Comey covering up Trump–Russia connection?

[Coyotl]

O.K., this is getting political!

Harry Reid makes most serious accusation of the campaign: Comey covering up Trump–Russia connection
By Mark Sumner Monday Oct 31, 2016 · 6:03 AM PDT

Harry Reid wrote a scathing letter to FBI Director James Comey, warning Comey that he may have broken the law.

“I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”

Which is a remarkable enough. But it’s far from the biggest charge in Reid’s letter.

“In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity. The public has a right to know this information. I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public. There is no danger to American interests from releasing it. And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.”

Harry Reid is saying that the FBI not only knows of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, but that the FBI is deliberately shielding this information, while misdirecting public attention toward the email ‘scandal’ without any valid information.

If Reid is right, then James Comey is guilty of something that goes far beyond just using his office to provide a competitive advantage to a candidate. Comey is using the full weight of the FBI to swing the election to a man he knows is in service to a foreign power.

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