Why did James Comey Re-open the Investigation of Hillary Clinton?

[pjohns]

I found this posted elsewhere--admittedly, from a less-than-neutral website; but it is still spot on, I believe:   

JUST IN: Here’s WHY Comey Reopened Hillary Investigation

I think the real reason that Comey changed his stance on Hillary Clinton and her email scandal is multi-faceted. First off, he probably had a hard time living with himself after he let her walk. He knows how it made him look and multiple associates of his told him he had ruined not only his own reputation, but that of the FBI. Then there is the ever growing stack of resignations piling up on his desk. FBI agents that have been with the agency for years just couldn’t stomach what he did. Then there is Comey’s wife, who urged him to come forward. That’s a lot of pressure on anyone… I think Comey saw this as a shot at redemption and jumped on it.

Unfortunately, as Fox Business put it: “James Comey, who was once regarded as the Eliot Ness of law enforcement, a modern day straight-shooter impenetrable to political pressure, will instead leave the office of FBI chief as something closer to Inspector Clouseau.” That is pretty much spot on… now Comey is roundly hated on both sides and Clinton is on the war path to take him down. I believe he did the right thing reopening the case. If he hadn’t, he surely would have been the center of an investigation and prosecution himself. He had no choice in this.

James Comey’s decision to revive the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server and her handling of classified material came after he could no longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents in the FBI, including some of his top deputies, according to a source close to the embattled FBI director.

‘The atmosphere at the FBI has been toxic ever since Jim announced last July that he wouldn’t recommend an indictment against Hillary,’ said the source, a close friend who has known Comey for nearly two decades, shares family outings with him, and accompanies him to Catholic mass every week.

‘Some people, including department heads, stopped talking to Jim, and even ignored his greetings when they passed him in the hall,’ said the source. ‘They felt that he betrayed them and brought disgrace on the bureau by letting Hillary off with a slap on the wrist.’

According to the source, Comey fretted over the problem for months and discussed it at great length with his wife, Patrice.

He told his wife that he was depressed by the stack of resignation letters piling up on his desk from disaffected agents. The letters reminded him every day that morale in the FBI had hit rock bottom.

‘He’s been ignoring the resignation letters in the hope that he could find a way of remedying the situation,’ said the source.

‘When new emails that appeared to be related to Hillary’s personal email server turned up in a computer used [her close aide] Huma Abedin and [Abedin’s disgraced husband,] Anthony Weiner, Comey jumped at the excuse to reopen the investigation.

Every law enforcement official out there believes this should never have gotten to this point… not if Comey had just done his job in the first place regardless of politics. There is just sooo much overwhelming evidence against Clinton that this should have been a no-brainer. Instead, here we are.

There has been a near mutiny within the FBI over this and Comey is being shunned. No one wants to talk to him and no one within the agency supported him on letting Clinton skate. I guess he is trying to rectify that now and he is trying to fix some of the damage. But some of it will never be able to be fixed because he caved to political pressure in the first place. Trust in his integrity is gone. It remains to be seen if he will really follow through here on doing the right thing.

JUST IN: JUST IN: http://rightwingnews.com/hillary-clinton-2/just-heres-comey-reopened-hillary-investigation/
 

[corbe]

   Informative, and a completely NEW Angle.

    Thanks for posting this @pjohns.


           Hell hath no Fury, Like a Woman Scorned.



   Patrice Comey: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
   http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/patrice-comey-failor-james-comey-wife-family-spouse-fbi-director-hillary-clinton-emails-no-charges-collin/

[Jazzhead]

We've seen this before - a Presidential candidate furiously trying to cover up its mendacity until after the election.  That President, Richard Nixon, won in a landslide.  But the cost was enormous - the Watergate hearings and ultimately a Presidential resignation that caused the opposition party to hold Congress for a generation.   

I'd like to think that Director Comey remembers those days,  and the paralysis and national angst that followed Nixon's (temporarily) successful cover-up.   The American people may well elect Hillary Clinton, but no one will be able to say they weren't unaware they were installing the New Nixon. 

[Oceander]

To clear Clinton.  They have a scapegoat -Abedin - who will be charged soon, and plead after negotiations done after the election, and that will be that.  There will be no impeachment proceedings because he political Cost will be too high:  the FBI twice exonerated Clinton, so any impeachment would simply be politically motivated. 

Abedin will, of course, end up in a few years with a seven figure salary from some shady organization tied to the Clinton Foundation. 

[Frank Cannon]

To clear Clinton.  They have a scapegoat -Abedin - who will be charged soon, and plead after negotiations done after the election, and that will be that.  There will be no impeachment proceedings because he political Cost will be too high:  the FBI twice exonerated Clinton, so any impeachment would simply be politically motivated. 

Abedin will, of course, end up in a few years with a seven figure salary from some shady organization tied to the Clinton Foundation.

Nah. The press is not as big a fan of Hitlary as they were of Slick. This thing will go full tilt witch hunt after she gets elected.

[corbe]

Nah. The press is not as big a fan of Hitlary as they were of Slick. This thing will go full tilt witch hunt after she gets elected.

   History shows this to be True, Nixon, in spite of his overwhelming reelection, got nothing DONE in his brief SECOND term. 

    Hellary would be the same, she will be 'dogged' constantly by enough (not all) of the press to make her Presidency untenable and probably of inconsequence. 

[Oceander]

Nah. The press is not as big a fan of Hitlary as they were of Slick. This thing will go full tilt witch hunt after she gets elected.

I don't think they're so sanguine as to risk a real impeachment. 

[corbe]

   APB-BOLO issued, Sen. Warren has left the Clinton reservation.

https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/793513052746485760

[corbe]

November 1, 2016, 11:23 am



A few quick points:

1.  All FBI/DOJ can do in one week with 650,000 emails — a number consistent with full backup of all emails on Huma’s devices since Hillary’s homebrew server was set up Jan. 13, 2009 (the day of Hillary’s SecState confirmation hearing) — is identify those with classified headers — surely thousands.


2.  The number of emails copied could only have been copied by preset full automatic backup — given demands on her time as Hillary’s top aide Huma could not have had time to individually select only unclassified emails to forward, given massive message volume.

3.  Needless to say, for at least the five years since he resigned from Congress, Weiner was not even cleared to read a menu at Domino’s Pizza. Even during his seven terms in the House, Weiner would not have gotten automatic security clearances, but only on a need-to-know basis given service on specific committees dealing with classified matters. Thus, Huma had a clear, firm legal obligation to verify that Weiner had the requisite security clearance(s) before forwarding classified emails — whether marked or unmarked, whether already or later classified — to their shared laptop.

4.  Content in emails need not be known by Huma or investigators (and can’t be known by the general public, whose members lack security clearance); thus unauthorized transfer by Huma of classified info alone triggers legal liability.

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http://nginx.spectator.org/humas-legal-liability/