Eric Holder Says that Comey Press Conference ‘Would Not Have Happened’ Had He Been Attorney General

Eric Holder Says That Comey Press Conference "Would Not Have Happened" Had He Been Attorney General (BuzzFeed)

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that James Comey's infamous July 2016 press conference, in which the then FBI director went public with the conclusions of an investigation into Hillary Clinton's email use, would not have happened had he still been in office.

"That would not have happened if I was attorney general of the United States," Holder said on BuzzFeed News' AM To DM Friday morning. "I would have told Jim Comey, 'you can go up there as the FBI director and try to hold this press conference, but you will leave that podium as the ex-FBI director.'”

Holder called the press conference — in which Comey recommended no charges be brought against Clinton, but still severely criticized her actions — "hard to watch."