Tom DeLay: Comey Reopened Hillary Investigation Because Hundreds of Agents Threatened to Quit
Yesterday, I mentioned that former assistant FBI director James Kallstrom told a radio interviewer recently he knew for a fact that FBI agents were very upset over the way the agency���s investigation into the email server scandal was handled the first time around.
Well, as it turns out, it may well be the case that the disappointment and anger felt by these agents was a major reason as to why James Comey reopened the Hillary Clinton investigation as he has.
Appearing on Tuesday���s edition of The Steve Malzberg Show on Newsmax TV, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said that nearly 100 agents threatened to resign before the general election next week if FBI Director James Comey did not reopen the investigation into Hillary and her emails. Assuming this is true, it sheds light on the reason for the apparent change of heart exhibited by Comey in reentering the email fray at all, particularly given the political beating he was certain to take.
���A few weeks ago, almost 100 agents were threatening Comey that they were going to resign ��� and that kind of pressure is what turned him around,��� said DeLay. ���It wasn't Comey or his integrity.
���I know he made a huge mistake when he indicted Clinton ��� though not indicting her ��� but now he's trying to turn that around.
���He had to do it now or have all these FBI agents resign. That would have probably been a bigger story than what Comey did.
���He got the pressure. He got the notice.���
In further describing the role agents had in forcing the reopening of the investigation, DeLay said, ���The investigation, he (Comey) said it was closed, but as far as those FBI agents were concerned, it wasn't closed.
���They were going forward, because they knew that they had to come up with some new information or some new evidence in order to get Comey to open up ��� particularly when he has this kind of pressure coming from his own agents.���
Pretty stunning stuff, to say the least.
By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large
