EXCLUSIVE: Resignation letters piling up from disaffected FBI agents, his wife urging him to admit he was wrong: Why Director Comey jumped at the chance to reopen Hillary investigation
- James Comey revived the investigation of Clinton's email server as he could no longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents, sources say
- The atmosphere at the FBI has been toxic ever since Jim announced last July that he wouldn't recommend an indictment against Hillary
- He told his wife that he was depressed by the stack of resignation letters piling up on his desk from disaffected agents
- Comes was also worried that Republicans would accuse him of granting Hillary political favoritism after the presidential election
- When new emails allegedly linked to Hillary's personal server turned up in Abedin and Anthony Weiner's computer, Comey jumped at the excuse
New York Times bestselling author Ed Klein has just published his fourth book about the Clintons since 2005, Guilty as Sin.
Klein
had told how Bill Clinton enjoyed foot rubs, massages and romps in his
presidential library with female interns and has described new details
about Hillary's medical crises. Guilty as Sin is available in bookstores
and for order from Amazon.
James
Comey's decision to revive the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email
server and her handling of classified material came after he could no
longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents in the FBI, including
some of his top deputies, according to a source close to the embattled
FBI director.
James Comey has
revived the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server and her
handling of classified material (Clinton at a campaign rally on October
29, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida)
Comey's decision came as he could no
longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents in the FBI, including
some of his top deputies, according to a source
'The
atmosphere at the FBI has been toxic ever since Jim announced last July
that he wouldn't recommend an indictment against Hillary,' said the
source, a close friend who has known Comey for nearly two decades,
shares family outings with him, and accompanies him to Catholic mass
every week.
'Some
people, including department heads, stopped talking to Jim, and even
ignored his greetings when they passed him in the hall,' said the
source. 'They felt that he betrayed them and brought disgrace on the
bureau by letting Hillary off with a slap on the wrist.'
According to the source, Comey fretted over the problem for months and discussed it at great length with his wife, Patrice.
He
told his wife that he was depressed by the stack of resignation letters
piling up on his desk from disaffected agents. The letters reminded him
every day that morale in the FBI had hit rock bottom.
Comey's decision to reopen the case
was more than an effort to heal the wound he inflicted on the FBI. He
was also worried that after the presidential election, Republicans in
Congress would mount a probe of how he had granted Hillary political
favoritism
'He's been ignoring the resignation letters in the hope that he could find a way of remedying the situation,' said the source.
'When
new emails that appeared to be related to Hillary's personal email
server turned up in a computer used [her close aide] Huma Abedin and
[Abedin's disgraced husband,] Anthony Weiner, Comey jumped at the excuse
to reopen the investigation.
'The
people he trusts the most have been the angriest at him,' the source
continued. 'And that includes his wife, Pat. She kept urging him to
admit that he had been wrong when he refused to press charges against
the former secretary of state.
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When new
emails that appeared to be related to Hillary's personal email server
turned up in a computer used by Huma Abedin (left) and Anthony Weiner
(right) Comey jumped at the excuse to reopen the investigation, sources
say
'He
talks about the damage that he's done to himself and the institution
[of the FBI], and how he's been shunned by the men and women who he
admires and work for him. It's taken a tremendous toll on him.
'It shattered his ego. He looks like he's aged 10 years in the past four months.'
New York Times bestselling author Ed Klein has just published his fourth book about the Clintons since 2005, Guilty as Sin
But Comey's decision to reopen the case was more than an effort to heal the wound he inflicted on the FBI.
He was also worried that after the presidential election, Republicans in Congress would mount a probe of how he had granted Hillary political favoritism.
His
announcement about the revived investigation, which came just 11 days
before the presidential election, was greeted with shock and dismay by
Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the prosecutors at the Justice
Department.
'Jim told me that Lynch and Obama are furious with him,' the source said.
As I revealed in my latest New York Times bestseller Guilty As Sin Obama said that appointing Comey as FBI direct was 'my worst mistake as president.'
'Lynch
and Obama haven't contacted Jim directly,' said the source, 'but
they've made it crystal clear through third parties that they disapprove
of his effort to save face.'
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