Hilary Clinton was clinging to a narrow lead in the runup to the presidential election in late October of 2016. Then a story about a renewed FBI investigation into her handling of emails appeared in the New York Times. It didn't just appear. It took up two thirds of the paper's front page and though it was proved a nothingburger, it was a major factor in tRump's election in November.
Now it is revealed there was a faction of anti-Hillary agents in the New York FBI office who threatened to leak details of the investigation unless Director James Comey revealed it to Congress and the media. Meanwhile a leaker from that office told the NYT there was nothing to the supposed effort by Russia to intervene in the election. As the Mueller investigation later proved there were dozens of high level contacts between the tRump campaign and Russian actors.
So, when will the paper of record reveal the names of the agents who fed lies to reporters on condition they remain anonymous? If ever there was a story that cried out for investigation, this is it.
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