Harry Reid: Comey’s ‘double standard’ may have broken the law

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., warned FBI Director James Comey that he may have broken the law, as he is guilty of demonstrating a “double standard” when he played political favorites by publicizing the agency’s reopened investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails after a new trove of documents were found in a separate case.

“Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information, with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another,” Reid wrote in a letter sent to Comey.

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