Adam Schiff: James Comey and Barack Obama made the same mistake by assuming Clinton would win

By Kyle Feldscher

Published April 15, 2018 3:57pm ET

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Rep. Adam Schiff believes former FBI Director James Comey made the same mistakes as President Obama did in responding to Russian meddling in the 2016 election: He assumed Hillary Clinton would win.

“He made the same mistake in many respects that [the] Obama administration made more broadly and for the same reason,” Schiff said on ABC’s “This Week.

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