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(58,785 posts)to explain away his behaviors to people in general. You might read also the responses of legal professionals and others who hold positions of similar legal responsibilities. He is severely criticized for what most see as highly questionable and very worrisome behaviors for a person in his position.
He also has a history of questionable behaviors toward the Clintons going back to the right-wing Arkansas Project to take him out. Years of phony investigations based on nothing but a mountain of innuendo trying to tie the Clintons to wrongdoing with Whitewater started in Arkansas and were continued right through Bill's presidency--with the Republicans involving the FBI in the creation of these vast clouds of smoke and mirrors. Exactly like Hillary's emails years later.
Both times, in his position Comey had access to all information and HAD to know there was no criminal behavior to be found. That didn't keep him in the 1990s from participating enthusiastically (many witnesses to that) in politically motivated fake investigations involving the FBI in an attempt to destroy a Democratic president. This went on for years, of course, until they finally accidentally found out about Monica and Bill made the mistake of lying about THAT.
There's more to know about Comey than just his, at the very least, highly unethical use of power against Democratic candidates. And the number of people who have been watching him in some concern has exploded now that he's taken his mask off on TV.