If Comey did this to save face - because of pressure from inside the Bureau - I suspect he just jumped squarely out of the frying pan. He's taking the exact opposite route of John Roberts. When Comey decided that no reasonable prosecutor would indict Clinton in July, he was feted - clearly this was that rarest of Republicans, reasonable, intelligent, fair minded. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the Times, the Post, Politico, they loved him!
That's all gone in less than 12 hours. He is now no more than a political hack. Front of usatoday.com is about Hillary demanding the FBI turn over the goods - as if she's the one pursuing justice and Comey is the one hiding stuff. Amazing.....