"As long as the FBI is in the game he might as well stay around at least until the convention," Newt Gingrich says of Bernie Sanders. | AP Gingrich: Sanders staying in race because of Clinton FBI probe

Bernie Sanders is not yet leaving the Democratic race for president because of the ongoing FBI investigation into the private server Hillary Clinton used for official business as secretary of state, Newt Gingrich suggested Friday.

"First of all, if I were Bernie and I think this is what he’s doing, why should he drop out before the FBI drops out?" Gingrich remarked on "Fox & Friends."


He added, "As long as the FBI is in the game he might as well stay around at least until the convention."

Sanders, for his part, on Thursday indicated a willingness to work with Clinton to defeat Donald Trump in the general election while stopping short of dropping out before Tuesday's primary in the District of Columbia, the final event on the Democratic calendar.