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Originally Posted by Bladewire
... and Hillary Clinton still won the popular vote by over 3 million votes.
Usually the FBI classifies letters to congressional subcommittees regarding classified investigations.
Comey intentionally did not classify that letter knowing the Republicans on the subcommittee could legally go public with it.
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There is no such thing as a "classified investigation" and as i recall, the investigation with the email stuff was already concluded. He announced his intent to re-open the investigation but there was no active investigation at the time of the letter.
I can't find a single mention in any news media saying "he intentionally did not classify the letter...". Additionally, as i recall, classified documents don't have to bear that designation and responsibility falls on the recipient to identify its content as such as well.
I can't find anything about classifying letters to Congress in this case or that he should have done that. Only a lot of mentions of violating DOJ protocols for practices in and around election times to prevent influencing elections.
Further, having just read the letter from Comey, he was clear the Clinton case was closed and the letter was extremely vague and benign and specifically states that it is in regards to his previous testimony on the issue and that new facts might come to light affecting his previous testimony.