A member of her national finance committee who was on the call told CNN that Clinton placed at least some of the blame on Comey for her stunning defeat to Donald Trump.
She said the first letter from Comey, sent to Congress on October 28, stopped the momentum she had built after three debates and the release of Trump’s “Access Hollywood” tape.
She said the second letter, which came nine days later and exonerated Clinton, simply fired up Trump supporters and didn’t put any on-the-fence voters who had been leaning her way at ease.
She said the FBI development was too much to “overcome,” the donor on the call told CNN, but she acknowledged there were other headwinds facing her campaign that they didn’t adequately combat.
But several Democrats interviewed in the aftermath of the election say Clinton is hardly blameless, pointing to her original decision in 2009 to create a private email server outside of government systems during her time as secretary of state.
Absolutely right . Comey’s letter did not just damage her campaign but stop her wining the election. That action by the FBI Director was ill time and politically motivated. That has really set America at back.