Comey defends decision in 2016 Clinton announcement at Sinai Forum in Michigan City
MICHIGAN CITY — Former FBI Director James Comey said he made the right decision when he announced just days before the 2016 election that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was under investigation over her use of a private email server.
After a summer of saying the investigation was closed, after finding nothing worth a prosecutor’s attention, the investigation team found more emails from her Blackberry among former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s account, Comey said.
He spoke before a sold-out crowd at the Sinai Forum’s opening session at Blue Chip Casino’s convention center Sunday night.
Telling Congress about the reopened investigation could influence the election, but not telling Congress would be concealing information, which he refused to do, he said.
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