FBI: No Charges Against Clinton After New Email Review

FBI Director James Comey during a hearing before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 7, 2016; Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, NC., on Nov. 3, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

 

PHILADELPHIA—FBI Director James Comey abruptly announced Sunday that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges related to newly discovered emails from her tenure at the State Department, lifting a cloud of uncertainty that has shadowed the final days of her presidential campaign.

In a letter to congressional lawmakers two days before Election Day, Comey said the FBI has worked “around the clock to process and review a large number of emails” obtained from a device belonging to Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

Comey said the review has not changed the bureau’s assessment from earlier this year that Clinton should not be prosecuted for her handling of classified information at the State Department.

Part of a Nov. 6, 2016, letter from FBI director James Comey to Congress is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 6, 2016. AP Photo/Jon Elswick