FBI director says no charges for Clinton, but blasts her email security

Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, will almost certainly avoid an indictment after the FBI wrapped up its investigation Tuesday into how she handled classified information via email while she was secretary of state.

But she escaped the indictment only to come off looking like a leader who has little idea how to protect emails from prying eyes. 

"No charges are appropriate in this case," FBI Director James Comey said at a press conference on Tuesday. Earlier, he said, “We did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate” the law.

But Comey said the culture at the State Department doesn't value security, and that Clinton's administration was no different. 

“There is evidence they were extremely careless in their handling of highly classified information," Comey said. 

The agency discovered 110 emails to Clinton that contained classified information when they were received or sent, eight of which held top-secret information. 

And while Comey said that he would not recommend that the Department of Justice bring charges in the case, he said that, were Clinton's administration still in charge at the State Department, internal punishments might be appropriate.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump tweeted his disapproval following the press conference.

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Clinton is expected to appear alongside President Barack Obama at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

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