Let me start with the answer to that question.
Yes. And the IC should be investigating former FBI Director James Comey – the guy who, for lack of a better term, pre-exonerated her, along with former Attorney General Loretta “see you on the tarmac, Bill” Lynch as well.
In his latest piece for The New York Post, Michael Goodwin lays out the reasons very convincingly. Here are a few excerpts – and please pay special attention to the paragraph I have put in bold print:
The revelation from the Senate Judiciary Committee that J. Edgar Comey drafted his statement exonerating her about two months before FBI agents interviewed Clinton or 16 other witnesses confirms suspicions that the probe was neither honest nor thorough. When the outcome is decided long before the investigation is over, the result can’t be trusted.
The new evidence, Trump said in a tweet, is proof of a “rigged system!” There is no better way to describe it.
There is only one possible cure for this kind of rot — a special counsel charged with reopening the Clinton e-mail case and the actions of Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Two dozen House Republicans demanded a special counsel in July, and the chorus is certain to grow because of testimony showing Comey made his decision long before the probe ended.
The testimony came from two top officials under Comey when he headed the FBI, one of them his chief of staff, Jim Rybicki. It was made during an internal probe of Comey’s conduct, which was stopped when Trump fired him in May.
Both officials said under oath that Comey circulated the first draft of a statement clearing Clinton in April or May of last year, even though Clinton wasn’t interviewed until July 2. Just three days later, Comey publicly cleared the Democratic nominee of any criminal charges.
Politico reports that, at a House hearing a year ago, while Barack Obama was still president, Comey denied any decision had been made not to charge Clinton before she was interviewed.
He could make those assertions secure in the Washington wisdom that Clinton would win the election and the issue of his conduct would never see the light of day. After all, he would have all the dirt on her.
But Trump’s victory changed everything…
If this is true – and all indications are that it is – James Comey comes across as a duplicitous liar whose main concern was a) getting Hillary Clinton elected and b) making sure he had the goods on her, which would insure that she kept him on as FBI Director.
Do we know this is true? No, we do not.
Is it important that we know? You bet it is – because if this is true, it means Hillary Clinton was guilty of serious transgressions, and the person in charge of investigating her was protecting her instead.
That doesn’t just argue for an Independent Counsel, it screams for one.
I hope it happens. Soon.
