They were following up on the new information and it didn't need to be made public.
I think the masses of Americans can't see the forest for the trees.
This whole thing comes down to an Obama cover-up. Let's be crystal clear.
Obama had his email communications with Clinton sealed. He did this by invoking a dubious presidential-records privilege. The White House 'insisted'...LOL... that the matter had nothing to do with the contents of the emails, 'of course'; rather, it was intended to vindicate the principle of confidentiality in presidential communications with close advisers. With the media content to play along, this had a twofold benefit:
Obama was able
(1) to sidestep disclosure without acknowledging that the emails contained classified information and
(2) to avoid using the term executive privilege with all its dark Watergate connotations even though that was precisely what he was invoking.
They thought she would win, and now that she didn't...the **** is hitting the fan.
Ok...so, Heres what we know:
(1) It appears that from the start, Comey had no intention of prosecuting Hillary Clinton.
(2) Comeys hand-selected team looking into the Trump and Clinton allegations included numerous members who disliked Trump and had ties to the Democratic Party.
(3) If Clinton had been found guilty of mishandling classified information (or even simply charged), President Obama might have also faced intense scrutiny, and possibly an investigation of his own, because Obama also emailed Clinton on her private server.
(4) It appears President Obama deliberately tried to use executive privilege to conceal the fact that he had communicated with Clinton via her private email server, which could be a crime if classified information had been exchanged. If those emails didnt contain important information, why did Obamas team work so hard to keep them from the public?
(5) Comey recommended Clinton not be prosecuted for using an illegal email server.
Im not a lawyer, but I think it would be exceptionally difficult to prove any president is guilty of obstructing justice after interfering with an FBI investigation. Presidents are in charge of managing the executive branch, and the Department of Justice and FBI both fall under that umbrella. However, if liberals continue to suggest Trump is guilty of such a crime for firing Comey while he was investigating alleged collusion, then they could end up putting President Obama who we now know had plenty of good, selfish reasons for ending the Clinton email investigation in an exceptionally difficult situation.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is your government. What a mess.