Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesTopline: Former FBI Director James Comey admitted there was “real sloppiness” in the way the FBI handled the investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, as Trump and his allies continue to criticize Comey and the FBI for what they see as bias against the president. Comey said in an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that he made a mistake last year when he previously characterized the FBI’s conduct in the Russian probe as appropriate. All of that was nonsense … But he also found things that we were never accused of and that was real sloppiness and that’s concerning,” he said. Trump allies had long called on the Justice Department to “investigate the investigators” in the Russia probe, saying the FBI abused its power to unfairly spy the Trump campaign. Chief critic: Trump continued to criticize Comey and insisted on an apology.

Source: Forbes December 15, 2019 21:11 UTC