Clinton camp assails Federal Bureau of Investigation director, presses for details

Democrats allege this is more than just an 11th-hour inconvenience.

Comey’s announcement drew criticism from Democrats who accused him of not following the tradition of keeping investigations from the public’s sight 60 days before presidential elections.

“Either way the results are exceedingly close”, he said.

I think there are burdens that come with being a government official who has to make these decisions, and if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Trump has not released his tax returns in this campaign, despite pressure to do so. But pollsters say there is little to suggest such problems in USA election polling.

Trump says he was doing no such thing in connection to a New York Times reporter. The FBI’s fruitless earlier investigation has been a continuing bone of Republican contention in the election campaign and voters have a right to know the new development even though nothing substantial has been discovered. He did say later on, but it’s buried in the bottom of the letter, that they didn’t know if the information was “significant”. “He never should have promised Congress that he would give them updates with respect to Secretary Clinton, when he doesn’t do that with respect to anybody else, when it’s clear that the only reason they want the information is politics”.

RP: I fear a backlash against my own party, the Republican Party, for abuse of power. A warrant for the emails was obtained over the weekend.

FILE – FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 7, 2016, before the House Oversight Committee to explain his agency’s recommendation to not prosecute Hillary Clinton.

The list’s minimization of the server question to “poor” management, while facetious, doesn’t match what Clinton herself has said about it.

But Vladeck says intent is hard to prove in this case. And whether Director Comey wanted to influence the election or whether he’s succumbing to pressure from members of Congress who want him to use his position that way – he had no business writing that letter. “You know, only Director Comey knows his objective”.

The bad news began for Clinton Monday, October 21 when the Obama administration announced premiums for popular healthcare plans sold through its HealthCare.gov marketplace would rise by an average of 25 percent. Obama views the Federal Bureau of Investigation head as a man of integrity and does not believe he is secretly trying to influence the outcome of the election, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.

“Her election would mire our government and our country in a constitutional crisis that we can not afford”, he declared on Monday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, pointing to the FBI’s examination as evidence the former secretary of state might face a criminal trial as president.

Another argument made by those favoring a second Clinton presidency is that she is not her husband and that Bill’s lying and extramarital affairs should not reflect on her.

At the rally, she cast Trump as a threat to American national security because of his lack of experience, bad temper and thin skin, his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the fights he has picked with USA allies in Europe and Asia.

The president, along with the vice president and a few top officials from the executive branch, are exempt from the Hatch Act. The possibility of Clinton being indicted while in office is one local Republicans have been stressing to voters. Clinton’s numbers, as reported in recent campaign filings, tripled those of Trump and the national and state Republican parties. The official said investigators would move expeditiously but would not say when the review might be complete.