No, It was worse than a sham
It's called: " Criminal Facilitation"
And it is a punishable crime, in itself !
..and should be handled accordingly !!
His press conference was simply theater and the months long media blitz about how much integrity Comey had and how he was the last honest man in Washington was simply a media set up to legitimize the cover up
If you take a close look at Comey’s comments you will notice that they closely track the information that would have been disclosed in the FOIA request denial Vaughn Index of information provided if the DOJ and FBI had chosen to ho into full cover up mode and deny any and all FOIA requests for information on the Clinton E Mail scandal
Stiff arming FOIA requests was obviously the initial DOJ plan so to defuse charges of obstruction of justice, Comey made sure he made public the information that could have been pried loose in the Vaughn Index as part of FOIA request litigation.
Obviously public and Congressional outrage shut down the plan to stiff arm the FOIA process like the IRS has
The truly amazing thing is that even the minimal topical information that would be provided in the DOJ cover ups Vaughn Index of denied and withheld FOIA requests for information on the Clinton FBI “investigation” still provided enough indisputable factual information to indict Hillary Clinton and her inner circle for multiple felony criminal acts
Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, and Fraud [the tax money paid to fibbie agents for their “work” on this farce].