Trump Hopes FBI to Correct Mistake After Opening New Probe Into Clinton Emails

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is willing to correct its mistake during the reopened probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of private email server, US Republican candidate Donald Trump said at rally in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Comey informed the US Congress that the FBI discovered new emails sent from Clinton's private server during the course of an unrelated investigation. Comey said investigators would review the new emails to determine if they contain classified information.

"I have great respect for the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice are now willing to have the courage to ride the horrible mistake that they made," Trump stated.

Clinton has been criticized for the use of a private email server and account for official business during her 2009-2013 tenure as secretary of state. In July, Comey described Clinton’s conduct as extremely careless but said it did not warrant criminal charges.

"This was a grave miscarriage of justice that the American people fully understood. And it is everybody’s hope that it is about to be corrected," Trump said.

After the initial FBI probe, Comey in September described Clinton’s use of a nongovernment email system for official business while the top US diplomat as "extremely careless," but he recommended against filing criminal charges against her.

In 2014, Clinton released more than 55,000 emails from the private server to State Department investigators, claiming the documents contained only work-related information. She has admitted to erasing 33,000 emails.