I.G report - No Political Bias in Clinton Investigation

[fantome profane]

Comey Cited as ‘Insubordinate,’ but Report Finds No Bias in F.B.I. Decision to Clear Clinton

The report is very critical of Comey, but finds no political bias on his part or in the FBI in regards to the Clinton email probe.

Comments? Rants?

 

[Nakosis]

Comey Cited as ‘Insubordinate,’ but Report Finds No Bias in F.B.I. Decision to Clear Clinton

The report is very critical of Comey, but finds no political bias on his part or in the FBI in regards to the Clinton email probe.

Comments? Rants?

Unfortunate pay wall.

Oh well, I'll get the right wing version as my wife religiously watches Fox while arguing with her sister about the fate of the world.

 

[Shushersbedamned]

Instagram report.

.....*giggles

 

[Father Heathen]

Unfortunate pay wall.

Oh well, I'll get the right wing version as my wife religiously watches Fox while arguing with her sister about the fate of the world.

My condolences.

 

[Shushersbedamned]

Since you asked for rants, when will this Clinton argument end? You have to face it that the real problem is right there as a president now. You have a thousand years to point out the guilty but please pull yourselves together and do something!

 

[Kenny]

Comey Cited as ‘Insubordinate,’ but Report Finds No Bias in F.B.I. Decision to Clear Clinton

The report is very critical of Comey, but finds no political bias on his part or in the FBI in regards to the Clinton email probe.

Comments? Rants?

I wouldn't go by what NY Times says... I would rather seek the horses mouth.

"In undertaking our analysis, our task was made significantly more difficult because of text and instant messages exchanged on FBI devices and systems by five FBI employees involved in the Midyear investigation. These messages reflected political opinions in support of former Secretary Clinton and against her then political opponent, Donald Trump. Some of these text messages and instant messages mixed political commentary with discussions about the Midyear investigation, and raised concerns that political bias may have impacted investigative decisions.

In particular, we were concerned about text messages exchanged by FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Special Counsel to the Deputy Director, that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations. As we describe in Chapter Twelve of our report, most of the text messages raising such questions pertained to the Russia investigation, which was not a part of this review. Nonetheless, the suggestion in certain Russia-related text messages in August 2016 that Strzok might be willing to take official action to impact presidential candidate Trump’s electoral prospects caused us to question the earlier Midyear investigative decisions in which Strzok was involved, and whether he took specific actions in the Midyear investigation based on his political views. As we describe Chapter Five of our report, we found that Strzok was not the sole decisionmaker for any of the specific Midyear investigative decisions we examined in that chapter. We further found evidence that in some instances Strzok and Page advocated for more aggressive investigative measures in the Midyear investigation"

As we know Strzok was also part of the Mueller investigation and puts a bad light on the investigation IMHO

Lisa Page was also in the Mueller investigation. If one is suppose to trust the investigation, this really hurts their position.

 

[tytlyf]

I wouldn't go by what NY Times says... I would rather seek the horses mouth.

"In undertaking our analysis, our task was made significantly more difficult because of text and instant messages exchanged on FBI devices and systems by five FBI employees involved in the Midyear investigation. These messages reflected political opinions in support of former Secretary Clinton and against her then political opponent, Donald Trump. Some of these text messages and instant messages mixed political commentary with discussions about the Midyear investigation, and raised concerns that political bias may have impacted investigative decisions.

In particular, we were concerned about text messages exchanged by FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Special Counsel to the Deputy Director, that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations. As we describe in Chapter Twelve of our report, most of the text messages raising such questions pertained to the Russia investigation, which was not a part of this review. Nonetheless, the suggestion in certain Russia-related text messages in August 2016 that Strzok might be willing to take official action to impact presidential candidate Trump’s electoral prospects caused us to question the earlier Midyear investigative decisions in which Strzok was involved, and whether he took specific actions in the Midyear investigation based on his political views. As we describe Chapter Five of our report, we found that Strzok was not the sole decisionmaker for any of the specific Midyear investigative decisions we examined in that chapter. We further found evidence that in some instances Strzok and Page advocated for more aggressive investigative measures in the Midyear investigation"

As we know Strzok was also part of the Mueller investigation and puts a bad light on the investigation IMHO

Lisa Page was also in the Mueller investigation. If one is suppose to trust the investigation, this really hurts their position.

Just admit that these people had no power in the FBI and were just texting each other. Which is normal. RW media sure is saturating the airwaves today with this spin. I even heard Rush earlier whining about how Clinton's server was ILLEGAL! Lmao, 99.8% wrong.

 

[Kenny]

Just admit that these people had no power in the FBI and were just texting each other. Which is normal. RW media sure is saturating the airwaves today with this spin. I even heard Rush earlier whining about how Clinton's server was ILLEGAL! Lmao, 99.8% wrong.

The became part of the Mueller investigation and "had no power"?

I can't quite embrace that thought.

But it is a world of opposing viewpoints.

I'll keep reading

 

[tytlyf]

The became part of the Mueller investigation and "had no power"?

I can't quite embrace that thought.

I know you can't embrace it because you think RW media is honest.

Mueller wasn't in charge of the Clinton Investigation, Comey was. Same thing with the Russia investigation, Comey was in charge.

