Clinton Continues to Claim She Takes the Handling of Classified Material ‘Very Seriously’

CLINTON: No, not at all. In fact, I think Director Comey made exactly the opposite point in his long testimony yesterday, that those who somehow hoped that action would be taken are the ones who were hoping for a double standard. He made very clear there was no basis for going forward. And he also clarified what he said in his statement. You know, with respect to the handling of classified material, I take it very seriously, and the 300 or so people with whom I e-mailed on the course of my time in the State Department do as well. These are experienced diplomats. They have expertise in handling classified material. They were not careless. And the material that they sent to me, they didn’t believe was classified."