Paul Ryan: Clinton email server was ‘calculated,’ not ‘careless’

Published July 13, 2016 12:27pm ET



House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday rejected the FBI’s conclusion that Hillary Clinton was “careless” in how she handled sensitive material while she was secretary of state, and instead said Clinton’s actions were the result of political calculation.

“[H]er actions do not seem careless at all,” Ryan wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published Wednesday, referring to FBI Director James Comey remark last week that Clinton was “extremely careless” while she was in the government. “In fact, Clinton’s actions seem quite careful — careful to place her own interests before our national security.”

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