Hillary Clinton email probe re-opened by FBI days before US election as Trump says 'justice will be done'
The FBI has re-opened its investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails with just days to go until the US election.
In
a letter to members of Congress, the agency's director James Comey
revealed new messages have been found that are "pertinent to the
investigation".
In July, FBI officials had recommended that no
charges should be brought over the controversy which centres around Ms
Clinton's use of a private email server to exchange messages with staff
and other officials.
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The FBI has re-opened its investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails with just days to go until the US election.
In
a letter to members of Congress, the agency's director James Comey
revealed new messages have been found that are "pertinent to the
investigation".
In July, FBI officials had recommended that no
charges should be brought over the controversy which centres around Ms
Clinton's use of a private email server to exchange messages with staff
and other officials.
Her use of a private email server led many to think she was
hiding secret information and putting the nation’s security at risk
however she did not face a trial over the allegations.
REUTERS
Officials say the emails were discovered after the FBI
seized devices belonging to Clinton campaign aide Huma Abedin and her
husband Anthony Weiner.
He is being investigated after allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
Her
rival Donald Trump was quick to react to the announcement saying the
decision not to charge Ms Clinton was a "grave miscarriage of justice"
and added: "Perhaps justice will finally be done."
Reuters
He said: "Hillary Clinton’s corruption is on a scale we have
never seen before. We must not let her take her criminal scheme into
the Oval Office.
"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.
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