Waiting For The Inspector General

The Department of Justice Inspector General will report on the FBI handling of this and that. The NY Times attempts to soundbite the plot, and good luck to them:

Did the F.B.I. really put the fix in to save Mrs. Clinton?

This has become the most important question of the report, and it is one that the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, did not even set out to answer. He began his investigation last year to scrutinize the actions of the F.B.I. director at the time, James B. Comey, and his deputy, Andrew G. McCabe.

But Mr. Trump has pushed a theory that a secret cabal of Mrs. Clinton’s supporters inside the F.B.I. conspired to clear her of wrongdoing over her handling of classified information. This same group of agents, Mr. Trump argues, then cooked up a phony investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia as a way to undermine his presidency.

No public evidence has surfaced to prove this theory, and the inspector general is unlikely to claim a wide-ranging political conspiracy at the heart of the F.B.I. There is evidence that at least some agents on the Clinton investigation disliked Mr. Trump. But look for Mr. Trump to seize on aspects of the report that support him, and probably discard those that do not.

Let me pause for a moment - if public evidence had in fact surfaced proving this point we wouldn't be waiting with bated breath for the IG report, now would we?

Mrs. Clinton’s supporters find this entire argument baffling. It was Mr. Comey, after all, who chastised her at a nationally televised news conference, and then — over the objection of the Justice Department — announced just days before Election Day that the F.B.I. was again investigating Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Trump now says the F.B.I. was on her side all along.

Mrs. Clinton's supporters are baffled by the possibility that the FBI is not monolithic and that Comey occasionally pushed back against a pro-Clinton-faction? Geez, these supporters must be hopelessly over their heads with "Game of Thrones". Or even "The New Girl".

A major concern is that McCabe slow-walked the investigation of the Hillary emails discovered on Anthony Weiner's server in late September. On the one hand, announcing bad news just before an election is not standard FBI procedure. On the other hand, if sometime after the election the FBI finally established that the Weiner email trove constituted clear evidence of Clinton crimes, well, there was the ever-so-slight possibility that people would infer the FBI had dragged their feet to protect the candidate of the incumbent's party. Awkward! But is that really baffling? Is maintaining a Clinton cover-up so as to avoid interfering with the election really the best thing for the FBI or the country?

I do not share their puzzlement.

Comments

[Another Bob]

Commenter st Surber’s blog suggests that without quick and decisive action, dissolution of the FBI will become a major issue for conservative candidates.

That seems a bit Quixotic to me.

[jimmyk]

jim_nj from early this morning:
Does that make sense? No provable criminal intent, but a vast effort to hide her actions with the collusion of others.

As Davod pointed out, there's no need to prove intent. But even if there were, the "vast effort to hide her actions" would be sufficient. It shows that she knew what she was doing was illegal.

[boris]

"there's no need to prove intent"

I think "intent" has become a convenient excuse for prosecutorial discretion.

Because some individuals may have harmlessly unknowingly, accidentally, or inadvertently revealed classified info and avoided penalty, it is now used as a get off scot-free exemption for favored groups.

Obviously Scooter Libby was not entitled to said exemption.

[clarice feldman]

http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/barack-obama-to-play-donald-trump-in-new-netflix-series-t20162.html

[clarice feldman]

http://thefederalist.com/2018/06/15/comeys-fbi-protecting-legitimacy-presumed-clinton-presidency/

[clarice feldman]

http://thefederalist.com/2018/06/15/comeys-fbi-protecting-legitimacy-presumed-clinton-presidency/

The answer.

[Ed]

Jumping ahead from catch up...

Gus...re Turmeric, etc:
1. I'm taking turmeric w/ curcumin for anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant properties

2. Long time gobbling anti-oxidants, started due to smoking history, 25 years ago

3. At current dosage turmeric I have reduced routine intake of Advil by 50% to relieve what I consider arthritic pains (all over), from bilateral rotator cuff syndrome to aching
joints, knees, lower back, elbows, etc (including some deep transient pains I suspect
in my layman's fashion to be similar to fibromyalgia). From 800mg+ down to 400mg Advil daily.

4. Unaware of the concerns [by AB?] cited recently here @ JOM re oxylate risk of Turmeric to kidney function. Recent blood work at 3-4 month intervals over last year or so has not indicated any kidney problems, but possibly that wasn't tested for.

5. I take the "Nature's Nutrition" brand 1950mg capsules [Turmeric/Curcumin/Black Pepper Extract] @ 1800/150/15 ratio, 2 daily in am. Amazon. Taking more, e.g. bedtime dosage, seems to upset stomach. I don't think you can od on Turmeric.

6. Will try to followup on Amom's advice re anti-inflammatory refs (6-15-18), starting with Undoctored.

All my physicians are adamant I must stop smoking so I guess that's next.

[Pinandpuller]

Yes. But is he LGTBQXYZ?

Posted by: Davod | June 15, 2018 at 07:27 AM

If you make him say that backwards it sends the imp back to his own realm.

[Pinandpuller]

Tucker Carlson is giving Jon Summers his full Tucker Face. It sounds like the

[Pinandpuller]

...like the Deep State Judge did to Manafort what Obama did to The Innocence of Muslims director.

[Pinandpuller]

Weissman is a punk ass bitch who should be stripped of all titles and rank and tossed in Federal Pound Me In The Ass Prison.

[Porchlight]

New thread, Pin!