Posted on 06/14/2018 12:05:05 PM PDT by detective
Former FBI Director James Comey responded to a critical inspector general's report from the Department of Justice looking into the FBI's handling of the Clinton email probe, saying the conclusions were "reasonable" but that nothing in the report "makes me think we did the wrong thing."
“I respect the DOJ IG office, which is why I urged them to do this review. The conclusions are reasonable, even though I disagree with some,” Comey tweeted, minutes after the report was released. “People of good faith can see an unprecedented situation differently. I pray no Director faces it again. Thanks to IG’s people for hard work.”
Comey must have known long ago that the IG report would be a fraudulent cover up.
Well, I guess that’s that!
He probably helped write it
Liberals are never held accountable. Republicans let them get away with it.
Of course not. When you have no moral compass that conclusion is easy.
Can someone tell me why any of the 50 million+ people who voted for President Trump should have ANY faith in our “justice” system or politicians?
Too bad his conscience knows otherwise. Was he seeking validation from a biased Inspector General? What a joke. America deserves so much better than these people. Then again, maybe America got what it deserved.
saying the conclusions were “reasonable” but that nothing in the report “makes me think we did the wrong thing.”
Actually I agree with him on two counts.
First it was not just ONE wrong thing.
Two, the conclusions were not reasonable.
Which is why it was a complete waste of time to produce it.
After 8 years of being targeted by an administration for any kind of political opposition, Americans elected Donald Trump. The communists burrowed in over those years, and it will take some time to get rid of all the kudzu.
Horowitz Simonized Hillary`s Ass.
Barry`s pick did his job.
please call Hillary or the DNC for a reality check.
The real problem was that Comey didn’t do the right thing. Refer Clinton for prosecution.
It was supposed to be released at 3:00 pm today and was 500 pages, your telling me he read it already ?
Summery:
Because Trump is evil, that’s why.
Yes, it does.
This is from the conclusions part of the report. May not be as bad as some might think:
“First, we found that several FBI employees who played critical roles in the investigation sent political messages—some of which related directly to the Midyear investigation—that created the appearance of bias and thereby raised questions about the objectivity and thoroughness of the Midyear investigation. Even more seriously, text messages between Strzok and Page pertaining to the Russia investigation, particularly a text message from Strzok on August 8 stating “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.” in response to a Page text “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!,” are not only indicative of a biased state of mind but imply a willingness to take official action to impact a presidential candidate’s electoral prospects. This is antithetical to the core values of the FBI and the Department of Justice. While we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed in Chapter Five, the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation and sowed doubt about the FBI’s work on, and its handling of, the Midyear investigation. It also called into question Strzok’s failure in October 2016 to follow up on the Midyear-related investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop. The damage caused by these employees’ actions extends far beyond the scope of the Midyear investigation and goes to the heart of the FBI’s reputation for neutral factfinding and political independence.”
The OIG report states that FBI sent political messages that create appearances of bias and raises questions about objectivity. So it is about far more people than just Strzok and Page.
The OIG did not find “documentary or testimonial evidence that that improper considerations, including political bias, ...”, this conclusion specifically states that, “ the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation and sowed doubt about the FBI’s work on, and its handling of, the Midyear investigation.” In other words, the FBI and DOJ employees did not give him documents or testimony admitting their bias. Of course they didn’t; those corrupt people were not going to sign their own indictment and admit their crimes.The OIG is not saying there wasn’t bias, because this same paragraph clearly states that he believes their was bias.
If you scroll down to Attachment H, you will see a diagram of a number of high-ranking FBI personnel exchanging phone calls with reporters, including over 20 each between the Director (had to be Comey) and a “special Agent” with a particular reporter.
Hard to see how Comey can avoid prosecution for these crimes. The others have real problems, too.
We don’t.
I’m sure he feels quite vindicated now.
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