Note to wife:
After clearing Hillary Clinton last summer in this phony imbroglio about a personal e-mail server, FBI Director James Comey was severely criticized by his fellow Republicans. Then, 11 days before the election, Comey wrote to congressional leaders saying the FBI would be reviewing newly found e-mails from the computer of the ex-husband of a top Clinton aide. He said he didn’t know what was contained in the e-mails. They could be duplicates of what had already been found or be completely irrelevant to the prior investigation.
But the cloud of suspicion didn’t sit well during the crucial “early voting” period. Clinton’s lead in the polls began shrinking and support weakened among some Democrats.
Then, two days before the election, Comey said the FBI determined there was nothing in the new batch of e-mails that would alter last summer’s findings. But the damage had already been done. During the nine days of innuendo, 20 million voters had cast their ballots.
By the way, it is the FBI’s long-standing practice not to take action that could potentially influence an imminent election. Both announcements obviously violated this guideline.
Like a baseball player who hits a homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game, James Comey is this election’s Most Valuable Player.