Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman slammed the FBI’s “disgraceful” announcement Friday that it will reopen its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
“It’s bad enough having the media do the ‘raises questions,’ substance-free innuendo thing. Worse when the FBI director does it. Disgraceful,” Krugman, a Clinton supporter, wrote on Twitter.
“Comey needs to provide full info immediately. Otherwise he has clearly made a partisan intervention, betraying his office.”
James Comey, the FBI director, wrote in a letter to congressional leaders on Friday that investigators had learned of “the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation” that compelled agents to continue their probe, which had ended in July with no charges recommended against Clinton. – READ MORE