Democrats have all but gone to war with FBI director James Comey. Their anger at him comes after Comey sent a letter to Congress last week that announced he would be reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server as secretary of state. But President Barack Obama, who nominated Comey to the spot in 2013, has been conspicuously quiet amid the Democratic pile-on.
Obama has stood by Comey amidst allegations from other Democrats that Comey is attempting to influence the election, and may have broken the law in doing so. “The president’s assessment of his integrity and his character has not changed,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. “The president doesn’t believe that he’s secretly strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party.”
