It’s hard to warm up to James Comey, and I never will. In fact, more than anyone else, I think Comey’s the one who saddled us with Donald Trump.
As FBI director in July 2016, Comey announced that the agency had found “no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information” and would therefore file no criminal charges against then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton guilty for her misuse of personal email as secretary of state. But then he went over the line, accusing Clinton of being “extremely careless” in doing her job. Strike one.
Strike two. Three months later, on October 28, just 11 days before the election, Comey notified Congress that the FBI was reopening the Clinton investigation, based on newly discovered emails – only to announce on November 6, two