White House: Obama still confident in Comey’s leadership

By Susan Crabtree

Published November 7, 2016 4:28pm ET

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White House: Obama still confident in Comey’s leadership — White House press secretary Josh Earnest said no one at the White House had any advance notice that Comey planned to send the letter to Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Obama remains confident in FBI Director James Comey to run the agency despite widespread criticism from both sides of the aisle that he has badly mishandled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, according to a top White House spokesman.

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