I really think had it not been for the NYPD hanging on to the laptop and threatening basically to release the info the FBI would have covered up the Hillary e-mail thing just like they did Seth Rich and pretendeld like it never happened or it was impossible to find the killer in his case.
They are Corrupt as hell. Question is how many are and how deep?
You are correct. If it were up to Comey and McCabe, the laptop story would have been buried. Comey was forced to deal with it rather than have it come out after the election, which Hillary was supposed to win. They just had to open and close it as fast as possible.
Sundance does a good analysis of what happened.