The FBI’s Defense of How the Clinton Interview Was Conducted Is Full of Holes

Andy McCarthy can so clearly explain criminal law, ethics and practical dynamics of a prosecution or investigation. Yet when one of his friends is the prosecutor or chief investigator, AM let’s that completely cloud his conclusions. Remember Patrick Fitzgerald, the Valerie Plame “leak” prosecutor? AM thought he had unimpeachable character. Come to find out Fitzgerald knew from Day One of that investigation that fat Richard Armitage had “leaked” the information about Plame to the journalist, Robert Novak. Fitzgerald nevertheless conducted a balls-out investigation that finally netted Scooter Libby’s conviction for supposed perjury (because he had a different memory of events than media saint Tim Russert). The whole thing was unadulterated, manufactured BS by Fitzgerald, Armitage and Colin Powell who let a good man go to jail and become ruined personally and financially because they didn’t have the stones to speak up and call it off. And then GWB added insult to injury by not granting Libby a full and unconditional pardon on his way out of office - despite Dick Cheney’s pleas that he do so. Has Andy McCarthy EVER acknowledged and disavowed the total breach of the prosecutorial code of conduct in this travesty by his buddy, Fitzgerald? Not to my knowledge.

The above article today by McCarthy is similar contradiction. At first he says Comey’s word is good enough for him, but the rest of the article demonstrates Comey’s complete mishandling of the email investigation. I can only conclude that AM would have reached the same lame-brain conclusion that Comey announced on July 5 (the day America died, in my view): “no reasonable prosecutor....”

And the Band Played On.

Thanks for the short version. I remember most of that but it isn’t newsworthy now I guess. How sad for our Country that we were brought to the brink by a hick from Arkansas and a Kenyan.

I fear we have problems that elections won’t fix. Corruption is now a global enterprise.

NB: You nailed it. Before I got to your post, I was struck by a strange parallel between McCarthy’s piece and Comey’s tortured announcement that there would be no prosecution. In both cases, the evidence marshalled in the body of the presentation is at odds with a central point: McCarthy’s premise that Comey is a paragon of integrity is contradicted by the examples of dereliction of duty and Comey’s conclusion against prosecution was obliterated by his presentation of incriminating facts.

Comey’s appearance before Congress was like the kid who comes to school with “the dog ate my homework” excuse, but in Comey’s case, the dog ate his homework, his investigator’s homework, the Justice department’s homework, Hillary’s homework, Mills’ homework, etc. So many excuses do not add up to integrity.

... permitted Hillary Clinton’s aide Cheryl Mills — the subject of a criminal investigation, who had been given immunity from prosecution despite strong evidence that she had lied to investigators — to participate as a lawyer for Clinton, the principal subject of the same criminal investigation. This unheard-of accommodation was made in violation not only of rudimentary investigative protocols and attorney-ethics rules, but also of the federal criminal law...it would seem a direct conflict of interest for Mills - Clinton should have appointed another lawyer to represent her in the matter under consideration by the FBI rather than involving someone who herself was possibly implicated in the investigation - Mills and probably also Clinton should be disbarred - what say you, American Bar Association?......

The FBI used to be a great agency. It has slowly been destroyed and now Comey is part of the Clinton Crime Family. Comey needs to be investigated by an independent group of investigators. He has no credibility anymore.

How sad that in 8 years one of this country’s most respected agencies has been destroyed. I wonder how that happened

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