When Jennifer Lopez’s side-eye says it all.

Well, this was not how I expected the penultimate weekend before the election to go. I honestly expected more disclosures about Donald Trump, perhaps more sexual assault claims, or something about his taxes, or something about his dodgy foundation. But no. On Friday, FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to congressional committee chairs and ranking members, informing them that the FBI was “reviewing” some new information in Hillary Clinton’s email probe, the same probe that was closed down over the summer with no charges being brought against her. We found out that the FBI was investigating Anthony Weiner’s inappropriate contact with a minor, and while reviewing his computers, they came across emails belonging to Huma Abedin, HRC’s long-time aide and “second daughter.”

What followed was absolute chaos. Within 24 hours, Democratic leaders were attacking Director Comey, and Trump was declaring victory. What seemed like tightening polls now seems like a complete rejiggering of the electoral map. Reportedly, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other DOJ officials warned Comey against sending the letter because every DOJ and FBI protocol requires not commenting on ongoing investigations. People within the FBI say that Comey felt he had to inform Congress officially, lest people within the FBI leak the information anyway.

Former AG Eric Holder wrote a Washington Post op-ed where he explained why Comey’s actions were wrong – go here to read. Senate gremlin Harry Reid also had something to say, and it was such a mic-drop moment, I have to post his open letter to Comey:

Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another. I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law. The double standard established by your actions is clear.

In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government – a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity. The public has a right to know this information. I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public. There is no danger to American interests from releasing it. And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.

By contrast, as soon as you came into possession of the slightest innuendo related to Secretary Clinton, you rushed to publicize it in the most negative light possible. Moreover, in tarring Secretary Clinton with thin innuendo, you overruled longstanding tradition and the explicit guidance of your own Department. You rushed to take this step eleven days before a presidential election, despite the fact that for all you know, the information you possess could be entirely duplicative of the information you already examined which exonerated Secretary Clinton.

As you know, a memo authored by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates on March 10, 2016, makes clear that all Justice Department employees, including you, are subject to the Hatch Act. The memo defines the political activity prohibited under the Hatch Act as “activity directed towards the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.” The clear double-standard established by your actions strongly suggests that your highly selective approach to publicizing information, along with your timing, was intended for the success or failure of a partisan candidate or political group.

[From Harry Reid’s site]

Reid ends his letter by reminding Comey that it was Senate Republicans who initially blocked his nomination as Director of the FBI while Reid and Democrats pushed it through. Reid says he did that because he believed Comey was “a principled public servant. With the deepest regret, I now see that I was wrong.” Oooh, I hope Comey gets some ice for the burn.

While I see how Comey felt he was between a rock and a hard place, it really does seem like… he was substituting his own agenda when he should have been following policy and protocols? Also, does the FBI have information about Trump’s ties to Russia which they haven’t shared? Where’s Comey’s letter to Congressional leaders about that?

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