- ABC News
- October 29, 2016
Clinton Camp Slams FBI Director's 'Light on Facts' Letter
Hillary Clinton's senior campaign staff on Saturday blasted FBI Director James Comey for issuing a letter that was 'short on facts, long on innuendo' about the agency's review of fresh emails connected to the probe of the former secretary of state's use of a private server. Twenty-four hours after Comey sent the letter to congressional leaders, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said, "The more explanation that comes out the more overblown it all seems." The campaign staff renewed their call for the FBI director to release all information connected to the fresh emails that are under review. Podesta said Comey's letter on Friday gave so little information or context that it played into the hands of Republican congressional leaders eager to hurt Clinton in the run-up to the Nov. 8 election. "This is exactly the problem that Director Comey has created sending this letter," Podesta said. "By providing selective information he’s allowed partisans to distort and exaggerate to...