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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday lashed out anew at the F.B.I. director he fired in May, charging that James B. Comey had “exonerated” Hillary Clinton before fully completing the investigation into her use of a private email server. In an early morning tweet that appeared to seize on a statement from two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Mr. Comey’s handling of the inquiry, Mr. Trump complained of “a rigged system,” returning to his grudge against the former F.B.I. chief. While the president had initially cited Mr. Comey’s conduct in the Clinton investigation as the reason for his ouster in May, he later conceded that he had been stewing about Mr. Comey’s focus on possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to sway the election when he decided to dismiss him. “Wow, looks like James Comey exonerated Hillary Clinton long before the investigation was over,” Mr. Trump wrote on Friday. “A rigged system!” Two Republican senators said on Thursday that Mr. Comey had begun drafting his statement recommending not to charge Mrs. Clinton before interviewing key aides in the investigation. The president’s message came at the end of a week during which Mr. Trump and his aides have worked to portray the president as singularly focused on the devastating toll of storms pummeling Texas and Louisiana, and to project a more empathetic image for Mr. Trump. Just before posting his complaint about Mr. Comey, Mr. Trump used Twitter to praise the respons... Link to the full article to read more