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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Politics
Chris Megerian

Hillary Clinton calls FBI director's announcement about newfound emails 'deeply troubling'

Hillary Clinton sharply criticized FBI Director James Comey on Saturday, calling it "deeply troubling" for him to say he was looking into newly discovered emails related to her private server without detailing more information so close to the election.

"If you're like me, you probably have a few questions about it," Clinton told a crowd of 900 at a rally a day after Comey announced the new examination of emails.

"It is pretty strange to put something like that with so little information right before an election. It's not just strange. It's unprecedented, and it's deeply troubling. Voters deserve to get the full and complete facts."

Clinton's supporters booed when she mentioned Comey's letter to lawmakers informing them of the bureau's new steps, and she urged voters not to lose sight of what she called the campaign's important issues.

"We can't let this election in the last 10 days be about the noise and the distraction," she said.

Multiple Clinton supporters have said they weren't bothered that the FBI was reviewing additional emails that could be related to her private email server.

"I am beyond all of the politics that are going on around the campaign," Debby Fadlevich, 65, of Ormond Beach. "I support her regardless."

Fawn Russell, 62, already cast a ballot for Clinton during early voting, and when asked about the email probe, she said, "Oh, for Pete's sakes."

Russell said she agreed with what Clinton said on Friday.

"This email business has been out," she said. "People have made their mind's up."

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