[Rockingham]

Comey is no doubt a good man in private life but he clearly lacks moral courage and high level political smarts. I surmise that Comey was told, in effect, that for the FBI to recommend the indictment of the presumptive Presidential nominee of a major party would bring the FBI into severe discredit with a large slice of the US electorate. This would lead to his ouster and the agency’s restructuring in the next Congress, which would likely be run by the Democrats due to an anger driven spike in turnout.

[Ancesthntr]

“This would lead to his ouster and the agency’s restructuring in the next Congress, which would likely be run by the Democrats due to an anger driven spike in turnout.”

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That last part will be important. This is a zero-sum game - no matter the result, some rather large fraction of the population was going to be extremely ticked off. I’d rather that it be us - because this will drive a lot of us to the polls, will drive a lot of the #NeverTrump folks to the polls, will drive a lot of Indies to the polls and will make a lot of people stay home. IOW, this works to OUR advantage.

Long term, assuming that $hitlary loses, Comey is going to come out of this a hero (and, NO, I’m not related to him, I’m not a friend or acquaintance, I don’t work for him, nor does anyone I know).