Which FBI Rules Did Comey Follow?

8/29/19
 
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By James Freeman,

from The Wall Street Journal,
8/29/19:

Once again, a Democratic appointee cites the former FBI chief’s violations of bureau standards.

Adopting the public-relations strategy that earned Bill Clinton the admiration of communications executives worldwide, former FBI Director James Comey is treating as vindication a government report which details his misconduct but doesn’t yield a criminal indictment.

Today the office of the Obama-appointed inspector general of the Justice Department reported its conclusion that “Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination” of bureau documents “violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement.”

But Justice isn’t charging him and now Mr. Comey is whooping it up on Twitter:…

Now who wants to bet that the Comey FBI followed the rules when it came to spying on the political campaign of the party out of power?

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