Short Take: FBI and U.S. Elections

Last Friday, FBI Director James Comey informed Congress of a
potential link between a device owned by disgraced former
Congressman Anthony Weiner and Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton. The disclosure effectively reopened the
investigation into Clinton's private server and email activity
during her time as Secretary of State. It also set off a firestorm
of protests from both sides of the aisle. Just what is the role of
the FBI when investigating politicians and did Comey cross a line
with a move that many are interpreting as interfering with a
presidential election within two weeks of Americans voting? In this
BackStory short take, the Guys talk to Yale historian Beverly Gage
about the history of the FBI's involvement in U.S.
elections. 

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