His motivation for going public is most likely the result of him cracking under the pressure of having to reopen a criminal investigation on a candidate that is about to be elected President, not because he is a Republican. I would not want that pressure, and I am sure that he wishes the new evidence had not materialized.

Nevertheless, public or not, the fact remains that Hillary Clinton is currently under criminal investigation by the FBI for breaking the rules on national security. She put herself there, and if she is found innocent she will be cleared of the charges, so long as new evidence does not arise.

Bull****. You're proving to be very naive when it comes to politics. His boss had already advised him not to go public. So he ignores his boss because he's under pressure? Don't be so obtuse.

He looked at all of his options based on how the election might turn out and chose the option that's the least potentially damaging to his career - even though it went against his boss and his departments long standing protocols.

Let's move on to something else.

Yes, but that doesn't have anything to do with him being Republican. Some people make bad decisions under pressure. The route he has just taken is probably the most damaging to his career, not the least.

For what it's worth, I am doubtful the new evidence will show a smoking gun, but they have obviously found something of merit, to reopen the case.

So as it stands now, Hillary Clinton is currently under criminal investigation by the FBI for breaking the rules on national security, if she found innocent, she will cleared of the charges, unless new evidence arises.

Again, you are being naive. Why is bad for his career? Explain that one to me.

- If Clinton wins he's OK with the GOP for breaking the news before the election.

- If Clinton loses he's a hero to the GOP for influencing the election

Wouldn't his career be over. I mean I doubt any Republicans are going to be like, "they fired you? Come here, I'll give you a job." Unless something was worked with someone before hand behind the scenes.

If Trump wins and they find nothing in the emails he will most likely be asked to step down (get fired) by The Department of Justice because there will be a massive outcry by the middle and the left that Comey acted in a partisan way to affect the election outcome.

In Clinton wins he'll escape unscathed although his reputation will take a hit.

Uh oh. The plot thickens. It's been uncovered that the FBI has had the emails since the beginning of the month yet Comey waited 4 weeks before going public?

If Trump wins there's no telling what the FBI will get up to. They'll be like children in a candy store with all the confusion and corruption.

Unless they find something of considerable merit his career as the director of the FBI is probably over, and he will be pressured into stepping down. I can only imagine the pressure for his removal that will come once (if) Hillary wins the Presidency.

For the sake of his career he should have stayed silent, but personally I believe that Americans have the right to know if a Presidential candidate is getting criminally examined by the FBI, be they Republican or Democrat.

Dude, I think we get your point. The point your missing though is that those protocols are in place for a very important reason. An election result should never look like it may have been influenced by the US Department of Justice.

And to be fair, anyone voting next Tuesday knows that Clinton has been under investigation for one thing or another for the past 20 years.

The other interesting thing is that all of the news shows and headlines today are way more about what Comey did and less about the investigation or emails themselves. That should tell you something. The dude messed up big time by bringing attention to this just 11 days before the election. Bottom line.

He injected the US Department of Justice into the election in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs left in the game.

The FBI has launched another criminal probe into Hillary Clinton, public or not, that is all that matters now. She put herself in this situation. Do you think Comey wants to deal with this on the eve of Presidential election, of course not, it is career suicide.

You are pissed that it went public because your a pom pom cheerleader for Hillary Clinton, if it was Trump you would be praising Comey right now, bottom line.