FBI Director James Comey said on July 5 that Hillary Clinton did send and receive classified emails during her time as secretary of state, but shouldn't be charged with criminal misconduct. (Reuters) FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that his agency will not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state but called Clinton and her staff "extremely careless" in handling sensitive material. The announcement means that Clinton will not have to fear criminal, legal liability as her campaign moves forward, though Comey leveled sharp criticism at the past email practices of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and called into question many of the defenses she has raised in recent weeks. The FBI director said those who acted as Clinton and her staffers did were "often subject to security or administrative sanctions," though in comparing her case with similar investigations in the past, the bureau did not find