Clinton campaign escalates effort to discredit FBI probe
WASHINGTON — The Hillary Clinton campaign Monday escalated its efforts to discredit FBI Director James Comey’s disclosure of a revived e-mail investigation, accusing him of applying a double standard for refusing to publicly discuss investigations of Russian meddling in the presidential election.
Comey has come under intense fire for his unusual disclosure to Congress Friday about the discovery of e-mails that the FBI planned to review, a statement that departed from Department of Justice policies to avoid investigative pronouncements shortly before elections.
The Department of Justice sent a letter to Congress Monday saying it would work with the FBI to “expeditiously’’ conduct a review. But it was uncertain that the law enforcement officials would conclude the revived probe of thousands of e-mails before the Nov. 8 election, and the cloud of innuendo created by Comey appeared likely to hang over Clinton’s bid throughout the final week of the campaign.
With polls showing a tightening race amid a damaging controversy, Clinton and her campaign officials rolled out fresh tactics Monday.
‘‘There is no case here,’’ Clinton said of the FBI review Monday, while campaigning in Ohio at Kent State University. She said the FBI “jumped into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing.’’
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