Before anyone else is confused while reading the article, this was published January 4th.
Comey: DNC denied FBI's requests for access to hacked servers
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313555-comey-fbi...
Who forgot to adjust their clock for leap half year?
I already had to vouch for it, but I doubt this will survive another 10 minutes of the flagging / downvote brigade.
January 4 was about two months after the election, not “during the most frantic moments of the election.”