Attorney General Loretta Lynch recused herself from investigating Hillary Clinton's emails because Lynch had said “hello” to Bill Clinton. FBI Director James Comey must recuse himself for knowingly violating long-standing Justice Department and FBI policy.
Please sign this petition: James Comey: Recuse Yourself
It is policy to not comment publicly about politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election. This policy is specifically intended to prevent any “October Surprise” that would tangle the department in electoral politics. Lynch warned Comey about this policy. He took it on himself to violate policy and make public the fact the he was investigating a new batch of emails that he admitted may or may not have anything to do with Secretary Clinton.
The Los Angeles Times reported that “The emails were not to or from Clinton, and contained information that appeared to be more of what agents had already uncovered.”
Criticism of Comey has been harsh from Justice Department officials and even from Republicans.
- Politico reported that former assistant U.S. attorney Nick Akerman said, "Director Comey acted totally inappropriately. He had no business writing to Congress about supposed new emails that neither he nor anyone in the FBI has ever reviewed.”
- “It’s really hard to have confidence in the integrity and nonpartisan nature of the FBI,” said Anne Weismann, a former Justice Department official, as reported by Bloomberg Politics.
- Tom Fitton, the president of conservative advocacy group Judicial Watch, told the New York Times, “This letter raises all sorts of questions that Comey and the F.B.I. should have to answer. They can’t roll this out in the middle of a presidential campaign and just leave it at that.”
Meanwhile, Clinton has called for full airing of all emails.
James Comey, a Republican appointed by Barack Obama, has clearly shown himself to be biased in this investigation. He previously criticized Clinton after his agency had cleared her, even while he admitted “our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.” Now he clearly violates department policy in reopening an investigation just days before the election.
Director Comey must recuse himself from all further activity on any investigation of Hillary Clinton or State Department emails. Please sign the petition.