DHAKA: House Republicans have called FBI Director James Comey to testify about Hillary Clinton’s use of private email as secretary of state.

Comey will have to explain to a House committee why he recommended the likely Democratic presidential nominee should not be prosecuted.

Over 100 classified messages were found on her email servers, the FBI said, reports the BBC.

On Wednesday, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed that no charges would be brought.

Lynch was accused by Republican Donald Trump, who is likely to do battle with Clinton for the White House, of being bribed by the former first lady.

He said she agreed to let Clinton off the hook in return for the promise that she would keep her job if the Democrat won the election and became president.

The news that the attorney general met former President Bill Clinton, Clinton’s husband, last week on the tarmac of an airport in Arizona prompted accusations by Republicans of a stitch-up.

On Tuesday, the FBI said Clinton and her staff were ‘extremely careless’ in handling classified materials but there was no evidence of intentional wrongdoing.

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