Hillary Clinton told reporters Friday evening she doubts the FBI’s revelation that it found emails possibly related to her private server would affect the 2016 election, claiming voters made up their minds about the scandal a long time ago.
The Democratic nominee’s remark came after a reporter asked Friday at a press conference, “You have 11 days to go. What would you say to a voter who, right now, will be seeing you and hearing what you’re saying, saying, ‘I didn’t trust her before. I don’t trust her anymore right now.’ And they’re heading to the ballot box tomorrow.”
Clinton dismissed the concern.
“You know, I think people a long time ago made up their minds about the emails. I think that’s factored in to what people think and now they’re choosing a president,” the Democratic nominee said. “So I would urge everybody to get out and vote early in all the states that have early voting.”
FBI Director James Comey told Congress Friday that his agency found additional emails possibly related to its earlier investigation of the Democratic nominee’s private server.
“I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation,” Comey wrote in a letter addressed to Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Clinton’s team called on the FBI director Friday evening to come forward and explaining the full meaning of the letter. The Democratic nominee herself repeated that call during her press conference with reporters.
“It is incumbent upon the FBI to tell us what they’re talking about,” Clinton said. “Because, right now, your guess is as good as mine. And I don’t think that’s good enough.”
