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| US State Department restarts Hillary Clinton email probe | US State Department restarts Hillary Clinton email probe |
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| The US State Department is to restart its investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified material when secretary of state. | The US State Department is to restart its investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified material when secretary of state. |
| The likely Democratic presidential nominee learned this week that she will not face criminal charges over her use of private email. | 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. | 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. | 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. | |
| Republican critics of the FBI decision not to recommend Mrs Clinton be prosecuted said this showed that she was above the law. | 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. | 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. | Mrs Clinton, who will be officially made her party's nominee later this month, was secretary of state until early 2013. |