http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/fbi-boss-james-comey-contradicts-hill...US State Department to reopen Clinton email probe
JULY 8, 20169:46AMTHE US State Department is set to restart an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified materials while in office.
The development comes after FBI Director James Comey conceded that some of Hillary Clinton’s emails sent on a private server were classified despite her stating under oath that they weren’t.
Republican Trey Gowdy asked whether FBI investigators agreed with Ms Clinton’s claim to Congress in October 2015 that she never sent or received any items bearing classified markings.
“That is not true,” Mr Comey said. “There were a small number of portion markings on, I think, three of the documents.”
Ms Clinton’s similar claims that she never emailed “any classified material to anyone on my email” and “there is no classified material” also didn’t strike Mr Comey as accurate.
“No, there was classified material emailed,” he said.
“Secretary Clinton said she used one device. Was that true?” Mr Gowdy asked.
Quote:“We don’t want to put people in jail unless we prove that they knew they were doing something they shouldn’t do,” Mr Comey said. “That is the characteristic of all the prosecutions involving mishandling of classified information.”