By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--May 10, 2017
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In a last-minute effort to save Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House, Barack Obama’s chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, has urged the president to fire FBI Director James Comey, according to a source close to Jarrett. Obama and Jarrett are furious with Comey for reopening the FBI’s investigation of Clinton’s emails just 11 days before the presidential election.
It’s no secret that Obama harbors contempt for the FBI director. As quoted in “Guilty as Sin,” Obama fumes to Jarrett that appointing Comey was his “worst mistake as president.” In what looked like a concerted effort to call for Comey’s head, Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, suggested that Comey might be removed from his post, saying in an interview with CNN, “Maybe he’s not in the right job.”And where to begin with Chuck Schumer? Bloomberg famously reported that he'd "lost confidence" in Comey back in November, just like everyone else:
Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he’s lost confidence in FBI Director James Comey over his handling of the most recent disclosure in the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation -- a tough rebuke to a man Schumer has long admired. “I do not have confidence in him any longer,” said the New York Democrat, who has criticized as “appalling” Comey’s decision to send a letter to lawmakers 11 days before the election disclosing the bureau’s new review of e-mails potentially pertinent to the investigation of Clinton’s private server.
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— Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Said He Was "Appalled At What Director Comey Did" By Releasing A Letter. "U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer ripped into FBI Director James Comey on Sunday for announcing he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails less than two weeks from Election Day. Asked about the situation right off the bat during his one and only debate with long shot Republican challenger Wendy Long, Schumer said he was 'appalled at what Director Comey did.'" (Kenneth Lovett, "Chuck Schumer Blasts FBI Boss James Comey During Debate With GOP opponent Wendy Long," New York Daily News, 10/30/16) — Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Said He Does "Not Have Confidence In" Comey "Any Longer" For His Decision To Send A Letter Reopening The Investigation Into Clinton's Private Server. "Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he's lost confidence in FBI Director James Comey over his handling of the most recent disclosure in the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation — a tough rebuke to a man Schumer has long admired. 'I do not have confidence in him any longer,' said the New York Democrat, who has criticized as 'appalling' Comey's decision to send a letter to lawmakers 11 days before the election disclosing the bureau's new review of e-mails potentially pertinent to the investigation of Clinton's private server." (Steven T. Dennis "Schumer Says He Lost Confidence In FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe," Bloomberg, 11/2/16) — In A March 27th 2017 New Yorker Profile, Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Stated That "You Could Say If Comey Wasn't There We Would Have Won." 'When you lose to a candidate who is so unpopular—yes, you could say if Comey wasn't there we would have won,' he went on, referring to James Comey, the F.B.I. director. 'But we should have won anyway, with Comey and with the hacking.'" (Elizabeth Kolbert, "Can Chuck Schumer Check Donald Trump?," The New Yorker, 3/27/17)If you think, even for a second, that a victorious Hillary Clinton would have kept Comey around, you're really kidding yourself. Everything we know about the Clinton machine tells us that he would have been replaced the minute she took office. All the examples above - and many, many, others - were setting the stage for the FBI Director's firing when she took office. Heck, Comey probably ended his career when he outlined all the crimes that Hillary had "unintentionally" committed. If not, he definitely sealed his fate when he re-opened the investigation. Either way, had Mrs. Clinton become President, Comey would have immediately been shown the door - and Democrats would have cheered the demise of their scapegoat.
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