We shouldn’t be surprised at the FBI director’s intervention in the presidential campaign. He has a track record of doubtful decisionsFBI director James Comey set off a torrent of criticism late final week when he directly inserted himself into the presidential campaign with a vague letter to Congress approximately the reopening of Clinton email case. His conduct has shocked many observers across the political spectrum,but the only thing truly surprising approximately this episode is that people are only now realizing how power-hungry and risky Comey actually is.
During his stints in the Bush and Obama administration Comey has continually taken authoritarian and factually doubtful public stances both at odds with responsible public policy and sometimes the law. The Clinton case is not an aberration, its part of a clear pattern.
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Source: theguardian.com