WaPo | FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that while Hillary
Clinton and her staff were “extremely careless” in how they handled
emails while she was secretary of state, the bureau would not recommend criminal charges. Here is a transcript of Comey’s prepared remarks released by the FBI:
Good
morning. I’m here to give you an update on the FBI’s investigation of
Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail system during her time as
Secretary of State.
After a tremendous amount of work over the
last year, the FBI is completing its investigation and referring the
case to the Department of Justice for a prosecutive decision. What I
would like to do today is tell you three things: what we did; what we
found; and what we are recommending to the Department of Justice.
This
will be an unusual statement in at least a couple ways. First, I am
going to include more detail about our process than I ordinarily would,
because I think the American people deserve those details in a case of
intense public interest. Second, I have not coordinated or reviewed this
statement in any way with the Department of Justice or any other part
of the government. They do not know what I am about to say.
I
want to start by thanking the FBI employees who did remarkable work in
this case. Once you have a better sense of how much we have done, you
will understand why I am so grateful and proud of their efforts.
