联邦调查局局长呼吁不对克林顿电邮门做任何指控

AS IT IS 2016-07-06 FBI Director Calls for No Charges in Clinton Email Investigation¹ 联邦调查局局长呼吁不对克林顿电邮门做任何指控

The investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state appears likely to end with no criminal charges.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey announced on Tuesday that the FBI found no evidence Clinton intentionally² used the server to send or receive classified information.

“Our judgement is that no reasonable prosecutor³ would bring such a case,” he said.

The announcement comes a little more than three weeks before the Democratic Party is set to officially nominate her as its candidate for president. But it was not all good news for her.

Comey criticized Clinton’s actions, saying they were “extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” And Republican Party leaders said they would continue to make her use of the private email server a campaign issue.

The FBI’s call for no criminal charges against Clinton is likely to stand.

“Although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing…our view that no charges are appropriate in this case," Comey said.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced last week she would accept the decisions of the FBI and career prosecutors⁴ in the Justice Department. A career prosecutor is a lawyer who remains⁵ in his or her government job no matter which party controls the presidency⁶.

Donald Trump⁷, the likely presidential candidate of the Republicans, criticized Comey’s announcement. He tweeted, “No charges Wow!” In an earlier tweet, he said, “Very, very unfair. As usual, bad judgment⁸.”

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said her campaign is “pleased that career officials” have “determined that no further action by the department is appropriate.” He added that Clinton has already said it was a “mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again.”

The FBI’s announcement came on the same day Clinton campaigned for president with President Barack Obama for the first time. They traveled on Air Force One together to North Carolina, a state that Obama won in 2008 but lost in his 2012 re-election.

Trump also campaigned in North Carolina on Tuesday. "It was no accident that charges were not recommended against Hillary the exact same day as President Obama campaigns with her for the first time,” Trump said.

He said the system is “rigged,” suggesting it helps some people, but not others. “The normal punishment, in this case, would include losing authority to handle classified information, and that too disqualifies Hillary Clinton from being President,” Trump said.

Last Saturday, Clinton met with FBI agents in Washington for over three hours – a sign that the long investigation was nearly over.

Last week, Attorney General Lynch said she would not make a decision on possible criminal charges in the case. Lynch made the statement after she was criticized for meeting with former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s husband, while both were at an airport. Lynch said the investigation did not come up during her 30-minute talk with Bill Clinton.

But Republicans and some Democrats⁹ said such a meeting was a mistake – while an investigation was continuing.

At his press conference, FBI Director Comey said it is possible that foreign enemies of the United States read Clinton’s emails. He said the FBI found no evidence that Clinton or her staff intentionally removed emails. But he noted¹⁰ that agents did find “several thousand work-related e-mails” not given by the State Department.

He reported that FBI agents investigated for a year, talked to many people and looked at over 30,000 emails.

Clinton has said that she did not receive or send emails that were classified – at least at the time they were sent or delivered. But Comey said 110 emails contained classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight, he said, were “top secret.”

He said Clinton and other State Department officials “should have known that an unclassified system was no place” to send and receive emails.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, criticized the FBI finding against criminal charges. "While I respect the law enforcement professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation,” he said. “No one should be above the law.”

Words in This Story

intentionally – adv. in a way that is planned or intended

classified -- adj. kept secret from all but a few people in the government

appropriate -- adj. right or suited for some purpose or situation

qualified¹¹ -- adj. having the necessary skill, experience, or knowledge to do a particular job or activity

prosecutor – n. a lawyer working for the government

defies – v. openly resist;

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

3 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

4 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

9 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

11 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。