It's July 2016.

Then FBI Director James Comey gives a press conference, explaining that while he's recommended

that the Justice Department not pursue charges against Hillary Clinton for her mishandling

of classified information, Clinton's conduct was extremely careless.

With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence

that Secretary Clinton's personal email domain and its various configurations since 2009

was hacked successfully.

But given the nature of the system and of the actors potentially involved, we assess

we would be unlikely to see such direct evidence.

It is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton's personal email

account.

Evidence has never surfaced that Clinton's email account was compromised.

But a Republican political operative named Peter Smith becomes obsessed with the idea

that Russia might have gained access.

He spends the next year trying to get a hold of Clinton emails that he believes Russia

has hacked.

But Smith never gets to see what special counsel Robert Mueller makes of his efforts.

Because a year later, he dies by suicide.

This is a bonus episode of the report.

We've just finished volume one of our podcast, bringing to life Robert Mueller's report

on Russian election interference.

In a few weeks, we'll be back with new episodes on volume two of the Mueller report, covering

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