Top secrets were left vulnerable: probe boss

WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey lacerated Hillary Clinton for being “extremely careless” in handling top-secret information on a private e-mail server — and then urged the Justice Department not to prosecute her.

In an extraordinary announcement Tuesday at FBI headquarters, Comey slammed Clinton for ignoring basic security concerns while serving as secretary of state.

He said his agents found 110 classified e-mails and 52 e-mail chains that were filled with information that was classified at the time, including eight that were “top secret” — the highest level of security.

Comey’s findings contradicted Clinton’s repeated claims that her e-mails never contained data considered classified when they were sent.

“None of these e-mails should have been on any unclassified system,” the FBI chief maintained.

But Comey recommended that she not be prosecuted, saying there’s no evidence Clinton acted intentionally, was disloyal or sent a massive amount of classified information.

“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case,” Comey concluded.

His announcement came only three days after Clinton was interviewed by FBI agents and on the same day that she and President Obama campaigned together for the first time in the 2016 race for the White House.

Donald Trump said Clinton should have been charged and the fact that she wasn’t proves the system is “rigged.”

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said last week that she would accept the recommendations of the FBI director and of career prosecutors, meaning Clinton is certain to skate legally.

Armed with Comey’s decision, Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon declared the issue over.

But House Speaker Paul Ryan told Fox News the GOP would hold congressional hearings on Comey’s decision.

“The Clintons really are living above the law. They’re being held by a different set of standards. That’s clearly what this looks like,” Ryan said.