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Posted on: June 12, 2023 at 11:56:10 CT
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Comey tells Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, that there is "no doubt" that some of Clinton's lawyers who sifted through her emails did not have security clearance.
"Did Hillary Clinton give non-cleared people access to classified information?" Chaffetz asked.
"Yes," Comey said, though he noted that there was no evidence of criminal intent by Clinton in allowing her lawyers to sort through the emails.
Pushing back on Republican characterizations of his recommendation adhering to a "double standard" when it comes to Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said it would instead be a "double standard" if the former secretary of state was prosecuted.
"You know what would be a double standard? If she was prosecuted for gross negligence," Comey noted. "She was negligent. That I can establish."
Comey said that "no charges are appropriate in this case," giving the reason that "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." The FBI director did note, however, that Clinton and her staff were "extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."