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Should James Comey be fired?

Should James Comey be fired?

  • Yes, immediately.

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • Yes, but not until after the election.

    Votes: 8 10.8%

  • Put him on notice. If he does not rectify the situation by the end of this week, fire him.

    Votes: 5 6.8%

  • No, keep him.

    Votes: 51 68.9%
  • Total voters
    74
Phys251

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https://thinkprogress.org/the-case-for-firing-james-comey-f6e72f397646

We also know that Comey violated longstanding Justice Department protocol when he decided to disclose the very few facts that he actually did disclose in his letter to the Republican chairs. And we know that he wrote the letter over the explicit objections of Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Taken together, these actions constitute a fireable offense.

President Obama should fire James Comey. He should do so not because of the political consequences of Comey’s actions — although those consequences could be quite severe — but because Comey’s actions show an unacceptable disregard for the safeguards that exist to protect innocents from the awesome power of a federal police force.
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The Justice Department, as former Deputy Attorneys General Jamie Gorelick and Larry Thompson explain in the Washington Post, operates “under long-standing and well-established traditions limiting disclosure of ongoing investigations to the public and even to Congress, especially in a way that might be seen as influencing an election.” Yet Comey gave unclear but highly damaging information to a major presidential candidate’s political enemies just eleven days before the 2016 election.

And he did so despite the fact that he has no idea whether there is any evidence that she did something wrong — and despite the fact that his agents haven’t even begun to search for such evidence. It’s as if Comey implicated Clinton in the John F. Kennedy assassination because Comey heard that she may have once been in Dallas.
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The White House says it will neither "defend nor criticize" Comey on Hillary emails - CNNPolitics.com

"The President doesn't believe that he's secretly strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party," Earnest said. "He's in a tough spot, and he's the one who will be in a position to defend his actions in the face of significant criticism from a variety of legal experts, including individuals who served in senior Department of Justice positions in administrations led by presidents in both parties."
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If the head of the Democratic party trusts this man's character enough to give him the benefit of the doubt after a stunt like that, I'm willing to give him the same. We'll see what comes out of the case - James Comey has done an effective job up to this point. Leave him be until we know all the facts of this case.
 
Phys251 said:
Couldn't those comments be a strategic move by Obama to stay away from the immediate fallout?
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It could be. Then again, not trying to protect Miss Clinton's campaign could have significant fallout as well. You'd think he'd be a team player and throw Comey under the bus just like the rest of his party has, but he didn't.
 
Jesse Booth said:
It could be. Then again, not trying to protect Miss Clinton's campaign could have significant fallout as well. You'd think he'd be a team player and throw Comey under the bus just like the rest of his party has, but he didn't.
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Chelsea is running for president??
 
If a lowly FBI grunt or Army Private had done this, he'd be in prison !!!
 
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Jesse Booth said:
The White House says it will neither "defend nor criticize" Comey on Hillary emails - CNNPolitics.com



If the head of the Democratic party trusts this man's character enough to give him the benefit of the doubt after a stunt like that, I'm willing to give him the same. We'll see what comes out of the case - James Comey has done an effective job up to this point. Leave him be until we know all the facts of this case.
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I would say that with this, he earned his spurs.
 
Suddenly Democrats are concerned about "longstanding Justice Department protocol" and "long-standing and well-established traditions"??

When Loretta Lynch had her clandestine meeting with Clinton in the back of a plane, where was the outrage? Where were the demands that she be fired?
 
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Jesse Booth said:
:lamo Sorry. Southern pronunciation, everyone's miss or mister, regardless of marital status. Mrs. Clinton.
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:lol:

Jesse Booth said:
It could be. Then again, not trying to protect Miss Clinton's campaign could have significant fallout as well. You'd think he'd be a team player and throw Comey under the bus just like the rest of his party has, but he didn't.
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Honestly it feels like a makeup call at a football game. He clearly pissed off the Republican base with his admittance last summer that there was nothing of legal significance in Clinton's emails, and they could not handle that. So, less than two weeks before the election, what does he do? Surprise, mothaf**ka, there maybe might possibly be something of potential interest in there somewhere, and dammit, y'all just gotta know!

