FBI source: Russia is interferring but Comey thinks timing is bad

[ApatheticAustrian]

if there is something, it is going to burn....comey is criticized by more conservatives each day and became the main story.

[The Other Castro]

His days as FBI Director are numbered at this point.

[publicunofficial]

Yeah, I'm full-on #FireComey now.

[Stranger in a strange land]

RUSSIAN AGENT COMEY MUST RESIGN!!!!

[IceSpear]

Yeah, I'm full-on #FireComey now.

More than fire...

#ComeyForPrison
#LockHimUp

[Blackacre]

Yeah, I'm full-on #FireComey now.

More than fire...

#ComeyForPrison
#LockHimUp

Nah, jailing political opponents isnt a good idea

I hope he has a long, happy, meaningful life in which he never works in a government job ever again. Except maybe as a professor at a large university

[IceSpear]

Yeah, I'm full-on #FireComey now.

More than fire...

#ComeyForPrison
#LockHimUp

Nah, jailing political opponents isnt a good idea

I hope he has a long, happy, meaningful life in which he never works in a government job ever again. Except maybe as a professor at a large university

He shouldn't be a "political opponent", yet he is. Which is exactly the point.

[The Other Castro]

Ideally I would like it if Comey resigned by his own accord. Obama firing him doesn't look good.

[HisGrace]

Ideally I would like it if Comey resigned by his own accord. Obama firing him doesn't look good.

Nor does Clinton firing him. Obama could fire him after the election and I think it would look fine.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

He can move to Moscow and work as head of the FSB after Obama fires him. What a POS.

[GeorgiaModerate]

The source on this is a sole former FBI official speaking anonymously?  Not saying it isn't worth reporting, but I can see why it's not catching on like wildfire

Yes.  If it's true, then it's a big deal, and Comey is clearly operating in a partisan fashion and needs to resign.  But it needs some independent verification.

[ApatheticAustrian]

btw....ofc this story could be fake but NBC is more or less reliable and even more important:

everything we effing know about this weekend, besides the first letter, is from anonymous sources out of the FBI.

i guess: camp HRC and DJT were briefed about it.

[dspNY]

Harry Reid is a Jedi Master. What else can I say

[Erich Maria Remarque]

The source on this is a sole former FBI official speaking anonymously?  Not saying it isn't worth reporting, but I can see why it's not catching on like wildfire

Yes.  If it's true, then it's a big deal, and Comey is clearly operating in a partisan fashion and needs to resign.  But it needs some independent verification.

The whole 60-pages-FBI thread from Dems was: if this true, then Comey should resign.

This story is most pathetic. Just cnbc is reporting about "a former FBI official".

Lol, I start to understand, why American TV/media looks like it looks. You sort of deserve it jumping on each "news"

everything we effing know about this weekend, besides the first letter, is from anonymous sources out of the FBI.

Exactly
FBI sucks, if the information leaks that easily all the time

[DrScholl]

The dirty rotten skeezer.

[IceSpear]

The dirty rotten skeezer.

Crooked Comey!

[PeteB]

Let's see if this story has legs.  So far it is coming from Harry Reid and an "unknown" source of CNBC.  

Even if the story turns out to be true, it does not necessarily imply that Putin and Trump are actively cooperating.  Frankly, Putin may have correctly assessed that Trump is a person with no moral compass  and, getting him in the White House may be the key to finalize the takeover of Crimea and to take down sanctions against Russia.  Trump may have also realized that the Russian leaks are the only thing keeping him from a landslide loss.  If there was no direct collusion, this is legally not an issue.  No point in talking about morals or ethics, as both Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin have none.  

Comey, on the other hand is on thin ice here.  IMHO, he correctly withheld the info on Russian involvement, to keep FBI out of the election.  His letter to Congress is another matter, even though his defence will probably be that he "had to come out" because he testified earlier that the email investigation was over.  Even though the two pieces of information are somewhat different, I am not quite sure that both ethically and legally he is correct in withholding one and semi-publishing the other.

Last, but not least, let's not forget that none of this would even matter, if Clinton's team did not engage in some dubious practices in the first place!

[dspNY]

The source on this is a sole former FBI official speaking anonymously?  Not saying it isn't worth reporting, but I can see why it's not catching on like wildfire

Yes.  If it's true, then it's a big deal, and Comey is clearly operating in a partisan fashion and needs to resign.  But it needs some independent verification.

The whole 60-pages-FBI thread from Dems was: if this true, then Comey should resign.

This story is most pathetic. Just cnbc is reporting about "a former FBI official".

Lol, I start to understand, why American TV/media looks like it looks. You sort of deserve it jumping on each "news"

everything we effing know about this weekend, besides the first letter, is from anonymous sources out of the FBI.

Exactly

He can't put himself on the record because he could face criminal charges of leaking unauthorized information

[Erich Maria Remarque]

He can't put himself on the record because he could face criminal charges of leaking unauthorized information

True. But media never lied/used a "bad" sources before, right? And it is f**king FBI. It makes much less likely, that someone would leak it or something else.

[Angel of Death]

Anyone think James Comey is being blackmailed?

[Dr. Arch]

Hillary just shared this on her page. It's going to take off and rightfully so.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Let me get this straight, the FBI thinks a presidential candidate is being propped up by a foreign government...but didn't want to release the evidence because it might hurt said candidate? Is this real life?

[IceSpear]

Let me get this straight, the FBI thinks a presidential candidate is being propped up by a foreign government...but didn't want to release the evidence because it might hurt said candidate? Is this real life?

But any update about Hillary sending an email must be publicized ASAP!

[dspNY]

Let's see if this story has legs.  So far it is coming from Harry Reid and an "unknown" source of CNBC.  

Even if the story turns out to be true, it does not necessarily imply that Putin and Trump are actively cooperating.  Frankly, Putin may have correctly assessed that Trump is a person with no moral compass  and, getting him in the White House may be the key to finalize the takeover of Crimea and to take down sanctions against Russia.  Trump may have also realized that the Russian leaks are the only thing keeping him from a landslide loss.  If there was no direct collusion, this is legally not an issue.  No point in talking about morals or ethics, as both Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin have none.  

Comey, on the other hand is on thin ice here.  IMHO, he correctly withheld the info on Russian involvement, to keep FBI out of the election.  His letter to Congress is another matter, even though his defence will probably be that he "had to come out" because he testified earlier that the email investigation was over.  Even though the two pieces of information are somewhat different, I am not quite sure that both ethically and legally he is correct in withholding one and semi-publishing the other.

Last, but not least, let's not forget that none of this would even matter, if Clinton's team did not engage in some dubious practices in the first place!

Which works politically because it turns the email issue into a partisan witch hunt and rallies Dems

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's the RUSSIANS...AGAIN!!!! LMAO

Apparently it's Dem hacks that are paid to be here... As you were, troll