FBI: Hillary Clinton will not be charged over emails after new review
Jamie Roberton
Former Health and Science Producer
Hillary Clinton will face no criminal charges over her private email server following a review of newly discovered emails, the FBI has announced.
James Comey, the much-criticised FBI director, told Congress in a letter that investigators had finished its investigation but had found no evidence to change its original conclusion.
Ms Clinton's main rival for the presidency said she had been protected by a "rigged system".
ITV News Europe Editor James Mates reports on the FBI's findings from a Hillary Clinton rally in Ohio
The agency said in July that Clinton had been "extremely careless" but had not committed any crime in handling confidential material on a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.
Mr Comey threw the presidential campaign into turmoil on October 28 when he announced a new probe following the discovery of new emails.
They were reportedly found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and estranged husband of one of her top aides.
Hillary Clinton "rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders" when she was told the news, according to CBS.
She does not plan on addressing the FBI's decision in her speeches in the final days, her communications chief told ITV News' Matt Williams.
Brian Fallon, Clinton's press secretary, tweeted that her campaign was "always confident".
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said the latest FBI findings on Ms Clinton's emails "should finally close the door on this Republican sideshow".
The House Democrats added that in the coming days they will have "many questions about the FBI's handling of this investigation".
US Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said that despite the FBI's latest findings, Ms Clinton had still "put our nation's secrets at risk".
Following the FBI's announcement, Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, tweeted to brand Ms Clinton "reckless and careless".
While Reince Priebus, Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said he still believed Ms Clinton "broke the law" despite the statement from the FBI clearing her.
The US Department of Justice said along with the FBI they "dedicated all necessary resources" to finish the review of the newly found emails as promptly as possible.