Comey: Immunity the quickest way to get Clinton aide’s laptop

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The FBI put haste ahead of ensuring prosecutions when it decided to grant immunity to Hillary Clinton’s top aide at the State Department, Director James Comey said Tuesday.

“The FBI’s judgment was we need to get to that laptop,” Comey said, explaining the immunity deal given to Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s chief of staff at State, was limited only to information contained on her computer.

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