FBI Director Comey criticizes Clinton for being 'extremely careless' with classified information

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:

Comey also said 110 messages sent or received via Clinton's server were marked classified at the time they were transmitted, including eight deemed "Top Secret." Clinton has long maintained that no messages that came through the server were originally marked as classified.

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