Eli Lake, Columnist

The FBI Wants to Make America Great Again

It sure seems like the bureau is trying to send a message about next week’s election

Not in an enviable position.

Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Maybe it’s just me, but I think the FBI is trying to send a message about next week’s election.

It’s not just that FBI Director James Comey informed Congress that there may be things on Anthony Weiner’s computer pertinent to his investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server. Nor is it the extraordinary Wall Street Journal coverage this week that revealed frustrations in the bureau over alleged Justice Department pressure to slow-walk an investigation into the Clinton Foundation.