“This Is Unprecedented”: Watch Fox Hosts Spar Over FBI Director's Handling Of Clinton Emails

From the November 1 edition of Fox News' The Five:

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GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST):  Well, I mean it did. Comey used to be their homie and he said “No, you don't know me.” Anyway, the media is in a panic. This is about -- the media is in a panic because now they are forced to confront their bad candidate. Before, they could hide behind the gender flag. That was all you needed, historical choice, the first woman. But all it took was a strong wind to blow that flag away and now you're stuck with Hillary Rodham Clinton, the same person that you saw for the last 20 years. Sometimes being a woman isn't enough. You have to be a good person, too, Juan.

JUAN WILLIAMS (CO-HOST): Well I don't know. I'm so struck by this that you think it's all the liberal media. Because I pick up the conservative media and I read like Bret Stevens calling for Comey -- Brett Stevens a Wall Street Journal, leading columnist. 

GUTFELD: And Jeanine Pirro to be fair -- 

WILLIAMS: Yeah, and I hear Judge Napolitano on Fox News saying, “You know what? What Comey did was  outrageous.” And then I pick up and I read, as Dana pointed out, Republican and Democratic former Justice Department, FBI officials saying the idea that the FBI director would come out with this at the 11th hour in the midst of a presidential campaign is unprecedented and a violation of standards. And even The Wall Street Journal editorial this morning said that it could be cowardice on the part of the Attorney General Loretta Lynch who was fearful that Comey would resign, it would be an even bigger storm. And if she didn't say to him, “Hey, listen, don't do this.” It's her fault. But, all of this is about the idea that something unprecedented has happened here and it's not about the media. It's about what is going on in Washington. 

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