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Lefty Wright's avatar

Well, of course we now know that Comey was fired. But the thing that blows your whereases out of the water is that Comey never came clean on the basis of writing the letter. The GOP and the media took off with it and made it appear the FBI had some new and almost certainly incriminating evidence that would surely result in charges being brought. Comey had several days to come out and say that all the buzz was pure speculation and at that point in time, there was no evidence these emails contained any new information. And that the FBI had only speculation, but no evidence of new information, as a reason to review the emails in the first place. In other words, Comey carefully crafted a letter that said nothing but could imply whatever you wanted it to. And did nothing to clarify the matter. And it is that lack of effort in explaining the letter and defusing the rumors that makes me think this was intentional. He basically hid out for 9 days and did not say a word. And he knew what was being said. I would like to see Comey in jail, but I agree that whoever Trump replaces him with will probably be worse.

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Comey knew his letter would be released immediately on receipt by congress. If he didn't, then he is a fool. I think most people would have done better. All they needed to do was follow decades old agency policy. And if leaks occurred, straighten them out through press releases, on air press conferences, and a prior letter to the staff that anyone leaking anything about this would be immediately fired.

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