Huma Abedin lays blame of Clinton loss squarely at Comey’s feet

Published November 3, 2021 11:00am ET



Huma Abedin placed the blame for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss on James Comey, claiming the fired FBI director’s “decision to play God” is why former President Donald Trump won.

FBI agent John Robertson, who worked in the bureau’s child sex crimes unit in New York, unearthed tens of thousands of Clinton emails in late September 2016 on the laptop belonging to Abedin’s husband, disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner.

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