Former Attorney General Eric Holder explained in a Washington Post op-ed why he believes FBI Director James Comes made a "serious error with potentially severe implications" by sending Congress a "vague letter" about newly discovered emails that may or may not be relevant to the Hillary Clinton email server investigation. Publicly commenting on an investigation and wading into a presidential race less than 60 days out were both significant breaches of FBI and Justice Department policy and protocol, Holder wrote — his successor, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, warned Comey of the same thing before he sent the letter.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he thinks Comey may have actually broken the law, and former Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller told The Washington Post that "Comey believes he alone is the paradigm of ethics and judgment. He has a 10-year term, and he has decided if he wants to violate the rules, he's going to violate the rules. And if they don't like it, the president can fire him." That appears to be what the New York Daily News has in mind:
That almost certainly won't happen, but Comey, a Republican, probably shouldn't expect a sunny relationship with either President Clinton or President Donald Trump.
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