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Comey's testimony on Huma Abedin forwarding emails was inaccurate

Much of what Comey said was inaccurate. Now the FBI is trying to figure out what to do about it

FBI Director James Comey (www.fbi.gov)
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Peter Elkind | ProPublica
FBI director James Comey generated national headlines last week with his dramatic testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his "incredibly painful" decision to go public about the Hillary Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop.
Perhaps Comey's most surprising revelation was that Huma Abedin — Weiner's wife and a top Clinton deputy — had made "a regular practice" of forwarding "hundreds and thousands" of Clinton messages to her husband, "some of which contain classified information." Comey testified that Abedin had done this so that the disgraced former congressman could print them out for her boss. (Weiner's laptop was seized after

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