Jordan questions FBI Director James Comey about decision to not prosecute Hillary Clinton
When announcing his reasons for recommending against prosecution, Comey said that the "context" of Clinton's actions needed to be taken into account. Rep. Jordan questioned Comey regarding the context.
During the hearing Rep. Jordan said: "…[A] lot of Americans are thinking just what the chairman talked about in his opening statement. That there are two standards: one for we the people, one for the politically connected. A lot of folks I get the privilege of representing back in Ohio think that when you said consider the context, they think that's what Mr. Gowdy just talked about: the fact that she's former First Lady, former Secretary of State, former senator, a major party's nominee for the highest office in the land, and oh by the way her husband just met with the individual you work with at an airport in Arizona five days ago."
Later, Rep. Jordan asked Comey, "Do you see how someone could view the context of what she did: set up a private system, she alone controlled it, she kept everything on it; we now know from Ms. Abedin's deposition that they did it for that very reason, so no one could see what was there – based on the deposition that Ms. Abedin gave – and then when they got caught they deleted what they had and they scrubbed their devices. Is that part of the context in evaluating this decision?"
Comey responded, "Sure, sure. And understand what inferences can be drawn from that collection of facts. Of course."
VIDEO of Rep. Jordan's Q/A with Comey: https://youtu.be/ygrNjzdJ66k
OP-ED from Rep. Jordan for The Hill newspaper titled "Hillary Clinton: Above the law?": http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/286723-hillary-clinton-above-the-law
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