with the details on this. evan, you know, the fbi backtracking here? reporter: a little bit, john. what the director of the fbi was trying to describe was essentially a forwarding system that huma abedin had whereby her e-mails were instantly, automatically forwarded to the laptop computer that anthony weiner was using. that s not exactly how he said it, however. so take a listen to what he said at the hearing last week. huma abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding e-mails to him for him, i think to print out for her so she could then deliver them to secretary of state. she forwarded hundreds and thousands of e-mails, some of which contained classified information. reporter: and really what he was trying to say and should have said is, indeed, there were a couple of probably there were some e-mails that she did forward for printing purposes, but this was more of an automatic forwarding system, an automatic backup system that she was using. propublica was the
ad myre admiral mike rogers answering questions about cyber threats as questions arise about previous testimony from the fbi director. cnn has learned that james comey might have overstated some details about hillary clinton s infamous e-mails. and i want to talk about this now with cnn political director david chalian and cnn justice correspondent evan perez. evan, let s start with you. this seems like a big mistake that he made testifying before congress. it s definitely a mistake, and i think the fbi s now trying to figure out how to clean this up, perhaps they ll send a letter to congress. what comey should have said is that huma abedin had set up a forwarding system, a backup system, whereby her work e-mails were being sent to anthony weiner s laptop. that s her husband s laptop. in some cases, perhaps she did forward some e-mails for him to print out. the way comey said it during the congressional hearing last week, however, he said that she forwarded routinely hundreds of thou