You don't think the alleged arch enemy of Trump could have waited an additional 11 days to release the Clinton email findings if he wanted to? There was no expectation or pressure on him to lob that hand grenade into the election. This is why Democrats were so furious with him after Clinton lost by such a slim margin in those key states. Carter Page and Manafort are completely irrelevant.they didn't WANT to release information before the election because they knew that they were the ones setting it all up. they were the ones using carter page and paul manafort etc to get these FISAs so they could surveil the trump/cruz campaigns.
So i'm curious, what "simpler means in their back pockets" do you think they had?
It's as simple as this: if Comey wanted to bring down Trump and give an assist to Hillary, he would have publicized the Russia investigation and hid the email investigation. How is this difficult to grasp?