Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election. As the F.B.I. investigated Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign, James B. Comey tried to keep the bureau out of politics but plunged it into the center of a bitter election. APRIL 22, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/us/politics/james-comey-election.html