Clinton email report: No FBI bias.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Right in front of your myopic nose, Finny:

"While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey's part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice," Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote in the report.

Hillary's campaign claims that these "departures" cost her the election, and blamed Comey personally. So, we now find out that Comey's actions were not politically motivated.

Screw Hillary.

Where exactly does this dispel the notion that Comey's actions hurt Hillary? Comey's actions could have hurt Hillary's election chances without being politically motivated. In fact, I think most objective observers would say that this is exactly what happened. His actions vis-a-vis Hillary certainly didn't hurt Trump (as revealing that he was being investigated for colluding with Russia would have, BTW).

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Where exactly does this dispel the notion that Comey's actions hurt Hillary? Comey's actions could have hurt Hillary's election chances without being politically motivated. In fact, I think most objective observers would say that this is exactly what happened. His actions vis-a-vis Hillary certainly didn't hurt Trump (as revealing that he was being investigated for colluding with Russia would have, BTW).

Your arguing a case I'm not making. The IG's report said Comey's actions were not "politically motivated". Hillary said they were. As noted above, I think the notion that Comey's actions were apolitical is horseshit of the highest caliber. OF COURSE Comey behaved like a political animal inside the Washington DC zoo. The press conference announcing the findings of the email investigation was PURELY a political exercise, and Hillary's campaign was correct to say that it was (probably the only thing her campaign got right). For the IG to say Comey's actions were not politically motivated is laughable.

But the IG says they weren't. So....Screw Hillary.