[FBI agents pressed Justice unsuccessfully for probe of Clinton Foundation]“He’s got to get control of the ship again,” said Robert Anderson, a former senior official in the FBI who considers Comey a friend. In the case of the Clinton Foundation inquiry, it was the FBI agents pushing for stronger action. Justice Department attorneys and FBI officials in Washington viewed the agents’ presentation as lacking substantive evidence. But the level of specificity that has emerged in recent days about a politically sensitive investigation on the eve of an election is unusual — a sign of the deep tensions inside the Justice Department. A spokeswoman for the FBI’s New York field office and spokesmen for the Justice Department and FBI headquarters declined to comment for this report.

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2016 00:14 UTC