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Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:11:28 -0700

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FBI's Comey: I feel 'pressure' to quickly finish Clinton email probe<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hillary-clinton-email-investigation-fbi-james-comey-223071>

By JOSH GERSTEIN<http://www.politico.com/staff/josh-gerstein>

05/11/16 01:23 PM EDT

FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he feels "pressure" to complete the federal investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server competently and quickly.

However, Comey said the pressure is similar to other high-profile cases the bureau handles such as terrorism investigations.

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"We want to do it well and we want to do it promptly. I feel pressure to do both of those things," Comey told reporters during a roundtable at FBI headquarters. "As between the two things, we will always choose 'well.'"

Comey indicated he's not taking into account political events, including the upcoming conventions or the fall election.

"I don't tether to any external deadline," the FBI chief said.

Comey swatted away a series of questions about the status of the investigation, describing it only as "ongoing."

Asked about complaints from some security clearance holders that they would be in jail if they acted similarly to Clinton, the FBI director declined to comment directly, but said: "There's no special set of rules for anybody that the FBI investigates."

In response to another question, Comey said he wasn't familiar with the term "security inquiry" that Clinton and her aides have used to describe the ongoing probe. Comey said he considers the work agents are doing to be an "investigation."

"It's in our name. I'm not familiar with the term 'security inquiry','" the director said.

However, he passed up the chance to repeat a reporter's characterization of it as a "criminal" probe.

Lauren Hendricks