3 Weeks Ago Comey Said It Was Too Close to Election for FBI to Say Russia Was Interfering in US Election

Source Is Former FBI Official

James Comey is under intense fire for his decision to release on Friday a letter to 16 Congressmen announcing emails possibly pertaining to Hillary Clinton’s case had been discovered. Democrats and even Republicans, along with 99 former Dept. of Justice officials and many others have blasted the FBI Director, citing the closeness of the November 8 election and the Hatch Act, suggesting he may have broken federal law.Â

Was Comey attempting to affect the outcome of the presidential election? His intent really doesn’t matter; one can violate the Hatch Act without intending to do so.

But consider this new evidence in the argument that Comey made a political decision, or was motivated by politics, when he sent his letter on Friday.

“FBI Director James Comey argued privately that it was too close to Election Day for the United States government to name Russia as meddling in the U.S. election and ultimately ensured that the FBI’s name was not on the document that the U.S. government put out,” CNBC just reported, citing “a former FBI official.”

The statement that ultimately was released did not have the FBI’s name on it.

It was released October 7, more than three weeks ago.

“The U.S. intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations,” the statement read. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process.”

It officially came fromÂ the Department of Homeland Security and The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.Â

The source CNBC cited “said some government insiders are perplexed as to why Comey would have election timing concerns with the Russian disclosure but not with the Huma Abedin email discovery disclosure he made Friday.”