Out with Comey
Picture this: Hillary Clinton’s valiant pursuit to the Presidency is ruined just days before the election by someone this country needs to trust most. Imagine on Nov. 8 the voters of our country choose to put Donald Trump in the Oval Office all because of a mistake. Well, that day may be upon us. The Director of the FBI, James Comey, sent a letter to Congress regarding an email investigation of Clinton staffer, Huma Abedin. The ludacris letter was supposedly necessary to send because the FBI obtained information relating to the original Clinton email incident. Comey claims that, “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the case.” Not only is it unconventional for the Director of the FBI to write to Congress about an investigation, but there is no evidence that there is a connection between these emails and Secretary Clinton’s. The message, sent less than two weeks from November 8, was uncalled for, illegal and only written to influence the outcome of the election. Because of this, James Comey should be removed as Director of the FBI.
"Comey has a history of making rude comments toward Clinton such as calling her 'extremely careless.'"
The inquiry initially began when Abedin’s ex-husband, Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, allegedly sent inappropriate pictures to a young girl. However, FBI investigators deduced that there is a possibility that the emails have some significance to the Clinton case. This doubt is reflected in a letter from Comey to his employees when he stated, “At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails…” Not only does Comey himself imply that there is no evidence that the emails can be connected to the previous misconduct, he writes about the rarity of an FBI Director sending a letter to Congress. “Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations…” Even Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said, “To throw out this kind of letter without more information, without really knowing what the facts are with respect to these additional emails, I think was a mistake.”
Not only was it unfitting to send Congress a letter regarding such an underdeveloped investigation, but it was completely inappropriate to write it with political influence as Comey’s motivation. Comey has a history of making rude comments toward Clinton such as calling her “extremely careless.” Director Comey also investigated the Clinton scandal himself, giving him a bias against her. In the memo to his employees, the Director claims that if he were to not supplement the record “it would be misleading to the American people…”
If it is indeed true that Director Comey wrote the letter to influence the election, it would be a clear abuse of power and a violation of the Hatch Act of 1939. The Hatch Act “is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials of that branch, from engaging in some forms of political activity.” Any official who breaks this law should be terminated from their position. It is clear that James Comey sent this letter to Congress to communicate his own political agenda. Not only did he break ethical code and standard FBI procedure, he broke a law. It is time for President Obama to pick a new Director of the FBI.