washington fbi recommend tuesday criminal charge file hillary clinton use private email servers secretary state rebuke democratic u.s. presidential candidate extremely careless handle classify information fbi director jam comey announcement lift cloud uncertainty loom clinton white house campaign strong criticism judgment ignite new attack email issue donald trump likely republican opponent nov. election comey comment likely reinforce poll show widespread public concern clinton honesty trustworthiness republicans point controversy evidence consider law house representatives speaker paul ryan highest- rank elect u.s. republican say statement comey announcement defy explanation ryan call fbi release find case say comey would call testify house oversight committee need know ryan tell fox news lengthy statement federal bureau investigation conclusions yearlong investigation comey directly contradict statements clinton make defend use private email setup say example fbi find least 110 email contain classify information send although clinton repeatedly say never send receive classify information private servers although find clear evidence secretary clinton colleagues intend violate laws govern handle classify information evidence extremely careless handle sensitive highly classify information comey say say fbi conclude reasonable prosecutor would bring charge although department justice make final decisions matter like express justice view charge appropriate case comey tell reporters washington recommendation likely stand country top prosecutor u.s. attorney general loretta lynch say friday would accept recommendations career prosecutors fbi director whether charge clinton mishandle email clinton campaign anxious move comey announcement say statement please fbi decision secretary long say mistake use personal email would glad matter resolve spokesman brian fallon say respond question comey rebuttal main arguments clinton offer defense use private email rally raleigh north carolina tuesday night trump presumptive republican nominee say controversy disqualify clinton president email system may well hack u.s. enemies enemies may blackmail file crook hillary alone mean allow serve president unite state trump say know lie country say send classify information server lie follow comey late-morning remark clinton become one top trend topics twitter 671,000 tweet post p.m. 2000 gmt overall sentiment negative positive two negative tweet every positive one accord social media analytics firm zoomph fbi director announcement come hours clinton first campaign appearance president barack obama charlotte north carolina neither obama clinton mention email probe also come less three weeks democratic national convention clinton nominate party candidate november election fbi investigate whether clinton break law result personal email servers keep chappaqua new york home secretary state 2009 2013. one question whether mishandle classify information servers investigation wind clinton undergo voluntary 3-1/2-hour interview fbi saturday washington comey say fbi find clinton colleagues intend violate law intentional misconduct lawyers sort email say staff know clinton private email improper place classify information add evidence anyone hack clinton communications comey say however hostile actors gain access email account people clinton correspond regularly also say use email extensively travel territory sophisticate adversaries experts routinely advise u.s. government officials bring important digital information countries track record aggressive cyber activity clinton travel 100 countries four years top u.s. diplomat include trip china russia consider among sophisticate u.s. cyber adversaries fbi find 110 email 52 email chain contain information classify time message send comey say eight chain contain top-secret information high level government classification material could harm national security 36 email chain contain secret information eight confidential information say agents also find three classify email among thousands clinton never return state department comey say previous case support file criminal charge clinton case involve intentional mishandle information say last year fbi recommend former cia director david petraeus charge felony mishandle classify information biographer affair case however fbi evidence petraeus know information highly classify petraeus eventually plead guilty misdemeanor charge mishandle classify information republican lawmakers call independent investigation clinton say trust justice department handle inquiry impartiality republican criticism process heat clinton husband former president bill clinton meet privately lynch phoenix last week lynch appoint obama say late regret meet former president discuss investigation clinton 'extremely careless email fbi recommend charge