Sanders was a response to the video is an excerpt from an exclusive interview with Komi Stephanopoulos that aired tonight at 10 PM et.
In the excerpt broadcast “this week” Stephanopoulos asks Komi, is his choice to show that he was reopening the investigation in the days of letters to Clinton before the election may have been influenced by his belief that Clinton will become President.
Komi, Director of the FBI, sent a letter to Congress, announcing the resumption of the probe at the e-mail on Oct. 28, 2016, 11 days before the Nov. 8 election.
Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesWhite house press Secretary Sarah Sanders speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing room of the White house, April 13, 2018 in Washington, DC.
“At a certain level, the decision not to identify the impact of your assumption that Hillary Clinton will win and your concern that she will win will be released a few weeks later, and then its opponents in a sign that she’s an illegitimate President?” Stephanopoulos asked Komei in an interview.
“I don’t remember consciously thinking about it, but it needs to be because I worked in a world where Hillary Clinton was going to beat Donald trump, so I’m sure it was a factor,” said Komi. “I don’t remember that I said it out loud, but it was that she was going to be elected President, and if I hide it from the American people, it will be illegitimate the moment she chose the moment this is working.”
Clinton said she thinks the announcement of Komi about the probe email so close to the election killed her chances of winning.
Sanders on “this week” slammed Komi Republic, saying that he was “constantly contradict themselves”.
“He said he opened the investigation into Hillary Clinton on the merits”, – said the press Secretary of the White house. “Now we find out, of course, that it has something to do with the political landscape.”
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Before the advent of Sanders “this week,” trump fired several tweets, calling Komi “slick” and “slimy” and claiming that its handling of the probe of Clinton’s letter affected to lead Democrats in the polls.
Andrew Harrer/Getty images FILEPresident Donald trump shakes the hand of James Comey, Director Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), during the Inaugural law enforcement officers and first registration of the defendants to the White house, Jan. 22 in 2017.
The President also suggested that the former head of the FBI could go to jail for various things.
Asked Stephanopoulos about the offer trump, Sanders said, she doesn’t know any plan to ask the justice Department to investigate the Komi Republic.
Komi new book, “High fidelity: truth and leadership”, will be released on Tuesday.
Ralph Alswang/ABC NewsABC news chief anchor George Stephanopoulos sits down with former FBI Director James Comey about the exclusive interview that will air in Prime-time “20/20” special on Sunday, April 15, 2018, on the ABC.
At a briefing for journalists on Friday, Sanders was critical of the constant media coverage of the book. She said that the media should focus on important national issues, and she went directly to an interview with Stephanopoulos.
“Congress asked Jim Komi came and testified several times that he denied being able to do,” Sanders said. “But he found the time to sit down with George Stephanopoulos for five hours.”
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