Six years later, James Comey's Clinton conference still stings

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Comey is pond scum. The July 2016 press conference and the October surprise announcement on the Clinton email investigation helped elected TFG. Comey ignored DOJ guidelines and his actions were unethical

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Tuesday, July 5, shall forever be known as the anniversary of former FBI Director James Comey’s foray into politics.

Six years ago today, Comey held an infamous press conference at the height of the 2016 presidential election, in which he announced that although Hillary Clinton hadn’t committed any crimes in using a private email server as secretary of state, she’d still done things Comey personally thought were “extremely careless.”

Comey’s announcement may well have helped tank Clinton’s campaign. (He’s kinda, sorta, not-really apologized for his language at the press conference, and a late-stage announcement that he was investigating new Clinton emails). But I argue the political impact goes even deeper than 2016. In hindsight, I think it’s clear July 5 was also a foundational moment for Trump’s perversion of the Justice Department. Comey showed Trump the value of a DOJ willing to launch or close investigations based on pretext and politics.

In fact, Trump was so impressed with how Comey’s Clinton investigation worked — in his favor — that he reportedly asked Comey to end an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and to meddle in the investigation into Trump, as well.

[Mad_Machine76]

1. As Trump later discovered

Comey wasn't going to play ball with him, but the damage was already done to our country by helping Trump get elected. I have nothing but contempt for him.

[betsuni]

2. Disgusting.

[pfitz59]

3. RW scum continue to call Hilary a criminal

for Benghazi and the Emails, despite the millions spent by Congress and the FBI that found no wrong doing. I remember the avalanche of fake FB and Twitter accounts posting heinous claims, which Hilary haters took as Gospel. Ad she still won the popular vote!

[3Hotdogs]

4. ---and Trump wiped Comey's face in dog shit as his "thank you."

Lawdy, that was fun to write.

[AmBlue]

5. Feels like a lifetime ago.

So many horrors have happened since.

[TwilightZone]

14. My first thought was that it feels like 20 years ago.

[AmBlue]

17. At least

[FM123]

6. Still stings.

[wyn borkins]

7. Clinton/Harris (2024)

[Botany]

8. In July of 2016 Comey was well aware of the connections between Trump and Russia and said nothing

... and he could have checked out and debunked the Oct. 2016 HRC email story in under 1 hour
but instead he took the false information public and only corrected the story after the damage
was done.

[yardwork]

16. Both true. Comey used his position to throw the election.

[brer cat]

9. I haven't forgotten and I will never forgive him.

He had a big hand in electing trump.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Same here

[Me.]

11. Scum With HIs Own tfg Sized Ego

[Wounded Bear]

12. And because it didn't work well enough, we got the infamous laptop bullshit...

[Hortensis]

13. Comey's professional peers around the nation were shocked and many horrified

at his betrayal of ethics at very least and the intent his actions revealed. Hundreds, and eventually thousands, signed statements condemning his behavior.

Six years later, he's still a free man and has not been properly investigated or indicted, nor those he was almost certainly conspiring with. Do we really think he woke up one morning and decided -- on his own -- to betray his country and possibly commit career suicide, for fun, to see if he could get away with it? He and they did, so far.

That's power.

[kairos12]

15. ..and decided against mentioning news about the

Russians infecting the Chump campaign.

Too political you know.

[StevieM]

18. James Comey dominated that election from start to finish.

Clinton would have destroyed Trump had it not been for his repeated interference.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. TFG pulled a Nixon's enemies list stunt on Comey

This is wrong but amuses me

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