I think every executive official should learn from Comey's misjudgments: Choose every action and word carefully. Loose lips sink ships.
 
He should not be fired, but he should resign.
 
joG said:
Why would you want to fire him. He did exactly the right thing and apparently against his boss's wishes, if I understood the woman correctly. I still cannot believe he didn't touch base with Obama, but no matter. Keeping this secret till after the election would have been tantamount to gross manipulation intransparency
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Oh please. Did you even read his letter? It sounded marginally better than a rumor started by a high-schooler. "Did you hear about what so-and-so may have done! It's really important, I have to tell you this!" :roll:
 
Loretta Lynch met with the husband of the target of an ongoing criminal investigation secretly and in private for 45 minutes. Should Loretta Lynch be fired?

Wasnt Comey being considered for a higher office by leftists just a few short weeks ago?
 
VanceMack said:
Loretta Lynch met with the husband of the target of an ongoing criminal investigation secretly and in private for 45 minutes. Should Loretta Lynch be fired?

Wasnt Comey being considered for a higher office by leftists just a few short weeks ago?
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Stop deflecting. This thread is about Comey, not Lynch.
 
What would have happened to any other citizen in this country if they had been caught lying under oath, and hiding and then later destroying evidence while under an active federal subpoena?
 
Phys251 said:
Stop deflecting. This thread is about Comey, not Lynch.
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Same Justice Department, same administration, and essentially the same players. Should Lynch be fired for an act FAR MORE egregious than releasing a poorly worded letter?
 
VanceMack said:
What would have happened to any other citizen in this country if they had been caught lying under oath, and hiding and then later destroying evidence while under an active federal subpoena?
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It is not my recollection that Comey is being accused of that. Again, stop deflecting.
 
Phys251 said:
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Honestly it feels like a makeup call at a football game. He clearly pissed off the Republican base with his admittance last summer that there was nothing of legal significance in Clinton's emails, and they could not handle that. So, less than two weeks before the election, what does he do? Surprise, mothaf**ka, there maybe might possibly be something of potential interest in there somewhere, and dammit, y'all just gotta know!

I think every executive official should learn from Comey's misjudgments: Choose every action and word carefully. Loose lips sink ships.
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Possibly. As always, I advise caution before jumping to conclusions. Perhaps there'll be substance to this case, or perhaps there won't be. Given Mr. Comey's track record, Obama's previous praise of the man and unwillingness to throw him under the bus, I'd say it's far too soon to call for his head.
 
He was in danger of losing control of the FBI because of the rebellion which started after he apparently caved to political pressure re Clinton Corp, but he seems to be making a comeback. Another effort to politicize the FBI such as the proposed by either Obama, Clinton or Trump would be very bad for the nation.
 
Taylor said:
Suddenly Democrats are concerned about "longstanding Justice Department protocol" and "long-standing and well-established traditions"??

When Loretta Lynch had here clandestine meeting with Clinton in the back of plane, where was the outrage? Where were the demands that she be fired?
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How does meeting with someone influence an election the way that publishing this vague hearsay does ?
 
VanceMack said:
What would have happened to any other citizen in this country if they had been caught lying under oath, and hiding and then later destroying evidence while under an active federal subpoena?
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What would have happened in some other parallel universe where events transpired so as to suggest my partisan conclusion ?
 
Phys251 said:
It is not my recollection that Comey is being accused of that. Again, stop deflecting.
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Its not deflecting. You are in effect claiming he isnt doing his job. You think he should be fired. You are also CLEARLY biased and full in partisan. You think Comey should be fired for what amounts to a poorly worded letter, dont want to talk about his boss who knowingly colluded with the subject of an ongoing investigation being run by Comey and dont want to talk about what should befall the target of said ongoing investigation (knowing full well that she lied, hid evidence and then destroyed evidence under subpoena while being investigated by Comey), and after the revelation of 650,000 new bits of evidence, much of which was the SUBPOENAED INFORMATION...you think he should be fired.

Oh wait...you ARE blindly partisan though.
 
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