washington fbi director jam comey thursday defend handle democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton email investigation contentious u.s. presidential election accord message fbi staff report abc news comey federal bureau investigation come criticism republicans democrats amid investigation democrat hillary clinton use personal email server u.s. secretary state would lie say external criticism bother truth bother much way make decision comey say new year message abc report every turn last year face choose among bad options make decisions know would bring torrent criticism furious criticism come comey disclose fbi examine trove newly discover clinton email 11 days nov. vote new trove change fbi decision recommend criminal charge clinton comey say week late clinton cite decision turn point cost election republican businessman donald trump comey defend action 'challenging u.s. election year