FBI says Clinton's private email handling was 'extremely careless' but recommends no charges
On 5 July 2016 FBI Director James Comey announced the end of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as Secretary of State. He said Clinton and her staff had been 'extremely careless' with classified information but that the FBI would not recommend criminal charges.
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On 5 July 2016 FBI Director James Comey announced the end of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as Secretary of State. He said Clinton and her staff had been 'extremely careless' with classified information but that the FBI would not recommend criminal charges.
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Hillary Clinton
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FBI says Clinton's private email handling was 'extremely careless' but recommends no charges. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.businessinsider.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: comey+extremely careless+clinton · verified
- 2.politifact.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: comey+extremely careless+clinton · verified
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Factrail. (2026). FBI says Clinton's private email handling was 'extremely careless' but recommends no charges. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fbi-finds-clinton-email-handling-extremely-careless-2016-07-05
https://factrail.ai/facts/fbi-finds-clinton-email-handling-extremely-careless-2016-07-05
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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