IG: Comey Broke ‘Clearly And Dramatically’ With FBI And DOJ Norms

Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on his past relationship with President Donald Trump, and his role in the Russian interference investigation, in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Photo by Cheriss May) (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on his past relationship with President Donald Trump, and his role in the Russian interference investigation, in the Senate Har... Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on his past relationship with President Donald Trump, and his role in the Russian interference investigation, in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Photo by Cheriss May) (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS

Former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” “clearly and dramatically” from FBI and Department of Justice norms during his probe of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, the Justice Department inspector general found according to an excerpt published by Bloomberg.

Bloomberg obtained a copy of Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s highly anticipated report on DOJ and FBI activity before the 2016 election.

One passage published by the outlet reads:

“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.”

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  1. James Comey (R-Obama Appointee) was another horrible mistake by President Obama. There was no reason Obama could not have appointed a Democrat as FBI Director. None. The FBI has been breaking the law for decades infiltrating and disrupting anti-war and anti-racism organizations. It needed and needs a housecleaning.

    The FBI has never had a Democrat as Director.

    But even though FBI Director Comey violated Justice Department policies and used his position to get Clinton defeated and Republicans elected in 2016, Obama still couldn’t see the gravity of his mistake:

    “[Obama] held me back after one of the very last meetings I had with him, after the election, and said he didn’t wanna talk to me about any particular case, 'cause he was very scrupulous about that. And he said, ‘But I wanna just tell you something generally. I appointed you to be FBI director because of your integrity and your ability,’" Comey said in an exclusive interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos.

    “Then he looked me in the eye and he said, ‘Nothing has happened, nothing, in the last year that has changed my view of that,’” Comey added.

    Even after 8 years, Obama clearly never grasped the treacherousness of Republicans, and that is a huge reason that we are where we are today.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/emotional-moment-comey-shared-obama-election/story

  2. May god have mercy on his soul.

  3. “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.”

    Not one thing in this paragraph is news, not even to Comey.

  4. Not what the I-G’s report says.

  5. More evidence that the presidential election and its outcome were rigged by the Republican party. The public officials elected as a result of the rigged election are illegitimate and have no standing.

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