Re:A “nation-state” used Wikileaks to influence US election,...
by paulmd on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:39PM
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When they found new evidence relevant to the Clinton case.
As it stands, the situation was "we found some emails of the husband of the aide of a person we investigated". That's not directly relevant to the investigation in any way, and it's not evidence of wrongdoing. They drastically jumped the gun by publically linking it as they did.
At an absolute minimum they should have waited until they knew there was some data both relevant to the investigation and not previously known to the FBI. They should probably also have made sure the evidence implied wrongdoing, out of concern of influencing the election.
This is exactly what Comey was told by the Justice Department, his subordinates, and pretty much everyone else.
At an absolute minimum they should have waited until they knew there was some data both relevant to the investigation and not previously known to the FBI. They should probably also have made sure the evidence implied wrongdoing, out of concern of influencing the election.
This is exactly what Comey was told by the Justice Department, his subordinates, and pretty much everyone else.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/us/politics/comey-clinton-...