Former F.B.I. director James Comey confirmed during his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday that it was Bill Clinton's private meeting with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the tarmac of a Phoenix airport last summer that ultimately led him to speak publicly about the bureau's probe of Hillary Clinton's e-mail server.
"That language tracked the way that the campaign was talking about the FBI's work, and that's concerning", he said under questioning.
Senator James Lankford had noted that the former official "made a comment earlier about the...previous attorney general asking you about the investigation on the Clinton e-mails - saying that you had been asked not to call it an investigation anymore, but to call it a "matter.' And you said that 'confused" you".
Comey's comments on the Clinton email were overshadowed by his descriptions of meetings with Trump over the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe of Russia's meddling in the US presidential election.
And when he asked Lynch if he could confirm what everyone already knew, that there was an active "investigation" of Hillary Clinton, she told him no. 'Just call it a "matter"'.
John McCain embarked on a line of questioning so vague and meandering, so slurring and incomprehensible that the public only had two questions for him: 1) Da f*ck? and 2) May I have the phone number of your prescription pill dealer?
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As The Two-Way reported , he stated that the agreement gives other countries "an economic edge over the United States ".
"All I can do is hope", Comey said.
But he said the matter gave him a "queasy feeling".
The FBI closed its investigation into the former secretary of state's controversial use of a private email server in July 2016 without recommending charges.
He acknowledged during the hearing that there were other reasons why he felt he had to make the statement about Clinton's investigation, including "one significant" reason, which had to remain classified.
But Comey told lawmakers he wouldn't have done things differently with regard to his decision on the Clinton email case.
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