[Genoa]

Comey shied away from calling it a “criminal investigation”. . . but gosh, it’s an investigation by the FBI, what else would it be?

[Mouton]

that is all they do.

[pgkdan]

Comey shied away from calling it a “criminal investigation”. . . but gosh, it’s an investigation by the FBI, what else would it be?

What else indeed? In my mind when the FBI is conducting an investigation, calling it a criminal investigation would be redundant. That's what they do...criminal investigations. They're not a bunch of private detectives.