 

[Kenny]

"
s we describe in Chapter Nine of our report, the explanations we were given for the FBI’s failure to take immediate action on the Weiner laptop fell into four general categories:
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The FBI Midyear team was waiting for additional information about the contents of the laptop from NYO, which was not provided until late October;
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The FBI Midyear team could not review the emails without additional legal authority, such as consent or a new search warrant;
•
The FBI Midyear team and senior FBI officials did not believe that the information on the laptop was likely to be significant; and
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Key members of the FBI Midyear team had been reassigned to the investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election, which was a higher priority. We found these explanations to be unpersuasive justifications for not acting sooner, given the FBI leadership’s conclusion about the importance of the information and that the FBI Midyear team had sufficient information to take action in early October and knew at that time that it would need a new search warrant to review any Clinton-Abedin emails. Moreover, given the FBI’s extensive resources, the fact that Strzok and several other FBI members of the Midyear team had been assigned to the Russia investigation, which was extremely active during this September and October time period, was not an excuse for failing to take any action during this time period on the Weiner laptop. The FBI’s failure to act in late September or early October is even less justifiable when contrasted with the attention and resources that FBI management and some members of the Midyear team dedicated to other activities in connection with the Midyear investigation during the same period. "

This really looks very suspicious - one has to question "why" didn't they report it.

 

[fantome profane]

I wouldn't go by what NY Times says... I would rather seek the horses mouth.

"In undertaking our analysis, our task was made significantly more difficult because of text and instant messages exchanged on FBI devices and systems by five FBI employees involved in the Midyear investigation. These messages reflected political opinions in support of former Secretary Clinton and against her then political opponent, Donald Trump. Some of these text messages and instant messages mixed political commentary with discussions about the Midyear investigation, and raised concerns that political bias may have impacted investigative decisions.

In particular, we were concerned about text messages exchanged by FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Special Counsel to the Deputy Director, that potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations. As we describe in Chapter Twelve of our report, most of the text messages raising such questions pertained to the Russia investigation, which was not a part of this review. Nonetheless, the suggestion in certain Russia-related text messages in August 2016 that Strzok might be willing to take official action to impact presidential candidate Trump’s electoral prospects caused us to question the earlier Midyear investigative decisions in which Strzok was involved, and whether he took specific actions in the Midyear investigation based on his political views. As we describe Chapter Five of our report, we found that Strzok was not the sole decisionmaker for any of the specific Midyear investigative decisions we examined in that chapter. We further found evidence that in some instances Strzok and Page advocated for more aggressive investigative measures in the Midyear investigation"

As we know Strzok was also part of the Mueller investigation and puts a bad light on the investigation IMHO

Lisa Page was also in the Mueller investigation. If one is suppose to trust the investigation, this really hurts their position.

The two people you are referring to were removed from the Mueller investigation. What more do you want?

And there is no evidence that these two individuals did anything to bias the Clinton investigation. From their texts we can see they were hardly fans of Clinton.

 

[Kenny]

I know you can't embrace it because you think RW media is honest.

Mueller wasn't in charge of the Clinton Investigation, Comey was. Same thing with the Russia investigation, Comey was in charge.

i'm not reading from the RW media... i am reading the report.

 

[Kenny]

The two people you are referring to were removed from the Mueller investigation. What more do you want?
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they had to... they were now exposed or they were hot potatoes.

 

[fantome profane]

they had to... they were now exposed or they were hot potatoes.

In other words, Mueller did the right thing.

 

[tytlyf]

i'm not reading from the RW media... i am reading the report.

Then why did you mention Mueller at all? We're talking about Struck/Page texts. Which were 2 years ago, long before Mueller (R) was involved?

 

[tytlyf]

From their texts we can see they were hardly fans of Clinton.

Uhoh, RW media hasn't mentioned a single thing about that....I wonder why?

 

[Kenny]

In other words, Mueller did the right thing.

Never said he didn't

 

[Kenny]

Then why did you mention Mueller at all? We're talking about Struck/Page texts. Which were 2 years ago, long before Mueller (R) was involved?

Can I help it if those who didn't want Trump, were bias, ended up in the Mueller investigation? I want justice... not politics.

 

[tytlyf]

Can I help it if those who didn't want Trump, were bias, ended up in the Mueller investigation? I want justice... not politics.

You'd be surprised how many people communicate via text about their displeasure with people. You're just running with the conspiracy theory that these 2 individuals couldn't represent the FBI investigation honestly.

The IG report stated that there was zero bias from Comey in his handling of the Clinton investigation. This isn't about some random texts between friends. Don't change the topic (spin)

 

[columbus]

Can I help it if those who didn't want Trump, were bias, ended up in the Mueller investigation? I want justice... not politics.

Personally, I want results.
National Security.

Clinton doesn't matter any more. Her Email server never did.
She used her system for her entire stint at the State Department. Everyone knew about it, it was not some department secret. From the FBI and CIA, to foreign governments and NGOs, to Interpol and the UN, everybody who cared knew this.

But nobody said anything until it became a political weapon that could be used against a strong political contender. Pretending that is about "Justice, not Politics" is ridiculous.

Maybe you could explain why Republican Senate leadership didn't express a problem during her actual service?
Tom