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Hillary Clinton and the FBI investigation of her emails
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Jul 5, 2016
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Hillary Clinton and the FBI investigation of her emails
This morning the FBI announced that there would be no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 5, 2016.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns at a recent event in Los Angeles
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This morning the FBI announced that there would be no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State.

This morning the FBI announced that there would be no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State.

Here is FBI Director James Comey speaking to reporters today.

He went on to say that the investigation uncovered extremely “careless” behavior by Secretary Clinton and her staff, but that no charges were appropriate.

For more on what was said and how this will play on the campaign trail, we speak to Adam Wollner  senior analyst for the National Journal.