If the Dems are smart, they’ll get him to defend his “extremely careless” remark as well as confront him on the context of the 110 “classified” emails.
Maybe he’ll throw more fuel on the fire for Republicans by pleading the 5th!
Comey brought this on himself by trying to give the Republicans half a loaf. Anyone in Washington with a brain should have known that would be hopeless and would just make him the target of their rage. The best thing he can do here is to say the same thing over and over again, “no reasonable prosecutor would have brought charges.” If he has any political aspirations, or just hopes to salvage his reputation as a straight shooter, he cannot wade further into the muck.
He deserves this.
I mean…let’s be real. He was probably PISSED he didn’t find anything to actually recommend charges be brought against Clinton. It’s why his statement was such a bitter rant. He brought this shit on himself.
The “possibly hacked” remark, also, too. No evidence, pure speculation. It was “extremely” unprofessional.
Dems watching Pubs fighting FBI. Ha. Ha.
I’m kind of glad the teabaggers are blowing their wad on this now. (Sorry about the mental image.)
I would suggest that the operative verb is “pinch.” Comey pinched a loaf for Republicans, and for all of us.
That perhaps troubled me the most – Comey laid the foundation for a torrent of subsequent baseless accusation. Extremely unprofessional indeed, in fact, It’s far beyond unprofessional – it’s conspiratorial.
These are the Dems on the committee FYI
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. Ranking Member – (D) Michigan, 13th
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York, 10th
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) California, 19th
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Texas, 18th
Rep. Steve Cohen (D) Tennessee, 9th
Rep. Hank Johnson (D) Georgia, 4th
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (D) Puerto Rico, (At-large)
Rep. Judy Chu (D) California, 27th
Rep. Ted Deutch (D) Florida, 21st
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D) Illinois, 4th
Rep. Karen Bass (D) California, 37th
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D) Louisiana, 2nd
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D) Washington, 1st
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D) New York, 8th
Rep. David Cicilline (D) Rhode Island, 1st
Rep. Scott Peters (D) California, 52nd
Appointing a known partisan Republican like Comey to helm the FBI was a big mistake on Obama’s part, IMHO. I cannot believe there weren’t other equally qualified true independents, or God forbid, actual Democrats he could have chosen. Maybe there were compelling specific reasons for Obama to pick Comey, but otherwise it appears to me to be another well-intentioned but naive attempt by Obama to reach out to the other side of the aisle in a spirit of bipartisanship.
If Comey doesn’t spend 95% of his time slamming Clinton I’ll be shocked.
I hope that a President Clinton learns the overall lesson: attempting to conciliate Congressional Republicans yields nothing but grief.
Premature expostulation.
I really hope one of them asks him about handling of classified, nonclassified, and personal emails in all the branches of government and how they would have fared under the same scrutiny.
Thanks for the list—I’m off to email my California reps in case it’s not to late.
Having Congressman Cummings in the House is such a blessing.
He is strong, does not back down, calls it like it is.
Comey’s testifies,
…“sorry I couldn’t carry the repuke party line boys, but you need more than hyperbole, spin and lies to indict…better luck next time”
Republican House members actually hope they can force someone in law enforcement to revisit this issue and reconsider the filing of criminal charges. Airing this out is a means to an end, a play at generating support for reopening the case.
fuck, i have to stare at halperin’s face for this whole thing? :barf