FBI Director James Comey Is Accused of Violating the Hatch Act : NPR
Painter told NPR’s All Things Considered Monday that Comey’s first mistake was giving in to pressure from lawmakers who wanted to be kept posted on any further investigations related to Clinton.
“They do not have an obligation to do that,” Painter said. “He never should have promised Congress that he would give them updates with respect to Secretary Clinton, when he doesn’t do that with respect to anybody else, when it’s clear that the only reason they want the information is politics.”
And in the Times, Painter raises another concern about Trump and the Russian government, echoing Reid’s claim of a double standard between the FBI’s actions toward Clinton and the GOP candidate’s public encouragement that Russia hack Clinton’s emails.
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