According to the State Department report, Democrat presidential candidate and former Secretary Hillary Clinton exchanged over twenty classified emails with top members of her department on her private and unsecured email server.
Clinton shared private information with her head of staff and deputy secretary of state in emails sent between 2011 and 2012 while she was secretary of state.
James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed during a news conference on July 5, 2016, that several emails sent to the former secretary of state using her private server had marks indicating the presence of highly classified information. Comey's claim contradicted the former secretary argument that she never shared any emails marked as classified on her unsecured server.
To electronically send and receive classified data, senior government officials must utilize an exclusive secured system usually, @state.gov email addresses.
Action to Be Taken
The Justice Department should not take any legal action on Hillary Clinton since there is no sufficient proof that she deliberately shared classified information.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents failed to find massive amounts of disclosed classified information.
In addition, they did not get evidence that Clinton intended to betray the nation or block justice.
Though the FBI director admitted Clinton carelessly handled classified information, he acknowledged that it was not enough to sustain a prosecution.
Conclusion
FBI Chief James Comey confirmed last year that he does not approve criminal charges regarding the former secretary use of a private email server while heading the department.
His stand, nevertheless, will not put to rest the political controversy surrounding the case.
Though the law allows the use of private emails during emergencies, it prohibits officials from sending and receiving classified information on them.
