Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is doing a happy dance today after the FBI announced that they would not recommend criminal charges be brought over her “extremely careless” handling of “very sensitive, highly classified information” that she access from her personal email server.
Clinton’s campaign quickly released this statement:“We are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the Department is appropriate…As the Secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again. We are glad that this matter is now resolved.”
Now it was Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s turn to comment.
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Trump took to Twitter (as usual) and pounced on Clinton:
Crooked Hillary Clinton lied to the FBI and to the people of our country. She is sooooo guilty. But watch, her time will come!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2016
The rigged system may have helped Hillary Clinton escape criminal charges, but…https://t.co/KO64IAMDgj pic.twitter.com/8CBSfNpl2l
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2016
Crooked Hillary has once again been proven to be a person who is dishonest, incompetent and of very bad judgement.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2016
Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team “were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” Not fit!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2016
Considering that Florida is the biggest swing state in the nation, and because so much is at stake for Republicans down the ballot this November, we thought it would be interesting to post what current GOP elected officials running for re-election had to say about the FBI’s findings.
  Sen. Marco Rubio:“The FBI concluded what many Americans have known for quite some time, which is that Hillary Clinton’s conduct as Secretary of State and her mishandling of classified information was disgraceful and unbecoming of someone who aspires to the presidency. There is simply no excuse for Hillary Clinton’s decision to set up a home-cooked email system which left sensitive and classified national security information vulnerable to theft and exploitation by America’s enemies. Her actions were grossly negligent, damaged national security and put lives at risk.
“Hillary Clinton’s actions have sent the worst message to the millions of hard-working federal employees who hold security clearances and are expected to go to great lengths to secure sensitive government information and abide by the rules. They don’t take their oaths lightly, and we shouldn’t expect any less of their leaders.”
RPOF Chairman, state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia:
“The findings of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s wrongful use of a secret email server confirm why she is unqualified to be commander in chief. Her continued poor judgment in handling top secret, classified information and willingness to go around the law for personal convenience is a complete disregard for the office and American people she represented. Furthermore, the FBI’s findings shows that Hillary’s explanation to her use of a secret server is a complete and direct contradiction to the truth. She may not be indicted by a grand jury but this stunning admission by the FBI to her blatant disregard for the rules set up to protect national security will convict her in the court of public opinion.”
Rep. Dennis Ross:“FBI Director Comey’s recommendation today to not prosecute former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her gross negligence and dangerous mishandling of sensitive and secret government information through numerous unprotected, unofficial email devices and servers is greatly disturbing. Moreover, this recommendation definitively shows the American people that government officials under the Obama Administration are unjustly above the law and routinely suffer no consequences for their egregious actions.
“Director Comey confirmed today what we already knew—Hillary Clinton repeatedly lied when she insisted that no classified emails were exchanged through her unprotected servers. More unnerving, her careless actions put our national security and American lives at risk. The American people have every reason not to trust Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, the damage to our rule of law has been done, setting a frightening precedent. Americans have expressed concerns to me about the idea of a ‘protected political class’ for years, and this recommendation confirms that fear. The Department of Justice should reject Director Comey’s recommendation, restore the trust of the American people, and, as it stands for, ensure justice is fully pursued and advocated.
Rep. Ron DeSantis:
“Today’s recommendation that Secretary Clinton face no charges is baffling. The FBI investigation into Clinton found that she was ‘extremely careless’ in handling highly classified information, that numerous email chains contained top secret information that Hillary should have known could not be stored or transmitted on an unsecured server, that Hillary failed to turnover thousands of work-related emails to the State Department, that hostile actors may have hacked into Clinton’s email account, and that a person engaged in similar conduct would face serious security and administrative consequences. The evidence uncovered in the investigation further demonstrates that Secretary Clinton did not tell the public the truth about her email arrangements and her handling of classified information, and failed to produce all relevant emails as she was required to do.
