Quote:Something about this whole thing just kind of "smells funny" to me, so I did a bit of quick research on my own.  It actually leads to more questions for me, and makes me miss investigative journalism the way that it used to be done and published.  Perhaps that should have been my career.

 

First let's take a look at the timeline of recent events.

 

June 27 (Monday) - Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch "happen to be" at the same airport and have an "impromptu" meeting with no press.  This raises flags directly because of the ongoing investigation of Hillary Clinton's email situation.

 

July 1st (Friday) - An article published in the New York Times says that Loretta Lynch will "accept" what the FBI and her staff recommends regarding the case.  Specifically she said that she would "defer to the recommendations of her staff and the F.B.I.".  This raises a couple of questions regarding "her staff" and the FBI which I'll address below.

 

July 2nd (Saturday) - The FBI interviews Hillary Clinton regarding the investigation.  One thing of note here is that it's a holiday weekend so many people are taking a long weekend off to enjoy the holiday.  Typically the main press, people working for government agencies (FBI), etc. aren't really paying attention.  More attention is typically paid to enjoying a long weekend off to spend with their families, especially the day of the holiday itself.  That leaves Sunday and Monday (the day of the holiday).

 

July 3rd (Sunday) - Stories come out that Barack Obama is going to campaign with Hillary Clinton starting Tuesday (the day after the holiday).  Up to this point, Obama has stayed clear of the election.  Why the sudden change?

 

July 5th (Tuesday) - The FBI tells the media that they are going to hold a press conference, no questions after.  This was unscheduled and a surprise.  It happens at 11:00 AM EST when the announcement that is the subject of this thread is made.

 

My question(s) is, how can the FBI make such a quick determination over a holiday weekend when an interview with subject of the investigation happens on a WEEKEND, specifically a HOLIDAY WEEKEND when most would be off and not working?

 

So I looked into the FBI Director's (James Comey) background.  A couple of things kind of stand out in my mind.

 

First, he wasn't appointed as Director of the FBI under President Bush, he was a Deputy Attorney General.  During his time there, there was certainly some friction involved.  He was actually appointed to his current position by President Obama.

 

This is pretty much looking like a partisan job to me.  Some posters use the "he was a Bush appointee" argument, but that's really not the case.  Look at his background and it's pretty evident that he is pretty much one of the "Democrat Elites" in Washington DC.

 

I did my bit of research this evening, I would suggest others do the same.