2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumReid talked w/ top NatSec officials and Comey “has explosive information” about Trump and Russia
According to Huff Post's Senior Politics Editor Sam Stein...
Reid says he's talked w/ top NatSec officials who say that Comey possesses explosive information about Trumps ties to Russia
https://twitter.com/samsteinhp/status/792845597506101248
I have a feeling, something is coming.....
semby2
(246 posts)I love that needling from Reid. I love how aggressive it is.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)He finally showed he knows how to land one
LisaL
(44,974 posts)still_one
(92,381 posts)maybe their is a clause in the Hatch Act, only release information that may hurt the Democrats
chillfactor
(7,582 posts)there is such a thing as "leaks"..and I am sure not everyone in the FBI is happy with comey's dirty tricks.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)anti-Hillary propaganda using speculation (not facts) right before the election, Obama needs to settle this down by invoking his Commander in Chief credential. Whatever happens, Comey is now under the spotlight for election tampering against warnings by DOJ about election protocol.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)There are already complaints being filed against him for violating the Hatch act with the email letter.
Can't see it happening even if the FBI has something.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Reid is throwing the grenade into the room.......
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)Democratic voters to GOTV, plus it hugely ramps up the pressure on Comey "You can release this vague statement on Clinton, yet you say nothing about what you have on Trump re Russia".
Well played Sir
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)how to improve when you lose, etc. Reid did great, I hope he keeps it up
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)Gotta think the Russia connection proof will be leaked anyway (tho not by Comey)
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Let's hope Reid is telling the truth and castigate him if he is not.
Voters need an ALTERNATIVE to the moral and intellectual corruption that's taken over the Republican Party, not a copy.
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)for it, he has to be smoked out. Harry's letter does just that. Comey cannot ignore that letter, it's a classic "he's goosed no matter which way he replies".
Considering the influence of Russia in Trump's favour as well as the Black ops from the Alt Right/Republicans, I think we can dispense with the Pollyanna outlook for the last 10 days. It is TOO damn important.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)He sure understands all the ins and outs of the govt.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)but WHEN he knew it.
Why hasn't AG Lynch thrown Comey out yet?
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)He won't be fired. Nor do I think he wants to work for Trump or Clinton.
Lefthacker
(264 posts)Just maybe, Comey brought the email stuff out first and then will unload the Russia stuff.
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Maybe?
Response to LisaL (Reply #14)
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Avalux
(35,015 posts)Comey is a smart man. He's director of the FBI and has to navigate horrendous political waters. I'm not really defending him, just think there's a lot more to this and it may not be as it appears. If he has the goods on Donald and Russia and intends to make that public, this was the perfect setup.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)if this were some shrewd setup to expose Trump's Russia connections, Comey would have put this in motion 3 weeks ago at the latest. Many millions have already voted, including me.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)to appear fair.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)"First, I knock the fire out of Hillary. Trump praises. Republicans all happy.
Now I have to end the Trump campaign. I have precedent."
napi21
(45,806 posts)hide until after the election.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Nothing else need be said to the uninformed if they spout off
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)Just in time for President-Elect Trump to have to step down under threat of impeachment, handing the White House to President Mike Pence.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Telling Comey that now he's tainted the election, he needs to provide the Trump info to the public, in the interest of fairness, the right to know and the public good.
Go, Loretta. Type the letter.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)Imagine a possible connection between a candidate for president in the United States and the Russian computer hacking. Imagine the candidate has business dealings in Russia, and has publicly encouraged the Russians to hack the email of his opponent and her associates.
It would not be surprising for the F.B.I. to include this candidate and his campaign staff in its confidential investigation of Russian computer hacking.
But it would be highly improper, and an abuse of power, for the F.B.I. to conduct such an investigation in the public eye, particularly on the eve of the election. It would be an abuse of power for the director of the F.B.I., absent compelling circumstances, to notify members of Congress from the party opposing the candidate that the candidate or his associates were under investigation. It would be an abuse of power if F.B.I. agents went so far as to obtain a search warrant and raid the candidates office tower, hauling out boxes of documents and computers in front of television cameras.
The F.B.I.s job is to investigate, not to influence the outcome of an election.
