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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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From: JohnM10/30/2016 8:56:32 PM
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Josh Marshall keeps up the beat of Comey's mistakes.
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Deeply Disturbing
Talking Points Memo
by Josh Marshall

James Comey's decision to send his letter to Capitol Hill seemed like a bad one from the start. But it did not seem as egregious as it does now because many assumed he was faced with a tough balancing act between informing Congress of significant new evidence and following longstanding DOJ/FBI guidelines about avoiding potential election interference. Even faced with that dilemma he could have provided more information than a terse letter certain to drive wild speculation. But everything we've learned over the last 48 hours-plus suggests Comey had no basis to believe there was significant new evidence, indeed no clear reason to think there was anything new at all. At best, Comey combined extremely poor judgment with a decision to place a near absolute priority on protecting himself from criticism over carrying out his professional and ethnical obligations.

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