(03-19-2018 09:51 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 09:05 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 08:51 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 08:18 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  It is becoming increasingly clear that (a) Hillary was guilty (b) there was/is malfeasance in the highest levels of the FBI and DOJ, and © there was no "collusion" between the Russians and Trump campaign.

Wiggle all you want, but as time goes on, these conclusions will only become clearer.

Increasingly clear that Clinton was guilty? When was new evidence made public? Or are you just saying you and others are becoming more convinced of it?

It ties into (2). As Owl69 says, Comey laid out a series of of actions that would have landed him in leavenworth for 40 years, then pronounced it "extremem Carelessnes" instead of "negligence". The change, I believe, came from McCabe. Comey then introduced an element of intent to justify his lack of recommendation to prosecute. An element which I understand is not an element of the crime.

(1) is part of the evidence for (2).

Look, Lad, just because one is found not guilty does not mean they are in fact not guilty. Ask OJ. You are hanging your hat on a miscarriage of justice to justify it as a finding of fact.

I get your last point - but there is no new evidence to suggest that it is becoming increasingly clear that Hillary was guilty. You're just become more convinced that she was...

The language change was actually from Mr. Texter, Strozk. We've had that conversation before, because, as I've argued, in the end, Comey agreed to the change and who it came from, shouldn't really matter. And I've argued that Comey's action, especially with him informing the public of the Weiner laptop emails, is evidence that he was not really trying to aid Clinton - that act alone caused her measurable loses in undecided voters.

Side note, the reopening of the investigation, when the Weiner emails were found, is when McCabe recused himself. He initiated a meeting with Comey on Oct 27 due to the email discovery, and then recused himself on Nov 1, two days after a search warrant was granted to look into the laptop.

The new evidence is the evidence that top people in the FBI were not unbiased. Especially people who were involved in the investigation(s).


Interesting sidebar: Mueller's investigation is hailed for its lack of leaks, as was Muelller's FBI. Yet we have Comey and McCabe leaking directly and selectively to the press. Mueller's reputation is considered unassailable by many - Comey and McCabe? Not so much.

Clearly, as more and more evidence surfaces, the FBI's reputation for fairness lessens. As the FBI's reputation wanes, the possibility that the Clinton investigation was influenced waxes.

Thus the "increasingly clear".