Inspector General to investigate Comey's announcements about Clinton email investigations

[CajunBlazer]

...and other related matters. This just announced on CNN. I didn't hear the entire segment, so maybe someone else can fill in the many gaps.

[CincyDem]

1. cuz there's nothing more important than examining the barn door as those horses run free. n/t

[still_one]

2. Here is the NY Times story

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/james-comey-fbi-inspector-general-hillary-clinton.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64784571&pgtype=article

[CajunBlazer]

3. My concern is that Comey is needed to counter Trump

Most of the heads of intelligence like Clapper are political appointees who will be replaced by Trump with people he will expect will tell him what he wants to hear. He will instruct them to shut down any investigations where he is targeted.

Regardless of what we think of him, Comey thinks of himself as an honorable man, who will stand up to Trump as needed and he is appointed for a 10 year term. If Comey is forced to resign, Trump will put in his own guy to be FBI Director.

[JTFrog]

4. No way Comey thinks of himself as an honorable man after pulling the shit he pulled.

He did it knowing full well what he was doing and didn't give two fucks.

[CajunBlazer]

6. I don't think that James Comey gives a rat's ass you you think

Nor do I believe for a minute that he adopts your thinking patterns when evaluating himself.

Our sights should be set higher than simple payback. Comey was appointed to a 10 year term by President Obama. Because of this he has the leeway to stand up to Trump. I don't want him replaced by a Trump "yes man" who will look the other way while Trump betrays the country.

[Eugene]

5. Reuters: DOJ investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Thu Jan 12, 2017 | 1:59pm EST

DOJ investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe

By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON

A U.S. government watchdog said on Thursday it would examine whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation followed proper procedures in its probe of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

The inspector general’s announcement comes amid outcry from Democrats who say Clinton’s loss to President-elect Donald Trump was in part due to Comey's bringing Clinton's emails back into the public spotlight less than two weeks before the 2016 election.

The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said its probe would focus in part on decisions leading up to public communications by FBI Director James Comey regarding the Clinton investigation, and whether underlying investigative decisions may have been based on "improper considerations."

Although the FBI ultimately decided not to refer Clinton’s case for prosecution, Comey aroused suspicion that may have diminished trust in Clinton among voters.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-idUSKBN14W2NT

[Gothmog]

7. Comey is pond scum and lacks any professional or other ethics