(Andrés Cantor voice): LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! https://t.co/aqKGK3hs8J
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 14, 2018
I hope Comey’s enormous self-regard can keep him warm, because from the early reports he showed all of his manly white arse when he decided that FBI norms about “nonpartisanship” didn’t apply to James Comey. Decent people are appalled that he chose to put his thumb on the scales… and Repubs are furious that he didn’t bury the evidence better.
Directly from the IG report itself, according to the NYT:
“We found no evidence that the conclusions by department prosecutors were affected by bias or other improper considerations."https://t.co/ojWqmGKJke
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 14, 2018
"Though the inspector general condemned individual FBI officials, the report fell significantly short in supporting the assertion by the president and his allies that the investigation was rigged in favor of Clinton…" https://t.co/2aWohRJTAM
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) June 14, 2018
SCOOP: Inspector general report says Comey damaged “the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice.”
Story here, and more to come, from @cstrohm https://t.co/GhXMhHorzi
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 14, 2018
Bottom line on IG report: It concludes Comey was coloring outside the lines, but it wasn’t to help Hillary Clinton.
“While did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part,“ he departed “dramatically from FBI and department norms.”
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 14, 2018
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