And one of the reasons to announce the findings and conclusions with regard to this matter now in September is so that there would not be any lingering cloud that would hover over the First Lady's campaign or over the electoral process as we move now closer to November. I thought it important to be able to render that judgment now so that the country has the benefit of my findings and conclusions and also the benefit of the fact that the investigation was brought to closure and that there was in fact an end. Well, I hope the public comes to respect the fact that a process was engaged in. It was not a perfect process. Good people tried to do the best that they could do to reach appropriate conclusions.
Investigations are time consuming.
They take too long. Money is expended. Investigators are hired. Prosecutors have to review the record. It is difficult.