One thing about the Comey letter: if the Huma email thing had come out after the election, amidst FBI agent leaks that Comey/DOJ had conspired—conspired—to withhold that evidence, the frothing rage on the part of Fox News, talk radio, et al would be earth-rattling. HRC’s presidency would be cast as illegitimate (i.e. more illegitimate than it already will be to some).

Not that I’m letting Comey off the hook: Yes he should have been willing to take the post-election outrage, and yes, the letter was worded extremely problematically.

But all things considered, this might not have been the worst potential outcome of this episode.