Few Similarities Between Clinton, Petraeus Cases

Few Similarities Between Clinton, Petraeus Cases
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors June 26, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON  — The FBI’s recommendation against criminal charges in the Hillary Clinton email matter drew immediate comparisons to last year’s high-profile case in which the agency took the opposite position and pursued the prosecution of then-CIA Director David Petraeus.

The Petraeus case, long seen by some as a potentially analogous investigation into the mishandling of government secrets, resurfaced within minutes of the FBI’s announcement on Tuesday when Republican presidential Donald Trump tweeted: “The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less.”