copy of his notes that he gave to a current law professor, who used to be a federal prosecutor for the SDNY U.S. Attorney's office, and who subsequently gave them to the media.

and channels being revealed, although, of course, Comey himself was no longer working for the JD in the Trump administration.

Not acting against an administration one is still part of is an important ethic (and of course basic survival skill).

You fuck with the White House chef. You fuck with the decorator. Maybe you fuck with a few underlings at the Ag Department. You definitely DO NOT fuck with the FBI.

over the past 45+ years because the government would rather "settle" then try to pursue a case through trial (which is expensive and uses a lot of resources that they feel can be used for other things). This is why he doesn't care. He knows he can skate through this too because the only way he gets prosecuted is the state of NY (Schneiderman), and that appears to be years away.

He has no sense of shame. Or truth.

I suspect, however, that your first point is correct and the FBI has the methods and information to really mess him up.

And that would be a new one: the FBI secretly trying to topple a sitting president. Damn, we live in terrible times.

is just sad.

doesn't it bother you than a law enforcement agency can wield that kind of power?

Remember, they had MLK in their crosshairs at one time.