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James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told lawmakers in a letter released Sunday that a review of new e-mails found connected to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton uncovered nothing to change the bureau’s view that had Clinton broken no law when she used a private e-mail server.
The announcement comes two weeks after the FBI director informed the chairmen and ranking members of Congressional committees in a previous letter that the bureau had found new e-mails related to the Clinton investigation, and was reviewing them. Comey’s ill-timed revelation, just over a week before Election Day, came under intense criticism from Democrats, including from Clinton, the Democrats’ nominee for president, as well as some Republicans. Other Republicans, including Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, had seized on that news.
“Since my letter,” Comey told lawmakers Sunday about his original Oct. 28 note to them, “the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation.
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Source: Ars Technica – FBI stands on July conclusion that Clinton broke no law in e-mail flap