The Single Most Important Thing FBI Director Comey Told Congress Today

On Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey — a Republican who served as Deputy Attorney General under President George W. Bush — announced that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges for the way she handled emails as Secretary of State. This outcome was widely anticipated by legal experts familiar with the underlying law.

Nevertheless, House Republicans immediately reacted with outrage, using Comey’s testimony before a House committee on Thursday to attack his decision not to use the criminal justice system to sanction one of their political enemies. Clinton’s presidential rival, Republican Donald Trump, was even quicker to accuse Comey of applying a double standard to Clinton.

Ironically, however, in using Comey’s testimony as a vehicle to attack Clinton, House Republicans succeeded in undermining Trump instead. Far from confirming that a #RiggedSystem rescued Clinton from criminal charges, Comey testified that only a rigged system would indict Clinton....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/07/3796264/gop-overreach-so-hard/