{"id":1434,"date":"2017-06-08T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/08\/cotton-praised-comeys-handling-of-the-email-investigation\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:04:00","slug":"cotton-praised-comeys-handling-of-the-email-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/cotton-praised-comeys-handling-of-the-email-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"COTTON PRAISED COMEY\u2019S HANDLING OF THE EMAIL INVESTIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Georgia;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{margin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#0563C1;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#954F72;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\nspan.EmailStyle17\n\t{mso-style-type:personal-compose;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\n\tcolor:windowtext;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/war_room2.png\" style=\"width: 617px; height: 125px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">As Tom Cotton questions Comey, a reminder that on October 28, 2016 of last year, he issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/?p=press_release&amp;id=532\">a statement<\/a> applauding Comey and the FBI for their &ldquo;pursuit of justice&rdquo; and &ldquo;allowing the truth&rdquo; to lead this investigation:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><i><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&#8220;I applaud the work of the FBI investigators in their pursuit of justice, and I&#39;m glad Director Comey is allowing the truth to lead this investigation. 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