FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with President Bill Clinton in late June was the turning point in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
Comey said the meeting aboard an airplane in Phoenix set off a series of events that ended with a bombshell revelation in the FBI director's letter to congressional leaders 11 days before the November 8 election that the bureau would reopen the investigation.
During testimony on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey said "a number of things" had caused him to worry that Department of Justice leadership "could not credibly complete the investigation and decline prosecution without grievous damage to the American people's confidence in the justice system."
The "capper," he said, was the meeting.
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Comey just publicly verified what many of us were sayin all along: the meeting on the tarmac was clear evidence of bad judgment on Lynch's part. And when the USAG has bad judgment, that's really bad. We all know they didn't talk about grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteComey should not be vilified; he should go down as a hero. I remember cheering when he released the Weiner findings, not because of what he said, but what he didn't that created more doubt in voters minds. Comey is a brilliant man and knew what he was doing because he saw the corruption that was going unchecked. He fell on the sword for the good of our country and I commend him for that.
Love him or hate him. He did what was right. The entire Clinton camp was corrupted and he helped prevent them from doing bad things just to get elected.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you are correct, I may change my mind about Mr. Comey