2016 Postmortem

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2016, 07:44 AM Oct 2016

Comey's disclosure shocks former prosecutors

Comey's disclosure shocks former prosecutors
FBI director's announcement of new evidence in the Clinton probe compounds criticism of his earlier willingness to discuss the case.
By JOSH GERSTEIN, DARREN SAMUELSOHN and ISAAC ARNSDORF 10/28/16 07:45 PM EDT

Nick Akerman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, was more critical: "Director Comey acted totally inappropriately. He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed.”

"It is not the function of the FBI director to be making public pronouncements about an investigation, never mind about an investigation based on evidence that he acknowledges may not be significant," Akerman added. "The job of the FBI is simply to investigate and to provide the results of its investigation to the prosecutorial arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. His job is not to give a running commentary about any investigation or his opinion about any investigation. This is particularly egregious since Secretary Clinton has no way to respond to what amounts to nebulous and speculative innuendo.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-fbi-james-comey-disclosure-prosecutors-230467

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Comey's disclosure shocks former prosecutors (Original Post) workinclasszero Oct 2016 OP

Yes he has screwed this thing up for the beginning Proud liberal 80 Oct 2016 #1

He is a political hack job. AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #2

comey said he had an obligation to inform congress Equinox Moon Oct 2016 #3

Share these thoughts with the DOJ, in your own words. LAS14 Oct 2016 #4

Proud liberal 80

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1. Yes he has screwed this thing up for the beginning

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 07:50 AM

Oct 2016

Starting with the press conference he held in July. That was not needed. All he had to do was forward the investigation and recommendation to not pursue charges to the DOJ. Period, nothing else. His press conference caused more confusion and anger which caused him to have to testify to congress. Which then lead him to believe he had to tell congress about this "new" evidence.