Comey admits he made his late announcement because he thought Hillary would win

[Rookie Yinzer]

This is why she lost. So many people thought it was over, that they just stopped giving a f-ck. From Obama and Clinton all the way down.

It's. Never. Over.

[Rookie Yinzer]

when the man himself did nothing wrong.

He actually did many things wrong including going over the head of his boss Loretta Lynch several times. He could have waited until he actually reviewed the emails to Congress before getting Republicans like Jason Chaffetz all wet between their legs with news of a re-opening of the Clinton investigation. They ended up reviewing all the e-mails before Election Day anyway, and when they announced there was nothing new it didn't even stick because it only made it look like Obama's FBI Director was just covering for her again. It was pointless and reckless. I don't care if Hillary was up 20+ points in the polls. You just don't do something like that.

[Rookie Yinzer]

when the man himself did nothing wrong.

He actually did many things wrong including going over the head of his boss Loretta Lynch several times. He could have waited until he actually reviewed the emails to Congress before getting Republicans like Jason Chaffetz all wet between their legs with news of a re-opening of the Clinton investigation. They ended up reviewing all the e-mails before Election Day anyway, and when they announced there was nothing new it didn't even stick because it only made it look like Obama's FBI Director was just covering for her again. It was pointless and reckless. I don't care if Hillary was up 20+ points in the polls. You just don't do something like that.

The impasse here is over the definition of "wrong." I have a lot of trouble putting blame on Comey for acting totally reasonably given the information available to him and to everyone at the time. I'll admit that objectively, what he did turned out to have been factually wrong and had unfair consequences. I meant morally wrong, which I probably should've clarified. Let me explain.

Sure, his actions turned out to be incorrect, awkward, and potentially damaging, but they did not in any way decide the election. It turned out to be pointless, and in hindsight one could call it "reckless." Just like the basket of deplorables comment turned out to be pointless, and the 47% comment turned out to have been reckless, and Dukakis' tank photo turned out to have been harmful.

If Hillary had run a more competent campaign overall, we would be talking about this in a totally different context, because Comey may well have been fired out of spite by President Clinton. If the Clinton campaign wasn't marred by the DNC and her personal inability to energize a lightning rod, she would've been elected regardless of whether Comey came out with it before or after the election.

He should have spoken with Deputy AG Yates before publicly disclosing the information. Period. He acted recklessly and undermined his female superiors over and over and made a decision based on political reasons. He was wrong.