Comey’s supposed to be a smart man; why can’t he accept his good fortune that he’s not be pelted with rotten fruit by his abused fellow citizens and just go away already?
James Comey, a key Mueller witness, chooses to weigh in on how Mueller findings should be released and invokes his own FBI announcement on Clinton as a precedent for what to do.
A few points… https://t.co/E98mdrvxKc
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 5, 2019
Comey lists 4 times when findings from a federal investigation *were* released for the public interest:
Ferguson
IRS Tea Party
Padilla detention
Clinton email
The first 3 were done *by the DOJ* under the rules;
Only his Clinton case was the FBI usurping against the rules.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 5, 2019
Those are the DOJ rules and findings. People are certainly free to debate them, but it doesn't square for a former FBI official to invoke "the rule of law" while dismissing the DOJ rules *and* a DOJ inquiry reinforcing them.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 5, 2019
And that raises the question, is the best thing for the Mueller probe having this key witness weigh in on the release of Mueller's findings — or is this more about trying to relitigate and defend an FBI Clinton announcement that's not even an issue right now?
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 5, 2019
I want someone to ask @Comey why it was so important to inform the American people about those emails but not important to let us know that candidate Trump was already under investigation for seeking help from foreign powers.
— Pepper (@CitizenFromNC) March 5, 2019
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