House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) urged FBI Director James Comey to disclose publicly if he finds a “smoking gun” in the newly discovered batch of emails related to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Ryan’s comments came in response to a question from conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who asked whether Comey should publicize a “smoking gun” if he finds one.
Ryan first empathized with Comey’s decision to notify Congress that he was reviewing emails related to the Clinton private server probe.
“Yeah, look, I understand why he did what he did because imagine if he didn’t and we found out after the fact that he was sitting on this before the election. So I clearly understand why he did what he did,” Ryan replied.
“Hillary Clinton has no one to blame but herself. And she and Republicans are saying, if you’ve got something, you’ve got clear —put it out there,” the Speaker continued. “So yeah, I think if he’s gone through the process that he needs to go through to vet evidence and he’s got it, he should do it. I do agree with that. More disclosure is better, clearly.”
Yeah, don’t analyze the “smoking gun” to any degree that the FBI is sure of the context, the veracity, intent, motivations, background, etc involved in the discovery. Just throw it out there.
When ya got nothing threaten them with secret information. J. Edgar Hoover.
Ryan doesn’t “urge”. He equivocates and weasels around; he insinuates and suggests. Ryan is too much of a wimp to “urge”.
Ryan’s fantasy “smoking gun” (the one in 650,000): “Dear Huma, I’ll always remember last night when we achieved orgasm as we pleasured each other while laughing at the video of the Benghazi attack, just as we planned. Love Hillary.”
I demand the public release of every single email Ryan, Comey and Trump have sent or received for the last 25 years. I want to make sure there are no smoking guns there.