Hillary: FBI Director Comey Said My Answers Were Truthful, Consistent

"That's not what I heard..."

8.1.2016

Hillary Clinton appeared on Fox News for an extended interview with Chris Wallace on Sunday.

Wallace turned the conversation to the scandal and FBI investigation surrounding her use of a private, homebrewed email server to conduct State Department business.

Wallace described, “After a long investigation, FBI Director James Comey said none of those things that you told the American public were true.”

Chris, that’s not what I heard Director Comey say, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity, in my view, to clarify. Director Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I’ve said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the e-mails. I was communicating with over 300 people in my e-mailing. They certainly did not believe and had no reason to believe that what they were sending was classified. In retrospect, different agencies come in and say, well, it should have been, but that’s not what was happening in real time.

Comey described Clinton's behavior as "extremely reckless."

Here's the transcript from Comey's congressional testimony and Q & A with Rep. Trey Gowdy:

GOWDY: Secretary Clinton said there was nothing marked classified on her emails either sent or received. Was that true?
COMEY: That’s not true.
GOWDY: Secretary Clinton said, “I did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified material.” Was that true?
COMEY: There was classified material emailed.

The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler rated Hillary's remarks with four Pinocchios.