before he was fired. l that, all of it mostly focusing on loyalty and the president repeatedly asking james comey to tell the american public that he was not under investigation. also talking about what he did with mike flynn. one more thing before we go. it was nearly a year ago, july 5, 2016, that then fbi director james comey made an announcement. he recommended no criminal charges against hillary clinton related to handling of classified information while she was secretary of state. that is where we begin as we'll take a look at the series of events that brought us to right now, to today. >> we are about to hear from the fbi director james comey, expected to make a statement from fbi headquarters in washington. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive