{"id":2603776,"date":"2026-05-17T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comey-says-he-would-still-reopen-clinton-email-probe-despite-trump-election\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:21:21","slug":"comey-says-he-would-still-reopen-clinton-email-probe-despite-trump-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comey-says-he-would-still-reopen-clinton-email-probe-despite-trump-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Comey says he would still reopen Clinton email probe despite Trump election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomey-says-he-would-still-reopen-clinton-email-probe-despite-trump-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>James Comey says that just 11 days before the 2016 Election Day, he reopened the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">private email server<\/a> because learning about new related emails made it the \u201cleast bad\u201d option. He adds that other choices-such as handing the matter to then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch-would have been improper or \u201cchicken,\u201d and that he couldn\u2019t conceal the case\u2019s status after testifying it was finished. Comey also said he hoped reopening the investigation didn\u2019t affect the election result,which came when Trump defeated Clinton. He noted that he tried to stay out of politics, and he is later referenced as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrant-business-owner-who-fled-communism-jailed-for-staying-open-supporters-back-her-with-gofundme\/\" title=\"Immigrant Business Owner Who Fled Communism Jailed For Staying Open, Supporters Back Her With GoFundMe\">facing legal trouble<\/a> again in connection with DOJ actions, including a forthcoming trial over a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> reading \u201c86 47<\/a>.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Former FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comey\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"169\">James Comey<\/a> said he thinks he would still make the decision to reopen the investigation into former Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8\">Hillary Clinton\u2019s<\/a> private email account just days before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2016-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5\">2016 presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton-emails\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"563\">Clinton\u2019s private emails<\/a> containing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-demands-1200-for-china-documents\/\" title=\"University of Michigan Demands ,200 for China Documents\">government information<\/a> while she served as secretary of state was a major topic of the 2016 presidential election as she went up against President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the general election. Comey said on Sunday that he made the decision to reopen the investigation into the emails on Oct. 28, 2016, 11 days before Election Day, \u201cbecause it was the least bad option\u201d out of those on the table.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4571680\/bank-of-america-settles-7-eleven-lawsuit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bank of America settles for $2.25 million in 7-Eleven ATM fees lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4571369\/pirro-taxpayer-funded-computers-lamps-governmnent-basements\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pirro unveils hundreds of taxpayer-funded computers and lamps sitting in government basements<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4570480\/texas-supreme-court-rejects-abbott-oust-democrats-broke-quorum\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Texas Supreme Court rejects Greg Abbott request to oust Democrats who broke quorum<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cBoth options sucked, honestly, but this was the one most consistent with the values of the department, so as painful as it is, I\u2019d have to do the same thing again,\u201d Comey said on NBC\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Comey reopened the investigation in late October because the FBI learned of new emails related to the case through a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/10\/28\/us\/politics\/fbi-letter.html\">separate investigation <\/a>into former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). He told NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker that the only other thing he considered was whether or not to punt the case to former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, but he said he thought that would have been a \u201cchicken\u201d thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a decision that I had to make because I testified all summer that the investigation was done, and now it\u2019s not done. Do I really conceal that from the American people, from the Congress? I can\u2019t. And it would have been a chicken thing to do to dump it on the [attorney general], but sometimes when people are unhappy with me on the street, I think I should have left it for Loretta Lynch,\u201d Comey said.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven days after Comey reopened the investigation, Trump defeated Clinton. Comey told Welker on Sunday that he \u201choped\u201d the decision did not impact the election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4561313\/james-comey-criminal-trial-86-47-post-july-15\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4561313\">JAMES COMEY CRIMINAL TRIAL OVER \u201986 47\u2032 POST SET FOR JULY 15<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal all of that year was to stay out of politics,\u201d Comey said.<\/p>\n<p>Comey has been back in the news this year with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4563979\/comey-potential-third-indictment-trump-doj\/\">two indictments <\/a>against him from the Department of Justice. One was tossed, but he is set to head to trial in July over a social media post he made reading \u201c86 47.\u201d The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"438\">Department of Justice<\/a> prosecutors allege the post was a threat to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donal-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI Director James Comey said he&#8217;d still reopen Hillary Clinton\u2019s email probe days before the 2016 election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2603777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP25321685238924-2.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[5855,23264,79834,79833,3634],"class_list":["post-2603776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-clinton","tag-comey","tag-email-investigation","tag-politiics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP25321685238924-2.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603780,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603776\/revisions\/2603780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}