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struggle4progress

(118,345 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:27 PM Oct 2016

Reid: Comey may have violated federal law

October 30, 2016, 05:28 pm
By Jessie Hellmann

... "Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another."

“I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act,” Reid wrote in a letter to Comey.

The Hatch act prohibits government officials from using their positions to influence an election.

“Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law” ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/303515-reid-says-comey-may-have-violated-federal-law

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Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law struggle4progress Oct 2016 #1

Reid Says Comey May Have Broken the Law by Disclosing Probe struggle4progress Oct 2016 #2

Reid: Comey may have violated the Hatch Act struggle4progress Oct 2016 #3

struggle4progress

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1. Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law

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Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:29 PM

Oct 2016

By MICHAEL C. BENDER
Oct 30, 2016 5:11 pm ET

... Mr. Reid was preparing to send a letter to Mr. Comey on Sunday saying he appears to be aiding one political party over another. He said that may violate the Hatch Act, which bars government officials from using their position to influence an election ...

A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The opinion from Mr. Reid, a supporter of Mrs. Clinton, carries more political weight than legal significance and comes as Democrats aim to circle the wagons around their presidential nominee in the final days of the campaign ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/10/30/harry-reid-comeys-partisan-actions-may-violate-federal-law/

struggle4progress

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2. Reid Says Comey May Have Broken the Law by Disclosing Probe

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Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:32 PM

Oct 2016

Michael Riley
Steven T. Dennis
Sahil Kapur
October 30, 2016 — 1:35 PM EDT
Updated on October 30, 2016 — 7:00 PM EDT

... Reid said Comey failed to disclose “explosive” evidence of “close ties and coordination” between Republican Donald Trump, his advisers, and the Russian government, yet rushed to disclose “innuendo” about the Democratic presidential nominee “in the most negative light possible” 11 days before the election.

Comey’s “disturbing double standard’ appears to be “a clear intent to aid one political party over another,” Reid wrote ...

Goodlatte said Comey told him agents don’t know if there is any classified information contained in the e-mails. Lawmakers are also seeking to talk directly with Attorney General Loretta Lynch about the case, but no meetings have taken place so far, according to Justice Department sources ...

It wasn’t immediately clear what mix of personal correspondence, previously disclosed federal records and new government work messages were on Weiner’s laptop. Abedin was unaware of any of her own e-mails that might have been on the device, according to a person familiar with the investigation but not affiliated with law enforcement ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-30/comey-is-mum-on-clinton-probe-as-race-tightens-angering-most

struggle4progress

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3. Reid: Comey may have violated the Hatch Act

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Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:33 PM

Oct 2016

By Caroline Kenny, CNN
Updated 7:01 PM ET, Sun October 30, 2016

... Reid referenced a memo from Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates from March of this year that establishes all Justice Department employees, including Comey, are subject to the Hatch Act ...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/harry-reid-letter-hatch-act/index.html

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