In a press conference Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey summarized his bureau's findings after its extensive investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. While Comey said the FBI found no evidence that Clinton intentionally acted outside the law, and concluded Clinton and her team did not intentionally withhold evidence, he did say that Clinton was "extremely careless" with the information she was privy to:
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