Just hours after the FBI recommended Hillary Clinton not be criminally charged by the DOJ, CNN was already dredging up sympathy for Hillary. On CNN Tonight July 5, anchor Don Lemon repeatedly brought up Clinton’s gender in an attempt to show that Clinton was somehow getting harsher treatment than she would if she was a man.

Lemon began by comparing the hearing to “fireworks,” claiming that “the men at the top” were trying to keep Clinton from becoming President

DON LEMON: On the day after the Fourth of July weekend, the real fireworks are on the campaign trail. This is CNN TONIGHT. I'm Don Lemon. When you're the first woman with a real shot at winning the White House, you know at least one thing is for sure, the men at the top are going to have a lot to say about you. First, I want you to listen to the FBI director James Comey's blistering statement of Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal.