Obama Avoids FBI Mention in Ohio Campaign Stop for Clinton
- Obama describes ‘noise’ and ‘distractions’ in campaign
- White House seeks to distance itself from attacks on FBI chief
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President Barack Obama went to Ohio on Tuesday to campaign for Hillary Clinton and avoided mentioning the biggest threat confronting her candidacy: the decision by FBI director James Comey to publicly renew a probe related to Clinton’s e-mail system.
“There’s noise and there’s distractions,’’ Obama said at a campaign rally near Columbus. “I want you to tune all of that out.”