I am now of the opinion Comey’s motive had nothing to do with doing the right thing and everything with covering his butt.
It is becoming obvious that Comey was doing everything possible to slow walk and soft peddle the Clinton investigation to run out the clock on prosecution and allow Hillary to get elected.
Comey was actively colluding with Lynch on this and also working the FISA angle to help spy on the Trump campaign using NSA unmasking.
Comey also knew Lynch was going to bury the Clinton investigation by sandbagging the Grand Jury to make sure there was no indictment and then bury the evidence with Grand Jury secrecy so the American public would never know the truth.
When Comey saw Lynch get caught with Bill Clinton in the biz jet, he panicked because he knew Lynch would keep moving forward with her Clinton cover up and public outcry could spark an investigation that would expose Comey’s obstruction of justice and his collusion with Lynch and the Clinton Campaign to let her go free.
The argument that Comey made to the American public was the case that Lynch was going to present to the (probably judge shopped and jury rigged) Grand Jury that “exonerated “ Hillary and cleared the way for her to be elected by hiding the evidence using grand jury secrecy.
Oh Lordy. His real name is Komeyvich - he’s the Russian we have ALL been looking for!