(04-15-2018 02:08 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-15-2018 11:42 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-15-2018 10:56 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-15-2018 09:06 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-15-2018 08:35 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  This isn’t new news. But did you actually read the quote?

Yes, I read the quote.

Here it is, in case you miss d it:

In his book, "A Higher Loyalty," Comey expresses a similar sentiment, writing, "It is entirely possible that, because I was making decisions in an environment where Hillary Clinton was sure to be the next president, my concern about making her an illegitimate president by concealing the restarted investigation bore greater weight than it would have if the election appeared closer or if Donald Trump were ahead in all polls."

But Why is this not new news? When did Comey say before that his decision was based on political considerations?

The FBI is supposed to be this apolitical organization, going where the evidence takes them, and making decisions without regard for political or personal considerations.

There was a big article in the NYTimes or Post about Comey a few months ago that we discussed on this sub, and it included this information in it. It painted Comey as a conflicted figure who tried to do what he felt was right and unbiased, and who ended up making decisions that had consequences he didnt forsee.

Your comment doesn’t make a lot of sense. Comey didn’t say that politics played into giant decision of continuing with the investigation - he said he wanted to be transparent with the American people because of the potential issues associated with concealing the restart to the investigation.

Are you actually criticizing Comey for being transparent with the Americans public?

He said he wanted to keep Clinton from becoming an illegitimate President.


So his decision was based on two things:

1. Clinton was going to be the President
2. He wanted to protect her from charges of illegitiamacy.

He was not trying to be transparent with the American People. Transparency is not what the FBI does. He was trying to help Clinton.

What a strange interpretation of that situation.

He was 100% trying to be transparent - there is no way telling the American people that she was back under investigation helps Clinton. Please explain how that would help Clinton during the election.

He wanted to avoid the situation where, should Clinton have won, the FBI announces Post-election that she was back under investigation. That would have been an epic cluster because Comey and the FBI would have been accused of keeping the reopening under wraps to help Clinton avoid scrutiny during the election.

Let's look at the alternate universe where Comey decided not to make an announcement about Weiner's laptop and Clinton wins. (Nate Silver made a pretty strong case that it was the Comey announcement that swung enough votes in WI, MI, PA to turn the election.) Then it comes out that Comey reopened the investigation just before the election, but didn't make it public.

Are we supposed to believe that OO and Tanq of the alternate universe are saying "no biggie - if he had made it public, it would have been to help Clinton"? Really?