House Freedom Caucus Chair Says Comey Letter ‘Probably Not’ Appropriate

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, left, talks with House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, prior to the start of the committee's impeachment f... IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, left, talks with House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, prior to the start of the committee's impeachment for Koskinen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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The chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus said Monday that FBI Director James Comey was “probably” wrong to announce the discovery of new emails that may be related to his agency’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private server.

“I think this was probably not the right thing for Comey to do—the protocol here—to come out this close to an election, but this whole case has been mishandled and now it is what it is,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Fox News radio host Brian Kilmeade in an interview, as flagged by BuzzFeed.

“Quite frankly, because he had done the press conference and all the things he had before he probably did have to send a letter to Congress like he did last week,” Jordan continued, referring to Comey’s unusual press conference in July where he announced he would not recommend that the Justice Department prosecute Clinton.

“I would argue all of this has been wrong from the get go in the way it’s been handled,” Jordan said.

Jordan is an outspoken critic of Clinton, and had said following Comey’s July press conference that she should be investigated for perjury.

“We want to make sure what needs to be investigated is investigated,” Jordan told Yahoo News at the time. “She made false statements according to what she told us under oath last October in the Benghazi Select Committee hearing and what Mr. Comey determined in his investigation. I think that’s something that needs to be looked at, and then we’ll go from there.”

“The American people are seeing, frankly, two standards,” Jordan said later in the Yahoo interview. “The perception from a lot of Americans, a lot of the folks I get the privilege of representing in the Fourth District of Ohio, are saying, ‘Wait a minute. It sure looks like there is one standard for we the people, and an entirely different one if you’re politically connected, if you’re Secretary Clinton.’”

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  1. Will no one rid me of this troublesome GOP?

  2. “The American people are seeing, frankly, two standards,” Jordan said.

    They sure are.

    “Between 2003 and 2009, the Bush White House “lost” 22 million emails. This correspondence included millions of emails written during the darkest period in America’s recent history, when the Bush administration was ginning up support for what turned out to be a disastrous war in Iraq with false claims that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and, later, when it was firing U.S. attorneys for political reasons.”

    And nary a peep from these GOP bozos who have made the email habits of Hillary Clinton the single most important issue of 2016.

    Two standards indeed.

  3. They are scared to death.

    Haha

  4. “The perception from a lot of Americans, a lot of the folks I get the privilege of representing in the Fourth District of Ohio, are saying, ‘Wait a minute. It sure looks like there is one standard for we the people, and an entirely different one if you’re politically connected, if you’re Secretary Clinton.’”

    Do people actually think everyone is treated equally? A skybox owner at a Dallas Cowboy's game invites the wealthy owner of a local construction company to watch the game with him. The skybox owner doesn't know the guy. Couldn't pick him out of a lineup. But the guy is rich and owns a construction company, just the kind of person you might want to curry favor with. Are there two standards at play, one where the average Joe doesn't get invited to watch the game with the owner, and a different standard for the rich guy that does? Goddamn right there is. Just like rich people can afford the best attorneys and sometimes avoid trouble for the same crime that lands a prole in jail. Just like politicians get things done, and done for them, that you and I can't. Geez, since when the hell hasn't there been two standards? Grow the fuck up, people, that's life. Whew. Idiots.
  5. So…you didn’t agree with his conclusion in July so he just ‘had’ to do this 10 days before an election…but he’d better not do it to a Republican because it’s just not ‘appropriate’. OK…thanks Jim, I’ve ‘got’ it now.

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