careless" but recommended no prosecution after an FBI investigation.

Trump, who labeled his opponent "Crooked Hillary" throughout the campaign, seized on the October 28 letter. Some members of Congress urged Comey to resign while others said the director may have broken laws designed to prevent federal employees from influencing elections.

Then, two days before the election, the director sent congressional leaders another letter saying Clinton was in the clear. As the race neared, some polls were tightening.

In his statements, Podesta also blamed the media for the Clinton loss. "The media always covered her as the person who would be president and therefore tried to eviscerate her before the election, but covered Trump who was someone who was entertaining and sort of gave him a pass," he said, according to Theacross the state, according to the statement.

Criteria used in the evaluation of the bids – where Vineyard Wind emerged the winner, in May – included an economic evaluation of the benefits for ratepayers, the project’s ability to foster employment and economic development in Massachusetts, and the project’s environmental impacts and the extent to which a project demonstrates that it avoids or mitigates impacts to natural resources and tourism, according to the statement.

The department’s order on Tuesday approved the selection of Vineyard Wind – which plans to build 84 turbines south of Martha’s Vineyard – and found that the contracts are cost-effective as well as in the public interest, according to the statement.

In August 2016, Governor Baker signed into law an energy diversification measure requiring utilities to competitively solicit