Breaking: James Comey And His Letters Are Being Investigated By Justice Department

The Justice Department inspector general’s office has announced that they will investigate the decision by the FBI's James Comey to send a letter to Congress, informing them of a review of Clinton emails.

The NY Times writes:

Chief among those actions was the decision by Mr. Comey to write two letters on the email matter within 11 days of the election, creating a wave of damaging news stories about the controversy late in the campaign. In the end, the new emails that the F.B.I. reviewed — which came up during an unrelated inquiry into Anthony D. Weiner, the estranged husband of a top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin – proved irrelevant.

Comey's actions have cost the reputation of the FBI decades of image building after the reign of J.Edgar Hoover and is the chief factor in Trump's win in November.

I'm surprised Trump hasn't elevated Comey's status in some capacity for his outrageous behavior ten days before the general election took place.

What Comey did was unconscionable in so many ways as Digby writes:

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