The US State Department is to restart its
investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of
The likely Democratic presidential nominee
learned this week that she will not face criminal
charges over her use of private email.
The FBI said that although she had sent and
received sensitive material there was no
evidence of intent.
Now that inquiry is over, the State Department
will reopen its review.
As well as the former secretary of state, it will
also include some of her former aides, all of
whom have now left the department.
A spokesman for the department, John Kirby,
said: "We will aim to be as expeditious as
possible, but we will not put artificial deadlines
on the process."
Former officials can still face "administrative
sanctions," he said.
That could range from counselling and warnings
to the revocation of security clearances.
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Republican critics of the FBI decision not to
recommend Mrs Clinton be prosecuted said this
showed that she was above the law.
But FBI Director James Comey defended himself
in front of a House committee on Thursday,
reiterating that no reasonable prosecutor would
recommend charges.
Mrs Clinton, who will be officially made her
party's nominee later this month, was secretary
of state until early 2013.
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