Former FBI Agent Explains the Problems of Politicized Law Enforcement

‘The image of the FBI has been tarnished over the last several months, as political interests overshadowed its traditions of independence and integrity. Former FBI Director James Comey re-opened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails just days before the 2016 presidential elections and admitted on record that he conspired with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to frame the investigation as a “matter,” in line with the Democratic Party’s political messaging.
Comey also admitted on record that he personally leaked memos from his meetings with President Donald Trump to The New York Times through a friend, and it was recently revealed that half of those memos were classified, making his actions potentially illegal.
For the public, these events and related issues were damaging to the image of the FBI and the broader U.S. intelligence community. But for the FBI, these issues represented something more serious: They demonstrated, at the head of the FBI, a departure from the code of values that the agency was built upon.’
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