FBI chief downplays immunity grants in Clinton email case

Published September 28, 2016 2:04pm ET



FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that he did not think there was “a lot of immunity” granted during the year-long investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private emails, even though five of Clinton’s former staffers received immunity deals.

Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, was one of those who received limited “act of production” immunity as part of a deal under which she gave her laptop to investigators. Agents found classified emails on Mills’ hard drive.

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