No double standard in Clinton probe, FBI chief tells House

Summoned before Congress and aggressively questioned by Republicans, FBI Director James Comey strongly defends the government’s decision to not prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email setup. He says there was no evidence that she knew that anything she was doing was against the law or had lied to federal investigators.

Comey’s appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee marks his first public statements since an FBI announcement that removed the threat of criminal charges against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but also revived public scrutiny of her handling of classified information.

Comey rejects the suggestion from a number of Republicans of a double standard for charging everyday people accused of crimes as opposed to high-level people like Clinton.

“I’ve heard it a lot,” he says. “It’s not true, but I’ve heard it a lot.”

— AP