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No, Jim Comey Didn’t Try To Swing The Election (or 'I TOLD YOU SO')

It’s time to let go of the crazy FBI conspiracy theories, kids.

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FBI Director James Comey Testifies To House Judiciary On Oversight At The F.B.I.James Comey isn’t working for Donald Trump. If he worked for Trump he’d have made yesterday’s announcement on Wednesday. Or never made the original July announcement that the FBI saw no basis for criminally prosecuting Hillary Clinton.

It’s time to let go of the crazy conspiracy theories, kids.

When Comey wrote the first letter to Congress about Anthony Weiner’s stash of hot Hillary Clinton private server action, Republicans started doing victory laps, the media started openly rooting for a horse race to break out, and liberals became whining babies. That’s when people who have actually dealt with the FBI on numerous occasions spent the week explaining in posts, on social media, and in local bars how Comey did exactly what he had to because of his unorthodox (but welcome) decision to clear Clinton in July and that this review would inevitably turn up nothing and be over in advance of Election Day.

When a mass of people are proven spectacularly wrong — especially about stuff they barely understood in the first place — it’s not uncommon to flock to paranoia rather than face up. For the Republicans this means questioning how the FBI and “technology” could review that many emails in a week. A myth any fifth-year associate could dispel.

Meanwhile some Democrats persist that Comey only wrote this letter because he felt guilty from the public outcry — yeah, because if a guy WANTED to brazenly swing an election they would totally reverse course if someone on MSNBC said mean things about them. Or worse yet, there are Hillary supporters somehow some still arguing that Comey could have looked at these emails and dismissed them as nothing without making any public announcement.

Welcome to the “jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams” of the left.

Let me reintroduce you all to the Fourth Amendment. It’s taken quite a beating over the years, so you may not recognize it, but it’s still a thing. Remember that the FBI needed to secure a warrant to view the Hillary-related emails on Weiner’s porn box. Trying to review these emails without flagging the issue first would mean a public free-for-all once everyone figured out that the Director of the FBI — who told the world that his agency was confident that they’d seen everything and there was “nothing to see here” — was out getting warrants to look for more stuff. “Is this the beginning of a whole flurry of new warrants?” “Does this prove he was reckless in clearing Hillary in July?” “Was he trying to swing the election toward Clinton?” The only way to blunt the impact of that move was Comey’s altogether reserved letter promising a prompt review.

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And now here we are, with Hillary receiving a second all-clear from the FBI.

But, sure, keep talking about the FBI’s nefarious secret plan to get Trump elected. I think it involves chemtrails and reverse vampires.

Listen, liberals: save the paranoia for Alex Jones. It’s not a good look on you.

Earlier: Hey Liberals: Stop Attacking James Comey Because It Just Makes You Look Stupid
A 5th Year Could Have Told You About Dupe Emails, WHY COULDN’T THE FBI?

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Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.

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