For Politicizing His Investigation, Several Times Now, James Comey Should Be Fired

FBI Director James Comey has again politicized his investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. You’ll remember that in his 17-minute speech explaining the Bureau’s decisionÂ to recommend to the Dept. of Justice that Clinton not be charged he handed the GOP tons of soundbites to make it seem like Clinton was a criminal. That speech was extraordinary, in that the FBI does not usually explain in press conferences its recommendations to the DOJ.

Now, eleven days before a national,Â presidential election, Director Comey again has engaged in partisan politics. He announced the FBI is continuing its investigation into Clinton’s emails, based on new information discovered.

He sent a carefully-worded letter not to the Dept. of JusticeÂ â€“ which is his bossÂ â€“ and not to Hillary Clinton, but to the very people who want Clinton indicted and had literally just said they will spend her presidency investigating her: the Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz.

The letter itself, if read carefully, offers little information but sounds like an indictment.

It is not.

Keys in Comey letter: – He learned of emails yesterday – Emails found via another “unrelated case” – FBI will review them pic.twitter.com/2QdlpT0Nvf â€” Ari Melber (@AriMelber) October 28, 2016

It says the FBI has come across some information it supposedly did not have earlier, apparently emails, and will look into them. Period.

NBC News’ Pete Williams just reported that according to his sources what the FBI has is a new device, which could mean a cell phone or hard drive, or anything that holds emails. In his judgment the handful of new emails could not possibly change the FBI’s first decision to not recommend prosecution to the DOJ.Â

Williams says that one FBI source told him, “I don’t sense alarm bells going on within the FBI and the Justice Dept.”

Williams has more information than any other reporter. And he says the emails the FBI has are not from Hillary Clinton.Â It also supposedly has nothing to do with Wikileaks.

Watch:

NBCâ€™s Pete Williams: Sr. officials sayâ€”During separate investigation â€œa deviceâ€ led to add’l emailsâ€“not from Clinton https://t.co/QmmNoxXhOx â€” Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) October 28, 2016

But what this does is hands Donald Trump and the GOP the ability to call Clinton a “criminal” once again, and to sow doubt in the minds of voters.

All thanks to the political machinations of James Comey.

And for politicizing his investigation, several times now, he should be fired.

More:

NEW: NBC’s Pete Williams reports that the e-mails Comey announced today were NOT originally withheld by Clinton or campaign. â€” Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 28, 2016

.@PeteWilliamsNBC adds: There is no sense that any of this was due to withholding of evidence. New emails discovered on “another device” 3/ â€” Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 28, 2016

And @PeteWilliamsNBC says that while the political consequences of today’s news could be substantial, they might not be legally 4/ â€” Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 28, 2016

â€œThere is almost absolutely no way this will be resolved in 11 days,” says @NBCNews Justice Correspondent Pete Williams re: FBI news â€” Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) October 28, 2016

UPDATE:

Some responses via TwitterÂ â€“

If Pete Williams’ reporting is accurate, Comey just committed one of the most irresponsible acts of electioneering in modern history. â€” Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 28, 2016

Just watch Pete Williams report. What a mess. FBI needs to better explain itself https://t.co/BEIhY0t2EZ â€” MikeMorey (@MikeMorey) October 28, 2016

Pete Williams cleaning up Comey’s latest mess. #FireComey â€” MickieMo (@MickieMo) October 28, 2016

The full thing. If Pete Williams is right, this is probably nothing important. Yet here we are, with a potentially huge political impact. https://t.co/vrZ2OjpNee â€” Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 28, 2016

Reporting from NBC’s Pete Williams strongly suggests this Hillary Clinton story is FBI pro forma: No major scandal here as yet. â€” Mark Murphy (@MarkMurphy2011) October 28, 2016

UPDATE II:Â Report: FBI Found New Emails on Devices Belonging to Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin

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