Report: FBI Director Broke With Attorney General Over Letter To Lawmakers

[deminks]

FBI Director James Comey broke with Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Justice Department policy to send a letter to lawmakers regarding emails "pertinent" to his agency's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server, according to a report published Saturday.

An unnamed former senior Justice Department official told New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer that Lynch asked Comey to follow Justice Department policy of not commenting on investigations or taking steps which could have an effect on the outcome of an election.

The FBI director refused, according to the official, and said that he had promised to inform members of Congress of any further developments regarding the probe.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/comey-broke-with-loretta-lynch-justice-department-emails?utm_content=bufferf3e2a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

also seeing rumors on twitter that Chaffetz pressured Comey to write the letter. It was too quick to hit the reich wing noise machine, IMHO.

[AmericanActivist]

1. K n R nm

[spanone]

2. i bet he did promise to inform republican members of congress of 'further developments'

asshole

[semby2]

3. Shocking

"he had promised to inform members of Congress"

Just think how LARGE that loophole is! Congress can now force law enforcement to tell them everything about every ongoing investigation just by bringing prosecutors before them and extracting that promise.

[gordianot]

4. So much for independent justice.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Yeah, but we know how good Congresscritters are with sensitive information...

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[napkinz]

5. K&R

[ck4829]

7. He needs to explain himself