Just minutes after a letter written by the FBI director to Congress was released -- signaling a continuation of the investigation into emails belonging to Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- Donald Trump seized upon the revelation at the top of a campaign rally in New Hampshire.
“I need to open with a very critical breaking news announcement,” said Trump. “The FBI has just sent a letter to Congress informing them that they have discovered new emails pertaining to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s investigation.”
He added: “And they are reopening the case into her criminal and illegal conduct that threatens the security of the United States of America.”
James Comey, the director of the FBI, wrote in the letter this afternoon that “in connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation [of Clinton’s personal email server.]”
Comey added that the FBI would “take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.”
In July, Comey announced that the bureau would not be recommending charges against Clinton after concluding its investigation. He later defended the decision in a politically divided appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Trump has sought to make Clinton’s handling of classified information while secretary of state a campaign issue throughout the year, often questioning at campaign rallies how she avoided charges.
Today, the Republican presidential nominee applauded the decision to examine further emails and scrutinize the original investigation.
“I have great respect for the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made,” said Trump. “This was a grave miscarriage of justice that the American people fully understood. And it is everybody's hope that it is about to be corrected.”
Clinton has not yet commented on Comey's letter.
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