to answer questions about the fbi and doj handling of the hillary clinton email probe. the behind closed doors part is what comey is taking issue with. he tweeted in part, quote: i will resist a closed door thing because i have seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. let s have a hearing and invite everyone to see. that response triggers a bit of outrage among comey critics quick do remind the former fbi chief of this moment last year when he himself admitted under oath to, yes, selective leaking. my judgment walls i needed to get that out into the public square and so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with the reporter. i didn t do it myself for a variety of reasons but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. ed: yep, in moments, congressman peter king, a republican on the pressure building tonight against james comey. but, first, our correspondent peter doocy is
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there is nothing at the department of justice that indicates that they didn t do overt acts and these investigation investigations 60 days before elections. it s customary, usually around the time of an election they won t do what is called overt acts, that i won t bring indictments or subpoena people or do anything publicly as to try to not sway the election. the idea that we here in that time frame or approaching it is simply not true. i think what we know, poppy is that we expect mueller will continue in september and there may be a quiet period come octob october, a month before the election. as we saw from james comey in the hillary clinton e-mail probe, things can be reopened days before an election. that is something that mueller and his team would be conscious of.
that they re small-hearted, that there s something, something they re just afraid of. president obama also speaking of the, quote, head-spinning and disturbing headlines we are seeing in these strange and uncertain times. former fbi director james comey is urging, quote, all who believe in this country s values to vote for democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. the lifelong republican tweeting last night, this republican congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the founders design. that ambition must counter act ambition. policy differences don t matter right now. history has its eyes on us. comey continues to be the target of criticism by the president and allies over his role in the clinton e-mail probe. martha roby survived a primary runoff in alabama last
it s certain, dave and christine, that he s making some digs at the current president. yeah, for the former presidents out there watching the political discourse in this country and remaining mostly quiet, one wonders behind closed doors what they really think. maybe some of those students will be able to elicit some comments on the record. thank you. former fbi director james comey is urging all who believe in this country s values to vote for democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. the lifelong republican tweeting last night, this republican congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the founders design that ambition must counteract ambition. policy differences don t matter right now. history has its eyes on us. comey continues to be the target of harsh criticism from the president and his allies over his role in the clinton e-mail probe. republican congresswoman martha roby survived a primary runoff in alabama last night. cnn projecting she s defeated