5 Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, June 08, 2017

5. Comey Had 'Queasy Feeling' Over Loretta Lynch Order

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens to Attorney General Loretta Lynch (R) before the awards ceremony for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor in the White House East Room in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2016. | (Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

During his testimony, Comey mentioned having a "queasy feeling" over an order given by then Attorney General Loretta Lynch regarding the investigation into then Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's email server issues.

According to Comey, Lynch told him to refrain from calling it an "investigation" and instead to label it a "matter."

"She said yes, don't call it that, call it a matter. I said why would I do that? She said, just call it a matter. You look back in hindsight, if I looked back and said this isn't worth dying on so I just said the press is going to completely ignore it," said Comey.

"That's what happened when I said we opened a matter. They all reported the FBI has an investigation open. So that concerned me because that language tracked the way the campaign was talking about the FBI's work and that's concerning."