US House Speaker Urges to Suspend All Classified Briefings for Clinton

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan called on the US Director of National Intelligence to suspend all classified briefings with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton amid the FBI move to reopen the investigation into her email use, the speaker said in a statement 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 renew my call for the Director of National Intelligence to suspend all classified briefings for Secretary Clinton until this matter is fully resolved," Ryan stated.

Ryan said that Clinton is entirely responsible for the circumstances that have unfolded.

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.

In 2014, Clinton released over 55,000 emails from her private server to US State Department investigators, stating that the documents contained only work-related information. She admitted to erasing 33,000 emails.