Overview
- Comey, who spoke Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, said he would make the same call to reopen the Clinton email inquiry and called it the least-bad option.
- He said he weighed handing the decision to Attorney General Loretta Lynch but chose not to, noting he had told Congress the case was closed and felt bound to update them once new emails surfaced.
- He explained the FBI moved on Oct. 28, 2016 after agents found Clinton-related emails during a separate probe of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, 11 days before Election Day.
- He now faces a federal indictment tied to a May 2025 Instagram photo of shells spelling “86 47,” and he said court rules bar him from discussing the case as he urged Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to “bone up on the rules.”
- He argued the Justice Department is “seriously broken at the top” and urged career staff to stay in their jobs to help rebuild the institution.