How the FBI’s Clinton E-Mail Decision Just Changed the 2016 Race

Trump is left with no choice but to attack the judicial process itself as corrupt.

What Does FBI's Clinton E-Mail Decision Mean for Trump?

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Donald Trump lost one of his sharpest attacks against Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid after the FBI director said Tuesday the presumptive Democratic nominee shouldn’t face criminal charges over her e-mail practices while serving as secretary of state.

But Director James B. Comey also provided potentially damaging fodder for Trump to continue to vilify Clinton, whom Trump is seeking to brand as “crooked.” While Comey said “no reasonable prosecutor” would bring charges, he described her and her aides’ use of e-mail as “extremely careless.”