Criminal investigation

FBI Chief Jim Comey Clears Hillary Clinton—and Puts Himself in the Crosshairs

Comey’s announcement suggested that the FBI will not continue to pursue Clinton over her controversial email system, which came as welcome news to her campaign less than two days before Americans head to the polls. Comey had been under immense pressure to go through the emails and determine their relevance to the case, and he told lawmakers that agents had been working “around the clock.” 

But Clinton’s email saga is unlikely to die when the next president is chosen on Tuesday. It’s also unlikely that Comey will escape further examination and questions about his leadership; he drew withering criticism from Republicans and Democrats for revealing the existence of the emails in another letter earlier this month without elaborating on what they said or whether they were significant. Even the president, in an unusual move, publicly criticized the Bureau’s handling of the episode.