Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night, and we begin tonight with the head of the fbi under the microscope. The Justice Department Inspector General revealing whether the actions before the president ial election broke policy and protocol. You remember him going public reigniting the email investigation involving Hillary Clinton only to then reveal there was nothing. Critics say there is no question it affected the election, and heres abcs senior justice correspondent, Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter tonight, the fbi director james comey under new, intense scrutiny. A new Inspector General investigation asking the critical question, did comeys actions in the clinton email probe violate Justice Department policies and protocol . Something critics have maintained severely hurt clintons chance at the presidency. Just 11 days before the election, clinton and her team huddled on her learning only upon landing, that james comey had just publicly reignited th
Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night, and we begin tonight with the head of the fbi under the microscope. The Justice Department Inspector General revealing whether the actions before the president ial election broke policy and protocol. You remember him going public reigniting the email investigation involving Hillary Clinton only to then reveal there was nothing. Critics say there is no question it affected the election, and heres abcs senior justice correspondent, Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter tonight, the fbi director james comey under new, intense scrutiny. A new Inspector General investigation asking the critical question, did comeys actions in the clinton email probe violate Justice Department policies and protocol . Something critics have maintained severely hurt clintons chance at the presidency. Just 11 days before the election, clinton and her team huddled on her plane. Learning only upon landing, that james comey had just publicly reign
Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night, and we begin tonight with the head of the fbi under the microscope. The Justice Department Inspector General revealing they will investigate whether actions taken by the fbi director before the president ial election broke policy and protocol. You remember james comey going public, reigniting the email investigation involving Hillary Clinton only to then reveal there was nothing. Critics say there is no question it affected the election, and heres abcs senior justice correspondent, Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter tonight, the fbi director james comey under new, intense scrutiny. A new Inspector General investigation asking the critical question, did comeys actions in the clinton email probe violate Justice Department policies and protocol . Something critics have maintained severely hurt clintons chance at the presidency. Just 11 days before the election, clinton and her team huddled on her plane. Learning only u
On key issues. Plus, james comeys email investigation is back in the spotlight with the watchdog announcing an investigation into the matter. And the Vice President joe biden gets a surprise sendoff as president obama awards him the president ial medal of freedom. Good morning, everyone. It is friday, january 13. Im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. Top members of the Democratic Campaign including bill clinton and Hillary Clinton, believe the james comey review of the email server is why they lost the election. In july they described Hillary Clintons behavior as careless. Then in october, comey writes congress about discovery of emails believed to be pertinent to the investigation. And then before the election said the emails didnt show anything else to influence the election. For his part comey said, i am grateful to the department of justices ig for taking on this review. He is professional and independent and the fbi will cooperate fully with his office. I hope hes able to share h