Hillary Clinton: ‘I Would Have Won But For Jim Comey’s Letter’
- 7 years ago
Hillary Clinton blamed James Comey for her election loss during an interview on 'The View.'
Hillary Clinton's loss of the 2016 presidential election stunned many including Clinton herself.
While she, in her new book ‘What Happened,’ cites many reasons for her election loss, during a Wednesday appearance on ABC’s 'The View,' she focused on one in particular.
“I argue in the book and I am pleased that other independent analysts have reached the same conclusion; I would have won but for Jim Comey’s letter on October the 28th," Clinton said.
The letter in question was in regards to the investigation into Clinton’s personal email server and sent to the chairs of a number of Congressional committees.
Comey wrote, in part, “...the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.”
Days later, FBI announced that no relevant information had been found, notes Reuters.
In her Wednesday talk with the hosts of ‘The View,’ Clinton said that the initial letter, “stopped my momentum and it really did cause enough people to move away from me.”
Though Clinton does, in her book, connect many people and factors to her loss, she places much of the responsibility on herself.
“I go back over my own shortcomings and the mistakes we made. I take responsibility for all of them," Clinton writes, according to CNN. "You can blame the data, blame the message, blame anything you want -- but I was the candidate. It was my campaign. Those were my decisions."
Hillary Clinton's loss of the 2016 presidential election stunned many including Clinton herself.
While she, in her new book ‘What Happened,’ cites many reasons for her election loss, during a Wednesday appearance on ABC’s 'The View,' she focused on one in particular.
“I argue in the book and I am pleased that other independent analysts have reached the same conclusion; I would have won but for Jim Comey’s letter on October the 28th," Clinton said.
The letter in question was in regards to the investigation into Clinton’s personal email server and sent to the chairs of a number of Congressional committees.
Comey wrote, in part, “...the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.”
Days later, FBI announced that no relevant information had been found, notes Reuters.
In her Wednesday talk with the hosts of ‘The View,’ Clinton said that the initial letter, “stopped my momentum and it really did cause enough people to move away from me.”
Though Clinton does, in her book, connect many people and factors to her loss, she places much of the responsibility on herself.
“I go back over my own shortcomings and the mistakes we made. I take responsibility for all of them," Clinton writes, according to CNN. "You can blame the data, blame the message, blame anything you want -- but I was the candidate. It was my campaign. Those were my decisions."