(10-31-2016 10:45 AM)JOwl Wrote:  

(10-31-2016 09:53 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  The reason Comey is getting reamed is because he did the exact opposite of that with the American people, and came out and discussed this "discovery" before there was any substantive information about what was in the discovery.

My guess is that Comey sent out the letter because of the need for the warrant to read the emails. That is, that the FBI getting a warrant would have either been publicly available info or very likely to leak (I have no idea if either is true, just speculation by me) and he felt his hand was being forced -- he had to get out in front of it.

I think there are likely a lot of reasons and could speculate all day. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the unwarranted criticism he has taken from some of the talking heads, suggesting that he wasn't aggressive enough or that it was absurd that they didn't press charges, played a role. By sending the letter out, he very publicly was stating that he was following up every reasonable lead and investigating every piece of evidence at his disposal.