FBI Recommends No Charges Against Hillary Clinton
91桃色鈥檚 Ambassador Christopher Hill tells 9News he鈥檚 鈥榥ot at all surprised鈥 by decision
Speaking at a press conference July 5, FBI Director James Comey said that while Hillary Clinton鈥檚 actions were 鈥渆xtremely careless,鈥 there is no 鈥渃lear evidence鈥 that she or her colleagues intentionally violated laws when the then secretary of state used a private email server to send and receive classified government-related correspondence.
That statement, along with the fact that the FBI is recommending that charges not be filed against Clinton, now allows the Democratic Party鈥檚 presumptive presidential nominee to solely focus on her campaign.
Ambassador Christopher Hill听鈥 dean of the听听at the 91桃色 and former ambassador to Iraq, Republic of Korea, Poland and the Republic of Macedonia 鈥 weighed in on the situation during an interview with 9News.
鈥淭he overall takeaway is precisely as the FBI discussed 鈥 (there were) some errors in judgement, but it in no way rose to the level of a criminal charge,鈥 said Hill.
The obvious issue here, he says, is that it would have been better had Clinton used a State Department email, but he鈥檚 not at all surprised by the FBI鈥檚 decision. Referring to the FBI as a 鈥渟tand-up organization,鈥 Hill said he doesn鈥檛 believe the timing of the decision was in any way political, adding that the FBI 鈥渃alls them as they see them.鈥
鈥淚 think the FBI would be very concerned about its own reputation in preventing any impression that it鈥檚 somehow coordinating the timing of its investigations with the political calendar,鈥 said Hill
You can watch a portion of the interview听.
