re: #6 Scottish Dragon

The law crowd has bent waaay the fuck over backwards defending Comey and his public announcement that tanked Hillary.

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I don’t know whether or not the effort to resurrect Comey’s reputation is because of worry that not doing so will negatively affect Mueller’s case, but it’s absolutely ridiculous and ultimately hurts the FBI rather than helping it. He was not defending the FBI’s reputation, he was not balancing scales, or in any way doing right by the agency. He was playing CYA, worried about the future of James Comey in the event that Hillary won and he found himself drug before the High Inquisitor over reports that he’d “sat on” information that might have tipped the election in Donny’s favor.

Worse, he was selective about his violation of the guidelines and procedures, keeping information about the Russia/Trump investigation secret even as he was leaking info to Congressional Republicans that he knew would in turn be leaked to the press. That alone should be enough to ensure that no matter how “right” he was to stand up to Donny, he was a Republican first and he was looking for his “team” over the future or reputation of the FBI.