Matt Miller, a Hillary Clinton supporter and former Department of Justice spokesman under Eric Holder, said on Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey’s statement on Clinton’s emails “violates DOJ and FBI rules.”
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Miller said, “Secretary Clinton has come out and said many times that it was a mistake for her to set up the e-mail account the way she did, but I don’t think that we should take for granted Jim Comey’s public statement that it was careless.” (RELATED: FBI Director: ‘No Outside Influence Of Any Kind’ In Hillary Case [VIDEO])
“The FBI director’s job is to conduct investigations, and if they develop evidence that supports charges, they bring those charges and back them up in court. For Jim Comey to come out and make that kind of public statement about someone, whom the government is going to charge, is completely inappropriate, and I think, arguably violates DOJ and FBI rules,” Miller said. (RELATED: Ryan: Not Charging Hillary Sets ‘Terrible Precedent’)
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Miller went on to say, “If you’re not going to bring charges, you shouldn’t insert yourself in the middle of a political campaign the way he did. If there is to be a judgment that her behavior was careless or inappropriate, that’s a judgment for the State Department Inspector General to make. The FBI’s job is to determine whether laws were violated and charges can be brought in court, and his determination was that there were no laws violated and that he wouldn’t recommend charges. Beyond that, it’s really inappropriate for him to be talking about this case any further.” (RELATED: FBI Director Comey Obliterated These Hillary Talking Points)
“Clinton certainly shouldn’t get any special treatment. But she shouldn’t get any worse treatment than any other person would get either, and I can’t remember a time in history when the FBI director or when an attorney general has reviewed a case, decided that the evidence does not support bringing charges, and still make really reckless statements about an underlying individual’s behavior. It’s really just not appropriate, unless he’s ready to back them up in court, which obviously, as he said today, he doesn’t think is appropriate,” Miller said.