Comey says FBI did not 'give a hoot about politics' in Clinton email probe
WASHINGTON _ FBI Director James Comey on Thursday defended his decision to recommend that no criminal charges be brought in the investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
Testifying before a House committee, Comey said that he and his team of FBI agents didn't "give a hoot about politics" in reaching their determination, which was accepted by Attorney General Loretta Lynch in formally closing the investigation into the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's handling of classified information.
Comey said a key reason for his conclusion was that Clinton did not knowingly send classified information despite displaying "great carelessness" and at times lack of sophistication.
"I do not see evidence that is sufficient to establish that Secretary Clinton or those with whom she was corresponding both talked about classified information on email and knew when they did it, that they were doing something that was against the law," Comey said.
_ Tribune Washington Bureau
