I believe his effusive statement about no outside pressure was code-word for enormous outside pressure and he caved to the non-indictment but decided to lay out a criminal case anyway - he left her twisting for renewed Trump attacks by proving she lied about the emails and in fact committed felonies under the codes that protect classified.
That seems entirely plausible. Have emphasized “enormous outside pressure” along with “left her twisting” .
It was as though his statement was written by two authors. For his part, it was inconceivable that he could successfully deny his 140 investigators found felonious behavior – thus, he laid it out very clearly.
For the second part, someone handed him the language of the preferred conclusion that no reasonable prosecutor would pursue the matter. No doubt Lynch agreed to accept his recommendations only after she knew what they would be.
When the Senate failed to convict BJ and allowed him to remain in office, the argument was that it was in the nation’s interest to deny VP Gore the opportunity to campaign for the presidency while sitting in the Oval Office.
When otherwise educated politicians, many of whom were experienced attorneys or judges, said, “it is enough for me that he says he was born in Hawaii”, some thought it was because they were trying to avoid the almost certain fact that Hillary would step into the Oval Office as his replacement.
However, there is no way to view the current event as something other than the machinations of powerful, evil individuals in the highest offices of our nation. After witnessing yesterday's performance by the head of the FBI, I would expect Trump to refuse a government security detail until after he is inaugurated.