I care a lot about privacy. I also care an awful lot about public safety. There continues to be a huge collision between those two things we care about.

Sometimes the FBI is assigned to do background checks on people who are coming into government in the executive office of the president. Other times, not. A lot of times there are people who are arriving with clearances that already exist.

The Clinton investigation was a completed investigation that the FBI had been deeply involved in, so I had an opportunity to understand all the facts and apply those facts against the law as I understood them. This investigation was under way - still going when I was fired. So it's nowhere near in the same place.

WikiLeaks is a important focus of our attention.

We have no basis to conclude she [Hillary Clinton] lied to the FBI.

If conduct is intentional, it could subject some of the criminal liability.

I care a lot about privacy. I also care an awful lot about public safety. There continues to be a huge collision between those two things we care about.