this program which was, true, though, the senate investigation hasn t really begun. they re still talking with the intelligence agencies about what they would investigate, about what documents they would ask for, what information they would get and the important thing there is it s so very, very, very early, which means if there is a serious investigation, it s going to be a very long drip, drip, drip for the white house. en the senate side, susan collins said we have to be careful about creating any appearance that the integrity has been compromised. but she accepts, gets it. own the house side, dennis nunez is saying why i don t they have evidence when to stephen s point, they re just starting. he keeps saying there s no evidence. democrats are mumbling he has no
the fact that he has a separate investigation based on anthony wiener s sexting we are told has nothing to do with the previous criticisms. i give him a ton of credit. it looks like he was in a terrible spot. sit on the information and let the electoral process go forward or disclose it to the american people, some of whom are standing in line to vote as you and i are speaking. they have a right to know who this woman is. you look at the polling and it is exactly who they suspect she is. you said a minute ago that echoes what mike pence, the candidate s running mate is. he said he calls on the fbi to release all e-mails pertinent before election day and given the sensitivity of this and they are conducting a review to see if the information is classified, how could the fbi release that right now? wouldn t that be irresponsible to release it before there is a
election in just 11 days. tom cotton called for that and you have the clinton campaign calling for that as well. in this statement that we just have received from the clinton campaign and it took them a couple of hours to wrap their head around this and put out a statement. they go further in criticizing the fbi director than i have seen him go in the past. everyone has been careful when they are talking about his integrity as it relates to the investigation and he walked a careful line. you will remember while he cleared hillary clinton of wrong-doing in july, he offered a scathing assessment of the way she used her e-mail. him being careful to make sure he was talking to both constituencies and not coming down in a political way and it turn they were careful not to say anything about his handling of this and anything along those lines. that changed with the letter and
her, what is her potential in terms of looking at this investigation and what would her involvement be? that s impossible to see until we know what the e-mails are? they didn t have a full grasp either. it will take a while to analyze them and figure it out. the question here all along is was classified information mishandled? that was the point of the e-mail investigation. now you look at the additional things and does that change the conclusion that was reached in july and until we know what it is and they know what it is, it s impossible to say. just to be clear, there is a lot of reporting going on out there. this is mentioned in the clinton statement about this investigation that is being reopened now. can you just take us through the technical question of what terminology should be used to describe what s happening? i understand the confusion because the letter itself adds
to that confusion. as a technical matter, the e-mail investigation hasn t been closed so it s not being reopened. the question of giving everything back. as a technical matter, it wasn t closed. what the fbi said in july is that the main investigation into whether it was a prosecutable offense was completed, but i know it sounds confusing. over to casey hunt and she was the first to report with the letter that james comby sent to the committee chairs.