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kentuck

(111,103 posts)
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:19 PM Oct 2016

Where is the FBI when they are needed?

Director Comey bent over backwards to help the Republicans on the House Committee to get to the bottom of the Clinton emails scandal. He devoted an extraordinary amount of time attempting to brand Hillary as some sort of threat to our nation.

But, we know that the Congressman from Michigan named Sanders has sent a written request to the FBI to investigate Mr Trump's possible crimes and Mr Comey has been silent. He is a worthless piece of shit, in my humble opinion.

How much more evidence does he need to see about Mr Trump before he investigates. As soon as Hillary wins the election, he should start cleaning out his desk. He is a partisan hack of the worst kind.

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Siwsan

(26,269 posts)
1. Could that congressman be Sander Levin?
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:30 PM
Oct 2016

Michigan 9th Congressional District. He's Carl Levin's brother.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
2. Yes.
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:32 PM
Oct 2016

The FBI has been silent, as far as I know. I don't think they have even responded to his letter?

Siwsan

(26,269 posts)
3. I don't believe they have
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:33 PM
Oct 2016

Knowing Sandy, he won't let it go. Great guy, by the way. Much more 'warm and fuzzy' than his brother but just as tough.

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
4. I think it's tricky because if the FBI investigates out in this open the republicans
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:36 PM
Oct 2016

Will accuse them of a partisan attacks. Perhaps they are doing this quietly gathering strong ill refutable evidence and will drop it before the election. Like even recorded phone calls with Putin.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
5. But it's OK to investigate Hillary and the emails?
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:40 PM
Oct 2016

Out in the open? With public hearings on our TVs?

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
6. Doesn't a lot of these investigations need to be brought forward by congress?
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 02:44 PM
Oct 2016

I read, briefly, yesterday that congress has no plans to investigate the Russian hacking of anything. Russian hacking benefits them so nothing will be done.

Doesn't that system of "checks and balances" seem screwed up? If something illegally, espionage suspicious happens, shouldn't the president be able to direct them to investigate?

sweet-salty

(4 posts)
9. FBI
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 03:02 PM
Oct 2016

Fringe investigation's maybe? I was a big fan of the show which is now on Netflix. I really believe that they work missing children cases, I hope, serial killer's that we don't hear about until they can't catch them or they have been caught. I am thinking more that it's when they have already caught them. People go missing every day and it gets worse every year, I believe because we have more drugs being manufactured, created and distributed. People have also lost trust in our government and that's a shame. The FBI were heroes back in the 50'same & 60's. The television shows depicted them as the guys you ran to for help. Check your latest movie roles depicting FYI for the last 10 year at least, thy are the bad guys. They illustrate our government as corrupt, evil, out to get the good guy. Case in point "Borne Identity Series", many, many others.

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