FBI Director James Comey to testify before Congress on Clinton email probe Thursday

[mystery-ak]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/chaffetz-comey-clinton-emails-225141

 House GOP to press Comey for answers on Clinton probe

Ryan's statement signals a shift for Republican leadership on the investigation.

By Rachael Bade

07/05/16 07:13 PM EDT

Updated 07/05/16 10:57 PM EDT

House Republicans are gearing up to grill FBI Director James Comey about why the agency chose not to recommend charges for Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of classified material.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced late Tuesday night that he would green-light the chamber's top watchdog, the Oversight Committee, to ask Comey to testify — a significant departure from leadership's previous stance on the issue.

"Comey should give us all the publicly available information to see how and why they reached these conclusions," he told Megyn Kelly on Fox News' "Kelly File."

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[austingirl]

Happening tomorrow at 10 am. Nothing will come of it. The Obama/Clinton machine has prevailed. All the stories about Obama and the Clintons hating each other were so much BS. Corrupt, incompetent people get along very well.

[Gov Bean Counter]

I think Comey would like to see her prosecuted, just not by this DOJ, which IMO would be less than vigorous.

[RetBobbyMI]

I think Comey would like to see her prosecuted, just not by this DOJ, which IMO would be less than vigorous.

If he wanted that, then he should have said that, unless he is a political stooge. If the latter, he should be impeached.

[truth_seeker]

Another career political insider, lacking the balls to do the right thing, IMO.

His department has cost dozens of lives, by missing terrorists.

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/06/fbi-troubling-history-of-missing-terrorists

FBI’s Troubling History of Missing Terrorists

Orlando marks the latest in a troubling pattern of jihadist attacks in the United States. Once again, a future terrorist was on the radar of the the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Once again, the bureau closed an investigation into someone that went on to conduct a terrorist attack.

The jihadi who perpetrated the Orlando terrorist attack, Omar Mateen, was investigated twice by the FBI after being reported by his co-workers

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[don-o]

Happening tomorrow at 10 am. Nothing will come of it. The Obama/Clinton machine has prevailed. All the stories about Obama and the Clintons hating each other were so much BS. Corrupt, incompetent people get along very well.

Important to get it on the record. Important that a lawyer clarify the actual job description of an investigator.

[LMAO]

So, my understanding, listening to Comey, is he didn't say she wasn't guilty of a crime? That they couldn't find that she INTENDED a crime?

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: BUSINESS INSIDER

URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-hillary-clinton-email-testify-2016-7

by: Oliver Darcy


FBI Director James Comey will testify before Congress on Thursday after announcing the bureau would recommend Hillary Clinton not be prosecuted for her email practices as secretary of state, the House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday.

"The FBI's recommendation is surprising and confusing. The fact pattern presented by Director Comey makes clear Secretary Clinton violated the law. Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable," committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said in a statement.

The Utah Republican representative added: "Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI's investigation. I thank Directory Comey for accepting the invitation to publicly answer these important questions."

Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon reacted to the news on Twitter, calling the hearing a public "flogging."

So House GOP will hold a hearing flogging Comey for not charging Clinton on same day Trump visits the Hill? This should end well.

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 6, 2016

Comey said at a Tuesday press conference that 110 emails that traversed Clinton's private email server had classified information at the time they were sent or received. He called her behavior "extremely careless" and said it was "possible" that "hostile actors" had gained access to her account.

Nevertheless, the agency director said "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring charges against her and that the bureau would not recommend doing so.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch indicated last week that she would likely accept the FBI's recommendation. She is also set to testify before the House later this month.

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[rangerrebew]

That they couldn't find that she INTENDED a crime?

Does this set a precedent where if drunk drivers kills someone but didn't INTEND to kill them, charges won't be filed?

[austingirl]

If he wanted that, then he should have said that, unless he is a political stooge. If the latter, he should be impeached.

 

[r9etb]

Does this set a precedent where if drunk drivers kills someone but didn't INTEND to kill them, charges won't be filed?

Consistency would suggest so.... if not generally, then at least in similar situations.  (Bryan Nishimura, please call your lawyers...)

[driftdiver]

@mystery-ak

I distinctly remember being told that intent had nothing to do with whether I would be charged or not.   I was told "follow the rules or go to jail".   Heck I had my rights read to me 3 times for mistakes OTHER people made. 

Complete and utter BS and this Congress circus is no different.