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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 02, 2016, 10:12:26 pm

Title: Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe
Post by: mystery-ak on November 02, 2016, 10:12:26 pm

Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe

'When there are investigations, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information. We don’t operate on leaks,' the president said.

By Nolan D. McCaskill, Louis Nelson and Sarah Wheaton

11/02/16 10:58 AM EDT

Updated 11/02/16 03:30 PM EDT


President Barack Obama is questioning the wisdom of FBI Director James Comey’s vague announcement that the agency is reviewing new evidence in its probe into Hillary Clinton's email practices, saying investigations shouldn't “operate on innuendo.”

In an interview with NowThis released Wednesday morning, Obama did not call out Comey by name but vented his frustration that the FBI director dropped a bombshell 11 days before the presidential election, a move that has produced a flurry of anonymously sourced stories about how potentially damaging the new evidence might be.

“Setting aside the particulars of this case,” Obama said of Clinton, “I know that she is somebody who has always looked out for the interest of America and the American people first. And I do think that there is a norm that, you know, when there are investigations, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information. We don’t operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-on-clinton-mistakes-230630
Title: Re: Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe
Post by: r9etb on November 03, 2016, 12:00:01 am
Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe

Ugh.  I can't wait until that self-righteous, hypocritical nitwit is out of office and out of my ears.
Title: Re: Obama criticizes FBI's Comey on Clinton email probe
Post by: txradioguy on November 03, 2016, 12:03:36 am
Ugh.  I can't wait until that self-righteous, hypocritical nitwit is out of office and out of my ears.

One of these days a smart lawyer involved in a case where Obama has decided it's proper to shoot his mouth off is going to use those ill advised comments to get a case either dismissed or the charges dropped altogether.

For someone who claims to have a law degree he sure seems clueless about undue influence and ex parte communication.