Fire his ass.

It's OK because he's a Republican. Just look at Bundy and Merrick Garland.

Republicans can do anything.

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You can't have people going rogue under you. Violating chain-of-command.

How would that work out if it happened in the military, for example?

He does need to go. This sets a terrible precedent.

Knowing he would not survive in office if HRC becomes president, he is ensuring he's in good standing with Republicans for a future political position.

after Nov. 8th, regardless of the victor in the Presidential election.

He had to know the shit storm it would cause, I mean that is the whole purpose of it. He is either a partisan hack or someone who will get some fake private sector job as an excuse for another paying him off with a huge salary. If so, I hope for his sake it wasn't Trump!

Seems appropriate

So - is it up to Obama to demand he resigns?

Though Obama can press her to get Comey's resignation. Might look bad though as justice is supposed to operate independently. I don't see anything happening to comey until after the election.

first place.

Its a weakness to be nice to repugnants.

This is a good article. But look at how filled with lies it is:

Comey decided to inform Congress that he would look again into Hillary Clinton’s handling of emails during her time as secretary of state...

Even on our side - I've seen it in posts here.

It's just weird IMO.

was the following:

“My first question is this, would you reopen the Clinton investigation if you discovered new information that was both relevant and substantial?” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) asked Comey during the hearing.

“It’s hard for me to answer in the abstract,” Comey replied at the hearing. “We would certainly look at any new and substantial information.”

At this point he fails both tests. First he does not know if their are any previously undisclosed emails, and he doesn't know if they are substantial.

I fucking hate Comey.

the laptop Mr. Weiner used for his sexting, if it was an old laptop where Mrs. W used even once to check her email. Or perhaps even if he looked at the Mrs. W email. Those emails would remain on that hard drive.

That congress question right there and comeys answer, tells whoever that if they can get Mr. Ws devices into FBI hands, Comey will have to speak to save his ass. Comey may not have known but someone else may have.

... something there" wasn't needed and creates worse problems than its worth.

This is MORE than bad judgement seeing Lynch was going against the move

Obviously a partisan hack trying to influence down ballot races.

Comey again at the center of a highly partisan argument over whether the nation’s top law enforcement agency was unfairly influencing the campaign.

Unfortunately, he doesn't appear to be smart enough to figure out that the GOP is throwing him under the bus as the sacrificial lamb in their pull-out-all-stops effort to get Donald elected.

Dunce!

Maybe he's been bribed or blackmailed or working for Russia or simply abusing his power. They need to investigate his motives. It could be a matter of national security.

when Hillary becomes President. She'll throw his sorry ass out into the street.

Maybe something along these lines?

or at worst a rogue FBI director who's trying to sway the election. Just. Fucking. Wonderful.

He deliberately violated DOJ policy, despite clear warning that he was doing just that.

I just sent another donation to Hillary. Wish I could afford more.

me too.

They don't give a damn about this country's constitution.

They don't give a damn about the Supreme Court.

They don't give a damn about the Justice Department.

They don't give a damn about fair elections.

They don't give a damn about 51% of this country's population. (women)

They don't give a damn about this country.

They are the greatest threat this country faces !!!!

On November 9th, after Hillary Clinton has won the presidency, President Obama should publicly demand Director Comey's resignation. Or he should issue a press release that he's fired Mr. Comey... before he informs Mr. Comey!

Mr. Comey should be ashamed of himself and he's embarrassed himself and the FBI.

Of course, what happens behind closed doors is another story, but I think (!) that Comey cannot be fired.

See what I did there? (wink)

Before the election or after the election?

There it is. Comey has joined Trumps election team.

I would bet my life he coordinated this fiasco with Trump days or weeks ago. This is their October surprise spoken about in this article 5 days ago:

We've got some stuff up our sleeve': Donald Trump's daughter-in-law hints that Republican nominee has an 'October surprise' to drop on Hillary Clinton
By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
13:33 24 Oct 2016, updated 23:38 24 Oct 2016

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, married to middle son Eric, hinted on 'Fox & Friends' this morning that the Republican nominee may be holding onto an 'October surprise' to drop on Hillary Clinton.

'Well there's still a couple days left in October,' said Lara Trump. 'We've got some stuff up our sleeve.'

https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3866934/amp/We-ve-got-stuff-sleeve-Donald-Trump-s-daughter-law-hints-Republican-nominee-October-surprise-drop-Hillary-Clinton.html

A lot of good it will do, but this ought to be investigated pronto

Lock him up!

The status of the investigation of trumps ties with Putin and the likelihood that one of trumps aides might have committed treason.

Plus, is like to see updated reports on the upcoming trump child rape trial in New York.

Turnabout, as they say, is fair play.

Oh, btw, Google child rape trial ny.

after the election, the fan is going to be hit

For now.
They can't fire him because it would confirm for the idiots what they already believe. That the system is rigged. When Hillary gets elected she will take care of it in short order.

Because the optics that would've occurred on Nov. 7th if he hadn't disclosed what he did to Congress would have been devastating.

My assessment was that he was being set up, and the perpetrators (cough Rove cough) were PRAYING that he would NOT report to Congress.

I don't care WHAT so-called '60 day rule' there is in place ... Had it come out on November 7th that Comey had 'hidden' from Congress for 10 days right before the election that there exists emails that even MAY have been pertinent to the Clinton email investigation, all fukcing HELL would've broken loose.

Fact is, nobody (except the type of us folks here on DU) would've gave a rat's ass about some 'long-standing practices of the Department'. The media would've had a field day of the likes we've never seen, and the optics would've catastrophic. We're WAY, WAY better off that this came out NOW so it can be managed ... and the response by the Clinton Camp has been pitch-perfect as well. This was a last-ditch attempt at 'scandal generation' ... that just failed miserably.

Comey did us a favor, whether that was his intent, or not. Because I *PROMISE* you had he NOT reported this to Congress ... news of that action WOULD have come out RIGHT before the election. And it would've tarnished Comey SO badly ... it would've caused a frenzy of wild-eyed speculation from 100's of pundits all over the news shows, RIGHT before the election ... validating the fear that he'd 'been in the bag for Hillary' throughout the whole email investigation.

Yeah, no. We dodged a bullet here folks, I truly believe that.

FBI has lots of ongoing investigations, they don't reveal details to the press or congress (or even that they are investigating at all).
Why is that one any different?

The FBI doesn't normally inform the press, Congress, or anyone else about ongoing investigations unless there is a compelling reason to do so. In this case, there's a compelling reason not to; several in fact. Among them: FBI policy states that nothing should be disclosed about any investigation within 60 days of a national election. Of course, there are exceptions in extreme cases; treason for example.

Also, disclosing something this vague and incomplete (to put it mildly) only to Republicans in Congress reeks of partisanship, which the FBI is supposed to avoid. (Yes, I know they have often violated that one in the past.)

To answer your question, Lisa, this is no different; if anything, there are compelling reasons for not disclosing, ESPECIALLY since the FBI doesn't even have a warrant to look at those emails yet.

There are so many things about this steaming mess that stink to high heaven it's hard to know where to begin.