Investigation into Hillary Clinton’s personal email system closed without charges

FBI Director James Comey strongly defended his decision not to prosecute presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server during a congressional panel hearing on Thursday.

Trey Gowdy made the point more effectively, bringing up various statements Clinton had made about her emails and then asking Comey to verify the truth of what she said, based on his investigation.

In a news conference after the NATO Summit in Warsaw Saturday – his first since FBI Director James Comey announced the findings of a year-long FBI investigation Tuesday – Obama interrupted a reporter who tried to ask him about Clinton’s emails.

“You’ll have one, you’ll have one in the next few hours”, the Utah Republican responded.

It is a crime to mishandle classified information, and while Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey said there was evidence Mrs Clinton or her aides may have broken these laws, there was not enough evidence of criminal intent for a prosecution.

Clinton, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has come under fire for using a private email server while she was secretary of state.

In a later exchange with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) Comey said Clinton wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand what information was classified and what wasn’t. Comey said he hadn’t reviewed that testimony, but was aware of its existence, and noted that there hadn’t been a referral from Congress to investigate the veracity of the testimony.

“We don’t want to put people in jail unless we can prove they knew they were doing something they shouldn’t do”, Comey said. That she was an entirely incompetent Secretary of State.

A Clinton spokesman said Republicans’ efforts to deny her the briefings was “another blatantly political stunt”.

“Across government you’re seeing this problem”, he said.

The implication was clear: Several Clinton statements to the committee about the emails were not accurate.

Will Hurd (R-TX), a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who had some tough questions for Comey at the hearing.

To ensure that US presidents enter office fully prepared for their new gig, America’s intelligence agencies provide major-party nominees with classified security briefings throughout the fall campaign. “At the very least, Secretary Clinton should not have access to classified information and our bill makes sure of it”.