Recall that Hillary Clinton was supposed to win the 2016 presidential election. All of the pols, polls, and pundits agreed on that point. She was a lock for the White House.
Nevertheless, Clinton faced a number of politically sticky issues.
@JamesComeyFBI and his crew were in a world of trouble. They had played partisan presidential politics and their candidate had lost.
But, as they pondered this question, their prospects dimmed further.
Who were these private contractors? What, if any relation, did this illegal activity have with the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign?
That has been the real story from the very first.