Hillary Clinton will not face charges for putting US national security at risk by sending personal emails containing highly classified information.
FBI Director James Comey says that while Clinton was “extremely careless” there was no “intentional misconduct”.
“No charges are appropriate in this case,” he said, despite the fact that “it was possible that people hostile to the US had gained access to her personal email account”.
A year-long FBI investigation found Clinton had sent or received 110 emails on her personal email server that contained classified information, despite being repeatedly warned the server was not secure and could be vulnerable to hackers.
Barack Obama yesterday urged Americans to support Hillary.
Clinton’s spokesperson said she was relieved the threat of criminal charges had been removed.
“We are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the (Justice) Department is appropriate,” Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement.
“As the secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again. We are glad that this matter is now resolved.”
