{"id":29738,"date":"2016-10-28T22:26:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T02:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=29738"},"modified":"2016-10-28T22:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T02:26:19","slug":"james-comey-more-bad-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=29738","title":{"rendered":"James Comey: more bad behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Politico today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Nick Akerman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, was more critical: “Director Comey acted totally inappropriately. He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“It is not the function of the FBI director to be making public pronouncements about an investigation, never mind about an investigation based on evidence that he acknowledges may not be significant,” Akerman added. “The job of the FBI is simply to investigate and to provide the results of its investigation to the prosecutorial arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. His job is not to give a running commentary about any investigation or his opinion about any investigation. This is particularly egregious since Secretary Clinton has no way to respond to what amounts to nebulous and speculative innuendo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And take another look at what Stephen Gillers said, in a letter to the editor of the New York Times, about Comey’s inappropriate personal announcement in the first instance. (You’ll have to read my own view of what Comey did before getting to Gillers.)<\/a><\/p>\n

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From Politico today: Nick Akerman, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, was more critical: “Director Comey acted totally inappropriately. He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,1095],"tags":[1158,1159,1078],"class_list":["post-29738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-politics","tag-email-investigation","tag-fbi-investigations","tag-james-comey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t