Fireworks: Gowdy Eviscerates Comey in Cross Examination of Hillary Lies

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) told the FBI's James Comey that due to his failure to recommend charges be brought against Hillary Clinton over her "extremely careless" handling of classified material, a precedent had been set that will protect future officials from taking the same risks. 

Gowdy asked Comey a series of questions in which Comey conceded that Clinton lied in explaining her rationale for creating a private email server to conduct government business. 

Here's the excerpt:

GOWDY: “Good morning director Comey. Secretary Clinton said she never sent or received classified information over her private e-mail. Was that true?”
COMEY: “Our investigation found that there was classified information sent —“
GOWDY: “So it was not true?”
COMEY: “That’s what I said.”
GOWDY: “OK. Well, I’m looking for a little shorter answer so you and I are not here quite as long. Secretary Clinton said there was not marked classified on her e-mails either sent or received, was that true?“
COMEY: “That’s not true. There were a small number of portion markings on I think three of the documents.” [crosstalk]
GOWDY: “Secretary Clinton said I did not e-mailed any classified material to anyone on my e-mail, there is no classified material. Was that true?”
COMEY: “There was classified material e-mail.”
GOWDY: “Secretary Clinton said she used just one device. Was that true?”
COMEY: “She used multiple devices during the four years of her term as secretary of state.”
GOWDY: “Secretary Clinton said all work-related e-mails were returned to the State Department. Was that true?”
COMEY: “No. We found work-related e-mails, thousands that were not returned.”
GOWDY: “Secretary Clinton said neither she nor anyone else deleted work-related e-mails from her personal account. Was that true?”
COMEY: “That’s a harder one to answer. We found traces of work related e-mails in — on devices or slack space, whether they were deleted or whether when a server was changed out something happened to them. There’s no doubt that the work related e-mails that were removed electronically from the — the e-mail system.”
GOWDY: “Secretary Clinton said her lawyers read every one of the e-mails and were overly inclusive. Did her lawyers read the e-mail content individually?”
COMEY: “No.”