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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsComey Refuses To Say If FBI Is Investigating Trump/Putin And Gets SLAUGHTERED By Democratic Senator
bottom line: press missed Russia hacking story. press missed FBI interference story. press DID NOT MISS emails storyhttps://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/819060203614257152
I would never comment on investigation whether we have one or not in an open forum like this, Comey replied. I really cant answer one way or another.
Unless you have a very short memory, you are probably aware that Comey broke Justice Department protocol when he sent a letter to Republicans last year indicating that the FBI had discovered emails pertinent to an investigation of Hillary Clintons private email server. After right-wing media and Donald Trump used Comeys controversial letter to create a false narrative that evidence had been uncovered of some sort of wrongdoing, Comey was forced to admit that Clinton committed no criminal wrongdoing. Unfortunately, the damage was already done.
Will you provide an unclassified response to these questions and release it to the American people prior to January 20? Wyden asked.
Sir, I will answer any question you ask, but the answer will likely be the same as I just gave you. I cant talk about it, Comey told the Senator, who had finally had enough of the suddenly evasive Comey a man who only a little over a month ago was willing to break protocol in what was clearly an attempt to hurt Hillary Clinton:
I will tell you that I think the American people have a right to know this. And if there is delay in declassifying this information and relaying it to the American people, releasing it to the American people. That doesnt happen before January 20, Im not sure its going to happen.
If information is not released before January 20, it is likely that Senator Wyden is correct that it may never happen and Comeys evasiveness only lends to the fairly concrete theory that he knowingly interfered with the election by helping Trump build his propaganda campaign
http://addictinginfo.org/2017/01/10/comey-refuses-to-say-if-fbi-is-investigating-trumpputin-and-gets-slaughtered-by-democratic-senator/
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Come on. The difference in how this Trump revelation is being handled vs. how the Comey letter was handled is too hyperbolic to ignore.
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Comey Refuses To Say If FBI Is Investigating Trump/Putin And Gets SLAUGHTERED By Democratic Senator (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2017
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. This is total bullshit. Why is Comey still on the job?
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)2. Can Obama fire him
today?
still_one
(92,194 posts)3. I believe he can, but I also believe he won't
Girard442
(6,075 posts)4. This is why I read comic books.
I can fantasize about Obama having a Bruce Banner moment.
A fantasy is better than nothing, I suppose.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)5. Given what Comey did to Hillary, I suspect him of being a Russian operative.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. I agree with you.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)7. I agree with you.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)8. Is there anyone who has the authority to order Comey to release the info?