The FBI Is Leaking Information to Hurt Hillary's Campaign

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page

05 November 16

udy Giuliani said today he knew the FBI planned to review more emails tied to Hillary Clinton before FBI Director James Comey announced the investigation last week -- thereby confirming that the FBI leaked information to Trump’s presidential campaign.

“I did nothing to get it out, I had no role in it,” Giuliani said during today’s appearance on Fox & Friends. “Did I hear about it? You’re darn right I heard about it, and I can’t even repeat the language that I heard from the former FBI agents. I had expected this for the last, honestly, to tell you the truth, I thought it was going to be about three or four weeks ago, because way back in July this started, they kept getting stymied looking for subpoenas, looking for records.”

Giuliani’s ties to the FBI date back to his days as a U.S. attorney in the 1980s. He has repeatedly bragged about those ties, saying that “outraged FBI agents” have told him they’re frustrated by how the Clinton investigation was handled. Just two days before Comey announced that the agency was reviewing the newly uncovered emails, Giuliani said on Fox News that Trump’s campaign had “a couple of surprises left. You’ll see, and I think it will be enormously effective.”

Consider these contacts with disgruntled FBI agents. Couple them with Trump’s suggestion that his supporters monitor voting places “in certain areas,” Trump's claim that next Tuesday’s voting will be “rigged,” and his refusal to accept the legitimacy of the campaign’s outcome. I fear it's all starting to resemble something we have never witnessed in the United States.

What do you think?