The Justice Department Is Opening an Investigation Into the FBI's Actions During the 2016 Campaign

[Iamaartist]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/justice-department-opening-probe-fbi-actions-during-2016-campaign

The agency has been dogged by claims its decisions swung the election.

I am hoping.......this election been so corrupt with Trump and GOP thugs....... and keeps
getting worse everyday.........

[onecaliberal]

1. It's about time

[Iamaartist]

5. Its late....but shall see what happens

It’s a ridiculous and alarming thought that we may literally be inaugurating a Russian mole next week and and a bunch GOP thugs to enrich themselves off America....

[onecaliberal]

6. There is no doubt in my mind that he's a Russian puppet.

[Iamaartist]

12. onecaliberal

How can Trump/Pence be inaugurated with all this corruption? Its unreal........not sure but heard that Pence hasn't totally vetted yet.........

[onecaliberal]

14. I don't understand either, it feels like we're living in an alternate universe.

I hate to say it, but where are congressional Dems? They should be in front of cameras 24/7 telling everyone. Can you imagine if a dem tried to pull this shit.

[Iamaartist]

16. I TOTALLY AGREE....

If us Dems did it we would be with ball and chain attached to our ankle.....

[Alice11111]

19. Yep, goons have different standards for rules enforcement

than we nice Dems do. That's one reason they won, sadly.

[Iamaartist]

24. Alice

The GOP doesn't know how to win without cheating never did....I am not surprise they didn't
steal house and senate seats as well.......thats why Dems are out numbered......

[Alice11111]

26. COMEY'S actions did effect those races

I think it was a study somewhere, published maybe in Mother Jones

[Alice11111]

33. Iamaartist, I certainly agree with that...they win by cheating

...an infinite number of ways: swiftboating, voter suppression, fake news, idiotic investigations, destroying reputations, fake unidentified sources, Comey, hacking, voter registration suppression, Supreme Court intervention into Constitutionally state issues, oN and on forever. The problem is also there is a snowball effect...the more they win and gain power and control, the easier it is to win.

I haven't figured out the solution yet- how we turn the Titanic around. I'm encouraged by the aggressive news cycles the last couple of days; the drop in the stock market the last couple of days (being referred to as the Trump risk factor) and that wakes people up; the late night comedian focus (which really helped Obama, but they did this equivalent time thing with hillary v DT); and that he has made such a buffoon of himself lately that no one but KellyAnne Conwoman is defending him.

[onecaliberal]

21. Definitely.

[SHRED]

2. And in 10 days what?

It'll all go away.

[libtodeath]

23. Right,unless there is an enormous public outcry.

[Gothmog]

36. No it will not go away

I saw this on the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/01/12/there-will-be-an-investigation-of-james-comeys-conduct-we-might-get-some-accountability-after-all/?utm_term=.25630ca46fd1

UPDATE: Amy Jeffress, a former senior Justice Department official and currently an attorney at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, emails more detail on whether this probe could be closed down under Trump:

The Inspector General Act authorizes the Attorney General to interfere with an IG investigation under certain exceptional circumstances, one of which relates to intelligence matters, which arguably could apply here. But the Attorney General would have to find that action is “necessary to prevent the significant impairment to the national interests of the United States” (and there are congressional notification requirements as well). I can’t think of any precedent for taking this step, and politically it would be hugely controversial, and therefore unlikely.

It may be harder that we think for Trump to block this investigation

BTW Comey is pond scum

[SHRED]

40. Thanks!!

[WhiteTara]

3. Rather late. But I guess

better late than never. Although, it will be dropped like a dirty sock in 10 days.

[Alice11111]

7. Let's see how he likes the hot seat!

Probably. They may be doing it just to clear him, as they are also investigatino some Clinton related stuff.
Now, he is less likely to resign, unfortunately. There were a lot of factors in losing the election, but he was the final hard blow (as well as many by him in between ). How can he stand himself? I hope he goes to prison, and I usually want to pardon everyone and reset. He is as smug as DT, and maybe more mendacious, plotting.
DT can't hold a thought long enough to plot, which is why he needed Bannon

[Iamaartist]

11. Alice 11111

Maybe they should be checking his bank account to see how much Trump or the GOP paid to keep it quite,,,wouldn't doubt it........

[Alice11111]

13. I've wondered the same thing, but I suspect his rewards

are delayed and well hidden, like being taken in to well paid investments, maybe some of DT's deals with putin.
Something is there.

[Iamaartist]

20. I think so too something is there .....some money under the table.....$$$$

[Alice11111]

27. Obvious by his behavior yesterday

As he smugly sat there and hypocritically testified or refused to, yesterday, I thought they already had given him assurances...for many things

[Iamaartist]

18. WhiteTara

Not sure but also heard if President Obama started it now ,it still could go after he is sworn in and they couldn't be blocked not sure on that just read it somewhere.......

[WhiteTara]

25. I fear that Comey will put the big kabosh

on any investigation into TinyHands. Be great if it were true that it would have to continue. I'll hold out hope for that!

[Alice11111]

28. Yes. They are snakes wrapped around each other...oozing

[WhiteTara]

29. ...

Welcome to DU Alice!

[Alice11111]

32. Thank you!

[TrekLuver]

4. Is it possible that the Comey investigation (sure does have a nice ring to it) is already

underway and that they are just announcing it now????

[Iamaartist]

8. I know

Should have been done long before this but GOP ..wants everything hidden......

[Alice11111]

17. Yes, nice ring...Comey Investigation! Pound it, RM, CNN, Joy

[CajunBlazer]

9. 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.

[Alice11111]

15. Don't think he is honorable. Who could be worse?

The only advantage of Comey is he might have to tow the line now and be less reckless, since he's been caught. He tries to project himself as honorable. No honorable person would do what he did after an election started, with such bs to back him up. That is 3rd world. Plus, he withheld REALLY IMPORTANT stuff on DT, that clearly disqualified him 4 office.

[CajunBlazer]

31. Who could be worse?

Someone personally picked by Trump to make sure that the new appointee would not dare confront him with evidence of the Russians hacking or with the possibility that the Russians have blackmail information on him.

We have to look beyond simple payback - Trump is going to be in office 4 years, unless he is impeached first. If there is ever reason for impeachments we don't want a "yes man" running the FBI.

[Hoyt]

10. Good. Hard to argue his actions didn't sway the results.

[Iamaartist]

22. Unreal ,,,,a FBI guy of ours...the GOP must have paid him some money to keep quiet....

[Gothmog]

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

[Paladin]

34. I want Comey's head on a pike for what he did. (nt)

[Gothmog]

35. Why not a silver platter?

[Paladin]

38. OK, that'll work. (nt)

[triron]

37. So wait to do it until

findings won't really matter. Strange?

[AgadorSparticus]

39. FINALLY!!! THANK GOD!!