GOP Disbelief at FBI's 'No Charges' Recommendation for Clinton

Reaction was swift to the FBI's decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email service as secretary of state.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tweeted:

FBI director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security. No charges. Wow! #RiggedSystem

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2016

The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2016

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted:

Hillary may not be POTUS, but she'll be on the Winter Olympic team for ice skating, no one has successfully skated on more thin ice than her

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 5, 2016

Republican National Committee spokesperson Sean Spicer told CNN despite the fact that Clinton will walk free and clear of charges, the conclusion of FBI investigation was a "clear indictment" which showed that Clinton's fitness for the White House was a "major, major problem."

[Clinton is] somebody who doesn't understand the importance of our national security," Spicer said, according to USA Today.

Sen. Ted Cruz's former communications director Catherine Frazier retweeted an old advertisement from the Texas Republican's presidential campaign featuring Clinton's server.

Now seems a good time for a reprise of this: https://t.co/08EbikRP99

Perhaps we should rename it “Extremely Careless (but not Criminal)"

— Catherine Frazier (@catblackfrazier) July 5, 2016

Alyssa Farah, communications director of the Freedom Caucus, said on Twitter:

Once again, the Clintons play by their own rules & get away with it without consequence

— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah) July 5, 2016

Glenn Thrush, chief political correspondent for Politico, tweeted:

(Maybe Comey could have picked a day when Clinton and Obama weren't campaigning together for the first time?)

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) July 5, 2016

NBC "Today" Host Savannah Guthrie said on Twitter:

Comey dismantles HRC oft-repeated statement that she never received/sent info "marked classified at the time." Argues she should've known.

— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) July 5, 2016

Another "Today" host, Willie Geist, tweeted:

Two sides of Hillary reaction on here:

1. "Case closed. Let's move on."

2. "Laundry list of violations, but no charges? Fix is in."

— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) July 5, 2016

Michael Briggs, campaign spokesperson for Bernie Sanders, told ABC News that the FBI's announcement will not affect the senator's decision to stay in the race.

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