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Obama Smacks Down His Own FBI Chief
The president went after the man he named to lead the FBI, James Comey, for rocking the 2016 election by disclosing information about a politically charged investigation.
The Daily Beast
by Shane Harris
11/2/2016
Excerpt:
President Obama rebuked on Wednesday FBI Director James Comey’s decision to announce a new review of thousands of emails that may—or may not—be relevant to the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private server.
It was the first time that Obama has weighed in on a roiling controversy over whether Comey should have disclosed the inquiry just days before the presidential election. And it immediately raised the question of whether the president still has confidence in the FBI director, who holds a ten-year term.
“Were you yourself upset with the timing at all?” Obama was asked in an interview with NowThis News, referring to Comey’s decision to notify Congress last Friday of the new email probe.
Stressing that he wanted to avoid the appearance of himself becoming involved in the political process, Obama said, “There is a norm that when we are investigating, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information. We don’t operate on leaks.”
Obama didn’t mention Comey by name, but the question he answered was clearly about the FBI director’s decision, which he has said he made independently.
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The president went after the man he named to lead the FBI, James Comey, for rocking the 2016 election by disclosing information about a politically charged investigation.
The Daily Beast
by Shane Harris
11/2/2016
Excerpt:
President Obama rebuked on Wednesday FBI Director James Comey’s decision to announce a new review of thousands of emails that may—or may not—be relevant to the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private server.
It was the first time that Obama has weighed in on a roiling controversy over whether Comey should have disclosed the inquiry just days before the presidential election. And it immediately raised the question of whether the president still has confidence in the FBI director, who holds a ten-year term.
“Were you yourself upset with the timing at all?” Obama was asked in an interview with NowThis News, referring to Comey’s decision to notify Congress last Friday of the new email probe.
Stressing that he wanted to avoid the appearance of himself becoming involved in the political process, Obama said, “There is a norm that when we are investigating, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information. We don’t operate on leaks.”
Obama didn’t mention Comey by name, but the question he answered was clearly about the FBI director’s decision, which he has said he made independently.
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View the complete article, including image and video, at:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...mes-comey.html