The FBI is recommending that no charges be brought against Hillary Clinton in connection with her email use while secretary of State, FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday. “No reasonable prosecutor” would bring such a case, Comey said. Comey, a Republican, was appointed FBI director by President Obama in 2013. But “unusual transparency” was warranted in this case because of the intense public interest in it, Comey said. But although the FBI is not recommending charges, the FBI director did strongly criticize Clinton’s handling of classified information in her email, calling it “extremely careless.”The announcement comes three days after FBI agents and Justice Department officials interviewed Clinton at FBI headquarters – a step that had long been forecast as the final move in the investigation.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 05, 2016 15:22 UTC