If Hillary Clinton wins, she’ll be forced to work with an FBI she hates – but it’s not just the Democrats asking questions

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Bill Clinton, ruminating with a group of journalists about appointing a director of the FBI in 1993, declared with a grin: “It’s going to be hard to fill J Edgar Hoover’s… pumps”. Matthew Miller, who served under former US Attorney General Eric Holder, echoed the view of many law enforcement officials when he stressed: “Not even Hoover did anything publicly in the closing day of an election that could be seen as tipping the scales.” Hillary Clinton attacks FBI handling of email review Tim Weiner, the author of a history of the FBI, had supported the appointment of Comey as director, but now sees his actions as “a blind use of the prosecutorial sword … Somewhere, tearing wings off flies in a dark star chamber in the sky, J Edgar Hoover is smiling.” Last week’s announcement about Hillary Clinton’s emails was not the first time that Comey has been called into question. Except it wasn’t luck, it was James Comey.” Security officials point out the irony of Trump now lauding the FBI: he has been highly critical of the American security and intelligence agencies during his campaign. Flynn’s chief qualification as intelligence assessor it seems, for Trump, is that he is “a real fan of mine feels like I do about illegal immigration, in particular.” US security officials, in turn, have been worried about Trump’s statements on carrying out nuclear strikes, his public expressions of admiration for Vladimir Putin and acceptance of the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea, and his hiring of men with commercial ties to Russia.