It's too soon to know for sure, but if Hillary loses - it will be solely due to Comey's reckless federal malfeasance. Hillary clearly had momentum for a likely landslide victory - but now even her winning seems questionable. Anyone who values American democracy should not cheer about that.
I don't think so, in fact Comey's action more than likely benefited Hillary Clinton. Everyone knows what Comey did was against long standing DOJ protocol, which was you do not make an announcement like this within 60 days of an election. He was warned by the Justice department NOT to do this, and he did it anyway. And everyone knows that James Comey is getting steam rolled over basically opening a door and shouting more emails, then slamming the door shut 11 days prior to a National Election. He did it without a single shred of evidence, he didn't even have those emails in his possession. And we find out this is about Huma's emails not Hillary Clinton's emails the following day, that are probably more than likely duplicates of ones the FBI has already reviewed.
Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’
Comey was meeting with Loretta Lynch today, and I imagine it was to discuss his resignation. He may be prosecuted also, because it's clear he is in violation of the 1939 Hatch Act. Deliberately inteferring in an election in order to sway a National Election. He admits his intent in this email, when aids questioned him about his motive. "Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed. "I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record."
FBI James Comey
He is being accused of undermining our Democracy. In fact it's possible that Comey helped her in a couple of ways.
The general public has a proportional sense to them, and since March of 2015 they've heard over 600 news media reports about emails. In fact 73% of the American public stated in July, 2016 they were sick and tired of hearing about emails and her server.
So what has happened
1. Comey's actions has really fired up Hillary Clinton's base, they are PISSED, and rightfully so. 500,000 volunteers are on the phones and walking the streets making certain those ballots get in.
Most importantly
2. Those people who have been sitting on the fence, now see something she has been saying for a couple of decades and believe her now. That there is INDEED a vast Reich wing conspiracy against her. And that there is also a double standard. Women are treated differently than men, because Comey DID not notify the public that Trump was being investigated for his ties to Russia.
Trump and the Reich wing will continue to believe that Hillary is the worst "criminal" in history. But the vast majority, including Republicans don't believe that. And they aren't going to sacrifice this nations security, to install the most incompetent, unqualified, DANGEROUS, immature, emotionally unstable, vile, sexist MALE drama queen to ever seek elected office, over emails.
Dear Hillary: How Very Dare You!
The FBI's Nothing Burger
Get out there and VOTE, and vote early.
You don't live on the same planet with the rest of us. I don't even think you're in the same universe. I understand you are angry and mad, and all of you die-hard Hillary supporters are lashing out over this. You've had a few days to digest this and glean sympathy from your little support groups with each other, and now you're ready to come out swinging again.
It's a very tight close race and it just got tighter and closer. I don't know if it's enough to swing the election to Trump... we'll see on November 8. All you're doing is blowing off steam and showing people exactly how a partisan hack behaves when under pressure. It won't change any minds or votes. The very real prospects of this woman being criminally indicted on some very serious crimes might indeed change minds and votes. If she is elected, this could turn into a constitutional crisis. Some are now saying a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for Tim Kaine.
When you have over 100 former Justices sign off on a letter blasting Comey--both Republican and Democrat there is much more to this--than you can poo-poo away.
Out of the thousands of emails that Comey looked at there were a total of
3 that had a small c on them, and the testimony he gave to congress at the time reflects a lot. Because c doesn't necessarily mean classified. A very good article on this from factcheck.
Revisiting Clinton and Classified Information
Former Attorney General Eric Holder and
more than 100 other former Justice Department officials signed a letter on Sunday night.
The letter slammed FBI Director James Comey and his decision to alert Congress and the media that there might possibly be some emails “pertinent” to his bureau’s interests on a laptop computer used by Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her estranged husband, former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner (D).
“Many of us have worked with Director Comey; all of us respect him. But his unprecedented decision to publicly comment on evidence in what may be an ongoing inquiry just eleven days before a presidential election leaves us both astonished and perplexed,” the letter said.
“We cannot recall a prior instance where a senior Justice Department official—Republican or Democrat — has, on the eve of a major election, issued a public statement where the mere disclosure of information may impact the election’s outcome, yet the official acknowledges the information to be examined may not be significant or new.”
Until Sunday, no one at the FBI had obtained a warrant to read the “new” emails, so, as many have pointed out, Comey had no idea whether or not his investigative team had already seen the emails during another part of the investigation or not, what their content is or even whether they were read or sent by Clinton herself.
The fact remains that the Director’s disclosure has invited considerable, uninformed public speculation about the significance of newly-discovered material just days before a national election.”
Eric Holder and 100 other former Justice officials sign letter blasting Comey’s ‘breach of protocol’
So we know that Comey was warned by the Justice Department to NOT send a letter to congress, he did it anyway. He broke long standing protocol of the Department.
This is WARNING.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/u...nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0
Then when his aids questioned his motive he sent this email: " "Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed.
"I also think it would be misleading to the AMERICAN PEOPLE were we not to supplement the record." This is INTENT.
So in all of Clinton's emails that Comey has reviewed over the last YEAR. (He was looking for warning and intent) which he NEVER found. Now he has committed to warning & intent in one letter and one email of his own. Clearly and deliberately to sway a National Election.
This is an FBI agent that was so determined to bring down a Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton, that he would violate DOJ policy and the Hatch Act of 1939. Why? To make a name for himself. Frustrated that he never found anything of substance to bring her down with, he chooses this.
A very bad judgement call that will most certainly cost Comey his job, charges and prosecution.