al franken, a member of the senate judiciary committee, said he is <u+201c>sure<u+201d> that fbi director james comey will come before the committee.  | getty by madeline conway 11/06/16 11:00 am est updated 11/06/16 12:12 pm est minnesota sen. al franken on sunday said he expects that the senate judiciary committee will hold hearings on what he described as <u+201c>troubling<u+201d> and <u+201c>rogue<u+201d> conduct within the fbi. franken, a democrat, told cnn<u+2019>s jake tapper that it was <u+201c>troubling<u+201d> that fbi director james comey decided to inform congressional leaders that his agency was reviewing new materials related to its investigation of hillary clinton<u+2019>s use of a private email server so close to the november election. story continued below but franken argued that it is <u+201c>more troubling<u+201d> that there may be <u+201c>rogue elements within the fbi<u+201d> leaking information about the case, which has dominated news cycles to the chagrin of democrats and the clinton campaign. the senator didn't directly connect comey to these elements but did suggest there might be a failure of leadership on his part. franken, a member of the judiciary committee, said he is <u+201c>sure<u+201d> that comey will come before the panel. <u+201c>he should answer questions about this, and he should be able to control the fbi,<u+201d> he said. tapper followed up, and franken confirmed, <u+201c>i think that there should be hearings. and i<u+2019>m certain there will be hearings in the judiciary committee on this matter.<u+201d> by jack shafer meanwhile, the political fallout over the comey announcement continued. on sunday, a key aide to hillary clinton argued that the fbi<u+2019>s renewed investigation into clinton<u+2019>s private emails has not hurt the democratic presidential nominee. <u+201c>it obviously occupied a lot of airspace,<u+201d> chief clinton strategist joel benenson said on <u+201c>fox news sunday.<u+201d> clinton campaign chairman john podesta walked a fine line on the fbi on sunday on nbc's "meet the press." he reiterated to chuck todd that he thinks comey's announcement was a "mistake," but added that he has "never questioned his motivation." podesta had harsher words in response to the leaks coming out of the fbi, though, which he called "worrisome." "i think the men and women of the fbi are doing a tremendous job out here across the country," podesta said. "but the leakers should shut up." jeremy herb contributed to this report. by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
franken expects hearings on fbi conduct - politico
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