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a time on it. Shortly after I wrote it, I shared it with the senior leadership team of the FBI.
Mr. Gowdy. Would that include Andy McCabe, Jim Baker, and Jim Rybicki?
Mr. Comey. Yes.
Mr. Gowdy. Anyone else?
Mr. Comey. Possibly the head of the National Security Branch at the FBI, possibly the head of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI.
Mr. Gowdy. When President Obama gave his "60 Minutes" interview in October of 2015 and remarked, in the midst of your Clinton investigation, that Clinton merely committed a mistake and lacked the intent to harm national security, did you address that with him personally?
Mr. Comey. I did not.
Mr. Gowdy. Did you send word through Attorney General Loretta Lynch that it is not appropriate for the head of the executive branch to comment on a pending investigation?
Mr. Comey. I did not.
Mr. Gowdy. How did you communicate to the White House that commenting on an ongoing investigation is not appropriate?
Mr. Comey. I don't recall that I did in connection with that statement by the President.
Mr. Gowdy. President Obama said of her email arrangement, "I don't think it posed a national security problem." How would he
