Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch had seemingly pushed him to downplay an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

 

Comey told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that Lynch, who served under then-President Barack Obama, had ordered him to use particular wording — “a matter” — while discussing the probe.

 

“Probably the only other consideration that I guess I can talk about in an open setting is that at one point, the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me,” he said. “But that was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude, ‘I have to step away from the department if we’re to close this case credibly.’”

 

‘That gave me a queasy feeling’: Lynch told Comey not to call Clinton email probe an ‘investigation,’ he says [Video]

That statement bothered me as well.

The obstruction started on an airport tarmac.

The obstruction started on an airport tarmac.

 

I think when you pair President Bill Clinton meeting with Lynch and then Lynch commanding Comey to downgrade the investigation it calls for another special prosecutor.

That statement bothered me as well.

 

Same here.

I think when you pair President Bill Clinton meeting with Lynch and then Lynch commanding Comey to downgrade the investigation it calls for another special prosecutor.

 

Absolutely. I agree.

Can we have just one special prosecutor at a time?

 

Maybe Donald and Lynch can share a cell...

^ I see a sure-fire SNL skit in that one.

If anything this account proves Comey's loyalty to country and the FBI.

If anything this account proves Comey's loyalty to country and the FBI.

 

Loyal servants don't leak government documents to their friends.

Can we have just one special prosecutor at a time?

 

Maybe Donald and Lynch can share a cell...

 

Actually we may need 4 or 5 Special Prosecutors before it is all said and done.

Loyal servants don't leak government documents to their friends.

 

Is a memo of his account of a meeting with Trump a government document?

 

Maybe I misunderstood what he leaked.

Is a memo of his account of a meeting with Trump a government document?

 

Maybe I misunderstood what he leaked.

 

I think any memo Director Comey created on a Classified Laptop Computer is definitely the property of the United States of America.

Loyal servants don't leak government documents to their friends.

 

They don't? Ask John Mitchell that. Not that these two things are the same but both told committees where to find collaborative support for their stories.

They don't? Ask John Mitchell that. Not that these two things are the same but both told committees where to find collaborative support for their stories.

 

Agreed. Like it or not leaks have a way of keeping our government on the straight and narrow.