[E]verything I did would have been done privately in the normal course. We have great conversations between the FBI and prosecutors. We make recommendations. We argue back and forth. What I decided to do was offer transparency to the American people about the โwhysโ of that, what I was going to do because I thought it was very, very important for their confidence in the system of justice. And within that their confidence in the FBI. And I was very concerned that if I didnโt show that transparency, that in that lack of transparency people would say, โGee. What is going on here? Somethingโyou know, something seems squirrely here?โ So I said I would do something unprecedented because I think it is unprecedented situation. Now, the next Director who is criminally investigating one of the two candidates for President may find him or herself bound by my
