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Please sign & pass along petition demanding FBI share info about Trump and Russia (Original Post) TheZug Oct 2016 OP
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma1 Oct 2016 #2
Done. And done. nt. marybourg Oct 2016 #3
Done nt meow2u3 Oct 2016 #4
signed NewJeffCT Oct 2016 #5
Don't think so. This isn't how the FBI's supposed to work. Hortensis Oct 2016 #6
I see your point but interference by foreign govt in our electoral process is serious and may rise Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2016 #8
Oh, it's being investigated and acted on. For sure! Lol. Hortensis Oct 2016 #10
OK, looks legit - is it? Never knew the whitehouse was in the business of setting up Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2016 #7
They allow petitions and if they get to 100K signatures, it generates a response. This moonscape Oct 2016 #9

Response to TheZug (Original post)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Don't think so. This isn't how the FBI's supposed to work.
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:09 PM
Oct 2016

Comey's letter corrupted the electoral process and shifted advantage to one party. That's not okay, but we need LESS interference with our electoral process, not more. I have already written and asked him to resign.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
8. I see your point but interference by foreign govt in our electoral process is serious and may rise
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:41 PM
Oct 2016

to the occasion of being an exception to the rule - something of great national importance.... IMHO

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. Oh, it's being investigated and acted on. For sure! Lol.
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:56 PM
Oct 2016

But pre-election statements about Trump's involvement in order to influence, or perhaps "balance" the influences on the election, will not be made. As it happens, the White House is speaking to this right now. The independence of the FBI from political influence will be scrupulously observed.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
9. They allow petitions and if they get to 100K signatures, it generates a response. This
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:31 PM
Oct 2016

is the same vehicle Bill Maher used to ask Obama to be a guest on his show

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