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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:22 PM Oct 2016

Senate Democrats want answers by Monday from Comey AND Lynch

A quartet of Senate Democrats wrote a letter to FBI Director James Comey on Saturday formally requesting an expedited update on his recently announced investigation into new emails relating to Hillary Clinton.

Stressing their concern that Comey’s investigation was already being misused for political purposes, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), as well as the top two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ― Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) ― asked both Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide “more detailed information about the investigative steps that are being taken, the number of emails involved, and what is being done to determine how many of the emails are duplicative of those already reviewed by the FBI.”

The Senators requested that they provide updated information “no later than Monday, October 31, 2016.”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-comey_us_58152e11e4b0990edc31b5ff
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Senate Democrats want answers by Monday from Comey AND Lynch (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2016 OP
Damn straight PJMcK Oct 2016 #1
They were Cc'd Proud liberal 80 Oct 2016 #2
Let's play fucking hardball. PearliePoo2 Oct 2016 #3
damn... swiftboating of Kerry... still upsets me Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #5
I smell bullshit in this entire episode. There's something going on far more than Comey being a good RKP5637 Oct 2016 #8
...and how about pkdu Oct 2016 #4
But can they do anything? regnaD kciN Oct 2016 #6
Comey has ripped an unprecedented hole in the US election system. He needs to answer ASAP RKP5637 Oct 2016 #7
If they get no answer, anamandujano Oct 2016 #9
Kick ck4829 Oct 2016 #10

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
1. Damn straight
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:25 PM
Oct 2016

Why didn't Director Comey send his letter to the Democratic committee leaders. This stinks.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
5. damn... swiftboating of Kerry... still upsets me
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:50 PM
Oct 2016

so the Dems better be utterly ruthless about this Monday - I mean demanding answers and calling out who needs called out as being disruptive to the election process on behalf of Donald! We cannot have our hearts ripped out by seeing him win by a few electoral votes because of everything the GOP already does to stifle turnout, that we know and don't know about, being added to this clusterfu*k!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
8. I smell bullshit in this entire episode. There's something going on far more than Comey being a good
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 10:00 PM
Oct 2016

boy scout.

pkdu

(3,977 posts)
4. ...and how about
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:39 PM
Oct 2016

a. Can you confirm how long FBI NY office has had the device and account/passwords*
b. Can you confirm WHEN NY Field Office agents became aware of these emails*
c. Can you confirm WHEN NY office first contacted the Investigative team looking in HRC email server*
d. Can you confirm you were NOT threatened with a leak by any member of your staff *

*Sworn testimony from the you AND the individuals concerned required please.

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
6. But can they do anything?
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:54 PM
Oct 2016

As the minority party, Senate Democrats lack the authority to issue subpoenas. Comey can just blow them off with no repercussions.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
7. Comey has ripped an unprecedented hole in the US election system. He needs to answer ASAP
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:57 PM
Oct 2016

with the posed questions. He can't hide from this. It will be a significant time documented in history. His actions, right or wrong, require significantly more elaboration and ASAP.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
9. If they get no answer,
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 11:09 PM
Oct 2016

they can still discuss it with a presser. They can ask all the questions and give out all the info we already know.

They need to keep our side of the story in the news. Everybody already knows Hillary's positions on the issues so at each early voting rally, this needs to be hit hard and blown wide open.

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