The Clinton campaign's top spokesman Brian Fallon gives the Clintons' interpretation of this week's news from the FBI. "More than ever, we need your help," he said to supporters. "To push back on their phony partisan attacks."
BRIAN FALLON, CLINTON CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN: FBI director James Comey released to Congress and unbelievably vague letter that was light on facts and heavy on innuendo. And it only serves to give Rpeublicans a new line of attack against Hillary Clinton. But the more information that has come out, the more overblown this all seems. and the more concern is has created about Director Comey's actions.
Let's walk through what we know:
- Republicans said at the beginning of this that the FBI case that was closed in July had been re-opened. But that has been debunked.
- And law enforcment sources say that the emails in question were never withheld by Hillary Clinton's campaign.
- Reports say the emails were not to or from Hillary Clinton, nor were they on her server.
In fact, it is entirely possible that they are all duplicates of emails the FBI already looked at months ago. So if that's the case? Why send this letter in the first place. You're probably just as puzzled and outraged as we are.
Former Justice Department officials say this violated protocols designed to prevent action that could be seen as influencing the election, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch apparently told him not to do it for this very reason.
So director Comey owes it to the American people to say what he has. And both campaigns agree on that point. We're beyond confident that there is nothing at issue here that would be cause to revisit the decision made in July.
Look, Republicans have been trying to use Hillary Clinton's emails to bring her down since the very beginning of this campaign...
They failed every time because you had her back. More than ever, we need your help to push back on their phony partisan attacks.
