leadership under the bureau’s former director, James B. Comey, of being biased toward Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Trump’s calls to investigate Mrs. Clinton break with longstanding presidential practice. Since the Watergate scandal, the Justice Department has conducted criminal investigations largely free of political influence from the White House. “Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time, these allegations have been proven false,” Craig Minassian, a spokesman for the foundation, said in a statement. Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, added: “Let’s call this what it is: a sham.

Source: New York Times January 05, 2018 17:41 UTC