Sailor in case Trump compared to Hillary Clinton’s released from prison

Published September 6, 2017 11:04pm ET



Former Navy sailor Kristian Saucier left prison Wednesday after serving nearly a year behind bars for mishandling classified information in a case that President Trump compared to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

Saucier, now 30, admitted taking six photos inside a nuclear submarine and learned his penalty during the height of last year’s presidential campaign. His lawyers unsuccessfully requested what they called the “Clinton deal,” meaning little if any punishment.

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