Brainfartone wrote:
What is it with you people Comey was the FBI investigator.
That's right, Comey was the FBI investigator, nothing more.
Investigators investigate a crime then pass their findings to a prosecutor who then determines if the charges will stick, if the evidence of a crime is sufficient and admissible, the prosecutor either convenes a grand jury or files with the appropriate court for trial.
"In our system, the prosecutors make the decisions about whether charges are appropriate based on evidence the FBI has helped collect. Although we don’t normally make public our recommendations to the prosecutors, we frequently make recommendations and engage in productive conversations with prosecutors about what resolution may be appropriate, given the evidence. In this case." Excerpt: James Comey statement to congressional committee.
Comey testified to the committee before the FBI had even interviewed Hillary. He made it clear that, Hillary was "extremely careless in handling very sensitive, highly classified information. As any reasonable person in her position should have known, a private, unclassified e-mail server was no place for that conversation."
Despite these statements, Comey concluded that, because there was no evidence of intentional misconduct or efforts to obstruct justice, "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
So, Comey assumed the authority of the Attorney General, a federal prosecutor, jury and judge and, in one fell swoop, exonerated Hillary. The fact is that, months before he testified, Comey wrote a complete draft of his plan to exonerate her.
The “Comey Standard” for Espionage Act and 18 U.S.C. § 1924 Violations and What It Could Mean for Comey Himself nwtk2007 wrote:
Apparently he hasn't answered those questions!!
If Hillary Clinton intentionally set up a private email server and intentionally used it to conduct classified State Department business, and Comey himself leaked classified information to a personal friend, then, yeah, Comey needs some serious time under the hot bright lights.