DOJ IG report to characterize Comey as insubordinate

[Bormio]

Per ABC news.  So the #1 at the FBI defied his superiors and the #2 at the FBI lied in testimony.  For those who insist on defending the FBI, it is clear something was very rotten in that organization.  The presumption the FBI gets for honesty and responsible investigation is clearly looking to be not appropriate for this crew of leaders.  No one wants to think the FBI was pursuing a tainted political agenda - but to not see it as possible here is naive.

[FolsomPrisonBlues]

Fake news. 

Nothing burger #65

[15yds4gibberish]

1 hour ago, Bormio said:

Per ABC news.  So the #1 at the FBI defied his superiors and the #2 at the FBI lied in testimony.  For those who insist on defending the FBI, it is clear something was very rotten in that organization.  The presumption the FBI gets for honesty and responsible investigation is clearly looking to be not appropriate for this crew of leaders.  No one wants to think the FBI was pursuing a tainted political agenda - but to not see it as possible here is naive.

If the ABC report is to be believed, apparently the IG believes Comey/FBI was insubordinate in support of Crime Family Don’s campaign.

Here is the link to the ABC article along with a couple of salient quotes from it:

• “The draft of Horowitz's wide-ranging report specifically called out Comey for ignoring objections from the Justice Department when he disclosed in a letter to Congress just days before the 2016 presidential election that FBI agents had reopened the Clinton probe, according to sources. Clinton has said that letter doomed her campaign.”
• “Horowitz's draft report cited Comey for failing to consult with Lynch and other senior Justice Department officials before making his announcement on national TV. While saying there was no "clear evidence" that Clinton "intended to violate" the law, Comey insisted the former secretary of state was "extremely careless" in her "handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."”

Of course, some of us have been pointing these Comey actions out as rotten all along…At the time, I remember right wing celebrations about these actions  (along with Trump tweets about how courageous Comey was), but hey if you now want to spin it as some sort of vindication that there is vast Deep-State/FBI/Clinton conspiracy against Trump that operated by undermining Clinton's campaign and helping Crime Family Don get elected, then have at it – Nobody going to talk the Very Stable Geniuses out of it.

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Standard Caveat: I reserve the right to change my mind after the actual IG report comes out…

[Bormio]

I have always said Comey was terribly wrong in the Hillary situation - beginning with the totally inappropriate presser in July 2016.  Comey is one of those that thinks everyone around him is an idiot - someone like that makes a very poor head of the FBI.  He was far too concerned with politics and has a misguided notion he is more ethical than those around him.

[Bormio]

Lynch was in part responsible for the Hillary clusterfuck.  Her session with Bill meant she should have recused herself and let someone in Justice make the decision.  She did not, but then green lighted Comey by saying she would follow the FBI’s recommendation.