Tuesday, July 05, 2016
James Comey saves Hillary's bacon
Takes the heat off Loretta Lynch and any federal grand jurors in the process. It was a pretty harsh scolding the FBI director gave the former Secretary of State in his public statement moments ago, but that's all it was.
I don't think the fire has been extinguished, but the bad weather is blowing over.
In chronological order:
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NBC Charlotte ✔ @wcnc
#BREAKING: FBI Director Comey says after tremendous amount of work, the FBI has completed investigation and handing off to DOJ for decision
10:02 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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7News Boston WHDH ✔ @7News
FBI Director Comey: 110 emails in 52 email chains determined to contain classified info, 8 were top secret #7News
10:07 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Dave Boucher @Dave_Boucher1
FBI Director Comey: Among emails not turned over by Clinton, 3 were classified at the time they were sent or received
10:08 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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DJ Judd ✔ @juddzeez
FBI Director Comey says they believe "there was no intentional misconduct," in sorting of emails.
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/
10:11 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Lou Raguse ✔ @LouRaguse
FBI director Comey calls Clinton and staff "extremely careless" in handling classified emails.
10:11 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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ABC News Politics ✔ @ABCPolitics
FBI Director Comey: No "intentional misconduct" in connection with sorting of Clinton's emails.
10:13 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Mike Dorning ✔ @MikeDorning
FBI director Comey: Clinton "extremely careless" with classified information. "Reasonable person" should have known better.
10:13 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Mikaela Bufano ✔ @MikaelaBufano
FBI Director Comey: It is possible hostile actors gained access to Clinton's email account.
10:14 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Steven Portnoy ✔ @stevenportnoy
BREAKING: FBI Director Comey says "no reasonable prosecutor would bring" a criminal case against Clinton.
10:15 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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Felicia Schwartz ✔ @felschwartz
FBI director Comey: We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case
10:16 AM - 5 Jul 2016 · Washington, DC, United States
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So it was necessary, as referenced here, for there to be malfeasant intent, not just sloppiness or incompetence. That's the part I got wrong; she didn't mean to, and that's okay.
I suppose there would have had to have been evidence that somebody died as a result of her mishandling of classified information. But perhaps not even then. Killing your own credibility and trustworthiness is no crime, after all.
Especially when it was already dead.
Update: It seems the law is quite clear about intent.
Posted by PDiddie at Tuesday, July 05, 2016