News and Commentary

Early Comey Memo Accused Hillary Clinton Of ‘Gross Negligence’ Over Classified Emails

Emily Zanotti

The Senate Judiciary Committee now says that early drafts of former FBI Director James Comey’s statement on Hillary Clinton’s private server accused the former Democratic presidential candidate of “gross negligence” — a crime, punishable by law — rather than “extreme carelessness.”

Sources who viewed both documents — the early drafts and the later statement, which Comey delivered in the summer of 2016 — say the the former document made reference to the possibility that Clinton might be criminally liable for using a private server based in her Chappaqua home to handle classified emails that passed through the Secretary of State’s office.

Got a tip worth investigating?

Your information could be the missing piece to an important story. Submit your tip today and make a difference.

Submit Tip