A lot of people are wondering why James Comey decided that he would not recommend criminal prosecution of Hillary Clinton. The initial response was disbelief that Hillary Clinton escaped the jaws of justice, again. However, after watching the statement by James Comey, I believe the opposite is true. Comey told us why he did this:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/text-of-fbi-director-comeys-statement-on-clinton-emails-2016-07-05

I am going to include more detail about our process than I ordinarily would, because I think the American people deserve those details in a case of intense public interest.

In other words, this is really bad, this is really important and the American people deserve the truth. I think Comey knew the fix was in. That is why he didn’t bother to inform the DOJ that he was making a statement. He didn’t want to give either Barack Obama or Loretta Lynch a chance to stop him. He called their bluff. He knew if he recommended indictment, Loretta Lynch would immediate seal the findings and assign a team of prosecutors to review. No decision would be made until after there was time for a thorough review which wouldn’t possibly be completed until after the election. So indictment would actually help Hillary Clinton buy desperately needed time.

By saying he would not recommend indictment, Comey was able to deliver a devastating public indictment of Hillary Clinton. It was a beautiful thing. I watched CNN while this was going on and they were visibly shocked. No one was expecting this. The initial reaction, by both sides, will be totally wrong. Republicans are assuming that Hillary got away with it again. They are wrong. Democrats are assuming that Hillary can just put this whole mess behind her. They are wrong too. Hillary Clinton has been exposed by a very public spotlight and the result is a very ugly picture.

“I know there were many opinions expressed by people who were not part of the investigation–including people in government–but none of that mattered to us. Opinions are irrelevant, and they were all uninformed by insight into our investigation, because we did the investigation the right way. Only facts matter, and the FBI found them here in an entirely apolitical and professional way. I couldn’t be prouder to be part of this organization.”

Comey got it right. Only facts matter and now everyone is confronted with the cold hard truth. Nothing could be more damaging to Hillary Clinton.

TDM