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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh. My. Fucking. God: DAG's letter about Comey's firing [View all]
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-was-james-comey-fired-trump-2017-5In a memo to Sessions, Rosenstein laid out the reasoning for firing Comey.
Rosenstein said that over the past year, "the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage" that has "affected the entire Department of Justice."
"I cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken," Rosenstein said. "Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives."
He pointed to Comey's July announcement of the FBI's view that "no charges are appropriate" in the Justice Department's investigation into then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state.
Rosenstein said that over the past year, "the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage" that has "affected the entire Department of Justice."
"I cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken," Rosenstein said. "Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives."
He pointed to Comey's July announcement of the FBI's view that "no charges are appropriate" in the Justice Department's investigation into then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state.
Holy shit. Buckle up, people. This is not even slightly OK.
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So they dont like Comey, allegedly, because he did NOT indict Hillary or was unfair to her?
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#1
Those idiots were tasked with inventing this rational for sacking comey.
The_Casual_Observer
May 2017
#2
Help me, are they saying he had to be fired because he was unfair to Hillary or
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#3
Country explodes if they do anything to her. It would then be a real actual coup
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#17
They could try to drag this out by appointing a (weak) Special Prosecuter
BumRushDaShow
May 2017
#19
I think their base wants Hillary in jail and they feel they can survive their treason
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#20
I say they appoint new FBI in days and he , would never be she, announces
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#22
It's obvious they could make up their minds about what to use, so they sort of threw it all in there
The_Casual_Observer
May 2017
#7
It's possible. It's possible he is trying to make good on the "lock her up"
The_Casual_Observer
May 2017
#13
I can see them thinking this is the way to get their base to defend the treason.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#16
It's so twisted that it rings true. It certainly looks that way from reading it.
The_Casual_Observer
May 2017
#18