He can never condemn Republicans enough to get back into the good graces of the left, after his 11th hour tanking of their pantsuit princess. SO I think this is where it’s coming from. FU Comey
I think that the corruption accusations against Hillary were beginning to hit the voters, so Comey tried to open the investigation and close it in a couple of days to “exonerate” Hillary, but he did it very clumsily. The result was supposed to be absolute proof Hillary was clean as the driven snow.