--- title: Paul Ryan: Deny Hillary Clinton Access to Classified Info description: Paul Ryan formally requested on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton not receive classified information during her time as a candidate canonical: https://time.com/4396307/paul-ryan-hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-07T13:37:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T23:49:33.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan: Hillary Clinton Shouldn't Receive Classified Information og:description: "This is necessary to reassure the public that our nation’s secrets are secure" og:url: https://time.com/4396307/paul-ryan-hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7067d47ccd278dc1/69889af7cf40a8f3b6c43e6e/paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan, Lee Zeldin, Steve Scalise og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan: Hillary Clinton Shouldn't Receive Classified Information twitter:description: "This is necessary to reassure the public that our nation’s secrets are secure" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7067d47ccd278dc1/69889af7cf40a8f3b6c43e6e/paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Asks That Hillary Clinton Not Receive Classified Information as Candidate > Sponsored content. 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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. tells reporters it looks like Hillary Clinton got preferential treatment from the FBI in its investigation of the former secretary of state's use of a private email server for government business, during a news conference at Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2016. J. Scott Applewhite—AP  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:49 PM UTCPublished: Jul 7, 2016 1:37 PM UTC Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan formally requested on Wednesday that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton not receive classified information from the government during her time as a candidate. Ryan’s request follows [FBI Director James Comey’s](http://time.com/4276988/jim-comey-hillary-clinton/) recommendation on Tuesday that [no criminal charges be brought](http://time.com/4393271/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/) against Clinton over her [use of a personal email server ](http://time.com/3739541/transcript-hillary-clinton-email-press-conference)as Secretary of State. Comey criticized Clinton and her staff for being “extremely careless” in handling classified information, noting that 110 of Clinton’s emails contained classified information at the time they were sent and received. On Thursday, he [testified before Congress](http://time.com/4396426/james-comey-house-committee-testimony/), where House Republicans grilled Comey about the investigation and its conclusions. “As a former vice presidential nominee, I am keenly aware that Secretary Clinton is set to begin receiving classified intelligence briefings after the Democratic National Convention,” Ryan said in a [letter](http://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/documents/RyanLetterToClapper.pdf?Source=GovD) to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. “Given the FBI’s findings, denying Secretary Clinton access to classified information certainly constitutes appropriate sanctions. This is necessary to reassure the public that our nation’s secrets are secure.” **Read more:** [Why the FBI Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook](http://time.com/4394178/hillary-clinton-email-fbi-investigation/) Ryan also sent a [letter](http://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/documents/RyanLetterToComey.pdf?Source=GovD) to Comey, requesting that he release all of the findings from the bureau’s investigation into Clinton’s emails, saying “there are simply too many unanswered questions.” Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called Ryan’s request “as predictable as it is absurd.” “Providing an intelligence briefing for the party nominees is a sound practice, and is designed both to prepare the candidates for office and to help them avoid representations during the campaign that may adversely affect the national interest before or after election,” Schiff said in a statement on Thursday. “With Trump, the question isn’t whether the briefings should occur, but whether they would do any good,” he said. Asked about Ryan’s comments at press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that decision would be left up to intelligence officials. “The expectation that the \[Director of National Intelligence\] has is that they’ll provide the same information to both candidates,” he said. “When we’re talking about the safety and security of classified information, we should leave those decisions in the hands of our intelligence professionals and not risk them being sullied by the political debate.” > [](https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/751029608770863104) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4396307/paul-ryan-hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4396307/paul-ryan-hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information/"},"headline":"Paul Ryan Asks That Hillary Clinton Not Receive Classified Information as Candidate","datePublished":"2016-07-07T13:37:33.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:49:33.000Z","description":"\"This is necessary to reassure the public that our nation’s secrets are secure\"","url":"https://time.com/4396307/paul-ryan-hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","FBI","Paul Ryan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7067d47ccd278dc1/69889af7cf40a8f3b6c43e6e/paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7067d47ccd278dc1/69889af7cf40a8f3b6c43e6e/paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul Ryan, Lee Zeldin, Steve Scalise","caption":"House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. tells reporters it looks like Hillary Clinton got preferential treatment from the FBI in its investigation of the former secretary of state's use of a private email server for government business, during a news conference","creditText":"J. 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