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What the Justice Department’s Decision Not to Prosecute @Comey Tells Us bit.ly/2NN08mY
“... not to worry! Comey isn’t home free since, “[t]here are significant issues emerging with how the [FISA warrant targeting the Trump campaign] was handled and other conduct in the investigation, and everyone involved remains under scrutiny.”
“This bit about Comey remaining in legal jeopardy is no doubt the Justice Department’s way of quelling preemptively any outrage at its failure to go after Comey for the leaking. Breath-holding, however, is not advised.”
“The department’s reaction to the inspector general’s report makes it almost impossible to believe that officials have any serious idea of prosecuting anyone involved in this story.”
“By making sure everyone knew Comey wouldn’t face any legal repercussions even before the inspector general’s report came out, the Justice Department gave the miscreant former FBI director a huge public relations win.”
“If the Justice Department does decide to prosecute anyone on the fraudulently obtained warrants used to spy on the Trump campaign, prosecutors are going to have to tell a story about motive.”
“They’re going to have to give a coherent and compelling account of how top Obama Administration and Justice Department officials used their power illicitly to control and then overturn the results of the 2016 election.”
“Comey’s leaking of classified material was no small part of their attempted coup. It was explicitly designed to set loose the almost limitless legal resources of an independent counsel on the president.”
