How many IRS auditors in the coming years will have to contend with taxpayers saying they'll settle when the President settles? And if.The Clinton Foundation FBI investigation was based on allegations from a dubious book written by a Breitbart 'reporter'.
Trump's now repeating the claim that as president he can't have a conflict of interest, wonder who gave him this advice?
He's also stating that he has zero Russian investments/interests and still refuses to release his taxes.
Nothing new in this presser and nothing that's going to slow the rumours and investigations into this latest report.
It doesn't matter much what got the Clinton investigation going at the FBI (there were also unfulfilled Congressional subpoenas in question). The sore point is the appropriate ethics of keeping a public investigation of an official secret, and how an Election affects that. American law enforcement has never established a clear line on such matters, and Comey added his own clumsiness and bad timing to the night and fog.
With the Presidency decided, his official duty must be to protect the new Boss from all suspicion of blackmail, nor can he withhold what little he currently has from the sitting President. Especially considering the fallout from his earlier attempts at news-managing during the campaign, he had little choice but to disclose what he presently has with the minimum of fuss. Now an innocent Trump can carry on, proving his mettle, or a guilty Trump can, Ford-like, have his true character reveal itself over the term. But Comey's done his job and awaits new orders.