Fox News' Jesse Watters On Comey's Exoneration Of Clinton: 'FBI Should Change Its Motto To 'I'm With Her''
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Fox News' Jesse Watters commented on the reports that former FBI director James Comey had cleared Hillary Clinton before the investigation was over.
In the wake of reports alleging that former FBI director James Comey cleared Hillary Clinton before the email investigation was complete, Fox News' Jesse Watters said in jest that the FBI should adopt Clinton's 2016 campaign slogan.
"I think the FBI should change its motto to 'I'm With Her,'" Watters said during Friday's segment of The Five. "This thing is more rigged than a carnival game."
Watters continued, “If you add the exoneration letter to the tarmac meeting, to the [former Attorney General Loretta] Lynch interference, to pleading the fifth, to wiping the server clean, to smashing Blackberries with hammers, it is the most corrupt situation you could ever imagine."
President Trump also tweeted on the matter Friday, “Wow, looks like James Comey exonerated Hillary Clinton long before the investigation was over...and so much more. A rigged system!"
The tweet comes after reports of a letter Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham sent to the FBI in regards to Comey’s July 2016 announcement that charges against Clinton for use of a private email server would not be pursued.
That correspondence reads, in part, “It appears that in April or early May of 2016, Mr. Comey had already decided he would issue a statement exonerating Secretary Clinton.”
It further notes, "That was long before FBI agents finished their work. Mr. Comey even circulated an early draft statement to select members of senior FBI leadership. The outcome of an investigation should not be prejudged while FBI agents are still hard at work trying to gather the facts."
An individual with knowledge of the investigation’s workings reportedly denied that the situation unfolded in the way the senators suggest.
According to CNN, that source “said Comey was not involved in the day-to-day steps of the investigation, so even if he reached a conclusion it wouldn't have affected the result of the investigation.”
In the wake of reports alleging that former FBI director James Comey cleared Hillary Clinton before the email investigation was complete, Fox News' Jesse Watters said in jest that the FBI should adopt Clinton's 2016 campaign slogan.
"I think the FBI should change its motto to 'I'm With Her,'" Watters said during Friday's segment of The Five. "This thing is more rigged than a carnival game."
Watters continued, “If you add the exoneration letter to the tarmac meeting, to the [former Attorney General Loretta] Lynch interference, to pleading the fifth, to wiping the server clean, to smashing Blackberries with hammers, it is the most corrupt situation you could ever imagine."
President Trump also tweeted on the matter Friday, “Wow, looks like James Comey exonerated Hillary Clinton long before the investigation was over...and so much more. A rigged system!"
The tweet comes after reports of a letter Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham sent to the FBI in regards to Comey’s July 2016 announcement that charges against Clinton for use of a private email server would not be pursued.
That correspondence reads, in part, “It appears that in April or early May of 2016, Mr. Comey had already decided he would issue a statement exonerating Secretary Clinton.”
It further notes, "That was long before FBI agents finished their work. Mr. Comey even circulated an early draft statement to select members of senior FBI leadership. The outcome of an investigation should not be prejudged while FBI agents are still hard at work trying to gather the facts."
An individual with knowledge of the investigation’s workings reportedly denied that the situation unfolded in the way the senators suggest.
According to CNN, that source “said Comey was not involved in the day-to-day steps of the investigation, so even if he reached a conclusion it wouldn't have affected the result of the investigation.”