2 thoughts on ““Former agents and others close to Mr. Comey acknowledge that his reproach [to HIllary Clinton] was also intended to insulate the F.B.I. from Republican criticism that it was too lenient toward a Democrat.” But not polical! No politics!”
An examination by The New York Times, based on interviews with more than 30 current and former law enforcement, congressional and other government officials, found that while partisanship was not a factor in Mr. Comey’s approach to the two investigations, he handled them in starkly different ways. In the case of Mrs. Clinton, he rewrote the script, partly based on the F.B.I.’s expectation that she would win and fearing the bureau would be accused of helping her. In the case of Mr. Trump, he conducted the investigation by the book, with the F.B.I.’s traditional secrecy.
It wasn't partisan–they just treated them completely differently!
Early last year, F.B.I. agents received a batch of hacked documents, and one caught their attention. The document, which has been described as both a memo and an email, was written by a Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms. Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far, according to several former officials familiar with the document….
Mr. Comey’s defenders regard this as one of the untold stories of the Clinton investigation, one they say helps explain his decision-making. But former Justice Department officials say the F.B.I. never uncovered evidence tying Ms. Lynch to the document’s author, and are convinced that Mr. Comey wanted an excuse to put himself in the spotlight.
So you see there's this mysterious "document," maybe an email, maybe a memorandum, maybe a 60-slide Powerpoint, which no one can produce, that perfectly explains why Comey interfered to undermine Hillary, but not Trump.
I can think of another possible explanation for his decision.
It wasn't partisan–they just treated them completely differently!
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So you see there's this mysterious "document," maybe an email, maybe a memorandum, maybe a 60-slide Powerpoint, which no one can produce, that perfectly explains why Comey interfered to undermine Hillary, but not Trump.
I can think of another possible explanation for his decision.