Such acts could also be prohibited under the Hatch Act, which bars the use of an official position to influence an election. That is why the F.B.I. presumably would keep those aspects of an investigation confidential until after the election.
Painter undoubtedly knows "insiders." Could he have information that, in contrast to what they are doing with Clinton, the FBI decided to keep investigation of Trump in relation to the hacking "under wraps"?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Comey should have given equal weight/public info re: Trump investigation status at same time he speculated about Hillary's emails. Provide a little equal treatment, Director, or you may have a civil rights violation for unequal treatment of a female candidate
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)And the ONLY reason i am skeptical is because he insisted in 2012 he knew for a fact that romney paid no taxes but he didnt back it up with proof. We all were counting on him coming through with evidence. Anyway, i have my fingers crossed that he isnt going out on a limb on something that isnt going to happen.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Maybe two?
I always thought Harry Reid was right and that Romney didn't release all of his returns for a reason.
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)Democratic side that they are only updating the public on Clinton, but not Trump. Consequently showing utter bias against Hillary. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not !
It's like the old one of "When did you first start beating your wife ?"
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)It's explosive.
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)the email case publicly, last July. HE broke from precedent and the results are now coming back to haunt him.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)luvmybluestate
(54 posts)bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)I only saw the tweet when I commented,but i have now read Reids full letter to comey so it makes more sense.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)wishstar
(5,271 posts)Rather or not Reid is bluffing, we know there ARE troubling connections between Trump and some of his advisors and Russia that are almost certainly surfacing as part of the Russian hacking investigations by intelligence community
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)BlueStateLib
(937 posts)skylucy
(3,740 posts)would have happened if he hadn't put out the letter. So Reid is putting Comey on notice that he had better be ready for leaks from the FBI about the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia. After all, the public has the right to know...using Comey's own words.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)and I'm sure some FBI people are PO'd that they warned Comey and he would not follow the advice of staying on the established course of the Hatch Act. He's gone rogue with Sarah Palin.
George II
(67,782 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)after being told by DOJ and his own staff not to talk about Weiner's computer and a maybe-iffy link to HRC's server, Comey ignores them all. So now he's violated the Hatch Act.
I'm expecting a backlash/mutiny at FBI on Monday.
Mon. am the shit hits the fan with Comey in the middle defending his repuglican unequal treatment values.
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)He's as tainted as Flint tapwater, and that may have been the point of this weekend.
budkin
(6,713 posts)It's against policy.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Sorry, should have used sarcasm tag
Duppers
(28,125 posts)NOT for an elected official.
Reid is elected and not subjected to the Hatch Act, as Civil Servants are.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)TeamPooka
(24,253 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)seems unlikely.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I think it may be unlikely because Comey wasn't a focus until Friday, so the story wouldn't be about Comey sitting on information. If it's information about Trump's Russian ties, that would be great.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)We are comparing Comey's treatment of Hillary vs. Trump and the issue boils down to unequal treatment of the candidates by a government official (Comey), and biased actions to sway an election is a violation of federal law, the Hatch Act. In Hillary's case, Comey publicized the FBI email find on Weiner's computer, stating this accidental find may have something to do with HRC's email server-closed investigation. Comey said he didn't know more, but he just wanted Congress to be informed.
Meanwhile, there is FBI info about Trump's ties to Russia, and Comey has said nothing about that publicly. Put the dots together and it appears Comey is deliberately trying to sway voters by speculating about Weiner's computer/Hillary server links while saying nothing about Trump's ties to Russia.
Pooty poot and Trump, what a duo they will be if Trump wins.
TeamPooka
(24,253 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)he's got evidence that tRump funded an abortion for one of his sexual conquests. I don't know but a lot of people are saying that.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)ugh, disgusting thought of Trump raping Jane Doe at 13 years old. And I believe the woman. Her claim is so detailed in the court filings, down to Trump's threat she might disappear like "Maria," another girl age 12 who was at two of the four parties. Maria didn't make it to the last two parties, according to Jane Doe. What happened to her? What does Trump know about her disappearance?
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)luvmybluestate
(54 posts)among rethugs is right thick this cycle
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)So that we all can wave the piles of evidence of his scumminess in the stupidass's faces.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)and thick in the head, too