Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey said that an employee at the FBI would be “in big trouble” if they had conducted their email practices in the same fashion as Hillary Clinton did while Secretary of State.

Testifying before the House Committee on the Judiciary Wednesday, Comey was asked by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) about the “double standard” for Clinton when compared to similar cases in other areas of government.

“It just seems to me here that there was clearly a double standard going on,” Chabot said. “Like, for example, if anybody else had done this, like a soldier or a servicemen who did virtually the same thing, they would have been prosecuted — and were — but not Hillary Clinton and that’s a double standard and that’s not the way it’s supposed to work in America.”

Comey responded by noting that he disagrees with the characterization that there was a double standard. Rather, the FBI director insisted that a double standard would only have applied if Clinton had been prosecuted:

“I actually think if I — if we were to recommend she be prosecuted, that would be a double standard because Mary and Joe at the FBI or some other place, if they did this, would not be prosecuted.”

But Comey added that while Clinton’s case did not warrant a prosecution, it would have resulted in severe discipline under his authority:

“They’d be disciplined. They’d be in big trouble in the FBI if you did this, you would not be prosecuted. That wouldn’t be fair.”

Comey has testified multiple times in front of congressional committees since he announced the FBI would not recommend the Justice Department pursue charges against Clinton in July.

While he has continued to say no charges are warranted, action certainly would have been taken to discipline those who conducted similar practices.