but again that was senator bob corker reacting. we also have an editorial by james comey in the new york times talking about this conclusion by the ig. it says, james comey, this report says i was wrong but that s good for the fbi. some of the highlights include the inspector general s team went through the fbi s work with a microscope and found no evidence of biased or improper motivation affecting the investigation. he also said second, this report is vital in shedding light for future leaders on the nature and quality of our investigation and the decisions we made. he also writes in this the report concludes that i was wrong to announce the fbi s completion of the investigation without coordinating with the attorney general, and that i was wrong to inform congress in late october that we had re-opened the investigation. in both situations, james comey writes, the inspector general s team concludes i should have
adhered to established norms which they see as mandating both deference to the attorney general on the public announcement, and silence about an investigation so close to an election. i do not agree with all of the inspector general s conclusions, but i respect the work of his office and salute its professionalism. ken, he was clearly ready for this ig report. he was. and he is clearly being magnanimous and taking the criticism in stride, as is the james comey way. in contrast to some other public figures that we can think of, katy. but here s what i find ironic about this whole thing. donald trump has been saying for mornts the months there is a deep state conspiracy against him by the fbi. to go easy on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and conkucoct these investigations which he calls a witch hunt. what the report shows the fbi
some agents in the fbi, some people in the fbi, had improper contact with reporters, but it doesn t talk about people in the trump campaign. it simply says that the whole leak question is still under investigation. so that s something we were looking for and we didn t get the answer. pete, one other thing. there s a portion of the report that talked about james comey using his personal gmail to conduct fbi business. pete, you still there? pete, one more time. sorry, katy. somebody else was talking to me. no problem. one other thing. there is a portion of the report, i want your take on it, first. there is a portion of the report that says james comey used a personal e-mail account, a gmail account, to conduct fbi business. yeah.
whatsoever to anybody that was covering this campaign, people that were on the campaign, people that were watching it from afar. political reporters, national security reporters. nobody had any idea that the fbi was investigating the trump campaign. there was some talk about whether the fbi or the national security apparatus was interested in what russia was doing in the election, what they were trying to meddle with. that came up when the dnc was hash hacked. it came up later on the day of the access hollywood tape came out during that press release from the intelligence community saying russia was trying to meddle, was trying to influence. but again, there was no indication whatsoever. and this would have been a major story that there was investigation in to the donald trump campaign. that did not come out before the election. what came out before the election was that comey was re-opening the investigation in to hillary clinton. that came out before the
absolutely no answer to the completely separate mueller russia inquiry if they have to go here. it is just sad and weird at this point. ben, talk more about comey s motivations. he s talk about them publicly quite a bit. they re in his book. he felt like he was between a rock and a hard place. that loretta lynch had put a cloud over herself given that she met with bill clinton on the tarmac and that she, if he dealt with her, it wouldn t be reliable, whatever conclusion came out. give us some more flavor in that and what james comey might be thinking at the moment. well, so i only just got a copy of the report and i ve not had a chance to read it in any kind of depth yet. look. i think for jim has been nothing but candid about the role that he played, why he took the steps that he took, and how