Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton because he suspected Attorney
General Loretta Lynch was covering up for her — and because an email
found by Russian hackers seemed to support those suspicions.
The Times’ investigative report suggests that a U.S. intelligence
agency managed to intercept some of what Russian hackers were stealing
— and that one document, “described as both a memo and an email, was
written by a Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms.
Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far.”
Now,
according to the Times, another hacked document, purportedly stolen by
Russians, may have revealed collusion between the former Attorney
General and the Democrats to ensure Hillary Clinton’s victory in the
general election.
According to the Times, Comey feared that Lynch — who had insisted the
Clinton probe be referred to as a “matter” and not as an
“investigation,” and who suggested it the investigation was not
criminal when, in fact, it was — would declare the case closed, and
then Russian hackers would leak the document to undermine the FBI’s
image of independence.
The Times notes: “Mr. Comey’s defenders regard this as one of the
untold stories of the Clinton investigation, one they say helps explain
his decision-making.” And if a local news reporter in Phoenix had not
caught Lynch meeting with former President Bill Clinton, she might have
succeeded in sheltering the Clintons even more effectively than she had.
When Comey’s letter to Congress about the re-opening of the
investigation was revealed on October 28, it changed the contours of
the presidential race — arguably by uniting reluctant conservatives
around Donald Trump’s candidacy. [FULL]
