--- title: FBI Director James Comey's Speech on Hillary Clinton Emails description: FBI Director James Comey will recommend no charges be brought against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server canonical: https://time.com/4393372/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email-speech-transcript/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-05T15:47:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:02:59.915Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read FBI Director James Comey's Speech on the Hillary Clinton Email Probe og:description: The FBI recommends that no charges be brought against Clinton og:url: https://time.com/4393372/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5040402a43bd697b/69889a9bbc6cfcdb8a3ddabd/gettyimages-524459126.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FBI Director James Comey Delivers Keynote Address On Cyber Security At Georgetown University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read FBI Director James Comey's Speech on the Hillary Clinton Email Probe twitter:description: The FBI recommends that no charges be brought against Clinton twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5040402a43bd697b/69889a9bbc6cfcdb8a3ddabd/gettyimages-524459126.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read FBI Director James Comey's Speech on the Hillary Clinton Email Probe by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 5, 2016 3:47 PM UTC  FBI Director James Comey speaks on cyber security at Georgetown University on April 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images FBI Director James Comey speaks on cyber security at Georgetown University on April 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty ImagesAlex Wong—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 5, 2016 3:47 PM UTC FBI Director James Comey will recommend [no charges be brought against Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4393271/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/) for her use of a private email server and account [while she served as Secretary of State](http://time.com/4392196/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-investigation-interview/). Comey said there is proof Clinton and her aides acted carelessly, citing instances of mishandling of classified information, but that his investigators do not think charges would be appropriate. 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