FBI director “may have cost” Clinton election, top campaign aide says

Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta blasted FBI Director James Comey in the wake of Donald Trump's victory. (credit: Fortune Live Media)

The post-election autopsies and fingerpointing have been non-stop in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory over Hillary Clinton. James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is now among those officially being blamed by the Clinton campaign.

According to The Hill, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta reportedly told supporters in a private conference call Thursday that Comey is "who we think may have cost us the election."

Podesta was referencing Comey's actions last month. Eleven days before the election, Comey spun heads from the left and the right when he forwarded a letter to congressional leaders, saying the bureau had renewed its investigation into Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state. Months before in July, Comey announced Clinton was "extremely careless" but recommended no prosecution after an FBI investigation.