spared hillary clinton the devastating prospect of an fbi indictment just four months from election day. >> in looking back at our investigations into the mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. >> reporter: however, in a surprise announcement at the conclusion, what he called a painstaking investigation, director comey issued damning criticism of the presumptive democratic nominee's use of multiple private e-mail servers. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. >> reporter: the fbi found that of the 30,000 e-mails clinton turned over, 110 e-mails contained classified information at the time they were sent or received. including classifications