Refresher: James Comey and the 2016 Election

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🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On Tuesday evening, President Trump fired the director of the F.B.I., citing his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails. In case you missed it, here’s our earlier episode on how Mr. Comey handled investigations into Mrs. Clinton’s conduct and Mr. Trump’s associates, and powerfully shaped the 2016 election. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2pvfyRr.

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0:25.6	A couple of weeks ago Matt Appuzzo was on the show, telling the definitive story of how James
0:35.2	Comey handled the two major investigations that defined the 2016 campaign.
0:40.2	It was the episode from Monday, April 24th.
0:43.4	So we're putting the full episode back in your feed again so you can listen in light of
0:47.8	James Comey's firing on Tuesday.
0:50.5	Take a listen.
0:51.8	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarrow.
0:54.0	This is The Daily.
1:00.8	Today it was an election year no one could have predicted.
1:05.2	Both candidates for president under investigation by the FBI and at the center of it all was
1:11.1	one man, James Comey, making calculations that could shape history.
1:16.8	A New Times investigation tells the definitive story of what Comey did and why he did it.
1:23.8	It was Monday, April 24th.
1:36.1	My colleague Matt Appuzzo tells the story.
1:38.6	On July 5th, 2016, reporters here in Washington got an email from the FBI basically summoning
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