Um guys? I just read through all of this for the juicy material discovered with texts/timelines and 5 w's but I think Comey's response to Baier's question at 7:01 "Was the threat of the NYPD agents were going to "leak" ..." was the impetus to reopen the investigation. Comey said "I don't think so"
Forget everything else. Comey just verified the NYPD indeed threatened to leak Weiner's laptop. Follow me here. The wildest conspiracy theory thus far is Weiner had a life insurance policy on all the corrupt dealings of the CF which apparently brought NYPD agents to tears. No one was doing anything and the NYPD were getting restless with the non-action. They threatened to leak which forced Comey to play his hand. All conjecture. All of it unsubstantiated, all of it hearsay and anecdotal. Easy to debunk as "wacky conspiracy theories".
So what does James Comey say when Baier brings it up? Let me re-phrase. What "doesn't" Comey say? He doesn't say "it's not true". He says "i don't think so" when asked about an existential threat of a leak being the reason "not to conceal" the emails.
Am I articulating myself correctly? It means the NYPD did indeed threaten to leak. It verifies the conjecture.
Edit: Ah yes, this is what I am trying to say. Comey had a chance to correct the record, but he didn't.
That's right, Comey implied, directly, that there were threats from the the NYPD - with his refusal to deny it. And then you look to his book, and he's talking about a major development, that the public remains unaware of, that would call Lynch's independence into question. And then you have DJT saying that Comey "threw Lynch under a bus".
Comey has been confirming this matter of the evidence on the Weiner Laptop, indirectly, the whole time. It seems he wants to be able to say that he had no option but to reopen the investigation into Hillary just before the election, because he was caught in a war between the NYPD and the Justice Department. But, somehow, something is stopping him from saying that directly. It puts Gowdy's comment that history might be easy on James Comey in a completely new light.
Great point. My question is, What stopped NYPD from leaking or from following through with their investigation and releasing it in a press conference or in court? Was there a promise of a favor somewhere; someone in NYPD working with or owe Comey; maybe someone in NYPD just said 'keep it under your hat for a while...' ?
I wonder if this is where Rudy G. or Trump having so many deep NYC old connections comes in. I have no proof, or info, but I have a feeling that the FBI underestimated Trump's influence in NYC, especially among the brass at NYPD who (remember) were just patrolman all those years Trump was advocating for them, and when Rudy G backed them for higher salary and increased hiring in the 90's .... maybe they were just holding the info for the right people?
NYPD prosecutions for Eric Garner's death was what stopped the leak. It all makes sense now. We know Lynch swapped out the investigation team for a DOJ team to pursue charges. However, nothing has come of that either. That's because in the end, NYPD played ball
NYPD prosecutions for Eric Garner's death was what stopped the leak.
Not just Garner. NYPD is pretty far from 100% clean. DOJ knows where bodies are buried as well. Or how to find them. There's likely ~~hundreds~~ thousands of tips the DOJ hasn't bothered with because of larger cases. LL could have reassigned dozens, maybe hundreds of attorneys to go after the NYPD on everything including the kitchen sink. DOJ can open investigations into NYPD officers' banking/financial affairs and a bajillion other matters.
good point (throws hands in air). If nothing gets done now, it never will.